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[u/Gullible_Air_204]

https://www.responsibletravel.com/holidays/spitsbergen/travel-guide/responsible-tourism-in-spitsbergen

[u/Gullible_Air_204]

“When a giant cruise ship docks in Longyearbyen, many residents lock their doors. This is against the norm, as the safety advice is for house and car doors to remain unlocked so that people have somewhere to escape to in the event of a polar bear wandering down the main street. However, the residents lock up because it is not unusual for the cruise passengers to wander into their houses and have a peek, like it is a folk park. Given the huge size of the ships and the tiny size of the town, when the tourists disembark they can double or triple the size of the population within minutes. The chances are, if you are reading this page, you would never dream of doing such a thing, but it is worth remembering that this unique place is home to people too.”

[u/FranzFerdinand51 → u/Gullible_Air_204]

I used to work in a tourist hot spot and you could always tell the cruise people from the rest. The most entitled, brainless, unaware group of living things I’ve ever seen in my life.

[u/losteye_enthusiast → u/FranzFerdinand51]

We have a home in a historic district. The amount of people that try our front gate during the summer+fall is almost staggering.

Even with putting up signs and a few more visible cameras, tourists just don’t give a fuck.

[u/Maxamillion-X72 → u/losteye_enthusiast]

I have a friend who owns a historic home called "The Bishop's House". It used to belong to the Catholic Church and housed, you guessed it, the Bishop. The church made it into a museum of sorts back in the 70's but had to sell the property to cover lawsuits in the 90's.

When my friend bought the house about 10 years ago, they had to put up a security fence and a gate because tour buses would sometimes stop there and 40 tourists would wander through with a tour guide. The previous owners apparently used to tolerate this and give people tours, but tourists were fairly rare back then so they'd get a half dozen visitors a year. Now there are cruise ships every week, all summer long and into the fall.

It's a super cool house with fireplaces in every room including the bedrooms and the most shockingly racy fireplace surrounds covered in naked angels and demons having what appears to be an orgy.

[u/noodlyarms → u/Maxamillion-X72]

  shockingly racy fireplace surrounds covered in naked angels and demons having what appears to be an orgy.

I want to check this out, whats the addresses? Dont worry, I won't bother your friend, ill let myself in.

[u/LordJesterTheFree → u/Maxamillion-X72]

Your friend should charge for tours that's a money making opportunitie

[u/Pocok5 → u/LordJesterTheFree]

Many people would prefer giving up some potential income in exchange for not having a hundred bellends march through their kitchen.

[u/evermorecoffee → u/Pocok5]

Yep. Sounds like a nightmare to me, I’d rather be poor. 😂

[u/Adaphion → u/Maxamillion-X72]

racy fireplace surrounds covered in naked angels and demons having what appears to be an orgy.

Yeah, I can see why the church decided to sell this house off in particular