The Arctic stretch
Narvik → Kirkenes · E6
The last stage of the E6, from Narvik to Kirkenes.
Passes through 17 municipalities
About the drive
Convoy driving can occur over the mountain passes in bad winter weather.
Along the way
- Northern lights & midnight sun — Narvik, Gratangen, Loabák - Lavangen, Bardu, Målselv, Balsfjord, Storfjord - Omasvuotna - Omasvuono, Gáivuotna - Kåfjord - Kaivuono, Nordreisa - Ráisa - Raisi, Kvænangen, Alta, Hammerfest - Hámmerfeasta, Porsanger - Porsáŋgu - Porsanki, Kárášjohka - Karasjok, Deatnu - Tana, Unjárga - Nesseby, Sør-Varanger
- Quiet & remote — Gratangen, Loabák - Lavangen, Målselv, Storfjord - Omasvuotna - Omasvuono, Gáivuotna - Kåfjord - Kaivuono, Nordreisa - Ráisa - Raisi, Kvænangen, Porsanger - Porsáŋgu - Porsanki, Kárášjohka - Karasjok, Deatnu - Tana, Unjárga - Nesseby, Sør-Varanger
- Sámi & minority cultures — Loabák - Lavangen, Storfjord - Omasvuotna - Omasvuono, Gáivuotna - Kåfjord - Kaivuono, Nordreisa - Ráisa - Raisi, Kvænangen, Alta, Porsanger - Porsáŋgu - Porsanki, Kárášjohka - Karasjok, Deatnu - Tana, Unjárga - Nesseby, Sør-Varanger
- Fishing — Målselv, Nordreisa - Ráisa - Raisi, Alta, Kárášjohka - Karasjok, Deatnu - Tana, Sør-Varanger
- National parks — Bardu, Målselv, Nordreisa - Ráisa - Raisi, Porsanger - Porsáŋgu - Porsanki, Unjárga - Nesseby, Sør-Varanger
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Stops along the route
- Narvik
Stetind, Norway's 'national mountain', the 1940 battles told at the Narvik War Museum, and the Ofoten Line clinging to the slopes towards Sweden.
- Gratangen
Nordland boats at the Northern Norway Boat Museum, the old wharves and shop at Foldvik, and battle sites from April 1940 around Gratangsbotn.
- Lavangen
Spanstinden rising 1,457 m above the steep Lavangen fjord, boathouses and a war exhibition at Krambuvika museum, and Sámi roots in Spansdalen.
- Bardu
Polar Park, the world's northernmost wildlife park with wolves, bears and lynx, plus the Troms Defence Museum at Setermoen and vast Lake Altevatn.
- Målselv
Målselvfossen, once voted Norway's national waterfall, with a long salmon ladder and a viewing window open in salmon season, plus Øvre Dividal National Park.
- Balsfjord
6,000-year-old rock carvings at Tennes, goat's-milk brunost from the Storsteinnes dairy, and an 18th-century sawmill at Aursfjord.
- Storfjord
Skibotn's famously clear skies for aurora hunting, sharp Otertinden above Signaldalen, and Treriksrøysa, the cairn where Norway, Sweden and Finland meet.
- Kåfjord
Riddu Riđđu, the annual Indigenous festival in Manndalen, the Sámi museum at the Centre for Northern Peoples, and bungee jumps from the Gorsa bridge.