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would ruminate endlessly over the state of the world. In its dining room, with its cracked
and bowed flooring, stockfish is the house speciality - if you try it once, try it here - or the
Lofoten lamb.
Du Verden
CAFE, RESTAURANT
mains Nkr160-325; 11am-11pm Sun-Thu, 11am-1am Fri & Sat)
With the cafe at street level and more formal dining upstairs, this excellent place is good
whatever the occasion. The airy, modern interior and waterfront terrace are the perfect
Svolvær setting with everything from sushi and sandwiches to local fish soup on the menu.
Anker Brygge
NORWEGIAN
76 06 64 80;
www.anker-brygge.no
; Lamholmen; mains
Nkr310-345; 4-11pm)
Anker Brygge, originally a shack for salting fish and nowadays furnished like an old-time
kitchen, is a wonderfully cosy place to dine. The cuisine is just as traditional and the re-
commended menu choice is of course fish - try the kitchen's signature dish,
boknafisk
,
semidried cod with salted fat and vegetables. Or the fried cod tongue...
Drinking & Entertainment
Styrhuset
PUB
Svolvær's oldest pub is all dark crannies that speak of sailors long gone. There's football
on the telly whenever there's a big game.
Bryggabaren
PUB
In the same complex as Anker Brygge, this low-beamed, cosy watering hole is bedecked
with tools of all kinds. The bar is a lifeboat from a WWII Polish troop ship that washed up
in Svolvær in 1946. There's a regular bill of live music from May through to September
and sometimes at other times.
