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SVALBARD ISLANDS

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©Sandro Santioli

With its 2144 inhabitants, Longyearbyen is the largest resort on the Svalbard islands, as well as the residence of the archipelago governor. But the town is the northernmost inhabited place in the world and looks like a modern, lively and colorful center, equipped with all the necessary services: it has an airport, post office, a bank, several schools, a hospital, numerous shops, and even a university. Pyramiden is a Russian village that was used as a coal mining site but suddenly abandoned in 1998. The place owes its name to the mountain above it, which has a very special pyramidal shape. The Soviet-style country has a ghostly appearance due to abandonment and the few dozen people who have decided to stay are active almost exclusively in the tourism sector.