The European North in our country is represented by the Murmansk region and Karelia. Today, these are well-developed international-class tourism centers that amaze with the wonderful beauties of the forest-tundra, tundra, rivers and lakes, mountain ranges and hills, the exotic coasts of the Barents and the White Sea.
The European North and North-West of Russia is a land where the summer sun sets and the polar night lasts all winter. There are many memorable places associated with the ancient world and the recent socialist past. Tourists are offered the conditions for fishing and hunting for wild animals, mountaineering, water and mountain tourism, skiing.
Today, the European North is not the edge of the earth. Air service is established here not only with Moscow and the northern capital of the country, but also with most major cities. Shipping company actively supports tourism in the northern regions of the European part of the country. Nuclear-powered icebreakers transport 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.
Snow safaris are carried out on snowmobiles of the Polaris Sport Touring-550 brand. Routes are organized with different categories of difficulty. The groups include both drivers and passengers, who are accommodated in double sleighs. The length of the routes is from forty to six hundred kilometers along the snowy tundra. On the way there are historical monuments and buildings, the most beautiful northern landscapes. For overnight, guest houses and cottages are prepared.
Feel the power over the water element regardless of age and level of sports training allows rafting or boat routes along the northern rivers, which abound in the European North of Russia.
In some areas of the region, areas have been allocated for the development of medical, health and resort recreation. In all areas, guests are welcomed with cultural, educational, ethnic and environmental programs and picking berries and mushrooms.
The Murmansk region - the European North of our country - borders with 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 from Moscow. The terrain is complex. Hills, mountains and natural boundaries formed by glaciers are very attractive for tourists. Dolomites, amethysts and other mineralogical sights are world famous. The subarctic climate is softened by warm currents, so in some places even the Barents Sea does not freeze in winter. And in winter, the temperature regime is in the range from minus eight to minus fifteen degrees Celsius.
