Sallyhamna

A sheltered, natural harbor right on the North-West corner of Spitsbergen.

Last update: 03. July 2024

Sallyhamna ticked off all the needs for the earliest whalers. Some of the best preserved cultural heritage from the hey-days of bowhead whaling of the 17th Century are found here. Visitors will leave the place with a vivid imagination of the hardships of flensing the whale, rendering down blubber to oil and preparing the barreled oil for shipment to mainland Europe.