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mostIndianrestaurant. Itsrelated takeaway adjunct issomething ofaculinary UN,dishing
up kebabs, burgers, pizzas and Tex-Mex as well as curries.
Hildonen
CAFE €
(Kirkegata 20)
The aroma of warm bread and sweet cakes draws you into this bakery and
cafe, hugely popular with locals and bang opposite the tourist office.
Information
Vadsø's seasonal
tourist office (
78 94 04 44;
www.varanger.com
;
10am-6pm
Mon-Fri, 10am-4pm Sat & Sun mid-Jun-mid-Aug)
is at Tollbugata 16.
Getting There & Away
Vadsøisastoponlyonthe northboundHurtigruten coastal ferry,which heads forKirkenes
at 8am. There are at least two buses daily to/from Tana Bru (1¼ hours) and Vardø (1½
hours).
Vardø
POP 2100
It's a pancake-flat 75km drive between Vadsø and Vardø, well off the beaten track for all
but the most die-hard travellers. But the ribbon of road has a lonely charm as it threads its
way between the shoreline, hardy grasses and tough, low shrubs.
Vardø qualifies as Norway's easternmost town. Also, although this butterfly-shaped is-
landisconnectedtothemainlandbythe2.9km-longIshavstunnelen(ArcticOceantunnel),
locals maintain that theirs is the only 'mainland' Norwegian town lying within the Arctic
climatic zone (its average temperature is below 10°C). Once a stronghold of trade with the
Russian Pomors, it's now a major fishing port and home to many Russian and Sri Lankan
immigrants.
