Kirkenes

American  

[kheer-kuh-nes] / ˈxir kəˌnɛs /

noun

1. a seaport in NE Norway held by Germans in World War II.

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Example Sentences

When I visit, the port of Kirkenes looks pretty ghostly.

From BBC

Back in Norway, Kirkenes residents live under that shadow of the Russian Bear next door.

From BBC

If you leave Kirkenes and head towards the North Pole, you come across the magnificent Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard at about the half-way mark.

From BBC

They now had to choose between the Norwegian border near Kirkenes in the north, or the Estonian city of Narva to the south, he said.

From BBC

Visiting locals from the Russian border town of Nikel faced the diplomat while residents from Kirkenes silently turned their back to him, according to the online outlet the Barents Observer.

From Seattle Times