Teriberka on the Murmansk coast of the Kola Peninsula is the only settlement in the European part of Russia on the Barents Sea, which can be reached by car.

  • After the release of Andrey Zvyagintsev’s film «Leviathan», there are many tourists here both in summer and in winter. They swing on beach swings, eat cod in restaurants and go to the beach with huge stones, which are called dragon eggs, and then further to the waterfall.
  • And of course, they expect to see the main attraction of the Arctic — the northern lights.
  • The Saami are settled throughout Northern Europe; there are about 1,700 of them on the Kola Peninsula. And if you are interested in this people, go to the Sam-Syit open-air museum.
  • Among the entertainments are reindeer sledding, lunch at the cafe of national cuisine «Petroglyphs», feeding deer and rabbits living freely in the territory of the Sami village.
  • Five kilometers is the length of the longest track at the Tirvas ski stadium in Kirovsk. Equipment is leased. Nearby there is a sanatorium with a spa center and a panoramic pool.
  • Located on the Baltic Crystalline Shield, the Murmansk region is a storehouse of minerals and minerals. It is no coincidence that the 12-kilometer Kola super-deep well was drilled here, thanks to which scientists could study the structure of the earth’s crust. Many local minerals are very rare — why not bring a piece of eudialyte or astrophyllite as a keepsake?
  • In the cafe «At the Sea Terminal» in Murmansk, they are treated to northern specialties — scallops and sea urchins. Clients themselves catch them from saltwater aquariums. Scallops are served with lemon juice or roasted with a gas burner.
  • Supporting local artists is the main mission of the Shining Center for Contemporary Art, founded by Andrey Malakhov. Over time, he plans to bring a collection of foreign art to his native Apatity.
  • In winter, the Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institute in Kirovsk makes a deafening impression: you take a step inside the greenhouse and find yourself in the tropics, where the date palm tree rustles affably and smells of lemongrass.
  • In 1959, the world’s first nuclear-powered icebreaker was commissioned. 30 years «Lenin» served the Northern Sea Route, and then was put on eternal parking in Murmansk. As part of the tour, you can look into the captain’s cabin and listen to the recorded noise of the engine room.
  • All 30 km of tracks of the Bolshoi Vudyavr resort are laid right in the city of Kirovsk, on the southern and northern slopes of the Aikuaivenchorr mountain, some are illuminated for evening skiing.
  • The premiere of last winter is the mountain panoramic restaurant Plateau with delicacies of northern cuisine. The season ends in May, and the sun becomes abundant in March.
  • The Apatit Museum and Exhibition Center has an impressive collection of minerals from all over the world, but its basis is the rocks of the Khibiny tundra and the Kola Peninsula.
  • In the building with a clock tower (this is a former fire tower) the exposition «Journey from the bowels of the Earth into the atmosphere» is presented.
  • During the Great Patriotic War, the city was mercilessly bombed, and it burned down almost to the ground — basically only the chimneys remained. To find out how the people of Murmansk survived and fought, join the audio play-walk «Murmansk 4145» of the Arctic Theater.
  • In winter, a snowmobile journey to the valley of Lake Maly Vudyavr begins with putting on warm overalls designed for the conditions of the Arctic.
  • In addition, deer skins on the seats are heated. On the way — photo stops among snow-covered landscapes and lunch by the fire: they serve hot sandwiches with venison.