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Coal Miners’ Cabins is the budget bed that still scores well. Breakfast is included, there’s a bar, and reception is open around the clock, per Hurtigruten Svalbard and Visit Svalbard.
Know what you’re booking. These are three former miners’ barracks, and only the Family Rooms have their own bathroom; everyone else shares showers and WCs down the hall.
Nybyen is about 2 km above the centre, per Visit Svalbard, and Bykaia is about 3.1 km in a straight line. Arrange the transfer.
Book it if
- You want breakfast included at a budget price
- You’re a family and can get a Family Room with its own bathroom
- You land late; reception never closes
Look elsewhere if
- You want your own bathroom and can’t get a Family Room
- You want to be in the centre for dinner
Your night before, from here
From check-in to the gangway, using only what Coal Miners' Cabins publishes and our own map estimates.
A bar, plus shared kitchens if you’d rather cook, per Hurtigruten Svalbard.
No ride to the ship is listed. Bykaia is about 3.1 km in a straight line, so this is a transfer or a taxi ordered ahead, not a walk with bags.
A buffet is included, 07:00 to 10:00 daily, in the reception building, Stormessa, per Hurtigruten Svalbard.
Bykaia is about 3.1 km away in a straight line, down the valley. Use your line’s transfer or order a taxi the night before. Nybyen sits at the end of the Longyeardalen road, which the Norwegian Polar Institute’s cruise handbook names as one edge of the area you can walk without polar-bear protection. Stay on the road.
No parking is mentioned. Guests fly in.
Night-Before Score: 38 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 Coal Miners' Cabins is about 5.7 km from Svalbard Airport in a straight line, and about 3.1 km from Bykaia. Every question mark below is a ride you book yourself.
No hotel shuttle; the airport bus stops at the cabins, per Hurtigruten Svalbard. Visit Svalbard puts the airport 7 km away by road.
No ride to the ship is listed. Bykaia is about 3.1 km in a straight line, so this is a transfer or a taxi ordered ahead, not a walk with bags.
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.
No parking is mentioned. Guests fly in.
Parking for your stay: Not mentioned.
No ride to the ship is listed. Bykaia is about 3.1 km in a straight line, so this is a transfer or a taxi ordered ahead, not a walk with bags.
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, Coal Miners' Cabins is about 3.1 km in a straight line, and about 2 km 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
~3.1 km, straight lineAbout 3.1 km from Bykaia in a straight line between our map pins. That’s a ride, not a walk.
Airport bus
Flybuss stops hereThe airport shuttle stops at the hotel, per Hurtigruten Svalbard.
Source: hurtigrutensvalbard.comParking while you sail
Cruise parking
Cruise parking unconfirmedNo parking is mentioned. Guests fly 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
Food or bar on siteA bar, plus shared kitchens if you’d rather cook, per Hurtigruten Svalbard.
Breakfast
IncludedA buffet is included, 07:00 to 10:00 daily, in the reception building, Stormessa, per Hurtigruten Svalbard.
Address
Nybyen, up the valleyNybyen, 9171 Longyearbyen (Hurtigruten gives Vei 100)
Hotel website
The fine print, in one place
Times, fees, rooms and the small stuff, as Coal Miners' Cabins publishes it. We couldn’t confirm room prices, accessible rooms, so ask when you book.
Check-in and check-out
Breakfast
A buffet is included, 07:00 to 10:00 daily, in the reception building, Stormessa, per Hurtigruten Svalbard.
Parking for your stay
Not mentioned
Pool
No pool mentioned on the pages we read
Pets
Not stated on the pages we read.
Food and drink on site
- Bar
- Shared kitchensGuest use
Rooms
Rooms in three former miners’ barracks. Only the Family Rooms are en-suite; every other room shares showers and WCs, per Hurtigruten Svalbard.
Accessibility
Coal Miners' Cabins’s pages we read don’t detail accessible rooms, so ask before you book one.
On site
- GymNot stated
- Sauna or spaNot stated
- Family roomsYes
- Pets allowedNot stated
Also worth knowing
- Shared bathrooms except in the Family Rooms
- Reception open 24 hours
- Shared kitchens and laundry
- Hurtigruten uses it for some Spitsbergen Adventurer guests, depending on cabin
Before you book
Worth knowing
- Shared showers and WCs except in the Family Rooms.
- Breakfast is included, 07:00 to 10:00.
- About 20 minutes on foot to the main street, per Hurtigruten Svalbard.
What we couldn’t confirm
- Room prices
- Accessible rooms
Every hotel fact here comes from Hurtigruten Svalbard’s page for the cabins 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 Coal Miners' Cabins: the Longyearbyen cruise guide and Longyearbyen as a port of call.
A miner’s bunk, breakfast in, a transfer down to the ship.
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Coal Miners' Cabins FAQ
Do Coal Miners' Cabins have private bathrooms?
Only the Family Rooms. Every other room shares showers and WCs, per Hurtigruten Svalbard.
Is breakfast included at Coal Miners' Cabins?
Yes, a buffet from 07:00 to 10:00 in the reception building, Stormessa.
How far is Coal Miners' Cabins from the centre of Longyearbyen?
About 2 km, per Visit Svalbard, or about 20 minutes on foot to the main street, per Hurtigruten Svalbard. Bykaia is about 3.1 km in a straight line.
Can I walk from Nybyen into town?
On the road, yes; it’s about 20 minutes to the main street, per Hurtigruten Svalbard. Nybyen is at the end of the Longyeardalen road, which the Norwegian Polar Institute’s cruise handbook names as one edge of the area you can walk without polar-bear protection, so don’t go on past it.
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