Our company Booking Kirkenes (Pasvikturist AS) was founded in 1990. We offer local excursions, transfer services and more, all year round and run a booking office and gift shop in the center of Kirkenes. We work closely with other tour operators in the area (for ex Barents Safari, Snowhotel Kirkenes and others) and can therefore offer the best excursions in Kirkenes and the surrounding area. For us, it is most important that everyone finds the information and the trips they want. You can find all tours here: www.bookingkirkenes.no/shop/
We provide also Tourist office service including free maps and general information about the area. Our local staff can help you during your stay in Kirkenes. We speak English, German, French and Norwegian.
We have been certified as an “Eco lighthouse company” since 2021. Now we have a visible proof that we take responsibility, and a concrete tool for working continuously with environmental improvements and green change. Interested? Please check here: www.bookingkirkenes.no/eco-lighthouse/
What are we best at?
Our greatest strength is our local connection and our local employees. This gives all of our tours an unique authenticity. We are best on soft activities like snow shoeing, hiking, nature experience, local sightseeing and history. We are also expert on tailor made tours in and around Kirkenes. I love the region and would like to convey this to you. It is important to me that you as a guest find the right excursions and experiences. Me and my amazing team, made up only of local residents, are more than happy to help you. We want to give you the “little extra” while visiting us. Our guides are all local and will give you interresting facts on all our tours. Check here if you want to read more about me or our team: About us
Where do you find us?
Our shop and booking office is located in the main shopping street, Dr Wesselsgate 15B in Kirkenes, 5 min walk from Thon hotel or Scandic Hotel, and 15 min from the Hurtigruten/Havila pier.
We sell a selection of local products in our gift shop like jewerly, glass art and more. You can book a local excursions and our staff know the area really well and can help you with your stay
Our staff
Monika Raab is both the owner and the soul of the company and has worked for Booking Kirkenes the last 15 years. She moved to Kirkenes in 2001 and has worked in the tourism branche the last 25 years. She is a Geographer with a master’s degree and is passionate about local place development. Monika is responsible for offers, sales and follow-up of groups or individual customers. She is also “out in the field” and is then a guide for our German guests, but also for Norwegian and English guests. Monika is originally German but has her roots in Kirkenes now. If you need good ideas for your stay in the North, contact Monika.
monika@bookingkirkenes.no
mobil: +47 415 44 346
Marilyne Keiff will probably be the first you meet in our shop. She will advise you, process your booking or help with other questions. Marilyne is French and has lived in our community since 2020. You will hear Mari’s cheerful laugh as soon as you arrive 🙂 Marilyne speaks English and French and is happy to help all of our guests.
Lise-Lotte Olsen is the finance manager in the company. She also runs our gift shop and you will most likely meet her behind the counter when you visit our shop. She also does other office work and is responsible for our Eco lighthouse certificate and safety.
liselotte@bookingkirkenes.no
Greg Keiff is a great travel guide who gives you the facts about our town and the beautiful community in an exciting way. He has long experience with guests and has also worked as a dog sled guide and musher for years. He knows the community well and is happy to take you on tour. Greg speaks English, French and German.
Guides and drivers: in addition to our employees, we hire local guides and drivers if needed. In any case, all our employees have a long career in tourism and all have a strong local connection.
Our office dog: That’s a story in itself. His name is Nasse Nøff and he is an Alaska Husky. Most likely the laziest in the whole world. Since he didn’t like life as a sled dog, he became our dog and mascot. If you like dogs, he loves cuddles and attention. You will meet him in our booking office.
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