The Polar Museum

Central hotel with family rooms that sleep four on a sofa bed or extra beds, an easy walk to shops and the harbour, with breakfast included.

Harbourfront hotel looking across the sound to the Arctic Cathedral, with connecting rooms, a teen room and breakfast included.

Pointed white church across the bridge from the centre, with one of Europe's largest glass mosaics behind the altar and concerts under the midnight sun in summer.

Arctic aquarium in a building shaped like toppling ice blocks, with bearded seals you can watch at feeding time and panoramic films on Svalbard and the northern lights.