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Mt Olaf

Towering over Barentsburg, there are large satellite dishes here.

Listing from Wikivoyage: Barentsburg, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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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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Icebreaker Bar Krasin
With an interior designed like a Soviet icebreaker, the hotel bar specializes in different types of aquavit on the one hand, and drinks from the Soviet Arctic on the other. Traditionally on expeditions, pure alcohol was diluted to the same strength as the latitude and then drunk. Order a "78° latitude" to experience how strong the stuff was when they were around Barentsburg!
Tue-Sun 08:00-23:00
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Restaurant Rijpsburg
Rijpsburg, named after a short-lived Dutch settlement nearby, is a fish restaurant serving dishes prepared from fish from the Arctic waters, though they also have some meat dishes.
Tue-Sun 08:00-23:00
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Brewery and restaurant Krasniy Medved
One of two breweries in Svalbard (the other one is in Longyearbyen), the "red bear" is also a restaurant, bar and party place. The food menu features cod dishes, burgers, meat dishes and soups, the bar menu their own beer and several cocktails.
Tue-Sun 13:00-01:00