Treriksrøysa (‘Three-Country Cairn’) is a cairn which marks the tripoint where the borders between Finland, Norway and Russia meet. The site is on a hill called Krokfjellet (Norwegian) or Muotkavarre (Finnish and Russian), in the Pasvikdalen valley.
It is the only place in Europe where three time zones meet: Central European Time, Eastern European Time and Further-eastern European Time.
- Finland – Eastern European Time (UTC +2)
- Norway – Central European Time (UTC +1)
- Russia – Moscow Time (UTC +3)
The tripoint can only legally be approached by the public from the Norwegian side, since both Finland and Russia maintain extensive border zones where public access is prohibited. This is the second most northern tripoint in the world. The FINOSE tripoint between Finland, Norway and Sweden is 900 m further north ( and several hundred kilometres west).
The tripoint is marked by a cairn (which is unnumbered). There is a white pyramid on top with the respective countries names written on.
The monument
Norwegian – Russian Border
Standing at the monument all the borders are clearly demarcated.
Border markers #1 to #6 on the Norwegian – Russian border
The walk from the car park at Grenseberget follows a marked track for 5 km up to the tripoint monument Treriksrøysa. The walk follows the Norway – Russian border and in some places is very close to it. With some planning, and by using the cleared border corridor it is possible to combine a visit to the tripoint with an opportunity to bag the border markers BM#1 to BM#6.
Please click on the images below for full report with additional maps and photos for each border marker.
Finland – Russia Border
The Finnish – Russian border runs directly south from the tripoint “Muotkavaara” in Finnish. It was not possible for me to enter Finland so I could only observe the border whilst standing within Norway by the tripoint monument.
Finland – Norway Border
This was the only border where I did not take that many photos, although for me as a UK passport holder it was a significant one. I was instructed that I was not allowed to enter Finland because as a non EU citizen I needed to enter the Schengen Zone by an official route – road, rail or flight. Hence, both Mike (USA) and I were restricted to the Norwegian segment of the tripoint area. In the Brexit referendum those who voted to leave did so to restrict others freedom of movement. Today I was one of those others.
The walk in.
This tripoint is remote, after leaving the Skogfoss Dam it was a 2 hour drive along gravel roads, with the last 19km being especially difficult, being uneven, gravel and with pot holes. We had an ordinary car, a 4 x 4 would have been better. On arrival at Grenseberget – a car park/camping site we had a further 5km walk. The trail was well marked and at times was very close to the NO/RU border. Mosquitos were very active in the early evening. It was relatively straightforward but took time due to the water, and rocky uphill path towards the end.
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Date of Visit: 16 June 2024
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Nice dig at Leave voters there (I wasn’t one of them, but that’s democracy for you). However you were already in Schengen whilst in Norway, so what you say makes no sense.
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I was in Schengen on a 90 day VOA. The Norwegian border guards were however very clear, whilst I could enter Finland I could only do so by an official route: road, rail or flight. EU citizens face no such restrictions and can stroll across the border anywhere. My freedom of movement is therefore less as a third country national, who knew it cut both ways.
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I (UK citizen) until recently lived very closed to the Austrian-Slovak border and would very often walk/cycle/run across the historical border at unofficial places (hiking trials, forests). I always wondered what would happen if an Austrian border guard asked to see ID, but it never happened. The AUHUSK tripoint is not an official crossing and you can easily go between the three countries, even if there are border guards observing.
I remember this same issue being present in a youtube video at the tripoint and I’ve never found information stating as to the reasons why the Norwegians have this rule.
I suppose Brexit does means Brexit.
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It did not make much sense, but they were absolutely firm about it. I should have said I was Irish when asked.
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Thank you Nick for subscribing to my updates as your public label includes a well known but now defunct anti EU/pro leave political party UKIP it is in fact extremely likely you were one of them.
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Thanks to your site I finally visited FINORU, by pure coincidence two days before you, and then headed to North Cape and FINOSE. As I had driven there from the UK they were probably surprised, so greeted me in the car park. They were all very friendly and I also suffered the ban on entering Finland there. I’ve posted pics at abbapics under news.
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It does seem that the border guards were wrong.
Below is link to a conversation with ChatGPT about the border crossing rules. Although ChatGPT can make mistakes, it has (as I requested) found government sources to back up its assertions, so please see also the pages which it linked.
Here is a brief summary:
– Non-EU nationals with valid Schengen entry have the same freedom as EU nationals regarding crossing Schengen internal borders. This includes crossing the border between Norway and Finland at any point (provided that they are not carrying goods that need to be declared).
– Temporary (extraordinary) checks can be introduced on internal borders, overriding the usual rules, but these then apply to everyone, regardless of citizenship. (Also, although Norway had indeed introduced temporary checks at the time, these only affected ferries from other Schengen countries, not the land borders with Finland and Sweden.)
https://chatgpt.com/share/693f5b46-e33c-8013-9fe8-26ff8794217b
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