[OC] I’m currently in Svalbard, and the local Swiss Consulate is probably the northernmost diplomatic mission Switzerland has

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1. It opened few months ago https://polarjournal.ch/en/2021/12/08/switzerland-opens-honorary-consulate-on-svalbard/

2. This is awesome 🙂 didn’t know about it

3. I didn’t even know there were *any* consulates up there. Very cool.

   Also, no sundown for you today!

4. You got caught: https://imgur.com/aBe8Moc

5. Any open positions available? 😍

6. Swiss modesty amplified by Norwegian modesty.

7. Probably the only diplomatic mission where there’s a real risk of being eaten by a polar bear.

8. Isn’t it the northernmost diplomatic mission in the world? The only other country that has a diplomatic mission on Svalbard is Russia in the village of Barentsburg, which is slightly more soth than Svalbard.

9. Have you seen Odin ?

10. Yet, I had to travel to Stockholm from Copenhagen to get a visa.

11. That is an honorary consulate. Could I get a new Swiss passport in there or a new ID card if I am living on Svalbard?

12. Beautiful place. Been there!!

13. It’s “only” an honorary consulate, meaning someone (usually, but not necessarily, a Swiss national) assumes the responsibility of providing assistance to Swiss citizens present there. However, it has no standard consular activity (such as visa issuance, etc.). It’s basically a point-of-contact, the lowest form of consular activity you can have.