Restaurants and cafés offer meals based on local ingredients such as seal, whale, reindeer, grouse and arctic char. On rare occasions you may also find polar bear meat on the menu.

At the excellent reataurant Huset in Longyearbyen, you find a large wine collection.

Having your meal in a Sami tent is a special experience. For booking, please contact Svalbard Tourist Information on phone +47 79 02 55 50, or email.

Most people in Longyearbyen dress informally during the day, but often dress up when going to a restaurant in the evening.