A serious sea-to-table restaurant and beautifully restored rorbu cabins in a working Lofoten fishing harbour.

A beautifully converted 1862 stock exchange at the absolute dead center of Bergen, with one of Norway's best hotel breakfast rooms. Pinstriped wallpaper, herringbone parquet, houndstooth upholstery. Details that nod to the financiers who once worked these floors without hitting you over the head.

125 years old. Rooms are individually decorated with hand-picked art, and the lobby bar, Bar Boman, houses one of the country's largest private collections of Edvard Munch prints. But the real draw is Theatercaféen, the grand Viennese-style restaurant on the ground floor, with its high ceilings and mirrored walls. It's been the place in Oslo where actors, politicians, and locals meet for over a century. Nationaltheateret station is 100 metres from the front door.