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Pyramiden, Svalbard 2016

Pyramiden, Svalbard 2016

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.

Artefacts lie around the town and inside the buildings as if the original workers and their families are due to return any minute.

Since 2007 there have been efforts to make Pyramiden a tourist attraction, and it boasts the world's most northerly bar!
Pyramiden, Svalbard 2016
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Pyramiden, Svalbard 2016

Pyramiden in Svalbard. A Russian coal mine abandoned in 1998 but that still contains many artefacts left behind by the previous inhabitants.

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