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The following information appears on www.visitsvalbard.no – the tourist office of the Norwegian territory of Svalbard.
The solar eclipse on March 20th 2015 is a very exclusive happening that can only be seen on shore at the Faroe Islands and Svalbard in the whole wide world.
Longyearbyen, the main settlement, or “capital” of Svalbard.
The interest for the happening is huge, and it’s a challenge to get accommodation for all that want to visit Svalbard
After a long and dark winter, the first beams of the sun will reach Longyearbyen on March 8th, as every year. But in 2015 the sun will not stay for long, as only 12 days later it will yet again disappear.
But this time luckily only for a few short minutes on the 20th, when the solar eclipse appears.
The interest for the solar eclipse is huge worldwide, and we receive several requests for information on accommodation on a weekly basis.
Regretfully we’re not able to help as much as we would have liked to, as it has been more or less fully booked for several years allready. The best advice we can give is to contact the different hotels and guesthouses directly in case of cansellations.
Or you may advertise your request for private accommodation on Facebook, where this site is popular in Longyearbyen:
/www.facebook.com/groups/261561222442/?fref=ts .
For those having a place to stay, the local community is working on the preparations regarding safety and some common arrangements. This means the yearly “sun feast week” around March 8th will be stretched untill the 20th. More information on this will be ready primo 2015.
For those who wants to know more about the phenomenon itself, we suggest you visit www.svalbard2015.no , www.solareclipse.fo and
http://www.himmelkalenderen.com/2015/01/solformorkelse2015/
Information to visitors from the Governor of Svalbard
The Governor of Svalbard has also issued a general information to all travelers visiting Svalbard these days – which we strongly recommend to read prior to arrival:
www.sysselmannen.no/en/News/The-solar-eclipse-in-Svalbard
KILDE / SOURCE: www.visitsvalbard.no – www.sysselmannen.no
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