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In several eateries you may find a notice asking for your helpfulness in clearing the table after you have eaten. Lazy staff or another historical surviving tradition from the mining age? Whatever, pay attention to it and follow the advice. There will be trays or trolleys set up for you to put your cutlery etc.
If you want to make a BBQ on treeless Svalbard, you have two choices: either you find 1) driftwood or you find 2) coal. Near Longyearbyen option No 1 is less likely than No 2.Coal can be picked off the cliffs or found along transport bands or roads and transshipment sites in or near Longyearbyen. Plenty of coal for your BBQ party! How many tonnes do you want???Driftwood is found along the beaches, but mainly on the outer coasts. This is Siberian timber that has come out from the taiga on the big rivers Lena, Yenisei and Ob. Some scrap wood and most of the trash comes from the North Sea/North Atlantic coasts.
And how can it be otherwise, with a maximum readership of 1500 - theoretically...Here you get the local, local, local veeery local news. But the polar bear news radioed in from the neighbour may well be 100 km away at a hunting station. And with all the activities and different exciting professions hee things happen all the time. They keep a fairly exact polar bear visit log, too.You may not understand all what is written, but take a look at their internet edition with the main headlines.:
You always take your shoes off.The reason is the dirt and coal dust that stick to your shoes. It is a tradition from the heyday of mining that lives on -observe it! And buy a pair of warm, woollen socks if you did not come equipped with indoor slippers!
In Svalbard it's custom to take you boots/shoes off when entering a building. The only exception being shops. In hotels, restaurants, the Church and Museum socks or slippers it is!
The main drag in Longyearbyen seem to attract little skiers. Not all of them equally steady, so watch your step...Fun to watch, though!
Svalbard is a demilitarized area, so if you see any military-looking vehichles they are surplus equipment bought and brought privately from the mainland.
take them off indoors. -always.
I saw some of the local teens swimming from the beach in Longyearbyen. Water temperatur was 3 C and no, they didn’t look that well afterwards.
Spitsbergen Hotel Longyearbyen
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Radisson Sas Polar Spitsbergen Longyearbyen
2 Reviews and 69 Opinions The SAS hotel has a very central location only 100 m from the main shopping area. It has 95 rooms...
Spitsbergen Guesthouse Longyearbyen
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Q: Me and my husband are planning our anniversary trip in Spitsbergen. We're from Mexico and want this to be the trip of a lifetime....
A: Hi - welcome to VT! I'd recommend staying at the Radisson. It's really nice and the restaurant is excellent. Spitsbergen Travel (www.spitsbergentravel.no/eng/) booked...
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