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Ny-Ålesund - The northernmost town in the world - Better Moments

  • A metal bust of Roald Amundsen in the centre of Ny-Ålesund, with buildings and snowy streets in the background
  • An old locomotive on rails in Ny-Ålesund with a fjord in the background
  • Buildings in Ny-Ålesund in the foreground, with a tall mountain in the background with small spots of snow
  • A tundra landscape in the foreground with a fjord, a glacier and a range of mountains in the background
  • A blue building in Ny-Ålesund known as the post office, seen from the outside with mountains in the background
  • The back of a whale and a whale tail sticking up out of the surface in a fjord
  • A puffin sitting on a cliffside in sunshine
  • A dark fjord and dark skies with a setting sun and mountains in silhouette in the background
  • A black boat in the foreground and a beach with resting walruses in the background

Join us on a trip to Ny-Ålesund, a former mining town and gateway to the Arctic. This was the starting point for famous explorers' race to the North pole. Roald Amundsen, known as the first person, to reach both to the South- and North pole, used Ny-Ålesund as his base when he journeyed to the pole in 1926 with the Airship NORGE.

Source: Svalbard Reiseliv AS