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 The information about this location have been automatically translated with Microsoft Translator. Rank : 8.0 (average on 1 votes)Coordinates : 78.064945, 14.220253 ( Open in Google Maps) Subjects : It is a mining town, built by the Danes in 1932 and then raised thanks to Russian intervention, although from a geographical and administrative point of view this place is Norway. It features many colorful buildings extremely characteristic of obvious Soviet approach and an imposing bust of Lenin. The city is also home to the Pomory Museum, located inside what was once the "Palace of Culture and Sport" where there is still a five-a-side basketball and soccer field and a heated seawater pool. In the settlement there are two facilities to stay in, a hotel and a guest house, and a restaurant. You can photograph the streets and palaces, the bust of Lenin, the wooden church, the port area, the coal-fired power plant and its plants, but also and above all the people who live here and in particular the miners. From time to time also some animals such as arctic foxes, reindeer and many birds. More rarely walrables and white bears. If it's dark you can also have the Aurora. Unlike other areas of Svalbard, this place is very untouristy, and here people really live in a reality out of space and out of time, and this is the most fascinating and unique aspect of this small human settlement on the edge of the world.Recommended equipment : Nothing special is required. With a standard zoom like a 24-105 you can do everything. If one wants to devote himself to the formal photography of the buildings certainly it is better to have the appropriate easel and grandangles, better still a decentralised. For portraits and details something longer, like an 85 or 135 or a 70-200.Great use of the Drone.Best months : The winter months are characterized by perennial darkness and this does not help at all the visit of the city, better to have at least a few hours of light/light. So I would say avoid November, December, January and February. How to get there : The easiest thing to go there is by ship from Longyearbyen. There are various boats going the boat. It's not even 1 hour at sea. In the middle of winter I think it can only be reached by land with snowmobiles even if they told me that in recent years, with climate change, the bay is almost always free of frost and ships manage to sail practically all year round.Visits : Going around town is free. Outside you must be accompanied by an armed local guide. Notes : This city, like all the Svalbard Islands, is outside of the Schengen free movement agreements and you must be accompanied by an armed local guide to get out of the inhabited areas. | | Nearby:   Longyearbyen 37 km
 Svalbard 38 km
 Pyramiden 81 km
 Nordenskjøldbree 89 km
 Ny Ålesund 108 km
 Capo Nord Nordkapp 836 km
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