Main Street, Pyramiden

Pyramiden, Svalbard

A perfectly straight path slices through the abandoned heart of Pyramiden, flanked by red wooden homes and the stern face of a Soviet-era apartment block. Empty windows stare out like eyes gone dim, while the Arctic tundra quietly reclaims what was left behind. In the distance, snow-capped peaks loom like silent witnesses. Once a utopian outpost of Soviet ambition, now it’s a ghost town balanced between history and permafrost.