Longyearbyen School (Norwegian: Longyearbyen skole) is a combined primary and secondary school located in and serving Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway. The...
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Longyearbyen (Urban East Norwegian: [ˈlɔ̀ŋjɛrˌbyːən], locally [ˈlɔ̀ŋjɑrˌbyːən], "Longyear Town") is the world's northernmost settlement with a population...
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followed in size by Nordaustlandet and Edgeøya. The largest settlement is Longyearbyen on the west coast of Spitsbergen. Whalers who sailed far north in the...
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Longyearbyen Community Council (Norwegian: Longyearbyen lokalstyre) is the local government for Longyearbyen in Svalbard, Norway. It has many of the same...
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archipelago's islands, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) west-southwest of Longyearbyen, the administrative centre. Reymert, Per Kyrre. "BARENTSBURG, PYRAMIDEN...
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Svalbard Act, which also limits which Norwegian laws apply to the islands. Longyearbyen Community Council is the only elected local government and is organized...
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memorabilia. Located 50 kilometres (31 mi) from the regional capital Longyearbyen, the settlement was founded by Sweden in 1910 and purchased by the Soviet...
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"Soluret i Longyearbyen". sun.nessy-edv.at. Retrieved 2017-04-10. "Longyearbyen Pride". facebook.com. Retrieved 2019-08-17. "Longyearbyen's first Pride...
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Svalbard is performed at the University Centre in Svalbard and at the Longyearbyen School. The University Center of Svalbard use the same university grading...
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Agriculture in Svalbard (section Longyearbyen)
farm in the central settlement and administrative capital of Svalbard, Longyearbyen. First inhabited in 1896, the town became a prominent Norwegian centre...
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Hamnerabben Pyramiden Heliport Svalbard Airport Svalbard Rocket Range Svea Airport Education Longyearbyen School History 2011 Svalbard polar bear attack...
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Nybyen (category Longyearbyen)
59 Nybyen is a small settlement located on the southern outskirts of Longyearbyen, on the island of Spitsbergen, in the Svalbard archipelago of Norway...
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Norway and the 36th largest in the world. The administrative centre is Longyearbyen. Other settlements, in addition to research outposts, are the Russian...
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site of Nordfjorden in the Isfjord, stood roughly diagonally opposite Longyearbyen. The Rotterdam-based Van der Eb and Dresselhuys Scheepvaartmaatschappij...
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adjacent to the town. The nearest settlements are Svalbard's capital, Longyearbyen, some 50 kilometres (31 mi) to the south, Barentsburg approximately 100...
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historical objects kept in the museum be handed over for preservation in Longyearbyen. This was done citing the Svalbard Environmental Protection Act, because...
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Pyramiden Spitsbergen Airship Museum, located in Longyearbyen Svalbard Museum, located in Longyearbyen Norway portal List of museums Tourism in Svalbard...
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virtue of Ny-Ålesund's position to the far north of the regional capital Longyearbyen. Formerly a coal mining settlement until a series of serious accidents...
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Belfast (redirect from Finaghy primary school)
Stranmillis).: 200–202 Since the 1980s, two smaller school sectors have emerged: grant-maintained Integrated schools, which by design bring together children and...
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Christin Kristoffersen (category Mayors of Longyearbyen)
for the Labour Party. She was the mayor of Longyearbyen from 2011 to 2015. Kristoffersen moved to Longyearbyen from Tromsø in January 2009, along with her...
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Stockholm (redirect from British International Primary School of Stockholm)
Karolinska Institute (medicine), KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm School of Economics and Stockholm University. It hosts the annual Nobel Prize ceremonies...
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infrastructure from this industry. This industrial heritage, in for example Longyearbyen and Ny-Ålesund, has become more and more prominently featured in telling...
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Spitsbergen Airship Museum (category Longyearbyen)
på Spitsbergen) is a museum located on the island of Spitsbergen in Longyearbyen, the capital of the Arctic Ocean archipelago Svalbard. It has been formally...
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Zealand scientific institute EISCAT Svalbard radar, UHF-band radar at Longyearbyen, Norway Electron spin resonance, a technique used in chemical spectroscopy...
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coordination facilitator for research throughout Svalbard. Based in Longyearbyen, it is chaired by the Research Council of Norway. Among SSF's tasks is...
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(elementary) schools and 85 secondary schools. The primary school system has 162 regular schools, 14 special schools, 15 art schools, and 4 adult schools, while...
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Polarjazz (category Longyearbyen)
Polarjazz or The Polar Jazz Festival (initiated 1998 in Longyearbyen, Svalbard) is the northernmost jazz festival in the world, and is arranged every year...
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Conway. Sustainable mining started in 1906 with the establishment of Longyearbyen and by the 1920s, permanent coal mining settlements had been established...
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University of the Arctic (section Field School)
fields. The Field School provides specialized onsite study of northern issues, organized by northern institutions. The UArctic Field School catalog is an...
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completing primary school, students continue to the Sekundarschule (a comprehensive school) or Gymnasium (college preparatory school). Berlin has a special...
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