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Even Norwegians need to show their passport when travelling to Svalbard. That's because while Norway is part of the European Schengen area, the archipelago is not. Flights to Longyearbyen airport leave from the non-Schengen zone of Oslo Airport, and everyone is required to show their passport regardless of nationality.
Vest-Agder-museet. "Flagget - Et nasjonalt symbol blir til" (PDF). vestagdermuseet.no (in Norwegian). While a separate ISO code for Svalbard was proposed by the United Nations, it was the Norwegian authorities who took initiative to include Jan Mayen in the code. Its official language is Norwegian.Nature is a blessing from God and we must protect it because it provides us with the oxygen and food to survive. It also helps to keep our environment beautiful and clean. To emphasize the significance of nature, Svalbard has selected a few forces of nature as national symbols. Svalbard’s national bird is the White-throated dipper, while its national animal is the Polar bear. The national flower is the Svalbard poppy, and the highest peak is Newtontoppen.
Information about the museum". Spitsbergen Museum. Archived from the original on 15 February 2012 . Retrieved 19 March 2012. Facts You Never Knew About Longyearbyen: The World's Northernmost City -". johnnyjet.com. 5 April 2012. Archived from the original on 23 February 2018 . Retrieved 23 February 2018. Delegation Record for .SJ". Internet Assigned Numbers Authority. 13 November 2009. Archived from the original on 17 January 2009 . Retrieved 4 March 2012. Svalbard Global Seed Vault: Frequently Asked Questions". Government.no. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012 . Retrieved 11 April 2012. Arctic Film Festival". FilmFreeway. Archived from the original on 30 December 2020 . Retrieved 14 October 2019.
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The town's sole known organised sports club is Svalbard Turn. [4] :139 Svalbardhallen is an indoor sport centre that includes a multi-sport hall large enough for handball or three badminton courts, a shooting range, a climbing wall and a 25-meter (82ft) swimming pool. [4] :155 Lov om gjennomføring i norsk rett av hoveddelen i avtale om Det europeiske økonomiske samarbeidsområde (EØS) m.v. (EØS-loven)" (in Norwegian). Lovdata. 10 August 2007. Archived from the original on 10 December 2000 . Retrieved 4 March 2012. Svalbard is divided into 9. The capital of the country is Longyearbyen, which is also the largest city in Svalbard. Mythical creatures can be found in the literature and mythologies of many different nations. They represent imaginative representations of various creatures, humans, or hybrids. They are known for their specific features, supernatural abilities, and distinctive appearance. The mythical creature of Svalbard is Troll. Starting with the 2023 Norwegian local elections, voters for the Longyearbyen community council must have previously resided in mainland Norway for at least 3 years. [44] [45] Previously, foreign citizens who had lived in Longyearbyen itself for 3 years had also been allowed to vote, with the rule change disenfranchising a significant percentage of the settlement's population.
a b c "Gruvedriften Svalbards bristende hjerte" (in Norwegian). 2017. p.8. Archived from the original on 26 July 2017. It's commonly believed that the vault's purpose is to help humanity reboot in the event of a major global disaster. While that's true, the vault has already proved its worth. In 2015, the Vault returned some seeds to Syrian scientists working to preserve and duplicate their seeds in the face of conflict. We still take off our shoes when we enter hotels and restaurants, a tradition that has arisen from the problem with coal dust in the old days. You cannot give birth on Svalbard. There's no such thing as the circle of life this far north. Just as you can't die, you can't be born on Svalbard either. When a pregnant women has a few weeks remaining before her due date, she must travel to the mainland to give birth. Sentrale Svalbard-politikere gir seg – slakter ny valgordning" (in Norwegian Bokmål). NRK. 20 September 2022 . Retrieved 28 July 2023.
The rich history of Longyearbyen and Svalbard
Ingen flytter til Svalbard for å bli gode fotballspillere". Gjengangeren (in Norwegian Bokmål). 10 March 2020 . Retrieved 12 September 2023. Country Information". United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library. 5 September 2010. Archived from the original on 29 May 2005 . Retrieved 4 March 2012. In 1896, Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab started tours to Hotellneset. To accommodate tourists, they built a prefabricated hotel, but it was not profitable and was closed after the 1897 season. However, two families overwintered in 1898–99. [4] :55 and Norway Post operated a post office at Hotellneset from 1897 to 1899. [4] :104 The first commercially viable coal on Svalbard was harvested by Søren Zakariassen in 1899. [4] :45 In 1901, Bergen-Spitsbergen Kullgrube-kompani started mining coal in Adventtoppen. [4] :46 Information for foreign citizens living in Longyearbyen". Governor of Svalbard. 15 August 2011. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012 . Retrieved 14 March 2012. The remote Norwegian islands are a tourist draw for adventurers, wildlife lovers and the curious. Whether it's exploring the Russian settlements or taking in the spectacular scenery of the Arctic desert (fact number 6!), there's plenty on offer here.
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