"Russian Barentsburg" Barentsburg by shiran_d

Barentsburg Travel Guide: 18 reviews and 52 photos

Barentsburg

Barentsburg is the main Russian community on Spitsbergen. It is now open to tourists, and this is where our snowmibile trip across the mountains from Longearbyen took us.

In Russia without the hassle

Barentsburg, a coal-mining village in Norway's Svalbard archipelago, is under Kremlin administration.

Barentsburg was then a Dutch coal-mining settlement.

The Soviet Union bought the town and mines in 1932 and Russians have been there ever since.

Leaving the Settlement

The locals said compared to their impoverished homeland, locals call this ''The Land of Miracles.''

And this was the moment we left and head back to Longyearbyen on our Snow Scooters.

  • Last visit to Barentsburg: May 2003
  • Intro Updated Jul 18, 2003
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  • tini58de's Profile Photo
    May 27, 2006 at 10:49 PM

    Really a very remote place! I enjoyed your page, thanks for sharing!

  • vivimero's Profile Photo
    May 13, 2004 at 5:43 AM

    where had you been lately? no news from you since...Xmas----write me!

  • lotharlerch's Profile Photo
    Oct 23, 2003 at 2:51 PM

    one of the most off-the-beaten-path places on earth. A pity that you left VT

  • annk's Profile Photo
    Sep 28, 2003 at 9:58 AM

    A fascinating place and so off the beaten path. Can't imagine a town where police are not needed.

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