Travel Blog Photos from Svalbard and Jan Mayen (354)
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![]() | Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Norway |
***For some reason Svalbard isn't on the TravelPod map, but rest assured it's between the northern most point of Norway and the North Pole (which is a mere 600 miles away)*** I checked in at Tromso's airport a good 6 hours before my 11.50pm flight in ...
... brief details of our trip from 20.7-15.8.2008 to svalbard spitsbergen, 1. day plane: vienna - munich - oslo - longyearbyen 2. day resting and organizational matters 3. day boattravel to the ghosttown pyramiden 4.-8. day hikes around pyramiden 9. day ...
... them. We went back to hotel, had a coke and some chocolate and then boarded the bus to the airport. Ate lunch at the airport after checking in then boarded the plane for the flight via Tromso to Oslo. Good clear day so more pics of Svalbard from the plane.
A very nice seagull...standing on the balcony of our Norwegian and Danish friends, Hilde and Sigve. They even liked to eat from their hands (what Bea checked personally).
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Svalbard
Posted on Nov 8, 2009, 07:27:07
... mainland. It also looks to be expensive once there....as you're kinda stuck there until your return flight! Norway is expensive as it is, so Svalbard even more so, just for basics like food & accommodation. They also say that you have to do ...
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Svalbard
Posted on Nov 8, 2009, 08:56:46
... may.....the wife has been dying to see the rest of Scandanavia, and Norway was been the main blip on our radar. SHE actually found Svalbard and showed it to me.....I'm trying to suprise her with an out of this world trip in March, so we'll see.
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Svalbard
Posted on Nov 7, 2009, 18:05:28
I recieved a travel guide the other day in the mail for Norway, and noticed a region my wife had told me about a while ago: Svalbard. How do you get there from the mainland, and is this a good area for whale watching and polar bear expeditions?
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The Best of Norway
Posted on Apr 17, 2008, 09:21:42
... 39;re in season, try the good-tasting, amber-colored muiter (cloudberries). An additional treat, well made in Norway, is a pancake accompanied by lingonberries koldtbord (a kind of breakfast) Singoalla biscuts gravlaks Salmonburgers Thanks again for any ...
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