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Feb 20, 2019 12:19 UTC Hurtigruten opens upgraded Polar Hotel: High-end Hospitality in the High North Exploring the pristine wilderness of Svalbard does not necessarily mean you have to cook dinner on your portable stove and spend the night on a sleeping mat. After immersing in the Arctic wilderness and maybe catching a glimpse of a polar bear, you can enjoy relaxed luxury at the 78th parallel. The newly renovated Radisson Blu Polar Hotel Spitsbergen in Longyearbyen offers premium accommodation and laidback gourmet dinners – all while still wearing your snowmobile gear if you feel like it.
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Feb 20, 2019 12:19 UTC
Hurtigruten opens upgraded Polar Hotel:High-end Hospitality in the High North
Exploring the pristine wilderness of Svalbard does not necessarily mean youhave to cook dinner on your portable stove and spend the night on a sleepingmat. After immersing in the Arctic wilderness and maybe catching a glimpseof a polar bear, you can enjoy relaxed luxury at the 78th parallel.
The newly renovated Radisson Blu Polar Hotel Spitsbergen in Longyearbyenoffers premium accommodation and laidback gourmet dinners – all whilestill wearing your snowmobile gear if you feel like it.
- We aim to merge unique and sustainable nature adventures with informalhigh-end hotel experiences. At the new Polar Hotel, you kick off your shoesbefore entering the restaurant and you’re more than welcome to wear yourhiking clothes while enjoying your full-course dinner, says SVP Destinationsin Hurtigruten, Thomas Westergaard.
Multi-million upgrade
Photo: Agurtxane Concellon/Hurtigruten Svalbard
HIGH RES IMAGES:Lobby || Restaurant Nansen || Hurtigruten Svalbard Arctic-Asian Fusion || Dog sled under northern lights
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The iconic hotel is a premium quality platform for experiencing what isprobably the most unique destination of the Arctic. It recently re-opened afterthree months of multi-million renovation.
The make-over includes 95 rooms, conference and meeting rooms, a lobbywith fireplace, sauna and outdoor jacuzzi, a pub, and the fine diningrestaurant.
The hotel restaurant, Restaurant Nansen, serves an Arctic-Asian fusion menuunique to Svalbard.
- The best Arctic produce is combined with delicious Asian flavours by ourpassionate and highly innovative chefs. Imagine having home-madedumplings with a filling of snow crab or halibut while absorbing he NorthernLights outside the restaurant window, says Westergaard.
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Svalbard – The adventure travel capital of the Arctic
Photo: Green Dog/Hurtigruten Svalbard
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As a last stop before the North Pole and a former Arctic outpost, Svalbard istoday home to about 2650 people, of which most live in Longyearbyen, theadministration centre of the archipelago.
Hurtigruten Svalbard offers accommodation, restaurants and unprecedentedexperiences in the wild. The adventure travel expert is a full-service providerof unique experiences, accommodation and dining, ranging fromexperiencing panoramic views from snow-covered glaciers, the sunset over
soaring peaks, dog sledding, kayak paddling, hiking, ice-caving, skiingexpeditions and more.
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Longyearbyen – The world capital of northernmost’s
In addition to the new Polar Hotel, Svalbard also offers a large number ofother world’s northernmost’s attractions, such as:
• Local newspaper, Svalbardposten• Champagne cellar, The Old «Nordpolet»• University, UNIS - The University Centre in Svalbard• Bar, Barentz Gastropub at the Radisson Blu Polar Hotel• Cross country ski marathon, Svalbard Skimaraton• Running marathon, Spitsbergen Marathon
Hurtigruten - World leader in exploration travel
Building on 125 years of Norwegian pioneering heritage, Hurtigruten is todaythe world's largest expedition cruise company.
Hurtigruten’s rapidly growing fleet of custom-build expedition ships takesmodern-day adventure travellers to the world’s most spectacular destinationson our Planet - from the High North to Antarctica in the south.
Being the world leader in exploration travel comes with a greatresponsibility. Hurtigruten is enhancing destinations and runs an responsible,sustainable global operation.
Hurtigruten is introducing the world’s first hybrid battery powered cruiseships, the MS Roald Amundsen and the MS Fridtjof Nansen. A third hybridpowered expedition vessel will be added to the fleet in 2021.
Contacts
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