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Gjestehuset 102 is the hostel-style option. Breakfast is included in single, twin and dorm rates, per the guesthouse, which is why it ranks sixth.
Everything else is basic. Bathrooms are shared down the corridor, there’s a guest kitchen and no restaurant, and it doesn’t say where the airport bus stops.
Bykaia is about 3.2 km in a straight line from Nybyen. Book the transfer.
Book it if
- You’re travelling solo on a budget
- You don’t mind a shared bathroom
Look elsewhere if
- You want your own bathroom
- You want dinner in the building
- You want the Flybuss at the door
Your night before, from here
From check-in to the gangway, using only what Gjestehuset 102 publishes and our own map estimates.
Nothing to eat on site that we found listed, so plan dinner in town.
No ride to the ship is listed. Bykaia is about 3.2 km in a straight line, so arrange a transfer or a taxi ahead.
A buffet is included in single, twin and dorm rates, per the guesthouse.
Bykaia is about 3.2 km away in a straight line. 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: 35 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 Gjestehuset 102 is about 5.8 km from Svalbard Airport in a straight line, and about 3.2 km from Bykaia. Every question mark below is a ride you book yourself.
The guesthouse doesn’t say where the airport bus stops.
No ride to the ship is listed. Bykaia is about 3.2 km in a straight line, so arrange a transfer or a taxi 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.
No parking is mentioned. Guests fly in.
Parking for your stay: Not mentioned.
No ride to the ship is listed. Bykaia is about 3.2 km in a straight line, so arrange a transfer or a taxi 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, Gjestehuset 102 is about 3.2 km in a straight line, and about 2.1 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
~3.2 km, straight lineAbout 3.2 km from Bykaia in a straight line between our map pins. That’s a ride, not a walk.
Parking 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
Not statedNo restaurant or bar is listed; there’s a guest kitchen.
Breakfast
IncludedA buffet is included in single, twin and dorm rates, per the guesthouse.
Address
Nybyen, up the valleyNybyen, 9171 Longyearbyen (no street address published)
Hotel website
The fine print, in one place
Times, fees, rooms and the small stuff, as Gjestehuset 102 publishes it. We couldn’t confirm check-in and check-out times, where the airport bus stops, current prices, so ask when you book.
Check-in and check-out
Breakfast
A buffet is included in single, twin and dorm rates, per the guesthouse.
Parking for your stay
Not mentioned
Pool
No pool mentioned on the pages we read
Pets
Not stated on the pages we read.
Rooms
Single and twin rooms and beds in a mixed dorm, with shared bathrooms in the corridor, per the guesthouse.
Accessibility
Gjestehuset 102’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
- Shared corridor bathrooms in every room type
- Guest kitchen
- Open all year
- Visit Svalbard lists a guide price of NOK 400 per room per night; check the current rate
Before you book
Worth knowing
- Shared bathrooms for every room type.
- Free early check-in from 12:00 if you book direct and ask.
- No Booking.com page we could confirm, so the button searches by name.
What we couldn’t confirm
- Check-in and check-out times
- Where the airport bus stops
- Current prices
Every hotel fact here comes from the guesthouse’s own site 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 Gjestehuset 102: the Longyearbyen cruise guide and Longyearbyen as a port of call.
A bunk in Nybyen, breakfast in, a transfer to the ship.
Tell us your sail date and we’ll check Gjestehuset 102 for the night before. No payment on the form.
Gjestehuset 102 FAQ
Is breakfast included at Gjestehuset 102?
Yes. The guesthouse says a buffet is included in single, twin and dorm rates.
Does Gjestehuset 102 have private bathrooms?
No. Bathrooms are shared, in the corridor.
Can I check in early at Gjestehuset 102?
If you book direct, you can ask for free early check-in from 12:00, per the guesthouse.
Booking the cruise too?
Tell us the sailing and we’ll line up Gjestehuset 102, the ride to the ship and the cruise itself. No fee, no obligation.
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