Pomor Museum
Museum telling the history of Svalbard from the earliest times to today, with a geological collection of more than 300 kinds of rocks and minerals and an archaeological exhibition on the Pomor hunters of Svalbard.
Barentsburg, Norway
Barentsburg is a Russian coal-mining town on the east side of Grønfjorden in Svalbard. Check on board for where you will go ashore. More about Barentsburg →
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Cruise Ships in Barentsburg
October 2026 · from today · all times local (Central European Time)
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Where is the Barentsburg cruise port?
Check on board for where you will go ashore. The quay lies at the foot of the settlement on Grønfjorden, and a staircase of about 250 steps leads up from the harbour to the town centre. No roads link Barentsburg with other settlements, and walking outside the settlement requires polar bear protection.
Cruise port
Getting to the Barentsburg cruise port
Barentsburg quay → Pomor Museum
1 km · ~20 min by car
The Pomor Museum is in the upper settlement, a walk of about 1 km and 20 minutes from the quay, starting with the stairs up from the harbour.
Typical prices, approximate. Fares change with demand, traffic and time of day.
TransportTypical priceJourneyGood to know
Walk
Freeper person
~20 min
Free.
Typical prices, approximate. Fares change with demand, traffic and time of day.
Driving to the port
No roads link Barentsburg with other settlements.
Destination
About Barentsburg
Barentsburg is a Russian coal-mining town on the east side of Grønfjorden in Svalbard. Check on board for where you will go ashore. Named after the Dutch seafarer Barentsz, the settlement was heavily damaged during the Second World War and rebuilt afterwards, and its streets of Soviet-era buildings, the Lenin monument and the Pomor Museum draw visitors today. The museum, souvenir shop, chapel and hotel are the only buildings open to visitors without special permission.
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- Currency
- Norwegian krone (NOK)
Things to Do in Barentsburg
Lenin monument
Monument on the main square, among buildings that range from cog-jointed timber houses to later brick blocks of flats.
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Barentsburg chapel
Wooden chapel, one of the few buildings, along with the museum, the souvenir shop and the hotel, that visitors can enter without special permission.
Local brewery
Brewery in the settlement that brews its beers with water from a glacial lake and serves them in its restaurant and bar.