Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Eating
Both the Hotell Greven and Quality Hotel have good restaurants; the former mainly does
Greek and Italian dishes.
Georg Marius Larsen Fisk Delikatese
SEAFOOD €€
( 33 18 17 44; Dronningensgt 43; mains Nkr150)
Thisnewlyopenedfishdeli/restaur-
ant lets you pick your monster of the deep (and some of the lobsters are so big they really
doqualifyasmonsters)fromthedisplaycabinetsandthencooksitupforyoutoeatoutside
on the terrace or take away. At the time of research it was only operating as a restaurant on
sunny summer days, but it hoped to have an all-weather seating area operational soon.
Information
The helpful
tourist office (
33 69 71 00;
www.visitlarvik.no
; Larvik Kulturhus Bøl-
gen;
1-8pm)
is located inside the swish new Bølgen cultural centre on the waterfront.
Getting There & Away
Nor-Way Bussekspress buses pass through Larvik en route between Seljord (Nkr280, 2¼
hours, up to three times daily) and Tønsberg (Nkr115, one hour). For other destinations
along the coast, you may need to change at Tønsberg or Arendal. Local trains run hourly
betweenOsloS(Central Station)andLarvik(Nkr199toNkr277,twohours).Thetrainand
bus stations are side by side on Storgata.
Around Larvik
The low-lying Brunelanes Peninsula southwest of Larvik has a few moderately interesting
towns, though they are packed in summer with Norwegian holidaymakers, who flood the
coastal campsites.
STAVERN
POP 5600
