Nybyen (Longyearbyen)

Svalbard and Jan Mayen / Svalbard / Longyearbyen
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Nybyen=New Town brakke=barrack
Our student dorms are in Nybyen. The first of these barracks were built in 1946 and each of them accommodated 72 men working in the mine nearby. In the seventies both the newspaper and the shop were situated in Nybyen. Today there are fewer activities in the 'city'. The gallery is in the first red building. The bakery was run by Aksel the baker, later moved down to the gas station, now bancrupt. Spitsbergen travel's 'Nybyen Guesthouse' rents out barracks 2 and 5 during the tourist season, and SWS uses brakke 7 ('Hundreogto') as a 'touristbrakke'. There is a billard table and mini-kiosk in the reception that can be used by everyone (even students). Barracks 1,3, 4, 9, 11, and 13 are owned by the University of Tromsø Student's union (Studentsamskipnaden i Tromsø, SiTø) and are student barracks. Brakke 1 has been recently restored and is know for having the 'nicest' rooms. Mainly master students live there, therefore it's the barrack with all the mature people - yeah, right. Brakke 3, the women's barrack "Buret", has been restored as a new student barrack for short-term students. Brakke 4 has large rooms and nice colours. Brakke 11 is in the middle. Brakke 13 accomodates most people and bigger kitchens. (Partybrakke?) Barrack 9 has recently been restored and reopened. A bit clinic-like style, but sinks in each room ...
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Coordinates:   78°12'9"N   15°35'8"E

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