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Kirkenes Hotell is the in-town alternative. Booking.com lists free parking, a bar and restaurant, a shared kitchen and an airport shuttle for a fee.
None of that scores, because we couldn’t find the hotel’s own site and booking sites don’t count, so it ranks on distance: about 1.8 km from the quay by our map. It ties Barents Frokosthotell on points and sits a little further out.
Ask the hotel what the shuttle costs and whether breakfast is in your rate.
Book it if
- You’re driving in for the night
- You want an early check-in; it’s 14:00
Look elsewhere if
- You want facts from the hotel itself
- You want breakfast confirmed
- You want to walk to the ship
Your night before, from here
From check-in to the gangway, using only what Kirkenes Hotell publishes and our own map estimates.
Booking.com lists a bar and a restaurant here; confirm the hours with the hotel.
No ride to the ship is listed. The quay is about 1.8 km in a straight line by our map, so a taxi with bags.
Booking.com lists breakfast as a facility but doesn’t say it’s included.
Kaiveien 4 is about 1.8 km away in a straight line, roughly 30 minutes on foot by our estimate. Your boarding documents set the check-in time, not the hotel.
Booking.com lists free private parking. Nothing says you can leave a car while you sail.
Night-Before Score: 25 of 100
Every point comes from the hotel’s own pages or its brand’s; the hub explains how the Night-Before Score works.
Getting here, and on to the ship
By our map estimate Kirkenes Hotell is about 5.5 km from Kirkenes Airport in a straight line, and about 1.8 km from Kaiveien 4. Every question mark below is a ride you book yourself.
Booking.com lists an airport shuttle for an extra charge, with no price. Booking.com puts the airport 13 km away.
No ride to the ship is listed. The quay is about 1.8 km in a straight line by our map, so a taxi with bags.
From KKN without a hotel shuttle
Barents Buss and Flybussen meet flights for the ride to the centre, about 20 minutes, per Havila, and a taxi from the rank outside arrivals takes 15 to 20 minutes. Barents Buss lists NOK 150; no taxi tariff is published. The airport page has the fares.
Booking.com lists free private parking. Nothing says you can leave a car while you sail.
Parking for your stay: Free private parking, per Booking.com.
No ride to the ship is listed. The quay is about 1.8 km in a straight line by our map, so a taxi with bags.
Flying in the morning you sail? You can skip the hotel entirely; the airport page has the landing check.
Which quay
Kaiveien 4Both coastal lines board at Kaiveien 4: Hurtigruten gives “Kaiv. 4” and Havila “Kirkenes Terminal, Kaiveien 4”. Kirkenes Hotell is about 1.8 km from our pin for the quay in a straight line, and about 550 m from the town centre. Neither line publishes the quay’s exact position, so treat both as estimates; the Kirkenes cruise guide has the rest.
Source: havilavoyages.comDistance
~1.8 km, straight lineAbout 1.8 km from Kaiveien 4 between our map pins, roughly 30 minutes on foot at an easy pace. That’s our estimate, not the hotel’s.
Airport bus
Not statedThe hotel doesn’t say where the airport bus stops.
Parking while you sail
Cruise parking
Cruise parking unconfirmedBooking.com lists free private parking. Nothing says you can leave a car while you sail.
In town
Airport P1, 305 spaces, no price publishedWe found no car park for passengers at the Kirkenes quay; Cruise Norway’s 2022 port sheet lists only 30 bus spaces. The nearest published parking is at the airport: P1 at the terminal has 305 spaces, four of them accessible, and a cheaper P2 is 500 m away, per Avinor, which shows no prices. The airport is about 15 km from the port by road.
The evening and the morning
The evening
Not statedBooking.com lists a bar, a restaurant and a shared kitchen. We couldn’t find the hotel’s own site, so none of it scores.
Breakfast
Depends on the rateBooking.com lists breakfast as a facility but doesn’t say it’s included.
Address
Doktor Wessels gate, in townDoktor Wessels gate 3, 9900 Kirkenes
The fine print, in one place
Times, fees, rooms and the small stuff, as Kirkenes Hotell publishes it. We couldn’t confirm whether breakfast is included, the shuttle price, the hotel’s own website, so ask when you book.
Check-in and check-out
Breakfast
Booking.com lists breakfast as a facility but doesn’t say it’s included.
Parking for your stay
Free private parking, per Booking.com
Pool
No pool mentioned on the pages we read
Pets
Not stated on the pages we read.
Rooms
Booking.com puts it about 650 yards from the centre.
Accessibility
Kirkenes Hotell’s pages we read don’t detail accessible rooms, so ask before you book one.
On site
- GymNot stated
- Sauna or spaNot stated
- Family roomsNot stated
- Pets allowedNot stated
Also worth knowing
- Scored only on distance; we couldn’t find the hotel’s own site, and booking sites don’t count
- Shared guest kitchen, per Booking.com
Before you book
Worth knowing
- Airport shuttle for an extra charge, per Booking.com.
- Free private parking, per Booking.com.
- Check-in from 14:00.
What we couldn’t confirm
- Whether breakfast is included
- The shuttle price
- The hotel’s own website
Every hotel fact here comes from Booking.com’s listing (we couldn’t find the hotel’s own site), read October 2026, unless we name another source. Distances are straight lines between our own map pins.
Worth a look alongside it
Before you book Kirkenes Hotell: the Kirkenes cruise guide and Kirkenes as a port of call.
A bed in town, a short taxi to the quay.
Tell us your sail date and we’ll check Kirkenes Hotell for the night before. No payment on the form.
Kirkenes Hotell FAQ
Does Kirkenes Hotell have an airport shuttle?
Booking.com lists one for an extra charge, with no price. Ask the hotel.
Is there parking at Kirkenes Hotell?
Free private parking, per Booking.com.
How far is Kirkenes Hotell from the Hurtigruten quay?
About 1.8 km in a straight line by our map estimate, so a taxi with bags.
Booking the cruise too?
Tell us the sailing and we’ll line up Kirkenes Hotell, the ride to the ship and the cruise itself. No fee, no obligation.
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