Longyearbyen

Longyearbyen (, , "Longyear Town") is the world's northernmost settlement with a population greater than 1,000, and the capital and the largest settled area of Svalbard. It stretches along the foot of the left bank of the Longyear Valley and on the shore of Adventfjorden, the short estuary leading into Isfjorden on the west coast of Spitsbergen, the island's broadest inlet. As of 2002, Longyearbyen Community Council is an official Norwegian municipality. It is the seat of the Governor of Svalbard. As of 2024, the town's mayor is Leif Terje Aunevik.

globally accessible seed vault located on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen

airport in Svalbard, Norway

university

thumb|350px| Adventfjorden lies on the southern side of Isfjorden on Spitsbergen's west coast.

Norwegian coal mining company

Svalbardposten, founded in 1948, is a Norwegian online newspaper with one monthly paper edition. It operates from Longyearbyen in Svalbard, Norway, and is published the first Friday in the month. It is the northernmost regularly published newspaper in the world. In 2014, it had a circulation of 2,636 copies every week. According to its estimates, it has more subscribers than there are people on Svalbard. Svalbardposten has five employees.

Nybyen is a small settlement located on the southern outskirts of Longyearbyen, on the island of Spitsbergen, in the Svalbard archipelago of Norway. The name is Norwegian and translates as The New Town.

thumb|Platåberget as seen from Isfjorden (Svalbard)|Isfjorden thumb|Platåberget in front of Adventfjorden

right|thumb|EISCAT Kiruna Radar (diameter 32m)

church building in Longyearbyen, Svalbard

thumb|Hotellneset seen from across Adventjorden. Hotellneset ("Hotel Point") is a peninsula north-west of Longyearbyen in Svalbard, Norway, sticking out into Adventfjorden. It is the location of Svalbard Airport, Longyear and the port for shipping of coal from Longyearbyen. Above Hotellneset is Platåberget, which is the location for Svalbard Satellite Station.

museum in Norway

satellite ground station located on Platåberget near Longyearbyen in Svalbard, Norway

thumb|right|Adventdalen, west to east, seen from above Longyearbyen Adventdalen () is a valley on the island Spitsbergen in Svalbard, Norway. The river that runs through the valley, Adventdalselva, flows into Adventfjorden just outside Longyearbyen. Adventfjorden is an arm of Isfjorden.

the northernmost brewery in the world

river in Norway

coast radio station in Norway

valley in Svalbard, Norway

K-12 school in Longyearbyen, Norway

topical historical museum in Longyearbyen