Natural features
Longyearbyen and Svalbard
Longyearbyen is the main settlement of Svalbard, an Arctic archipelago halfway between mainland Norway and the North Pole, with glaciers, mountains a…
Travel tips in Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
Tours and activities
Boat trip to the glaciers of Svalbard
In summer, day cruises from Longyearbyen sail along the Isfjorden to glacier fronts, where ice breaks off into the sea, and past bird cliffs and walr…
Historic sites
Pyramiden ghost town, Svalbard
An abandoned Soviet coal-mining town, closed in 1998 and left almost as it was, with the world's most northerly statue of Lenin, a cultural centre wi…
Buildings
Global Seed Vault, Svalbard
A secure seed bank built deep into a mountain near Longyearbyen, holding over a million samples of crop seeds from around the world, as a backup agai…