The Far North - Norway - page 753

The Rica's restaurant serves up Arctic specialities such as Arctic char and some creative
salmon interpretations.

Restaurant Haldde NORWEGIAN

( GOOGLE MAP ; mains Nkr249-349; 4-10pm Mon-Thu, 4-11pm Fri & Sat, 1-10pm Sun)
This quality restaurant within Thon Hotel Vica relies almost entirely upon local ingredi-
ents in the preparation of choice dishes such as reindeer steak, grilled stockfish and its Fla-
vour of Finnmark dessert of cloudberries and cowberry-blueberry sorbet.

Barila BAR
( GOOGLE MAP ; Parksentret Bldg, Sentrum; 11am-1am Mon-Thu, 11am-3am Fri & Sat, 6pm-1am

Sun)
This chic, sassy little place serves great coffee, good beer and exotic cocktails.

Information

Tourist Office TOURIST INFORMATION
( GOOGLE MAP ; www.alta-kommune.no ; Markedsgata 3; 10am-7pm Mon, Tue & Thu, 10am-4pm
Wed & Fri, 11am-3pm Sat Jun-Aug, to 3.30pm Mon-Sat rest of year)
In the library.

Getting There & Away
Alta's airport ( 78 44 95 55; www.avinor.no ) is 4km northeast of Sentrum at Elvebakken.
SAS has direct flights to/from Oslo, Tromsø, Hammerfest, Lakselv and Vadsø. Norwegian
connects Alta with Oslo.
Buses leave from the terminal ( GOOGLE MAP ) in Sentrum.
Hammerfest Nkr315, 2¼ hours, two daily
Honningsvåg Nkr475, four hours, one daily
Karasjok Nkr475, 4¾ hours, two daily except Saturday
Kautokeino Nkr280, 2¼ hours, one daily except Saturday
Tromsø Nkr560, 6½ hours, one daily