Tour of Longyearbyen, the World's Northermost Town
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- Опубліковано 10 бер 2019
- Longyearbyen on Svalbard is the world's northernmost permanently inhabited community: www.lifeinnorway.net/longyear...
The population is just a little over 2,000, yet in many ways Longyearbyen functions like any other town. There's a supermarket, bars, church, cinema, school, and even a municipal swimming pool. Come with me on a tour of Longyearbyen!
Places Mentioned:
Polar Permaculture: Growing food in the High Arctic
www.polarpermaculture.com
Huset: Fine dining at 78 degrees north
www.huset.com/en
Tour of Longyearbyen
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Those crunchy walks are good enough for me. :)
hahah!! Gave me a chuckle!!
Same. I love that sound.
It's changed massively since I was there in the 1980s. Nice to see a video of how it is now. I have fond memories of my time there though most of my time spent over in Sveagruva and out on the glaciers doing the first seismic survey there for geological mapping.
Holy crap. I had to put on a sweater and mittens to watch this. 🥶
🤣
Ah, the crunch of that snow under the boots brings back some memories!
Could never handle the 4 months of dark. In Wisconsin to handle shorter days I bike through winter ( fat tire) snowshoe and get outside at least a hour a day in the sunlight....and still feel "off". I give people credit who can handle it.
You absolutely need to always look on the bright side to survive up there. Yes, it's dark for five months straight in winter, but there aren't any mosquitoes and you can sleep at night, at least if you can figure out when night is happening. Same in summer: yes it's bright all the time so you can't sleep, is constantly raining and there are billions of mosquitoes eating you, but it also isn't 50 below, 10 feet of snow and dark all the time. It's just an extreme locale.
I couldn't make it work myself after just one year up there, but I talked to a lot of people who lived there so I sort of know how it works. I just think it's a rough transition for most people. The human mind is curiously reliant on the day-night cycle. At least mine is. Never gave a single thought to not being able to see the sun until I wasn't able to see the sun. And vice versa. Oh please set! I need to sleep!
LOVED WISCONSIN,MY DOG WAS BORN IN DE PERE AND MARRIED IN GREENBAY.
It's so cold even the snow is saying it's too cold.
What a beautiful, picturesque town. Peter sold me on the largest wine selection.
It is so beautiful, clean, modern, peaceful and the scenery is off the charts. But the freezing temps and the polar bears (which I love, but I know they don't love me back!) would keep me away. But thank you for showing us this totally awesome place!
It's so picturesque. I've often "toured" the town on Google Earth, and wished I could go up there to visit... but I've no idea how I would get there or what I would DO when I was there.
So, I've greatly enjoyed your video, it let me "visit" the town through your camera.
Getting up there is really easy, and quite cheap (about 150-200€) return trip from Oslo in the middle of summer, which is high season for tourism ... accommodation is a lot less cheap, but if you're willing to stay in a hostel you can get by with 50 to 70€ a night. 😉
Its really easy you just go i went in February between the polar night and day would heavily recommend!!
@@thedemongodvlogs7671 please am from lagos Nigeria how do i visit svalbard
So you have "..no idea how to get there...". Then I guess you also have no idea how to get/book a trip to New York, London or Paris or how to get/book a hotel room there.... Life can not be easy for you. ...
@@xpost9381 Insulting comment accomplishes what?
I worked in the coal mines up here for 16 years a fantastic place and really friendly people, it used to earn its money mainly from mining and tourism but the mines are no longer working so I’d imagine it’s mainly tourism now , must be doing ok because they have extended the airport and there seems to be more hotels and restaurants now , anyone going I’d strongly recommend the skidoo trip to the Russian mine One of the most memorable things I’ve ever done
I would consider retiring there . What is cost of Land and building a house? How good is internet? Where does electricity come from? could a person build a wind mill? Does Amazon deliver there ?
B1Vantage I don’t know What the cost of plots is but Food Is about half a dollar more than normal Prices in USA. For internet and power NASA funded an underground fiber internet connection To Norway and There’s Also an underground power transport and solar panels. You can get amazon there but only by plane once a week
@@b1vantage45 Svalbard is not a place for retiring. Only those who can have a work there and support themselves can live there. So when finishing your work there..... it's back to the mainland...... You can visit as tourist but your stay there will be limited in time...
@@fooxer866 I would point out a couple of things: You say " .... internet and power NASA funded an underground .... to Norway". A cable from Svalbard to Norway.... well.... Svalbard is Norway..... Yes, there are two cables but both are internet fiber cables. There are no power cable for electricity from the mainland. The electricity in Longearybyen are produced by themselves in a coal fired power plant. The coal come their own coal mines. But that will soon be changed with a more environmental friendly way of energy production The cables are not underground. They lay on the seabed under the Norwegian Sea. Norsk Romsenter owns the fiber cables, Telenor (the main Norwegian tele operator) are running them. NASA and the US meteorological service are the two largest customers. So the cables are not funded by NASA. At the end you again say "... underground transport...".... I have no idea of what you are talking about.... but whatever.... you are wrong ...... there exists no underground transport of anything.
Thank you Dada
I love cold , Snow , extreme weather 😌
Shako Shuki same
Watching from Fort Lauderdale, i'm having trouble comprehending that lifestyle :)
Great camera work. Lovely place.
That crunchy snow underfoot is life
Wish I could stay there... Lots of.love from India..
Wow wonderful place . Im sri lanakan 🇱🇰 but I love this town❤️ one day i will travel there❤️ Thanks for the video
1:11 You know it's really cold when the snow squeaks like that! It's like the sand on the beach in Pensacola.
It isn't really cold until your eyelids freeze up so you can't blink. That's at about -35 to -40. But you usually don't get that cold down by the shore in Norway because of the Gulf Stream. But walk literally 200 yards inland up there and it'll be easily twice as cold. The boundary between the coastal climate and the continental climate goes almost down to the water. Further north you go the crazier that transition.
@@politicallycorrectredskin796
Eh,not true. "Twice as cold", 200 yards inland?! Just lol. Do you even live in Norway or just guessing now? Also,thats not how temperature shifts work.
@@joeltarnabene5026 I live in Norway and have lived everywhere in Norway. I've experienced what I say many times. The further north you get the more extreme and sudden the transition.
@@politicallycorrectredskin796
What do you mean by "twice as cold" by the way? Since thats an oxymoron.
@@joeltarnabene5026 Great, a pedant who has flunked a semester of philosophy and thinks he knows everything... Get lost and find someone else to have your silly internet squabbles with!
Absolutely beautiful, thanks for sharing!!
Fascinating thank you for sharing
Love the colours of the buildings
Blue sky white snow is as good as sunshine for me just freezing ha ha
I bet it’s a great community spirited town
Loved this thanks
Wow! A”desert” of pure snow! Lovely and stark at the same time.
I'll bet things are very expensive there. I hope you make another UA-cam in summer for comparison.
I don't live there unfortunately but I am hoping to return at another time of year soon :)
I want to go there so bad. I’m live in Minnesota near Minneapolis and went to Norway once when I was 7. I went to Oslo but ever since I went to Norway I’ve been interested in it. But with COVID-19, High prices, and bad airline staffing, it’s been tough. I hope to go somewhere in Norway some day. Wish me luck!
Best wishes! I hope you make it here some day :)
@@lifeinnorway1 Thanks. Someday, I’ll take the trip. Probably not in the next few years though.
Belle vidéo. Merci
looks cozy
A lawnmower salesman would go broke here.
@@bordersonbudgets Thank you. I am watching it right now.
All the buldings look so new.
Fascinating place!
I know that place, it's just north of Holycrapitscoldbyen and over the bridge from Threedaysofsummerbyen.
There is a great new podcast about Longyearbyen called Extremtites:Season 2
What a fascinating place
Thank you for the tour
Very nice, really enjoyed it :)
It is only a bit warmer in Iowa today -6c with fresh snow.
Thank you!
Amazing! Thank you...
I don't hear a single boom box.
No sirens.
No honking horns and traffic jams.
I want to move there.
No Joy.No colours also.
Awesome blog. Which month did you go? Planning trip there when this is all over
Depends whether you want to sleep at night or not freeze to death. Every season is difficult that far north. I would probably recommend May or September, since those are the only two months that sort of have a day-night cycle. It's weird, but at least it resembles normal.
Those guys must be helluva tough up there
PilesDriver it’s basically Normal but with snow Higher prices And Fiber internet
Thank you sir x
It's actually beautiful and so clean but so remote and cold, brrrr.
Hubs worked up there for so,e contract work... it was a true highlight for him,
The temperature in summer only gets up to 7C. I’m guessing no t-shirts, shorts and sandals for those folks.
LOL
IT WOULD BE DEATH FOR ME THOUGH BEING FROM Florida LOL
@@Erin_The_Lotus no kidding! Lol
Welllllll. So they have all the comforts of life but how do they provide/support it ? (Heat, water, sewage, electricity )
If the mines are closed, what keeps this lonely settlement going? What is its purpose to be?
Scientific research and tourism, mainly
nice video, really miss the place. i was living up there for about 16 years. the dude you talked to at huset. is wrong. the houses burnt down by the fire sheaf ,is called sverdrups byen. not gruve byen. worked at huset and caffe busen . now a shopping mall ? great video.
Why did you leave? I plan to visit soon and would like to know what is the most/fun thing I can do up there? Also, is there any crime there as I have not seen any police in all the videos I have watched to date.
@@ptrfarnan i had to leave. The mining company, storenorske told me to leave. They meant that I should go to norway and find work there. Manny jobs upp there is like that .you only get so manny years on the island. And if people those to be criminal and they are arrested by the police. They loos the job on the island and have to leave. It's a small community. So there is nowhere to go .crime is werry difficult due to this.
I HAVEN'T HEARD THE SQUEAK OF EXTREMELY COLD SNOW SENCE I MOVED FROM MINNESOTA!
So this is Santa's village
In this part of the world reindeer are for you to eat. The polar bears eat you.
I don't wanna be too much of a geek but Santa's actual village is Rovaniemi in Finland :)
My friend Barrelhouse Chuck played a blues gig there about six or seven years ago. He died in 2016.
Where do those cars drive to?
Up the road...or...down the road. I’ve been there. It’s huge place and only 3 widely spaced isolated towns, not joined by any roads.
Polar bears are a definite danger. If you end up shooting one, guess who is in trouble, deep trouble? It is not a place where you can walk freely and safely.
Go on a organised trip or cruise. Unless you’re lucky enough to get a job that sends you there for a specific purpose.
The thumbnail is where I used to live I think it was the red one
If a person is visiting there and they want to hike, are there shotguns you can rent so you can leave town? Also,what time of year is this?
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I read a kids joke YEARS ago that was something like: a group of men were sitting around talking about the coldest weather they experienced. Each told their own story and each one wanted to outdo the others. The winner with the best story was : it was so cold the words came out of our mouths in pieces of ice and we had to thaw out the words to in a fryin pan to figure out what we were talking about🥶
The furthest north l ever was when l went to Palmer Alaska in late July to mid Sept. of 1979. It was my h.s. graduation present from my sister, her hubby and their two kids. My brother-in-law was a air traffic controller at Anchorage Airport. Their kids were 5 and 7. We went on some one-day trips to see different points of interest. I loved it. It was about the same type of weather as in Michigan, temps mid 70's, and the days were 'normal' sun up about 7am and sundown 8:30p- 9pm. My sister said in the winter the kids played in the yard under a street light after they got home from school about 3:30pm. I probably had a good time because my family was there. On one road trip we saw the Alaska pipeline. I wish sometimes l could go there again, but l don't like going that far and don't know anybody there. I even was to near by Wasilla where Sarah Palin says she's from( l hadn't even heard of her back then) Didn't she have a saying '....l can see Russia from my house...! ' Well when l was in Wasilla, l couldn't see Russia from there.
I like the name! What does it look like in the summer?
Very good
I'm always interested in a town's Utilities and Waterworks/Sewer. What power station is there. What is the main source of fuel to heat the shopping centers? Where is the fresh water source and sewerage disposal and processing plant? Etc... Keep this in mind for a future addition.
As an extreme skier, it looks killer!
Lack of trees means I couldn't stay long.
Estoy en miami bajo un fuerte sol, pero solo de mirar tanto hielo he comenzado a temblar.
FREEZE DRIED SNOW,EXTRA CRUNCHY.
Super
Why did you say you would be shot if you walked...where?
Does it ever get warm, is there ever anything g green
What would you call that architectural style? Modern Warehouse?
Wondering why it's located in the shadows... as there seems to be sunlight a bit further...
I think maybe due to permafrost, digging is extremely difficult if not impossible for construction, so flattest space is where they built. But how did they dig the mines, (explosives?) I don't know.
Is this where Polaris is located?
When was this filmed?
March 2019
-20 isn't too bad. Pretty average for colder Alberta winters. Last yr it was the coldest I've ever seen... nearly -50°C. Now that's cold 🥶 Thanks for showing us around 🙂
Slow down . . . you are moving the camera too fast!!!
I am Canadian .
We know all about the North here .
There was a fire in one of our most Northern communities a few days ago . The grocery store burned down .It's going to take 6 months to start building
a new one . Difficult to get fresh produce in our Northern communities and very expensive also .Most people cannot afford fresh produce .
Is it illigal to go out of town because of the Polar bears ?
Climate change has been affecting our North a lot .
The bears cannot find enough prey .So they have started comming into town , looking for food .
Many people have been attacked by hungry bears .
If You are attacked by a Polar bear , You usually die .
That is why it is illigal to go out at night in Your town .
This is sad. How old are you Donald?
@@marlene-rr2ih ?
I have so many questions. Why did anyone settle so far north? Is there always snow. How do people make a living there? Why are all the houses built alike?
Would be interesting to hear about prices of food etc
Fine dining=high prices? Fresh fruit is expensive as is other imported foods. Who has $ who lives on Svalbard? Everyone has to work, seemingly most jobs are retail or there are craftspeople, purveyors of art, the economy must be built around tourism and the cruise ships that stop there. Can you explain the economy?
It's Norway for the prices are pretty much the same
What month where you there?
Pretty sure it was March, when he uploaded it. Easiest way to tell is to look at the sky. If it was winter it would be totally dark 24-7, and in summer bright and sunny 24-7. When you can see the sun on the mountains like that it means it's either the end of winter or the end of summer. The sun has set for four months down in the town, but still rises high enough to shine on the mountaintops. So almost mid-day in March would be my guess.
So you can basically walk everywhere?? I got to get a tee shirt from there. How do I do that is there like a website . It would be cool to get mail from there. 5 degrees f is warm. 😂 these kids would never go to school here. How cold does it get there.
Sunny and 25° here in Michigan today.
Kinda balmy by comparison.😁
CRONCHY snow
Hi mate is Bear attacks dangerous there in Svalbard
I just read your article, which contains more info. It's funny that you mention static shocks because I thought of that as you were walking. Two questions: Why the quota on alcohol, is that a religious thing? Also, why are you required to carry a firearm, to protect yourself from bears?
Nothing to do with religion, it's to combat alcoholism which can take hold in many remote places. Greenland has suffered major problems with this in recent years. And yes, the requirement to carry a gun (outside the settlement, not in the town) is to protect yourself.
@@lifeinnorway1 Thank you so much for the reply.
How can they get the stuff? It is a far place
No problem. Ships can lay port at the harbor so transporting goods there is hardly much of a challenge. I've read it's accessible all year round and they have their own icebreakers to keep shipping lanes ice free during the winter months. Also, there's an airport too so you can get people and all their personal belongings and their knowledge with them too. Seriously, I'd be much more amazed how the get the stuff in the far reaches of the Himalaya mountain range. Very few roads lead there, they are very dangerous and you can't just land everywhere with a plane.
Some small towns in the middle of the Sahara desert are even more amazing because there's literally nothing for several hundreds of kilometers and nothing much grows either.
It's a subsidized place. Not a lot of people know this, but Norway tried to be imperialists for a while a long time ago, so that's why they have the islands up there. And apparently it is still important for Norway to have a presence there if they want to keep it. Expensive to live there as it is everywhere in Norway, but I don't think they have to pay taxes. That is to incentivize people from the mainland and foreigners to go work there.
What please is the main occupation there? Economy is based on what?
I guess it's still coal mining - but tourism and scientific research is fairly large employers.
Tourism mainly.
Making snowman. Andy England 🇬🇧👍⛄⛄⛄
No plants growing here?
Hello from Floria
Interesting place to visit , but wouldn’t want to live there. No greenery , nothing growing outside . Fantastic if you like snow and ice , but not for me .
Maybe there is some greenery in the summer.
@@annenyman678 Very little vegetation even in the summer.
What month of the year was this video made?
Hi! It was made in early-to-mid March, just a few days before the "return of the sun" to the centre of Longyearbyen
With how remote this place is, do they even have any cases of Coronavirus?
@Ingrid Johansson Oh jeez. A conspiracy theorist responding to a genuine question!
They don't. There's a youtube person who lives here and has addressed the issue. They don't even have to wear masks there.
@@legallyredone5561 Don't worry. He has been censored because we're not allowed to have opinions anymore.
@@sundinfamforlife4129 you are mistaken. They do wear masks, there is a school there and when students arrive from outside the island they are quarantined. The gym has strict disinfection protocol. I got this info from Cecilia Blomdahl's blog, she has lived there 5 years. A quick Google search may have updated the Covid situation on the island as far as # of cases. Cecilia says they are being very careful on the island.
@@shawni321 okay I made that comment 3 months ago. Things may have changed since I made that comment.
I'll go as: LongAsYou'reBuyin'
Is there internet
Is it snowy all throughout the year? I wonder how human body can tolerate such low temperature.
Just have to put on clothes, move around a little and get acclimatized and humans are fine down to about -30. Any colder than that and it gets somewhat hard to stay limber.
@@politicallycorrectredskin796 thanks for the information. Appreciate it.
R u from Svalbard?
You can’t be born in Svalbard. There is no maternity clinic there. You would have to be born in any other country and then move to longyearbyen
@@byob7381 lots of people get born at home
z z oh damn
z z isn’t that dangerous?
patrickhockstetterissofrikinhot 123 It is but there’s a Small clinic in the west part of town
That much snow only belongs on a Christmas Card.
lol
Interesting
All I could think of was, how do these people heat their houses?
Where are the Huskies?🥰😊❤️
WHERE IS THE POWERPLANT?
-21degeees C = - 5.8 degrees F
I thought it would be colder.
Not by the water. It is very mild all over Norway by the water on the west side because of the Gulf Stream. That far north, if you go just a little bit inland it'll be twice as cold or more. The coldest day I've been outside was in my army camp in Northern Norway. It was -41 degrees, because it was a few miles inland. So we dressed up like astronauts to go into the field, but for some reason we got sent down to Narvik on the coast. When we got there it was +2 degrees in the middle of January and was raining. it felt like we had entered the tropics because of where we came from. So enormous and extremely sudden transition from a coastal to a continental climate
Heia Norge!!!
Is it cold?
No, probably no.
I didn’t understand why you would be breaking the law going out of the area. Please explain.
Because you might be killed and eaten by a polar bear. You are only permitted to go out of town with a gun or someone in possession of a Gun. Of course, you could test your luck.
@@tomkramer05 thanks for your reply. I assumed that a law would not be needed for something that is so stupid to do.
Amen~!