The South
Rose garden, coffee shop and gift shop all rolled into one. Selling plants, cushions, candles and trinkets, cakes and food in an enormous conservatory…
The South
Rose garden, coffee shop and gift shop all rolled into one. Selling plants, cushions, candles and trinkets, cakes and food in an enormous conservatory…
Bergen
For most of its history, Bergen has survived on the fruits of the sea, and a fish market has existed here almost as long as the city. These days it's more…
Helsinki
Loop takes waste seriously, collecting surplus, slightly damaged and not-so-perfect food and transforming into delectable dishes for weekday lunches and…
Helsinki
Popular with business diners, classy Emo serves dishes such as crab cakes with coriander and fennel, salt-baked trout with herb and juniper berry salad,…
Trondheim
The main two choices at this trendy brewpub are charcoal-grilled burgers or tacos, but the variety of flavours is impressive. Choices include beef with…
Lapland
Panorama's great-value lunch buffet includes home-brewed beer. Dishes like arctic char and potato bake, wild-mushroom soup, reindeer meatballs with turnip…
Heimaey
On the ground floor of Hótel Vestmannaeyjar, Einsi Kaldi is Heimaey's highest-end dining experience, with well-crafted seafood recipes and modern mood…
Central Finland
Located above the rapids, with curved picture windows providing spectacular views, this striking 1940s villa was built as a residence for the local paper…
Stavanger
Stavanger's small fish market isn't a patch on the Bergen version. Still, you can pick up fresh fish here, and try locally harvested oysters, mussels,…
The Western Fjords
In an attractive clapboard building, this place has two settings: a salty downstairs pub and an upstairs restaurant that turns out some decent fish dishes…
Oslo
The casual little sibling of Markveien Mat & Vinhus, Dr Kneipp's is the place for sipping wines by the glass (prepare for choice overload – there are…
Stockholm Archipelago
There are great views of the harbour from the sprawling terrace here, where bites range from open-face shrimp sandwiches to nutritious poke bowls. It's…
The Western Fjords
This homey restaurant is located inside a landmark building near the harbour known as Det Gylne Hus (The Golden House), which is now occupied by an art…
The Coast
A bastion of cosmopolitan cool in Larvik. We could settle into Sanden's soaring waterfront space for hours. Coffee here is the best for miles around, with…
Bergen
Every city needs its burger joint, and in Bergen it's Royal – a friendly corner bar with a lavish line-up of stacked burgers loaded with sauces, salads,…
Reykjanes Peninsula
Good oven-cooked pizzas with fun names to honour Norse gods and warriors like the Ingólfr Arnarson (with ground beef, chicken, red onion, Béarnaise sauce…
Gothenburg
Well worth the short trip across the river, the city's only Peruvian eatery is found on the 1st floor of a market hall. Sate your cravings for ceviche …
Stavanger
This slinky burger joint (the Stavanger branch of a Norwegian minichain) does everything right – from its artisan buns, cheeses and salads, through to its…
Central Jutland
Some 2km past the park entrance, off Rte 180 to Hobro, is this classic, old-school inn whose best feature is its Panorama Restaurant, which offers a…
Bergen
This harbourside restaurant looks trad, but it has a trick in store: despite the period decor, vintage pictures, reindeer rugs and wood panelling, the…
Malmö
Famed for her superb signature rice-noodle soup spiced with coriander, onion, basil and lime and served with chicken, beef or tofu, Mrs Saigon does her…
Bergen & the Southwestern Fjords
Tucked up in a little space just off the waterfront, this wood-panelled restaurant is an old Haugesund favourite for solid Norwegian cuisine – not least…
Zealand
Located inside the historic castle Dragsholm Slot, this smart-casual bistro offers pared-back Nordic dishes using the same top-notch ingredients as its…
Odense
Combine three or four starter-size dishes (each 100kr) to create an inspired melee of contemporary flavour combinations. The menu changes regularly but…
Odense
At the waterfront, in one of the sternly rectilinear modernist buildings of the newly revamped harbour area, is the North Atlantic House (www…
Stockholm Archipelago
Set on a bucolic country road, Matssons is one of the less touristy restaurants on the island. This is probably due to its location, a gentle 3.5km stroll…
Oslo
Oslo restaurateur Nevzat Arikan's latest offering has an extremely beautiful, highly crafted fit-out that speaks to both the contemporary Asian menu on…
Zealand
Set back behind the harbour-facing lawn, Gilleleje Havn occupies two connected historic buildings, and three dining rooms with distinctly differing decors…
Greater Reykjavík
Thai, Indian and Mexican flavours jazz up the raw and organic ingredients dished up here to create a wonderland of largely vegetarian wraps, soups and…
Stockholm Archipelago
The only dining option near the harbour, this hilltop restaurant offers amazing views from its glassed-in dining room as well as from a few outdoor tables…
East Iceland
There's nothing quite like stumbling across unexpected flavours in small-town Iceland. This small, sweet restaurant (housed at Guesthouse Askja) does a…
Skagen
The terrace of this all-day cafe-bar is primed for people-watching, and the comprehensive menu has favourites such as brunch plates, smørrebrød, burgers,…
Malmö
This top-notch restaurant serves meals in the vaults beneath Kockska Huset. Food is up-scale Swedish and the atmosphere is classic with crisp-white…
Tampere
In an old brick weaving shed, this popular place offers a wide range of home-brewed and delicious beer, cider and perry, including an excellent strong…
Bohuslän
This family-run dockside restaurant dishes out deep bowls of fish soup, catch of the day and seafood-filled baguettes at lunch. Dinner is more refined;…
Stockholm
Stockholmers are obsessed with their coffee, but what if you're craving a nice cuppa? Looking venerable with its sombre wooden interior and rows of giant…
Oslo
One of the nearby KHiO (Oslo National Academy of the Arts) kids' cafes of choice, this 'Berlin-style' corner gem is a great place to kick back with your…
The Northern Fjords
Located in an old smithy on the cobbled street of Fosnagata (it's still covered with blacksmiths' tools), this well-respected fish restaurant is a good…
Bergen & the Southwestern Fjords
Located at the far eastern end of Lysefjord near the settlement of Lysebotn, this sky-top cafe sits at the end of a series of punishing, veering…
Arctic Highway
Sandwiches, open and otherwise, a mean hot chicken soup and some creative salads make up the menu here. This fine choice has smooth contemporary decor…
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