Funken Lodge
Vei 226, Longyearbyen, Svalbard
Location
Top of the Hill, Longyearbyen
The lodge stands at the top of the Hill in Longyearbyen, in the town's grandest historic building, with sweeping views over the town and the surrounding glaciers and peaks. Longyearbyen is the main settlement of the Svalbard archipelago, a former coal town that is now the base for almost every expedition on the islands.
Transfer
Around the world's northernmost town
Around four kilometres from Svalbard Airport; the base for everything in Longyearbyen, the world's northernmost town, with flights via Oslo or Tromso.
Villas
Eighty-eight rooms and suites
Eighty-eight rooms and suites in contemporary Nordic design, with a coffee machine, bathrobe and slippers in all, from singles and superior doubles to junior suites and suites, the higher rooms framing the town and the glaciers.
Best For
Who it suits
Travellers who want the most polished base in Longyearbyen, with heritage character, strong dining and a champagne cellar, as the launch point for Arctic adventures. For travellers who want heritage character and the best dining in town as the launch point for Arctic adventures, it is Longyearbyen's standout address.
Board Basis
Bed and breakfast
Bed-and-breakfast, with sharing-menu dining at Funktionaermessen and the fireside Funken Bar, and sommelier-led tastings in the 1954 champagne cellar.
Overview
Longyearbyen's upscale boutique hotel
Funken Lodge is Longyearbyen's upscale boutique hotel, at the top of the Hill in the town's grandest historic building, built in 1947 for the coal company and fully refurbished in 2018. Contemporary Nordic interiors, a fireside lobby and a polar-literature library look out over the town and the surrounding glaciers, across eighty-eight rooms and suites. The setting is the world's northernmost town: Longyearbyen sits at seventy-eight degrees north on Spitsbergen, ringed by glaciers and peaks, with the Svalbard Museum, dog-sledding and the wilderness all close, and the polar night and midnight sun overhead in season. Dining at Funktionaermessen follows a sharing concept built on Finnmark king crab, dry-aged meat and Svalbard reindeer, and the signature 1954 Old Wine Monopoly cellar hosts sommelier-led champagne tastings in the room where miners once collected their quotas. Arctic comfort with coal-mining heritage.
Accommodation
Rooms and suites
Eighty-eight rooms and suites are finished in contemporary Nordic design, with a coffee machine, bathrobe and slippers throughout, from singles and superior doubles to junior suites and suites. Set in the town's grandest 1947 building at the top of the Hill, they make the most polished base in Longyearbyen, the contemporary interiors framing the town and the surrounding glaciers and peaks.
Single
Single Room
Sleeps one. A Nordic-design room with a coffee machine, robe and slippers and a town or mountain view.
Nordic designTown or mountain view
Entry
Superior Double or Twin
Sleeps two. A contemporary room with views over Longyearbyen and the Hiorthfjellet or Platafjellet peaks.
Contemporary NordicMountain views
Suite
Junior Suite
Sleeps two. A room with a sitting area, big windows and a bathtub.
Sitting areaBathtub
Top
Suite
Sleeps two. The best views, with a sitting area and a bathtub.
Best viewsSitting area
Food & Drink
Dining
Dining at Funktionaermessen follows a sharing concept built on Finnmark king crab, dry-aged meat and Svalbard reindeer, with the fireside Funken Bar and its polar-literature library alongside. The signature 1954 Old Wine Monopoly cellar hosts sommelier-led champagne tastings in the room where miners once collected their quotas, a rare experience at the top of the world. Funktionaermessen was once the dining hall where the mine's officials ate, and the sommelier-led tastings in the 1954 cellar are among the most memorable experiences in town.
Signature
Funktionaermessen
Funktionaermessen, a sharing concept with king crab, dry-aged meat and Svalbard reindeer.
Cellar
Old Wine Monopoly
Old Wine Monopoly, the 1954 cellar for sommelier-led champagne tastings.
Bar
Funken Bar
Funken Bar, a fireside lobby bar with a polar-literature library.
Wellbeing
Sauna and gym
A sauna and gym offer a place to thaw out after a day dog-sledding or out on the glaciers. Wellness here is simple and warming, the sauna the reward at the end of a day in the Svalbard cold, the champagne cellar a different kind of restorative.
A sauna
A sauna, for warming up.
A gym
A gym, for guests.
After the cold
After the cold, polar wellness.
Activities & Experiences
Signature Experiences
Glaciers, dog-sledding and the polar night define a stay — take a dog sled across the Svalbard snow, hike the glaciers and ice caves from Longyearbyen, and ride a snowmobile into the Arctic wilderness. The polar night and the aurora of the dark season, and sommelier-led champagne in the 1954 cellar, round out a stay at Longyearbyen's most polished address. Longyearbyen sits at seventy-eight degrees north, and the lodge makes a polished base from which to head out dog-sledding, snowmobiling or exploring the glaciers and ice caves, a rifle and a guide required beyond the settlement.
Dog-sledding
Dog-sledding, across the Svalbard snow.
Glacier hikes and ice caves
Glacier hikes and ice caves, from Longyearbyen.
Snowmobile safaris
Snowmobile safaris, into the Arctic wilderness.
Polar night and aurora
Polar night and aurora, the dark-season light show.
Champagne in the cellar
Champagne in the cellar, sommelier-led tastings.
Getting There
Location & transfers
By air
To Svalbard Airport
To Svalbard Airport, around four kilometres from the lodge.
In town
Top of the Hill
Top of the Hill, in the town's grandest historic building.
Trusted by Travellers
What Our Clients Say
Read verified, independent reviews from our customers who booked their bespoke luxury holidays with us.
Good to Know
Good to know
Bed and breakfast
- Bed-and-breakfast, with sharing-menu dining at Funktionaermessen.
Heritage building
- Heritage building, built in 1947, refurbished in 2018.
World's northernmost town
- Longyearbyen, the base for Svalbard, the world's northernmost town.
Getting there
- Around four kilometres from the airport.
Book This Property
Start Planning Your Funken Lodge Stay
Your HighStreet specialist will respond within 2 working hours with a personalised quote and the best available rates — guaranteed.
1
Your holiday
2
Your details
3
Review
Step 1 of 2
Tell us about your stay
Dates, party size, villa preference and budget.
Dates & party
Date flexibility
Adults
2
Children
0
Budget & accommodation
Budget per person (flights + hotel)
£4,500
£500£50,000+
Villas Preference
Flights
You Might Also Consider
Other Svalbard stays you might consider
Svalbard
Basecamp Hotel
Basecamp Hotel is the closest thing to your own Arctic hunting lodge: a characterful trapper's-style boutique in central Longyearbyen, lined with driftwood, sealskin, slate and trapping artefacts. Its sixteen rooms are individually decorated and no two are alike, deliberately TV-free for an unplugged stay, with comfortable beds and private bathrooms. A cosy lounge-pub anchors the ground floor and the glass-roofed Cognac Attic opens to the northern lights or the midnight sun; breakfast is generous and the town's best restaurants are next door. Run by Basecamp Explorer, it is the launch point for dog-sledding, snowmobiling and remote-wilderness basecamps. Authentic, rustic-chic and adventure-led.
Svalbard
Radisson Blu Polar Hotel, Spitsbergen
The Radisson Blu Polar Hotel is the world's northernmost full-service hotel, in the heart of Longyearbyen with the iconic Hiorthfjellet mountain as its backdrop and views over Adventfjorden. Modern and family-friendly, refurbished in 2019, it offers ninety-five rooms and suites, the polar-heritage junior suites adding space for families, all en-suite. The high-ceilinged Restaurant Nansen serves an Arctic menu with a Hiorthfjellet view, the Barentz Gastropub keeps things relaxed, and a sauna and hot tub wait for thawing out after dog-sledding. Eco-certified and steps from the Svalbard Museum and the airport bus. The reliable, full-service Longyearbyen base.
Svalbard
Isfjord Radio Adventure Hotel
Isfjord Radio Adventure Hotel is a remote wilderness boutique set in a preserved 1933 radio station at Kapp Linne, around 90 kilometres beyond Longyearbyen on the far west coast of Spitsbergen, where the road ends. Twenty-two cosy rooms sit across three heritage buildings, with communal bathrooms, a fireside lounge, and a clifftop sauna with an Arctic dip over the Isfjorden. The real surprise is a genuine fine-dining table sourcing seal, whale, halibut and reindeer from Svalbard's last trappers, all homemade. Reached only by boat in summer or snowmobile and dog-sled in winter, solar-powered and heritage-protected. Comfort and gastronomy at the literal edge of the world.