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does sandwiches, a choice of meat and fish mains as long as your arm and as many as 16
kinds of cake. Split-level and smelling of coffee and cakes, it's a good, informal place for
lunch or a snack despite the dull decor.
Lyst
CAFE-BAR €
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( 77 00 30 30; Hakons gate; mains around Nkr120; 3pm-midnight
Mon-Fri, noon-1.30am Sat)
Lyst (Pleasure) is a cheerful place with a pub atmosphere,
popular with locals of all ages. You can munch on a good pizza, made on the spot. To help
it down, select from the ample range of beers or Harstad's widest selection of whiskies and
spirits.
Information
The
tourist office (
77 01 89 89;
www.destinationharstad.no
;
10am-6pm mid-
Jun-mid-Aug, 8am-3.30pm rest of yr)
is located beside the bus station.
Getting There & Away
Air
FromtheHarstad-NarvikairportatEvenestherearedirectflightstoOslo,Bodø,Trom-
sø and Trondheim.
Boat
Ifyou'reheadingforTromsø,theeasiest andmostscenic optionisbyboat.Thereare
two to four express passenger ferries daily between Harstad and Tromsø (three hours), via
Finnsnes (1¾ hours).
There's also a seasonal express passenger ferry (
www.senjafergene.no
)
between Stornes,
just north of Harstad and Skrolsvik (Nkr134; 1¼ hours; two to three daily mid-May to
August),atthesouthernendofSenjaisland.There,you'llfindbusconnectionstoFinnsnes
and then on to Tromsø. Harstad is also a stop on the Hurtigruten coastal ferry.
Bus
Buses to/from Sortland (2½ hours) run one to three times daily. There's one bus to/
from Narvik via Harstad-Narvik airport (2½ hours; daily except Saturday) and a daily ser-
vice between Harstad and Fauske (5¾ hours).
Getting Around
Flybussen (Nkr150, 50 minutes)
shuttlesbetweenthetowncentreandEvenesairportsev-
eral times daily.
Buses connect Trondenes with the central bus station approximately hourly, Monday to
Saturday.
Parking may not be easy to find but - God bless the good burghers of Harstad - it's free in
public car parks for vehicles with non-Norwegian licence plates.
