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Hello! First time poster :)
Myself and my partner are visiting Longyearbyen in early September - staying in town at the Radisson.
I’ve booked for us to go on the Brewery tour, which is a 15min walk from the hotel and starts at 6pm. Is this safe for us to walk ourselves there and back? If you went on the brewery tour, I’d be interested to know how you got there and back.
Thanks in advance!
Pyramiden was once a model Soviet mining town on Norway’s Svalbard archipelago, deep inside the High Arctic.
At its peak, the settlement had apartment buildings, a school, a hospital, a cultural palace, a heated swimming pool, and more than a thousand residents. Families raised children there while miners worked beneath the mountain that gave the town its name.
In 1998, the mine closed and most residents left within months. Much of the settlement remained standing in the Arctic cold, preserving traces of the lives that disappeared from it.
I made a short documentary exploring why the Soviet Union invested so much in this remote town, what everyday life was like, and what happened to the people who had to leave.
This is my own video. I’d be especially interested to hear from anyone who has visited Pyramiden or knows more about its former residents:
Hi!
I'm coming to Svalbard soon for an Erasmus semester! Since I need a lot of big jumpers and jackets I'm thinking if it's easier to get a package with my clothes delivered to the island, instead of taking everything in the suitcase.
Is it possible to ship a package from Germany to there? And if so would it cost a fortune and would it take super long for it to arrive?
Would appreciate any help with this!
Double exposed some shots on purpose, all in all i am rather satisfied with the longyearbyen + lomo turq + rollei 35 s combo.
Hello,
Me and my crew are going on an trip on a sailboat around Spitsbergen. Due to the scarcity of food on the eastern coast, we were wondering if it's possible to catch a fish or two for sustenance. The information on the internet seems to be scarce and conflicting. Could anyone point out the current rules? Do we need to acquire any permit? Obviously we would fish only on the open seas, not protected areas. Thanks for any help.
Hi everyone
We have booked to visit Svalbard at the beginning of April 2027.
I have not yet booked the hotel, based on this community I was thinking the Funken Lodge? If not available then the Raddison. Please let me know if other recommendations.
I am bringing my parents, they are older but not elderly (if that makes sense) so I am looking at activities rated 1-2 on the ‘visit Svalbard’ website, and no activities rated 3-4.
All half day tours such as dog sledding, northern lights, seed tour, coal mine, sleigh ride, boat tour with better moments. All of these tours are on the visit Svalbard website.
I guess my second question is, is this the best place to book tours or should I be doing more research outside of this website? Each tour idea links to different websites so I am hoping so but if anyone has advice or recommendations please let me know.
TIA!