Longyearbyen
Britishnoun
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In Longyearbyen, owners of the Kroa seafood restaurant decided to discard a marble bust of communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin that had been given to them as a gift from Barentsburg.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026
One of the northernmost towns in the world, located halfway between continental Norway and the North Pole, Longyearbyen is home to 2,500 people.
From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026
The incident happened near Longyearbyen - the world's northernmost settlement.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2024
Trond Johansen was 17 when he arrived in Longyearbyen in 1971 on a plane chartered by the mining company that landed on an ice field – the airport would be built a few years later.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 26, 2023
On the other side of Longyearbyen, in a building at the mouth of the Advent Valley, Trym yelled at his alarm clock to make it stop.
From Slate • Dec. 24, 2022
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