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choice. Apart from the antique ceiling, the decor is sleek and modern, the service friendly
and the food (sandwiches and pasta) and coffee excellent.
Madam Reiersen
NORWEGIAN €€€
( 37 02 19 00; Nedre Tyholmsvei 3; lunch mains Nkr125-159, dinner mains
Nkr219-260)
OneofthebetterrestaurantsringingthePollenharbour.Consideringthefood
quality, Madam Reiersen is good value, especially at lunchtime. And what sort of tasty
morsels can you tuck into? How about mountain trout, a succulent hunk of deer leg or an
Arctic char?
No.9 Kaffe & Platebar
CAFE €
( 37 02 77 92; Langbrygge 9; coffee Nkr19-34; 10am-5pm Mon-Sat, noon-5pm
Sun, to 7pm Jul)
Another classy little cafe, No.9 is the work of Espen Larsen, a local jazz
musician who sells a range of (mostly jazz) CDs and plays them while you sip your coffee
or snack on a pastry - the perfect accompaniment to a lazy Arendal afternoon.
Information
Tourist office ( 37 00 55 44;
www.arendal.com
;
Sam Eydes plass; 9am-6pm
Mon-Fri, 11am-6pm Sat, noon-4pm Sun Jul-mid-Aug, 8.30am-4pm Mon-Fri rest of
yr)
Note that outside the high season hours can be a little erratic, although even if the door
is shut someone will be on hand to answer phone calls.
Getting There & Away
M/S Merdø (
www.skilsoferga.no
,
in Norwegian)
sails from Arendal (Pollen) to Merdø
(adult/child Nkr50/25) twice hourly from early July to mid-August. It also runs on
Saturdays year-round.
There are also ferries to Hisøy (adult/child Nkr30/20).
Nor-Way Bussekspress buses between Kristiansand (Nkr130, 1½ hours, up to nine daily)
and Oslo (from Nkr350, four hours) call in at the Arendal Rutebilstasjon, a block west
of Pollen harbour. Local Timekspressen buses connect Arendal with Grimstad (Nkr53, 30
minutes, half-hourly) and Risør (Nkr98, 1¼ hours, hourly).
