The Tulpan Hotel is a wonderful throwback to another age. Modern rooms are comfortable but unremarkable, though waking up in the cheaper and faithfully preserved 'Soviet-style' rooms will have you wondering if the Iron Curtain ever really lifted. And the sense of silence right outside your window once the day trippers return to Longyearbyen is so pure as to be unnerving.
There's an on-site restaurant (advance reservations required) serving Russian specialities – both set menus (meals 150kr to 250kr) and à la carte choices are available.
Note that payment is in cash only and there's no wi-fi.