- The city of Murmansk is named for the Murman Coast and Murman is an older Russian term for Norwegians
- Murmansk is home to the northernmost trolleybus system in the world
- An important fishing and shipping port, and naval base, Murmansk is the location of the world’s only fleet of nuclear powered icebreakers
- The “”midnight sun”” is above the Murmansk horizon from 22 May to 23 July (63 days), but the period with continuous darkness is only 40 days, from 2 December to 10 January
- Though it has declined in population by 40% since 1989, Murmansk remains the largest city north of the arctic circle
- Murmansk has an average 131 days of rain and 168 days of snow – more days of precipitation than any other city in Europe
