A place with or without light, never both.

Svalbard, prior to 1925 known by its Dutch name 'Spitsbergen', is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. Situated north of mainland Europe, it is about midway between continental Norway and the North Pole.

The archipelago features an Arctic climate, although with significantly higher temperatures than other areas at the same latitude. The flora take advantage of the long period of midnight sun to compensate for the polar night. Svalbard is a breeding ground for many seabirds, and also features polar bears, reindeer, the Arctic fox, and certain marine mammals. Seven national parks and twenty-three nature reserves cover two-thirds of the archipelago, protecting the largely untouched, yet fragile, natural environment. Approximately 60% of the archipelago is covered with glaciers, and the islands feature many mountains and fjords.

Pyramiden (meaning "the pyramid" in most Scandinavian languages; called Пирамида, Piramida, in Russian) is a Russian settlement and coal-mining community on the archipelago of Svalbard, Norway. Founded by Sweden in 1910 and sold to the Soviet Union in 1927, Pyramiden was closed in 1998 and has since remained largely abandoned with most of its infrastructure and buildings still in place.

Since 2007 there have been efforts to make it a tourist attraction. They have not succeeded, but we still went there, and it was amazing.

I'd say don't go here during summer, but it's shit weather all year long. So any time is good. Boats might not be able to take you to the Pyramiden's port during winter tho.

... the boat comes and goes once/day. So we spent 24 hour at the Pyramiden, and little did we know that we where not allow to go outside without hiring a "guard", since the polare bears where lurking.

It was nice tho. No cell reception, no other people, only borsch and vodka. Oh, and a sun that never sets,