GETTING THERE
Kirkkoniemi airport, Kirkenes lufthavn Norway145 km
Vesisaari airport,
Vadsø lufthavn Norway 86 km
Ivalo airport 218 km
Rovaniemi airport 492km
VR’s car train takes you to Rovaniemi, Kolari or Kemijärvi, where you can drive the rest of the way with your own car.
By bus or taxi from Ivalo and Rovaniemi, for example.
Airports
Kirkkoniemi airport (Kirkenes lufthavn) is located in northern Norway. The airport is 145 km from Nuorgam. On flights within Norway, you can get to Kirkenes Airport e.g. through Oslo. More information about
Kirkkoniemi airport.
Vesisaari airport (Vadsø lufthavn) can also be found in northern Norway. The distance from the airport to Nuorgam is about 86 kilometers. For flights within Norway, you can get to the station e.g. through Tromsø. More information about Vesisaari airport.
Ivalo has the nearest airport to which Finnair flies from Helsinki directly or via Kittilä. The distance from Ivalo is 218 kilometers to Nuorgam, so the rest of the trip must be covered either by renting a car, bus or taxi.
Rovaniemi Airport is the third busiest airport in Finland, through which 661,000 air passengers passed in 2019.
More information on incoming and outgoing flights to Rovaniemi and Ivalo can be found Finavia’s website.
By train
You can get to Rovaniemi, Kemijärvi and Kolari by train (also by car train). The distance from Rovaniemi to Nuorgam is about 500 kilometers (driving time about 6 hours), from Kemijärvi it is 466 kilometers (driving time 5 h 45 minutes) and from Kolari to Nuorgam is 437 kilometers (driving time 5 h 27 minutes). More information on train schedules can be found on VR’s website.
The rest of the trip can be folded with your own car if you have arrived by car train, or by renting a car, bus ride or taxi.
Car rental
Renting a car is convenient and easy if the bus ride is not attractive.
By bus or taxi
Nuorgam can also be reached by bus from Ivalo, Kemijärvi and Rovaniemi. More information on bus shifts can be found on Matkahuolto’s website.