MODERNITY MEETS WILDERNESS
Longyearbyen is a strange mix of Arctic nature and modern technology. Here you can find both high speed internet and polar bears, right next to each other.
Longyearbyen is a combination of modern houses and old mining structures. You can see children walking to and from the school along with reindeer. You can sit with a cup of coffee using a highspeed internet connection, while others walk past with rifles. Spitsbergen is a place of contrasts.
Arriving by plane is really the only possibility when it comes to visiting Longyearbyen. It’s a roughly three hour flight from Oslo. Longyearbyen is located in small valley of Longyear, surrounded by mountains on three sides, with the Adventfjord on the fourth.
The first thing you see is this: the polar bear sing on both sides of the town
Center of Longyearbyen
Huset, one of the most well known houses in Spitsbergen, with a very interesting and colorful history – and one of the best wine cellars in whole Scandinavia
Old hospital stairs (sykehustrappa) is an important part of the sun festival (sulfestuke) – it’s the first Place where sun hits after several month of polar night
Autumn colors in Longyearbyen – this time of the year was the inspiration for the towns color plans
Mixture of old and New – mining meets the modern city
Before the trucks they used the cable way to transport cole from the mines to the habour
Longyear valley and the city of Longyearbyen, Advenfjorden and Hjortfjellet in the back
The iron from the mine matches beautifully with the autumn colors of the nature.
Would you like to explore Longyearbyen and Spitsbergen?
This is a hike for the adventurous souls! You are entering a frozen landscape hiding architectural secrets created by natures robust hands. The darkness of the polar night sweeps over us, while the snow and the moon illuminate the landscape more than you can imagine. Join us on a hiking experience out of the ordinary and explore inside the glacier.
Selected dates
5-6 hours
November-January
Lunch and warm drinks incl.
child 10 yrs 1,190
per person
1,690
nok
Next departure
4th Dec 2024