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Basecamp is the small one with character. Breakfast is in the rate, per Visit Svalbard, all sixteen rooms have their own bathroom, and there’s a loft upstairs for the midnight sun.
It ranks third because there’s no restaurant or sauna to score on the evening. The centre is right outside, though, so dinner is a short walk.
One 2026 catch: its Flybuss stop is shut for roadworks until 31 October. Use the Polfareren stop instead.
Book it if
- You want a small, characterful room in the centre
- Breakfast in the rate matters
- You’d rather eat out in town anyway
Look elsewhere if
- You want a restaurant or sauna in the building
- You land between 9 August and 31 October and don’t want the walk from the Polfareren stop
Your night before, from here
From check-in to the gangway, using only what Basecamp publishes and our own map estimates.
No restaurant is listed, so eat in the centre. Afterwards, the top-floor loft is built for watching the midnight sun.
No ride to the ship is listed. Bykaia is about 1.5 km in a straight line; use your line’s transfer or a taxi ordered ahead.
Included, 07:00 to 10:00, per Visit Svalbard’s listing.
Bykaia is about 1.5 km away in a straight line. Use your line’s transfer, or order a taxi the night before.
Basecamp doesn’t mention parking. You’ll have flown in.
Night-Before Score: 40 of 100
Every point comes from the hotel’s own pages or its brand’s; the hub explains how the Night-Before Score works.
Getting here, and on to the ship
By our map estimate Basecamp is about 5 km from Svalbard Airport in a straight line, and about 1.5 km from Bykaia. Every question mark below is a ride you book yourself.
No hotel shuttle. The Flybuss stop here is closed from 9 August to 31 October 2026; use the Polfareren stop, per Svalbard Buss og Taxi.
No ride to the ship is listed. Bykaia is about 1.5 km in a straight line; use your line’s transfer or a taxi ordered ahead.
From LYR without a hotel shuttle
The Flybuss leaves 30 to 40 minutes after each scheduled landing and stops at the hotels in town: NOK 125 for adults from 1 August 2026, per Svalbard Buss og Taxi. Taxis come from Svalbard Buss og Taxi and Longyearbyen Taxi; neither publishes a fare. The airport page has the fares.
Basecamp doesn’t mention parking. You’ll have flown in.
Parking for your stay: Not mentioned.
No ride to the ship is listed. Bykaia is about 1.5 km in a straight line; use your line’s transfer or a taxi ordered ahead.
Flying in the morning you sail? You can skip the hotel entirely; the airport page has the landing check.
Which quay
BykaiaMeasured to Bykaia, Port Longyear’s main quay, Basecamp is about 1.5 km in a straight line, and about 100 m from the town centre. No turnaround quay is published: smaller ships use other piers or anchor and tender, and Quark warns you may board by Zodiac. Your line’s documents name the place; the Longyearbyen cruise guide has the rest.
Source: portlongyear.noDistance
~1.5 km, straight lineAbout 1.5 km from Bykaia between our map pins, roughly 25 minutes on foot at an easy pace. That’s our estimate, not the hotel’s.
Airport bus
Use the Polfareren stopBasecamp has its own Flybuss stop, but it’s closed for roadworks from 9 August to 31 October 2026; use the Svalbard Hotell Polfareren stop instead, per Svalbard Buss og Taxi.
Source: basecampexplorer.comParking while you sail
Cruise parking
Cruise parking unconfirmedBasecamp doesn’t mention parking. You’ll have flown in.
In town
No cruise parking publishedParking isn’t the question in Longyearbyen. Almost everyone sailing from here flies in, on a scheduled flight or the line’s own flight, and Port Longyear publishes no car park for cruise guests. None of our ten hotels mentions parking on the pages we read.
The evening and the morning
The evening
Not statedNo restaurant is listed. There’s free coffee and cocoa, and the centre’s restaurants are close.
Breakfast
IncludedIncluded, 07:00 to 10:00, per Visit Svalbard’s listing.
Address
The centre, by the main streetP.O. Box 316, 9171 Longyearbyen (no street address published)
Hotel website
The fine print, in one place
Times, fees, rooms and the small stuff, as Basecamp publishes it. We couldn’t confirm street address, accessible rooms, so ask when you book.
Check-in and check-out
Breakfast
Included, 07:00 to 10:00, per Visit Svalbard’s listing.
Parking for your stay
Not mentioned
Pool
No pool mentioned on the pages we read
Pets
Not stated on the pages we read.
Rooms
16 trapper-style rooms for 40-plus guests, all with private bathrooms and no TVs, per Basecamp Explorer and Visit Svalbard.
Accessibility
Basecamp’s pages we read don’t detail accessible rooms, so ask before you book one.
On site
- GymNot stated
- Sauna or spaNot stated
- Family roomsNot stated
- Pets allowedNot stated
Also worth knowing
- Top-floor loft for watching the midnight sun and the northern lights
- Free coffee and cocoa
- Baggage storage
- Open all year
Before you book
Worth knowing
- Breakfast is included, 07:00 to 10:00, per Visit Svalbard.
- No TVs in the rooms.
- Its airport bus stop is closed 9 August to 31 October 2026.
What we couldn’t confirm
- Street address
- Accessible rooms
Every hotel fact here comes from Basecamp Explorer’s page for the hotel and Visit Svalbard’s listing, read October 2026, unless we name another source. Distances are straight lines between our own map pins.
Worth a look alongside it
Before you book Basecamp: the Longyearbyen cruise guide and Longyearbyen as a port of call.
A trapper’s room in the centre, breakfast in, the ship tomorrow.
Tell us your sail date and we’ll check Basecamp for the night before. No payment on the form.
Basecamp FAQ
Is breakfast included at Basecamp Hotel Longyearbyen?
Yes, 07:00 to 10:00, per Visit Svalbard’s listing.
Where does the airport bus stop for Basecamp Hotel?
Basecamp has its own stop, but Svalbard Buss og Taxi has closed it for roadworks from 9 August to 31 October 2026. Use the Svalbard Hotell Polfareren stop.
Do the rooms at Basecamp have private bathrooms?
Yes. All 16 trapper-style rooms have private bathrooms, and none has a TV.
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