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Barentsburg

Barentsburg (Баренцбург) is a pint-sized but fascinating open-air museum of the Soviet Union in Svalbard, where 300 hardy coal miners continue to work in one of the northernmost settlements on Earth.

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    Art Arctic Gallery

    The main exhibition isn't about art, it showcases whalers' items from clothes to carved Orthodox crosses all the way back from the 17th century as well as parts of the wooden ship that Willem Barents expedition used when sailing the waters in 1596. Temporary exhibitions include traditional and folk art by Arctic peoples and paintings of Svalbard by Anna Mikhailova, a Russian painter.

    adults (15 years or older) 75 NOK, 10-14 years 25 NOK, under 10 years free

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    Cape Finneset

    South of Barentsburg, named so because according to someone it was a fine peninsula to land a ship.

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    Chapel

    A small Orthodox wooden chapel, erected in 1996 to commemorate the 140 victims of a plane that crashed while bringing in a new shift of miners to Barentsburg.

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    Lenin statue

    It may be only the world's second most northernly statue of Lenin (the top spot still belongs to Pyramiden), but it's still a popular spot to take a picture.

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    Mt Olaf

    Towering over Barentsburg, there are large satellite dishes here.

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    Star and slogan

    Look up on the hillside above Barentsburg — there's a five-pointed star and the Communist-era slogan Миру Мир/Miru Mir, or "Peace to the World". The sign also serves a useful function during winter, as when the star becomes visible again, the polar night has ended and summer is coming.

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    Cape Heer

    Heerodden

    The cape where the heliport is, north of Barentsburg.

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    Pomor Museum

    Stuffed polar bears, a dinosaur footprint and lots of rocks.

    Entry 50 kr