Another Sunday walk

Again a slow Sunday, with grey skies and a rather unpleasant wind. So what better to do than a stroll to the airport?

We walked the "Burma-road" (how many cities and towns around the world have an unofficial Burma-road? It certainly has a special sound to it these days...). This Burma-road runs along the old transportline for coal. The road starts next to the Taubanesentralen, a well-known profile from many Svalbard-pictures.


This is what it looked like in August, by the way.


Earlier, coal from 3 different mines were brought in on taubaner in containers called kibber (sorry, I have no English words here) to this Central. In 1987 trucks took over the transport, and in 2004 the whole site, building and all, were conserved.


Barely enough snow - but Thomas insisted on skiing.


The road was definitely closed. And has little in common with the original Burma road.


The departure hall at the airport is bright new, and a great improvement compared to the old one. We had to go through security to get in and have a look (and forgetting the signal-pistol in the rucksack, we almost created a commotion), but this textile-piece on the wall made it worth it. The artist is Trine Mauritz Eriksen, the fabric is wool, in long, twisted pieces. I like the way it gives an impression of light-waves.



And then the plane took off, and we got a taxi back.