Pyramiden

Russian ghost town Pyramids - a settlement that once had over 1,000 inhabitants. The name Pyramiden comes from the pyramid-shaped mountain under whose shadow the settlement was built. The mining settlement was founded in 1910 by the Swede Bertil Högbom and in 1926 the land and the settlement were bought by Russia, which continued coal mining. However, the business was never very lucrative, and the site in the high Arctic was more of a Soviet showcase than a business model. For the workers, life was like paradise. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the "Pyramiden Project" was gradually buried, and in 1998 the last inhabitants left the place.

Now Pyramiden is considered a ghost town with the northernmost statue of Lenin in the world. Since 2013, the operation of the Hotel Tulipan has resumed and accommodates tourists who arrive in winter by snowmobile and in summer by boat to the popular excursion destination.

Exploring the old buildings and diving into the past holds real treasures and is super interesting.