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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.
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.
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.
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The Locals told me that There aren't police because the occasional troublemaker ''just gets a little advice from the... more travel advice
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Transporting Coal. more travel advice
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These are originals caps worn during the old Russian times. The Picture was taken inside the souvenir shop. more travel advice
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Comments (4)
Really a very remote place! I enjoyed your page, thanks for sharing!
where had you been lately? no news from you since...Xmas----write me!
one of the most off-the-beaten-path places on earth. A pity that you left VT
A fascinating place and so off the beaten path. Can't imagine a town where police are not needed.