Explore Trondheim to the Lofoten islands
Given its appeal as a travellers’ totem, and considering the amount of effort it takes to get here, crossing the Arctic Circle, about 80km north of Mo, comes as quite a disappointment. Uninhabited for the most part, the landscape up here is undeniably bleak, and disfigured by a giant building plonked by the roadside that houses an ugly visitors’ centre.
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The Arctic Menu scheme
The Arctic Menu scheme
On and around the Arctic Circle and points north – from Mosjøen ito Svalbard – the best Norwegian restaurants are members of the Arctic Menu scheme (warktiskmeny.no), which guarantees top-quality cooking and the use of local ingredients – from meat and fowl through to fish and seal as well as fruit and berries. A booklet, widely available at tourist offices across the north, lists all the participating restaurants, which are regularly monitored for quality and originality. The 45 members brandish a common and much-vaunted logo too – an orange circular icon with two flashes beneath.
