The notebook of Svalbard
Follow the shades from morning to sunset.
Icemakers, bare mountains and mining history surround Longyearbyen in an archipelago where any exit requires polar precautions.
At your own pace
Identity summary
5 to 10 days
Spring · Summer · Autumn · Winter
Recommended car
Island · Coast · Mountain · Nature
Variable accessibility
Modular rhythm
General presentation
Svalbard
Icemakers, bare mountains and mining history surround Longyearbyen in an archipelago where any exit requires polar precautions.
To understand what Svalbard is, you have to look at World Seed Reserve, Longyearbyen and Pyramidn. These places give you a view of a territory marked by island landscapes, the coastline, mountain reliefs and natural spaces and allow you to move from emblematic sites to more intimate stages.
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For a stay of 5 to 10 days, it is better to balance visits and travel times. Also to be anticipated: conditions to be checked according to the season. A car is usually the easiest way to connect the different sectors. Accessibility varies from site to site and deserves to be verified step by step.
Strengths and constraints
Strengths
- World Seed Reserve
- Longyearbyen
- Pyramiden
Before you choose
- Car often useful
- Conditions to be checked by season
Places worth visiting
A selection to start dreaming and organizing the stay — not an exhaustive list of everything there is to see.
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Réserve mondiale de semences
The Réserve mondiale de semences preserves in permafrost duplicates of agricultural collections from all over the world; its luminous portal is visible, but the interior is not open to ordinary visits.
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Longyearbyen
Longyearbyen is an ancient mining town that became a scientific and tourist centre, where colourful houses, polar museum and industrial remains stretch out in a valley without trees.
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Pyramiden
Pyramiden is a former Soviet mining colony abandoned in 1998; its buildings, its cultural palace and its Lenin statue are visited with a guide after a navigation in the Isfjord.
Practical tips
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