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How to travel to and around Svalbard

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Travel Information

Get important information on how to travel to Svalbard, and how to travel between the settlements once you're here. Remember, there is only 40 km of roads in Svalbard, and there are no roads between the different settlements in Svalbard. 
This means that one mus use either a boat or snowmobile in order to travel between these.

Below you will also find information on how to get around in Longyearbyen, opening hours for shops, museums and galleries, and information on the airport shuttle bus that runs from the Svalbard Airport Longyear, to all the hotels and other accommodation in town.

  1. To travel to Svalbard you need to fly via Oslo or Tromsø on mainland Norway.
  2. How to get from Svalbard Airport Longyear to the center of Longyearbyen and the hotels.
  3. It is prohibited to use drones in Longyearbyen
  4. Taxi and bus services in the world's northernmost town.
  5. When visiting the High Arctic, you need to dress accordingly both summer and winter
  6. Help keep alien species out of the Arctic
  7. Important information on how to be safe in Svalbard
  8. Information about travels to Barentsburg and Pyramiden
  9. Check out Longyearbyen's opening hours on shops, attractions and restaurants.
  10. Book activities and get all the information you need at our tourist information office.
  11. You might have seen the pilot sign – or test sign – that is erected close by Svalbard museum and the Science park? This sign marks the beginning of a new and exciting project in Longyearbyen.

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