Svalbard Facts and Tourism

A collection of facts, general information and travel resources for Svalbard visitors and residents.

NAME IN ENGLISH: Svalbard
DESCRIPTION: Arctic Archipelago
STATUS: autonomous entity of the Kingdom of Norway
FORMERLY KNOWN AS: Spitsbergen or Spitzbergen,
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: Norwegian
LOCATION: Arctic Ocean
CAPITAL AND LARGEST CITY: Longyearbyen
GOVERNMENT WEB SITE: sysselmesteren.no

Tourism:
- visitsvalbard.com
- visitnorway.com - svalbard islands - plan your trip
- norden.org - moving or travelling to svalbard
- wikipedia.org - tourism in Svalbard - category
- wikitravel.org - Svalbard
- wikivoyage.org - Svalbard

Foods:
- visitsvalbard.com - food and drink
- wikipedia.org - norwegian cuisine - category

Facts
- BBC "Welcome to Svalbard" Article
- World Fact Book Svalbard Profile
- wikipedia.org - Svalbard - main article
- wikipedia.org - Svalbard - category
- wikipedia.org - Svalbard - lists
- wikipedia.org - Svalbard - outline

Countries and Territories Near Svalbard:
| Finland | Greenland | Iceland | Norway | Sweden |

Bodies of Water Bordering Svalbard:
- Arctic Ocean
- Barents Sea
- Greenland Sea