Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
In the Fru Haugans Hotel, tapestry-bedecked Hagestuen offers both à la carte dining and
an evening buffet (Nkr300) in summer.
Ellenstuen
NORWEGIAN
( 75 11 41 00; mains Nkr255-315; 6-11pm )
Ellenstuen, in the Fru Haugans Hotel, is an intimate place that preserves many of the
hotel's original fittings. It has a particularly creative menu (if you're in luck, you'll find
roasted stag fillet and lightly smoked grouse breast in a raspberry sauce on offer).
Lille Torget
BAR
( 75 17 04 14; Strandgate 24; snacks from Nkr60; 8am-4pm Mon-Sat)
With its decorative interior (admire the gorgeous reproduction art nouveau maiden bearing
a lamp at her heart) and a terrace opening onto the main square, this place serves great cof-
fee. Rune, its owner, was the 2008 winner of Coffee in Good Spirits, the key event in Nor-
way's annual coffee-making championship (he'll fashion subtle shapes in your foam too).
Information
Tourist Office
TOURIST INFORMATION
(
75 01 80 00;
www.visithelgeland.com
;
9am-8pm Mon-Fri, 11am-5pm Sat & Sun late Jun-early
Aug, shorter hours rest of year)
The tourist office is beside the E6, which bypasses central Mosjøen.
Getting There & Away
There are flights to Bodø (via Mo i Rana) and Trondheim.
Buses run from Mosjøen to Brønnøysund (three hours, once or twice daily except
Saturday) and Sandnessjøen (1¾ hours, three to five daily). There's also at least one ser-
vice daily to/from Mo i Rana (1¾ hours) but the train takes less time.
Mosjøen lies on the rail line between Trondheim (Nkr763, 5½ hours, three daily),
Fauske (Nkr534, 3½ hours, three daily) and Bodø (Nkr625; 4¼ hours, three daily).
