Svalbard Shopping

  Svalbard Arctic Sport
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  • Svalbard Arctic Sport
      Svalbard Arctic Sport
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  • Coffee and souvenirs
      Coffee and souvenirs
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  • Nybyen
      Nybyen
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  • Cheaper sports clothing here
      Cheaper sports clothing here
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  • Men's shop in here...
      Men's shop in here...
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Paulsen Sport: Skis, guns & ammo, boots and Bergans specialist

by Saagar

This shop, linked to the one across the corridor has an emphaisis on "manly" activities. This is the place to accessorize your snowmobile with gun racks, hunting knives, get your fat signal side arm, polar bear defense rifle, bona fide hunting rifles and shotguns and what not in that direction. The shop has also the only real selection of touring/XC skis in Longyearbyen, with a small but sensible range of equipment for track and off track skis, bindings and ski boots.A separate part of the shop has a wide selections of shoes and boots, best in Longyearbyen. A clothing/equipment section has nearly everything from the Bergans company, good backpacks, clothing etc. Gun rent (mauser) is NOK 100/day plus NOK 1000 deposit.Outdoors clothing, skis, hiking boots. 25% off mainland prices.

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Storø Skinnsøm Spitsbergen: Local seal fur clothing

by Saagar

Located in the Longyearbyen Art Centre the main focus is nevertheless on producing local sealskin clothes, fur accessories, remaking and repairs of fur winter clothing. Rugged trappers' clothing and more luxury-style show clothes can be bought or ordered here as per request. Not a shop for BB, but certainly one that uses local resources in a sensible way. Open Mon-Fri 9-15:45 and on request. With time on Svalbard, have your own anorak made, that's indeed a very practical wear, too. The more artistical stuff - well, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.... Ouucchh, not that question again....

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Høyfjellspesialisten, Svalbardbutikken: Broad range outdoor equipment store

by Saagar

This shop is part of the Svalbardbutikken Co-op and is open Mon-Fri 10-18 and Saturday 10-14, closed Sundays.Good range of outdoors clothing, camping goods, sleeping bags, boots etc. Less extreme-oriented than Svalbard Arctic Sport. Generally good prices. Gun rental NOK 130/day for a more modern and light 7.62 rifle than the old mausers on offer elsewhere.Wide range of camping goods, better than the other shops in Longyearbyen if this is what you are looking for. Brand selection is no-nonsense, sturdy stuff.

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Lompen Senteret: The Svalbard sweater

by Saagar

There are just a few shops in Longyearbyen. You will soon find the ones that have the Svalbard Sweater.I bought mine at a sports clothes store in the Lompen Senteret, to the left as you walk in there. The Svalbard Sweater (Actually, it's Devold's Nansen Model) is a fairly regular sweater, but remains the traditional garment of Svalbard. Double knit, strong wool, not very cheap, but definitely a long-life item that you will use if will A) boast of your recent travel to 78 degrees north or B) continue to visit colder climes of the globe. 890 NOK for a zippered high collar one, slightly less for the round neck ones.

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Alcohol

by Mittnic

Shops in Longyearbyen. In Barantsburg you can buy Russian souveniers. Svalbard is a tax free zone, hence that alcohol is much cheaper here than in the rest of Norway where it's very, very, very expensive.

Svalbard is a taxfree area

by georeiser

Svalbard is a taxfree shopping area. The shops are located in the centre of Longyearbyen.

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