Existence at the extremities: a journey through Svalbard, Norway
Svalbard is as human as the northern Arctic gets: as far north as you can venture without joining a scientific expedition, and the furthest north mankind has ma…
Most of Norway’s hotels may be modern, but a goodly number of old ones have survived, many of them distinguished by their charming, late nineteenth- to early twentieth-century wooden architecture, all high, pointed gables and fancy scrollwork. Forty-two of these vintage hotels have banded together as De Historiske Hoteller, a membership organization which publishes all sorts of promotional material and coordinates special deals and offers. Great stuff.
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