Svalbard, Norway

Travel Blogs from Svalbard (49)

Longyearbreen glacier walk..., Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Norway travel blog
Longyearbreen glacier walk...
Jun 30, 2006

... order to ensure that I got a window seat. The Lonely Planet describes the descent to Longyearbyen, the main settlement in Svalbard, as "otherworldly" provided the weather's clear. Unfortunately it was quite cloudy for me, but there were enough gaps to get ...

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Tempelfjorden cruise..., Svalbard, Norway travel blog
Tempelfjorden cruise...
Jun 30, 2006

... was relatively small and would have been crammed had the maximum number of seventy been there. Most of the people who visit Svalbard are from Norway or Sweden, and this trip was no different as I was the only person whose first language was English. It ...

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Superb walk to Trollsteinen, Svalbard, Norway travel blog
Superb walk to Trollsteinen
Jul 1, 2006

... tired, I felt exhilerated at what had been one of the walks of my life. Not even England's loss in the football could dampen my spirits (ok maybe it did for 10 minutes or so), as I was enjoying myself and Svalbard was certainly living up to expectations...

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Cruise to Barentsburg..., Svalbard, Norway travel blog
Cruise to Barentsburg...
Jul 2, 2006

I was aching all over when I woke up on Sunday morning, and I could quite happily have stayed in bed, but I had a full day cruise to look forward to so I eventually got up. For the first time since my arrival, the weather was quite poor with thick clouds ...

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Forum Discussions on Svalbard (67)

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 ...
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.
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?
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 ...