What does the Russian European North offer tourists?

The European North in our country is represented by the Murmansk region and Karelia. Today it is a well-developed international tourism center that surprises with the wonderful beauties of the forest-tundra, tundra, rivers and lakes, mountain ranges and hills, exotic coast of the Barents Sea and the White Sea.

The European North and the North-West of Russia is the land where the summer sun sets, and the whole polar winter lasts for the whole winter. There are many memorable places connected with the ancient world and the recent socialist past. Tourists are offered conditions for fishing and hunting for wild animals, mountaineering, water and mountain tourism, mountain skiing.

Today the European North is not the end of the earth. There is an air service not only with Moscow and the northern capital of the country, but also with most major cities. The shipping company actively supports tourism in the northern regions of the European part of the country. Atomic icebreakers deliver tourist groups to the North Pole and Franz Josef Land. The duration of these cruises lasts up to two weeks and travelers from all over the world take part in them.

Attractive trips on dog sleds. And the presence of good central highways in the region and impassability in the vicinity attracts motorists from other countries and from Russia. Their European North is beckoning to take part in jeep tours. Experienced instructors offer more than ten such off-road tours, up to a thousand kilometers, through forests and rivers. And the prices for routes on snow deserts are much lower than in neighboring countries.

Snow safaris are carried out on snowmobiles, the brand Polaris Sport Touring-550. The routes are organized with different categories of difficulty. The groups include both drivers and passengers, who are accommodated in double cabins. The length of the routes is from forty to six hundred kilometers along the snow-covered tundra. On the way there are historical monuments and structures, beautiful northern landscapes. Guesthouses and cottages are prepared for accommodations.

Feel the power over the water element, regardless of age and level of athletic training, rafting or boat routes along the northern rivers, which abound in the European North of Russia, allow.

In some areas of the region, there are areas for the development of medical, health and spa recreation. In all areas, guests are welcomed with cultural, cognitive, ethnic and environmental programs and with picking berries and mushrooms.

The Murmansk region - the European North of our country - borders our Karelia and Arkhangelsk, as well as with the countries of Norway and Finland. Its administrative center - the city of Murmansk is almost two thousand kilometers away from Moscow. The terrain is complex. Hills, mountains and tracts formed by glaciers are very attractive for tourists. World glory is enjoyed by dolomites, amethysts and other mineralogical sights. The subarctic climate is tempered by warm currents, therefore in some places even the Barents Sea does not freeze in winter. In winter, the temperature regime is in the range from minus eight to minus fifteen degrees Celsius.