Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
At the end of a slipway overlooking the harbour, this dockside restaurant, a favourite of
the Norwegian royal family, is Henningsvær's other culinary claim to fame. Try, in particu-
lar, the outstanding fish soup (Nkr195), but there's everything else on the menu from fried
cod tongues to smoked whale.
Information
Tourist Office
TOURIST INFORMATION
(
91 24 57 02;
www.henningsvar.com
;
10am-6pm Mon-Fri, 11am-4pm Sat & Sun mid-Jun-mid-
Nov)
Henningsvær's tourist office is beside the main car park.
Getting There & Away
In summer, bus 510 shuttles between Svolvær (40 minutes), Kabelvåg (35 minutes) and
Henningsvær 10 times on weekdays (three services Saturday and Sunday).
ARCTIC MENU
To guarantee yourself a good meal in northern Norway, visit a restaurant affiliated to the
Arctic Menu scheme. Members, who range from small, family-owned concerns to the res-
taurants of chain hotels, undertake to use the region's natural ingredients. It may be a
sauce simmered with local berries; an Arctic char pulled from the icy waters; reindeer,
seal, whale or, of course, cod - every last bit of it from the rich flesh to local delicacies
such as the cheek, roe, liver, stomach or tongue.
The scheme's website (
www.arktiskmeny.no
)
has a full list of its (at last count) 35 par-
ticipants and some tourist offices carry its booklet.
Vestvågøy
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The general rule when exploring this central Lofoten island is that the most appealing
areas lie away from the main E10. The Viking Museum is an exception. You can cross
