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The City of Kandalaksha, Murmansk oblast, and its vicinity. Getting there, where to stay, what to do. The ultimate source of Kandalaksha and area info in English.

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  • ►Kandalaksha, sort of logical order (617)
    • ►News & events (46)
    • ►Tourist info (10)
    • ►Accommodation (22)
    • ►Food & drink (21)
    • ►Shopping (8)
    • ►Services (13)
    • ►Transportation (19)
    • ►Culture, arts, crafts, sports (66)
    • ►Entertainment (23)
    • ►Weather & climate (61)
    • ►Business (12)
    • ►History & society (29)
    • ►Charity (13)
    • ►Transcendental (6)
    • ►Photos and paintings (54)
    • ►Nature (83)
    • ►Nature Reserve (29)
    • ►Ugly (40)
  • ▼South Kola, natural order (167)
    • ►Luvenga (34)
    • ►Kolvitsa (19)
    • ▼Umba (32)
      • A film on rowing regatta in Umba
      • A maker of classic Pomor sea boats
      • Accommodation in Umba
      • Barents and White Sea in 10 days
      • Being arrested for "no foreigner" zone tresspassing is a realistic possibility
      • Boat rowing regatta in Umba tomorrow, July 2
      • Campsite "Golden Bay"
      • Events, culture, souvenirs and other touristy things in Umba
      • Folklore festival in Umba June 12-15
      • Foreign traveller restrictions around Umba
      • Foreigner access restricted
      • Glendonite
      • Helicopter full of regional VIPs fell into Munozero yesterday
      • Kandalaksha Bay Cup 2015
      • Kandalakshsky District, the Gateway to the Land of Kola. A new guide.
      • Our traditional August vacation in Kuzomen has started
      • Pomor boats from Umba
      • Pomor rowing regatta
      • Rowing regatta in Umba June 20 2015
      • Rumours confirmed: Umba off limits to foreign travellers
      • Some photos from the Folk Festival in Umba
      • South Kola
      • The Bartash Family: Amethyst Coast Souvenirs, Workshop, and more
      • The invasion of artists to the Ter area of the Kola Peninsula
      • The Petroglyphs of Kanozero
      • To would be travellers to "no foreigner access" areas
      • Umba business scene
      • Umba to Lovozero direct road
      • Umba, the center of "Ter"
      • Umba. Museum of History, Culture, and Life of Tersky Pomors
      • Yet another trip to Kuzomen
      • ►Porya Guba and Medvezhy Island (1)
    • ►Kanozero (4)
    • ►Kuzreka (8)
    • ►Kashkarantsy (9)
    • ►Olenitsa (1)
    • ►Kuzomen (26)
    • ►Varzuga (13)
    • ►Chavanga (1)
    • ►Strel’na (2)
    • ►Chapoma (3)
    • ►Pulonga (2)
    • ►Pyalitsa (2)
    • ►Other (3)
    • A guide to the Kandalaksha district
    • Barents and White Sea in 10 days
    • Beginning of Spring in the White Sea
    • Community events along the Ter cost of the peninsula for Summer 2016
    • Lighthouse on the edge of the world
    • Nicodemus Lighthouse
    • The Salla Gate Project
    • Uncle Pasha, Tersk coast, last summer
  • ▼Murmansk oblast, other (358)
    • ►Nivsky (1)
    • ►Nickel (2)
    • ►Beloye More (2)
    • ►Zapolarny (3)
    • ►Zarechensk (1)
    • ►Neblo-Gora (1)
    • ►Polarnye Zori (9)
      • ►Africanda (1)
    • ►Olenegorsk (6)
    • ▼Murmansk (93)
      • Summer in Murmansk
      • "Communist Architecture" photo exhibition opens today in Murmansk
      • "Critical mass" bicycle rally, Murmansk, July 13
      • "History of the Murmansk Railroad"
      • "Living Symbols of the Arctic" exhibition in Murmansk from May 4 to June 5 2018
      • "Murmansk Mosaic" fair May 18-22. An opportunity to see many local products under one roof.
      • "Soviet childhood" exhibition in Murmansk
      • "The World of Leonard Cohen", Murmansk, Dec. 13
      • "To book aurora borealis"
      • 40 Days of Night by Jason Lasky
      • A cluster of spring disasters
      • A meeting between Kandalaksha and Murmansk historic reconstruction clubs
      • A meeting in memory of Boris Nemtsov in Murmansk today
      • A Murmansk woman poisoned by salad with sperm from six men
      • A photographer and a makeup artist in Murmansk and Severomorsk
      • A Sherman tank finally arrives in Murmansk
      • A simple functional $20/night double hotel in the center of Murmansk to recommend
      • A steam engine has just arrived in Murmansk
      • African suricate found in a snowbank in Murmansk
      • Another high-profile accusation. Vasily Shambir, Murmansk Parliament speaker.
      • Another Russian mega-project: a monster 6-wheeled truck to the North Pole
      • Arctic Sunrise
      • Arctic Territory exhibition in Murmansk Nov. 17-19, and the birdwatching proposal from our friends
      • Bad news for the users of Murmansk prostitutes' services
      • Barents and White Sea in 10 days
      • Bird colonies documentary
      • British cemetery in Murmansk
      • British cemetery in the outskirts of Murmansk
      • Car parts and repairs in Murmansk and immediate area
      • Consulates in Murmansk
      • Epiphany bathing
      • Events in honor of 100 years since the founding of Murmansk
      • Exhibition train in Kandalaksha on Oct. 5
      • Farewell to the dead in the avia crash
      • First sunrise after the polar night
      • Foreign embassies in Murmansk
      • Fourteen Citroen 2CV cars expected in Murmansk on January 26
      • From Kandalaksha to Zapolarny
      • Getting to Murmansk
      • Hand-picked links related to Kandalaksha, the area, and Kola peninsula
      • Ice hole bathing on the Epiphany
      • Indian culture fesival in Murmansk
      • Indian culture festival in Murmansk
      • International Kant and Bakhtin Seminar at the Murmansk Arctic State University
      • Kirkenes to Murmansk ferry
      • Kola Travel Co.
      • Long-awaited direct Murmansk to Arkhangelsk flights are here
      • Made in the Arctic: A Success Story of a Finnish Berry Trader
      • Mass downing of Murmansk prostitution sites
      • Metsä (Forest) photo exhibition in Murmansk June 2-25 2017
      • Moscow to Murmansk flights
      • Murmansk events for 2016
      • Murmansk Gay & Lesbian organization charged with being a "foreign agent" without due registration
      • Murmansk gay support organization fined for "propaganda to children"
      • Murmansk photos
      • Murmansk region brides
      • Murmansk religious scene
      • Murmansk transportation: an overview
      • Murmansk. Photos from the meeting in memory of Boris Nemtsov
      • Museums of Murmansk
      • New art by Irina Sitdikova
      • New WW2 stuff from the swamp near the Salla Border Crossing point
      • Northern Character Film and TV Festival Nov. 24-26, Murmansk
      • Norwegian FlyViking promises to open the Trondheim-Bodø-Tromsø-Alta-Kirkenes-Murmansk route
      • Norwegians in Murmansk, Lovozero and around
      • Off limits to foreigners
      • Off to Murmansk for the weekend
      • Off to Murmansk Friday, back Saturday
      • Off to Murmansk Sunday for a book presentation, back Monday
      • Off to Murmansk to the "Freedom to Navalny" rally tomorrow..
      • Olenegorsk to Murmansk cross-country bicycle race August 6 2016
      • One of regular reports on easing entry rules
      • Piles of rotten salmon near Murmansk
      • Recent work from the Lada Studios, Murmansk
      • Refreshingly bad news of Murmansk and region
      • Salvation Army in Murmansk
      • Season of Polar auroras opened
      • Short term apartment rental in Murmansk
      • St. Nicolas crafts fair in Murmansk Dec. 12-13
      • Storm winds upturned an airplane in Murmansk
      • Stress therapy for Alexandra
      • The average cost of one square meter of housing in the Murmansk region
      • The jogging craze seems to have come to Murmansk too
      • The most northern McDonalds in the world
      • The Northern Military Fleet Museum, Murmansk
      • The northernmost ostriches in the world
      • UnCapitals Tour June 25-28, Murmansk
      • Vegetarian/vegan picnic in Murmansk
      • Weekly fish and sea food fair in Murmansk
      • White nights have come to Murmansk
      • White nights started in Murmansk. Polar day May 21 to July 21.
      • Winter swimming competition in Murmansk March 20-22
      • World snowmobile tour in support of diabetes research
    • ▼Sredny and Rybachy Peninsula (22)
      • A application for a permit to visit Sredny and Rybachy on the Ministry's site
      • A letter from a recent traveller to Sredny and Rybachy, Teriberka and Tumany
      • A remarkable set of photos from a recent trip to the Rybachy peninsula
      • Access to Sredni and Rybachi peninsula
      • Barents and White Sea in 10 days
      • Being arrested for "no foreigner" zone tresspassing is a realistic possibility
      • Finally, a series of killjoy photos from Sredny and Rybachy
      • Foreigner access to Rybachy and Sredny
      • Greetings from Musta-Tunturi and Sredni
      • More about the Sredny and Rybachy talks
      • Musta Tunturi ridge, Sredny Peninsula. Military monuments and objects.
      • New colony of northern gannet in Murmansk region
      • Off to the Rybachy peninsula
      • Permit to visit Sredny and Rybachy Peninsula for Russian nationals
      • Rybachi and Sredny Peninsula are not only vodka, salmon and WW2
      • Rybachy peninsula, Varzuga, and Kuzomen film
      • Salmon + vodka = 1000 roubles. Salmon alone = 1500.
      • Sredny and Rybachy Peninsula Nature Reserve
      • Sredny and Rybachy Peninsula traveler access
      • Visitng off-limit to foreigners and "close-to-border" areas
      • What territories are closed to foreigners - info from the horse's mouth
      • WW2 and Cold War artifacts of Sredny and Rybachy
    • ►Kil’din Island (1)
    • ▼Teriberka & Dalniye Zelentsy (22)
      • "New Life" festival in Teriberka July 11-12
      • "New Life" festival in Teriberka tomorrow, July 21
      • "Teriberka to moscow - how far is it?"
      • A letter from a recent traveller to Sredny and Rybachy, Teriberka and Tumany
      • Alexandra's whale photos from Dalniye Zelentsy, near Teriberka
      • Another Teriberka video
      • Barents and White Sea in 10 days
      • Dalnie Zelency
      • Dalnie Zelentsy, Barents Sea. A small overview.
      • Leviathan by Andrey Zvyagintsev
      • Leviathan by Zvyagintsev
      • Leviathan by Zvyagintsev, watch online, with English subtitles
      • New Life Festival in Teriberka August 12-14 2016
      • Realities of local life: the road to Teriberka
      • Spring is here, and the road to Teriberka is said to be open
      • Summer and winter images of Teriberka, where Zvyagintsev's Leviathan was partly filmed and recently shown
      • Teriberka festival August 12-14
      • Teriberka guns
      • Teriberka photos
      • The road to Dalniye Zelentsy after the turn to Teriberka
      • Watercolours from the recent festival in Teriberka
      • Zvyagintsev's Leviathan - complaints about garbage
    • ►Poyakonda (2)
    • ►Alakurtti (6)
    • ►Severomorsk (4)
      • ►Safonovo (1)
    • ►Pechenga (5)
    • ►Apatity (31)
    • ►Kirovsk (65)
      • ►Khibiny Mountains (24)
    • ▼Monchegorsk (7)
      • Barents and White Sea in 10 days
      • Kola Travel Co.
      • Last sunrays of the year
      • Monchegorsk
      • No tigers in the Murmansk Region
      • Stress therapy for Alexandra
      • The average cost of one square meter of housing in the Murmansk region
    • ►Kovdor (2)
    • ►Lovozero (52)
    • ►Revda (6)
    • ►Zelenoborsky (7)
      • ►Kovda (2)
    • ►Ponoy river (2)
    • Aurora borealis on the Imandra lake
    • Farewell to the dead in the avia crash
    • Fishing on the Kola Peninsula
    • The best month of the year
    • Water tourism competition
    • Where to stop and what to see on the way from Murmansk to Petrozavodsk
  • ►Karelia (112)
    • ►Suoyarvi (1)
    • ►Chernaya Rechka (2)
    • ►Nilma (2)
    • ►Valaam (2)
    • ►Belomorsk (2)
    • ►Sosnovets (1)
    • ►Baltic – White Sea Canal (5)
    • ►Kem (4)
    • ►Pryazha (1)
    • ►Sortavala (2)
    • ►Loukhi (36)
      • ►Keret’ (1)
      • ►Chupa (31)
    • ►Medvezhyegorsk (3)
    • ►Petrozavodsk (19)
    • ►Pudozh (5)
      • ►Pyal’ma (1)
    • ►Travel info general (3)
    • ►History, culture, politics, society, sports etc. (11)
  • ►Finland (52)
  • ►Norway (17)
  • ►Elsewhere (74)
    • ►Ryazan (1)
    • ►St. Petersburg (5)
    • ►Arkhangelsk oblast (32)
      • ►Arkhangelsk City (8)
      • ►Solovki (19)
    • ►Myshkin (2)
    • ►Moscow (26)
    • ►Ukraine (7)
    • ►Moldova (1)
  • ▼Sorted by subject, alphabetical order (1124)
    • ▼Activities (163)
      • A fishing camp in Strel'na
      • A mountain top hut
      • Active winter vacation in the Murmansk region
      • Bike rental in Kandalaksha
      • Chupa Yacht Club invites you
      • Downhill skiing and accommodation near Kandalaksha
      • Fishing
      • International competitions in sled dog. World Cup
      • Kandalaksha Gulf Cup
      • Krestovaya Mountain opens today
      • Late fall herring expedition. Almost anthropology.
      • Mountain Bike Championships
      • Nature trails in and near Kandalaksha
      • Onega's Necklace Race 2014
      • Sled dog race
      • The Kandalaksha Bay Cup Regatta June 22-29 2014
      • The whole of Varzuga in one photo
      • Things to do in the winter
      • Three days of reindeer and snowmobile
      • Varzuga
      • ►Snowmobiling (5)
      • ►Water (sailing, diving etc.) (22)
      • ▼Extreme (38)
        • Winter sports season is open
        • "Russian Lapland" tourist cluster in the Lovozero District
        • A compilation of bicycle accidents
        • A jump over 40 meter bridge near Apatity
        • A video from yesterday's bicycle accident scene
        • A wedding in the Khibiny Mountains
        • Aerial photos of Kashkarantsy, Kuzomen, and Varzuga
        • An exhibition of areal photos of the Kola Peninsula
        • Another crazy biker
        • Another crazy cyclist victim of Russian roads
        • Another Russian mega-project: a monster 6-wheeled truck to the North Pole
        • Another view on the story of Haruhisa Watanabe
        • Arctic Trophy - 2015
        • Back from Lovozero
        • Barents and White Sea in 10 days
        • Crazy Russian closing of winter season - snowboarding in slush
        • Dec. 26 2013 will be one years since the death of Japenese cyclist Haruhisa Watanabe near Kandalaksha
        • Downhill cycling
        • Epiphany bathing
        • Epiphany ice bathing in Kandalaksha Jan. 18 and 19
        • Fourteen Citroen 2CV cars expected in Murmansk on January 26
        • Grand Prix Race Car on Lovozero Ice
        • Had one too many beers, climbed the horsie, survived
        • Off to Kuzomen
        • Off to the hills for the whole day
        • Paragliding over Kandalaksha
        • Perishing in the Kola Peninsula woods and hills: the probability is 20 our of ??????
        • Registration with the Ministry of Emergencies for those travelling in dangerous areas
        • Rock concert and Arctic cooking festival in Kirovsk on August 4 2018
        • Rybachi and Sredny Peninsula are not only vodka, salmon and WW2
        • Sredny and Rybachy Peninsula Nature Reserve
        • The 25th Arctic Trophy race starts off Kandalaksha on Sunday, Sept. 2 2018
        • The middle of a December day
        • The pyromania season
        • Uncle Pasha returned from Lovozero!
        • Water tourism competition
        • World snowmobile tour in support of diabetes research
      • ►Bird watching (32)
      • ►Fishing (16)
      • ►Sports (30)
    • ►Arts & crafts (76)
    • ►Attention foreign travellers (40)
    • ►Business (16)
    • ►Camper parking (3)
    • ►Charity, social (18)
    • ►Culture & history (130)
    • ►Driving (20)
    • ►Escapism (12)
    • ►Health and safety (8)
    • ►Maps (8)
    • ►Military (18)
    • ▼Nature and environment (192)
      • And that's why I dragged Pasha onto the mountain
      • "A Lake in the Sea" film from the "Nature Reserve Format" festival
      • "Attempts to Establish Eider Farms in the USSR and Why These Failed"
      • "Either bring back food, or be food yourself"
      • "Nature and Cultural Inheritance of the White Sea". Chupa, Karelia, July 17-19 2015.
      • "New Life" festival in Teriberka July 11-12
      • "Russian Lapland" tourist cluster in the Lovozero District
      • "To book aurora borealis"
      • 1th December. Mist over Kandalaksha bay
      • 2018 Northern lights season has started
      • A 2016-2017 calendar from the Kola Ecological Center
      • A bear seen near Polarniye Zori
      • A Bearded seal
      • A compilation of sources on Vitishko, Olympic games etc.
      • A conference on natural and cultural inheritance of the White Sea: preservation and development
      • A documentary about the Kandalaksha nature reserve
      • A mountain top hut
      • A new "wilderness" accommodation offer in the hill overlooking Kandalaksha
      • A NEW BOOK: A WILD BIRD AND A CULTURED MAN
      • A new no-words film on the Kandalaksha nature
      • A new waterfall found along the Salla road
      • A public talk on alcohol-producing plants
      • A reminder about July 17-19 conference in Chupa, Karelia
      • A Russia Today film on the Kandalaksha Nature Reserve
      • A small mid-October camping trip
      • A video of Kandalaksha and area
      • African suricate found in a snowbank in Murmansk
      • An article on the Eider duck and St. Cuthbert by A. Goryashko just came out
      • An outcrop of wild animals
      • An owl in town
      • Another aurora borealis over Luvenga, 2nd night in a row
      • Another bear scare
      • Another book: Nature and Natural Resources of the Murmansk Region
      • Attention serious birdwatchers: a meeting with one of Russia's top ornithologists V.V. Bianki on Jan. 17 2016
      • Aurora borealis expected in the next few days
      • Aurora borealis in March
      • Aurora borealis keeps on evading us
      • Aurora borealis on the Imandra lake
      • Aurora in Khibiny Mountains
      • Average temperature by month from 1996
      • Baby seals again
      • Ban on wild deer hunting
      • Barents and White Sea in 10 days
      • Barents Tour for Geotourists
      • Bear den
      • Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus, "sea hare")
      • Beginning of Spring in the White Sea
      • Best Photos of August
      • Bird colonies documentary
      • Bird watching
      • Birds of the Murmansk Sea coast of the Kola Peninsula
      • Birdwatching offers on the Kola Peninsula
      • Black, white, and pink
      • Book Birding Across the Borders has come out..
      • Botanic Garden of Petrozavodsk State University
      • Campsite "Golden Bay"
      • Christmas (Orthodox) holidays in Chupa, North Karelia
      • Chupa calls July 2016
      • Climbed the Volostnaya Hill over Kandalaksha
      • Clouds over the White Sea Kandalaksha Bay islands
      • Contrasts of northern nature: butterflies and aurora borealis
      • Dalnie Zelentsy, Barents Sea. A small overview.
      • Day of eared jellyfish
      • Evgeni Vitishko
      • February in Kandalaksha
      • First coat-free day. Summer is here. And so are white nights. Yet still lots of snow.
      • First sunrise after the polar night
      • From our Birdwatching friends
      • Frozen Kolvitsa waterfall in winter
      • Frozen sea
      • Glendonite
      • Hans Schaaning and the history of Pasvik
      • Happy New Year!
      • Herbarium of the Kandalaksha State Nature Reserve
      • Hibiny in February
      • Hibiny this weekend
      • How to capture aurora borealis
      • Hungry bears in berry-less woods
      • I hate gnats!!
      • Ice glaze
      • Ice invasion
      • Ice thickness
      • Imandra Lake tonight
      • In the Khibiny Mountains
      • Intense aurora borealis right over Kandalaksha last night
      • Intense hail fell on Kandalaksha today
      • Invasion of baby seals
      • It's your fault, Norwegians!
      • Just saw a white whale
      • Kandalaksha Nature Reserve
      • Kandalaksha. The first days of the new year
      • Kartesh White Sea Biological station in Chupa
      • Khibiny
      • Khibiny mountains already under snow
      • Kola Peninsula nature overview
      • Kola Peninsula seasons calendar
      • Kuzomen. Arctic horses in polar desert.
      • Last days of November
      • Last night in Kirovsk
      • Last sunrays of the year
      • Last year's snow
      • Letters in support of Evgeny Vitishko
      • Lighthouse Foundation collecting funds for the publication of the book on the history of eider ducks and people
      • Lotta Border Crossing Point closed because of forest fires
      • Lovozero and Seidozero crowd
      • Metsä (Forest) photo exhibition in Murmansk June 2-25 2017
      • Moon in Lovozero last night
      • Moose in heat
      • Moose pulled out of canal near Nivsky
      • More about the Sredny and Rybachy talks
      • More talk about birding
      • Mosquitoes are out
      • Museum of the Kandalaksha Nature Reserve
      • Mushroom season is here
      • Nature reserve film festival Jan. 8-10
      • Nature reserve photos
      • Nature trails in and near Kandalaksha
      • New colony of northern gannet in Murmansk region
      • New masterpieces from Valentin Zhiganov
      • New waterfall between Kandalaksha and Luvenga
      • New Year's tour in Chupa, North Karelia
      • Night time Kandalaksha
      • No tigers in the Murmansk Region
      • Now translating the third article for a bird watching project
      • Obutuary on Alexander Koryakin, Science Director of the Kandalaksha Nature Reserve
      • Of mites..
      • Off to Kuzomen
      • Off to the hills for the whole day
      • One of the most beautiful lakes in Russia
      • Only birds see Kirovsk that way
      • Our traditional August vacation in Kuzomen has started
      • Paragliding over Kandalaksha
      • Pasvik trilateral nature reserve film in English
      • Petrozavodsk. The Great glaciation
      • Polar Alpine Botanical Gardens
      • Polar night over in Kandalaksha
      • Radiation on Lake Ladoga island in Karelia
      • Realities of local life: the road to Teriberka
      • Rebirth of nature. Kandalaksha Bay, the end of May
      • Record snowfalls
      • Remains of 11 wild deer and 4 mooses found in North Karelia
      • Rurik Chemyakin, At 70 degrees North
      • Season of Polar auroras opened
      • Seen Aurora Borealis with my own eyes
      • Seen five White-throated dippers at a time
      • Sorry Leviathan got taken down by copyright owner but here are other things to look at..
      • Sorting out photos from the recent trip to Kuzomen
      • Spring flooding in Varzuga
      • Spring is here: Two kids off to the sea on an ice floe
      • Sredny and Rybachy Peninsula Nature Reserve
      • Stories about their wildness may have been slightly exaggerated
      • Summer and winter images of Teriberka, where Zvyagintsev's Leviathan was partly filmed and recently shown
      • Summer aurora borealis
      • Swimming season opened
      • Teriberka festival August 12-14
      • The Aurora Borealis season is here..
      • The best month of the year
      • The best photo of May in Kandalaksha
      • The Chupa conference report
      • The day of giant things
      • The Evgeni Vitishko story. Is a boycott of Sochi Olympics brewing?
      • The February miracle
      • The first day of autumn in Luvenga
      • The Kola Planet calendar for 2017-2018
      • The last days of September on the south coast of the Kola Peninsula
      • The last floes
      • The May fun
      • The middle of a December day
      • The northernmost ostriches in the world
      • The pyromania season
      • This season's first mushrooms
      • Thomas W. Knox The Boy Travellers in the Russian Empire, 1887
      • Tonight, on the outskirts of Kandalaksha
      • Underwater photographer in Poyakonda
      • Varzuga
      • Vegetarian/vegan picnic in Murmansk
      • Vitishko on hunger strike, friends/family raise funds
      • Vitishko refused amnesty request
      • Volostnaya hill accessible by foot
      • What to do in case of earthquake
      • What to see/do if you are staying in Kandalaksha for 1-3 days
      • While lazies like us are asleep in a warm bed ...
      • White nature of the White Sea
      • White nights have come to Murmansk
      • White whales by the canal
      • Wild mushrooms
      • Winter birds of Kandalaksha
      • Winter holidays on the White Sea in Chupa, Karelia
      • Winter roads are not only dangerous but darn beautiful
      • Winter starts in November
      • Wolf!
      • Yet another trip to Kuzomen
    • ▼Photography & filming (147)
      • And that's why I dragged Pasha onto the mountain
      • Summer in Murmansk
      • "A Lake in the Sea" film from the "Nature Reserve Format" festival
      • "Japan"
      • "To book aurora borealis"
      • 1th December. Mist over Kandalaksha bay
      • A 2016-2017 calendar from the Kola Ecological Center
      • A documentary about the Kandalaksha nature reserve
      • A festival of the North in Lovozero
      • A few photos from the way to Lovozero
      • A film with atmospheric images of Kolvitsa
      • A gentle romantic rendering of a god of war
      • A home base for filming crews
      • A monument to the members of deer transportation batallion
      • A mountain top hut
      • A new no-words film on the Kandalaksha nature
      • A photographer and a makeup artist in Murmansk and Severomorsk
      • A Russia Today film on the Kandalaksha Nature Reserve
      • A video of Kandalaksha and area
      • Aerial photos of Kashkarantsy, Kuzomen, and Varzuga
      • An exhibition of areal photos of the Kola Peninsula
      • An exhibition of old (and ancient) photo cameras in Kandalaksha
      • Another "typical" view
      • Another book: Nature and Natural Resources of the Murmansk Region
      • Another film in Kandalaksha
      • Another hidden treasure of Kandalaksha: The Garkotin Publishing House
      • Another ice thriller movie planned for winter 2014
      • As if polar night and -10F wasn't enough for these weird Russians..
      • Aurora borealis in March
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