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The Arctic landscape of Spitsbergen, the main island of Norway's Svalbard archipelago.

Why Svalbard Has No Visa Requirement, for Anyone

Longyearbyen sits closer to the North Pole than to Oslo, and thanks to a century-old treaty, almost anyone on Earth can move there without a visa.

World  · 18 Jul 2026, 09:24  · Elena Marsh