3 days · Polar Night · from €1,290
Polar Night Escape
3 days in the dark season from €1,290. Husky sledding, an electric snowmobile aurora safari, a glacier ice cave, and a trapper-camp dinner. Runs Oct–Feb.
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Svalbard · 78° North
The Arctic, planned properly.
Trips from €1,290, expeditions to the pack ice, and straight answers about light, weather and wildlife odds. No brochure talk — just the clearest way north.
What a Svalbard trip actually looks like
You fly into Longyearbyen — 3 hours from Oslo, 78° North. From there it's either a land trip with daily guided activities, or a ship expedition along a coastline with more polar bears than people. Three seasons, three different islands: pick the light first, everything else follows.
| Format | Length | From |
|---|---|---|
| Land trip, winter | 3–10 days | €1,290 |
| Land trip, summer | 3–10 days | €1,390 |
| Ship expedition | 6–19 days | on quote |
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Three trips that cover most travelers
7 days · Midnight Sun · from €2,990
Midnight Sun Week
7 summer days from €2,990 under 24-hour daylight. A full program of boat days, hiking days, and a glacier day across the warm season. Runs May–Sep.
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10 days · Polar Night · from €2,990
The Complete North — Winter
10 winter days from €2,990. The deepest land-based dark-season program: dogs, ice caves, long snowmobile routes, heritage, and unhurried aurora nights. Oct–Mar.
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When to go
Three seasons. Three completely different islands.
From the archive
What 78° North looks like, unfiltered
Bears on the pack ice, mining relics from 1906, streets lit for the polar night — every photo from the islands themselves.
By sea
Expeditions to the coastline nobody drives to
Nine voyages from a six-day fjord run to a 19-day crossing from the North Sea — Zodiac landings, naturalist crew, a physician on board.
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The questions everyone asks first
Written from the ground, updated for 2026/27 — with the numbers most sites leave out.
- How do you actually get to Svalbard? 3h from Oslo — and one passport detail people miss.
- What does a trip really cost? Full budget table, from flights to dinner.
- Is Svalbard safe? What about the bears? The honest version, including the famous road sign.
- When should you go? Three seasons compared — month by month.