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Funken is the splurge, and it scores level with the Radisson. Breakfast comes with every stay, and there’s a restaurant, a sauna and a cellar with more than 70 champagnes, per Hurtigruten Svalbard.
The building has a story. It went up in 1947 to house Store Norske’s managers, the cellar was Svalbard’s first alcohol store, and you swap your shoes for slippers at the door, the old mining custom.
It loses first place only on distance. Bykaia is about 2.1 km in a straight line, so plan on the line’s transfer or a taxi.
Book it if
- You want the last night ashore to feel like part of the trip
- A champagne tasting appeals
- You want breakfast and dinner in the building
Look elsewhere if
- You’re sailing Hurtigruten and want its bag drop; that’s at the Radisson
- You want the nearest bed to Bykaia
Your night before, from here
From check-in to the gangway, using only what Funken Lodge publishes and our own map estimates.
The Funktionærmessen restaurant, a fireplace lounge and a wine and champagne cellar with tastings, per Hurtigruten Svalbard.
No ride to the ship is listed. Bykaia is about 2.1 km in a straight line, so use your line’s transfer or a taxi ordered ahead.
Included in every stay, per Hurtigruten Svalbard: Monday to Friday 07:00 to 10:00, weekends 07:00 to 11:00.
Bykaia is about 2.1 km away in a straight line. Take your line’s transfer if it runs one; otherwise order a taxi ahead, because Visit Svalbard says nothing waits at the port.
Funken doesn’t mention parking. Like everyone else here, you’ll have flown in.
Night-Before Score: 46 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 Funken Lodge is about 5.3 km from Svalbard Airport in a straight line, and about 2.1 km from Bykaia. Every question mark below is a ride you book yourself.
No hotel shuttle; the public airport bus stops at the lodge, per Hurtigruten Svalbard.
No ride to the ship is listed. Bykaia is about 2.1 km in a straight line, so 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.
Funken doesn’t mention parking. Like everyone else here, you’ll have flown in.
Parking for your stay: Not mentioned.
No ride to the ship is listed. Bykaia is about 2.1 km in a straight line, so 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, Funken Lodge is about 2.1 km in a straight line, and about 750 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
~2.1 km, straight lineAbout 2.1 km from Bykaia between our map pins, roughly 34 minutes on foot at an easy pace. That’s our estimate, not the hotel’s.
Airport bus
Flybuss stops hereThe public airport bus stops at Funken Lodge, and you pay by card on board, per Hurtigruten Svalbard.
Source: funkenlodge.comParking while you sail
Cruise parking
Cruise parking unconfirmedFunken doesn’t mention parking. Like everyone else here, 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
Food or bar on siteThe Funktionærmessen restaurant, a fireplace lounge and a wine and champagne cellar with tastings, per Hurtigruten Svalbard.
Breakfast
IncludedIncluded in every stay, per Hurtigruten Svalbard: Monday to Friday 07:00 to 10:00, weekends 07:00 to 11:00.
Address
Vei 212, above the centreVei 212-4, 9171 Longyearbyen
Hotel website
The fine print, in one place
Times, fees, rooms and the small stuff, as Funken Lodge publishes it. We couldn’t confirm check-in and check-out times on the lodge’s own site, accessible rooms, so ask when you book.
Check-in and check-out
Breakfast
Included in every stay, per Hurtigruten Svalbard: Monday to Friday 07:00 to 10:00, weekends 07:00 to 11:00.
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
- FunktionærmessenRestaurant
- Wine and champagne cellarMore than 70 champagnes; tastings
- Fireplace lounge
Rooms
88 rooms and suites in a lodge built in 1947 to house Store Norske’s managers, per Hurtigruten Svalbard.
Accessibility
Funken Lodge’s pages we read don’t detail accessible rooms, so ask before you book one.
On site
- GymNot stated
- Sauna or spaYes
- Family roomsNot stated
- Pets allowedNot stated
Also worth knowing
- Slippers at the door: guests follow the mining-era custom of taking shoes off indoors
- The cellar was once Svalbard’s first alcohol store
- Marketed as five-star; Visit Svalbard gives the official Norwegian classification as level 4
- Baggage storage
- Check-in and check-out times are from Booking.com, not the lodge
Before you book
Worth knowing
- Breakfast is in every stay, per Hurtigruten Svalbard.
- Shoes off indoors; slippers are provided.
- The airport bus is card only, per Hurtigruten Svalbard.
What we couldn’t confirm
- Check-in and check-out times on the lodge’s own site
- Accessible rooms
Every hotel fact here comes from Funken’s own site and Hurtigruten Svalbard’s page for the lodge, 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 Funken Lodge: the Longyearbyen cruise guide and Longyearbyen as a port of call.
Champagne in the old cellar, breakfast in the rate, the ship tomorrow.
Tell us your sail date and we’ll check Funken Lodge for the night before. No payment on the form.
Funken Lodge FAQ
Is breakfast included at Funken Lodge?
Yes. Hurtigruten Svalbard says breakfast is included in every stay: Monday to Friday 07:00 to 10:00, weekends 07:00 to 11:00.
Is Funken Lodge a five-star hotel?
It markets itself that way. Visit Svalbard gives its official Norwegian classification as level 4.
Do you take your shoes off at Funken Lodge?
Yes. Slippers wait at the entrance, following the shoes-off custom from the mining days.
How far is Funken Lodge from the cruise ships?
About 2.1 km in a straight line from Bykaia, by our map estimate, so a transfer or a taxi.
Booking the cruise too?
Tell us the sailing and we’ll line up Funken Lodge, the ride to the ship and the cruise itself. No fee, no obligation.
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