Barentsburg

The self-contained town at the edge of the world

Barentsburg
BARENTSBURG IS A ONE-OF-A-KIND TOWN WITH THE POPULATION OF 300 PEOPLE WITH ITS OWN CRITICAL FACILITIES. HERE, THERE IS A PRODUCTIVE MINE, A POWER PLANT, A HELIPORT AND OTHER PRODUCTIVE FACILITIES.
IN BARENTSBURG, IT IS POSSIBLE TO SEE ABSOLUTELY SURPRISING FEATURES FOR SUCH A REMOTE SPOT FROM THE MAINLAND. THESE FEATURES ARE AT THE SAME TIME FAMILIAR TO A PERSON LIVING IN A LARGE CITY.
FOR INSTANCE, HERE, THERE IS A SCHOOL AND A KINDERGARTEN, A SPORTS CENTER AND A COMMUNITY CENTER WITH MOVIE SCREENINGS. LOCALS TAKE AN ACTIVE PART IN STAGE PERFORMANCES AND MUSICAL CONCERTS.

ANNUALLY, THOUSANDS OF TOURISTS VISIT THE TOWN. FOR THEM IN THE TOWN, THERE IS AVAILABLE A HOTEL, THE RED BEAR BAR WITH A LOCAL BREWERY, A SIBERIAN HUSKY CENTER AND A MUSEUM.
Location's features
The best you can find
The northernmost mine in the world

Barentsburg's mine is a distinctive spot: walking in the adit, you can meet true miners going down to the departure station from where they head to their workplaces. The maximum depth of miners’ workplaces reaches 500 meters below sea level.

Next to the mine, there are historical Dutch structures, which were discovered during the period when Barentsburg's mine was managed by a company from the Netherlands.

Barentsburg's mine is the northernmost mine in the world open for visits.

Special Siberian Husky center

The town's Siberian Husky center represents nearly all northern dog breeds.

During the visit to the kennel, professional mushers accompany guests and tell the most breathtaking facts about dogs, as well as share their stories from life and work in the Arctic.

Every guest has a chance to have a ride or to drive a dog sled team in winter and a dog waggon in summer, and feel like a true Arctic traveler.

The Siberian Husky's panoramic windows of the large and cozy hall with a fireplace offer a view of "gates" to Isfjorden, the one inhabited fjord of Svalbard.

Historical sites
Barentsburg has an avalanche of never-before-seen facilities for the Arctic, scales of which overwhelm you:
  • A building, which used to be an old canteen built in 1934, has an immense dining area, a great number of equipped rooms and an atmospheric interior design.
  • House of the Plisetsky. Few people know that one of the most world-known ballerinas, Maya Plisetskaya, at the age of six years had her first performance exactly here, in the community center.
  • A wide movie collection includes documentaries, as well as narrative movies.
  • A Pomor House is located on the hill above the fjord from where it is possible to see Cape Festningen. Only six kilometers from this place, the most outstanding Pomor, Ivan Starostin, used to live here.

Barentsburg

Barentsburg's mine has been producing today. This is the northernmost mine in the world, which can be visited by every town guest aged 12.
Among absolutely new projects, in the town has been opened a Siberian Husky center, which represents dogs of largely all northern breeds.
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