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( 77 00 08 00;
www.thonhotels.com/harstad
;
Sjøgata 11; s/d from
Nkr850/1050; )
All 141 rooms at this decent chain hotel have attractive parquet
flooring and most have views over the port and fjord. Buffet breakfast, taken in the hotel's
Egon restaurant, is copious.
Harstad Camping
CAMPGROUND €
( 77 07 36 62;
www.harstad-camping.no
; Nesseveien 55; car/caravan site Nkr175/
200, 4-bed cabin Nkr400, with bathroom Nkr900-1100)
Follow the Rv83 towards Nar-
vik for 4km, then take a side road to reach this small waterside site, where you can rent
rowing boats (per hour/day Nkr80/290) and motorboats (Nkr150/570).
Eating
Café & Restaurant De 4 Roser
CAFE-RESTAURANT €€€
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( 77 01 27 50;
www.de4roser.no
, in Norwegian; Torvat 7; mains
Nkr160-320; cafe 10am-10pm, restaurant 6-10pm Mon-Sat)
Twoquiteseparatedin-
ingexperienceswithasinglenameoccupythesamebuilding.Ononefloor,theFourRoses
is a buzzing cafe that offers sandwiches, pasta, burgers and salads and a trio of daily spe-
cials (around Nkr150). Portions are large and salads, such as the variant with fried trout,
mushroomsandfetacheese,areinnovative.Abovethecafe,inmoreintimatesurroundings,
the restaurant offers fine gourmet cuisine and a short, tempting menu, from which you can
pick between four courses (Nkr625) and 10 (Nkr1150). The restaurant entrance is at street
level.
Hoelstuen
RESTAURANT €€€
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( 77 06 55 00;
www.hoelstuen.com
, in Norwegian; Rikard Kaarbøs
plass 4; mains Nkr300-345; 5-11pm Mon-Sat)
This trim place rivals the 4 Roser res-
taurant for the title of best dining experience in a town of limited eating opportunities. Its
cuisine has flair. Dig your fork, for example, into the garlic fried fillet of stag with mush-
rooms and port glaze. It also does a particularly rich and creamy fish soup (Nkr105).
Kaffistova
CAFE €
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( 77 06 12 57; Rikard Kaarbøsgata 6; dishes Nkr30-166; 8am-6pm
Mon-Fri, 9am-3.30pm Sat, noon-5pm Sun)
This agreeable spot, established in 1913,
