I had hoped I might witness a polar bear during my time in the far north, but the timing wasn’t right for bears. Founded by Sweden in 1910 and sold to the Soviet Union in 1927, Pyramiden was. ![]() Piramda, IPA: prmid literally 'The Pyramid') is an abandoned Soviet coal mining settlement on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard which has become a tourist destination. You will visit canteen, swimming pool and the very heart of the settlement Sport & Culture House. No, there ain’t any hidden loudspeakers playing the Beatles. Abandoned twenty years ago, Pyramiden coal-mining town on the northern edge of the world is a preserved display of what the Soviet Union wanted to offer in the Arctic if communism worked. GLIMPSES SOVIET GHOST TOWN NORWEGIAN ISLE SERIES The mill still existed at the time of the county atlas in 1877 and is marked below as SM. The town is colorful and walkable, but if you decide to venture outside of the main area you should be armed and prepared for potential polar bear encounters. Pyramiden ( Norwegian: prmdn Russian:, tr. This was once upon a time the world's northernmost kindergarten and primary school. I had hopes of spotting Arctic wildlife – of which I found some – but what I primarily found was mildly surprising: coal mining, and lots of it.įounded about 100 years ago, by an American named Longyear who owned and operated the first coal mine here, Longyearbyen is a proud coal town with remnants of seven old mines and equipment sprinkled around the town – cultural artifacts protected by law. Sergei Chernikov, my guide, had a bolt-action rifle slung over his shoulder in case we came across any polar bears, he said, or in case they came across us. With daily flights from Norway, it is located just a couple hundred miles from the North Pole. ut what draws people to this frozen Arctic wilderness with months of perpetual night We caught up with one such intrepid adventurer, Cecilia Blomdahl from. ![]() ![]() It’s a tiny town of less than 1,000 people. Filled with exquisite churches and a lively square, this town has been reduced to bombed out remnants of buildings and hollow facades. A few years ago I journeyed to the northernmost accessible town on the planet: Longyearbyen located on the island of Spitsbergen – the largest of the Svalbard islands – a territory of Norway. Use & Construction Glimpses of a Soviet Ghost Town on an Arctic Norwegian Isle Exploring an Abandoned Soviet Ghost Town on Svalbard PYRAMIDEN.
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