🏚️ Pyramiden, Norway
Abandoned Soviet coal mining settlement in the Arctic
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Svalbard archipelago, 78°N, above Arctic Circle
- Founded: 1927 by Soviet Union; abandoned by 1998
- Peak population: Over 1,000 residents during Cold War
- Access: Day trips from Longyearbyen, 120 kilometres away
Pyramiden is an abandoned coal mining settlement on the Svalbard archipelago that served as a Soviet Arctic outpost ...