Floating Luxury Restaurant Opens in the Middle of Lake in Norway
A restaurant in Hardangerfjord, Norway named "Iris" is unique because of its unique shape, like a UFO, and floating on the water.
The restaurant building and an art installation were made in Tallinn, Estonia, using 1,256 tonnes of metal.
The restaurant, located in a remote part of Norway, opened this year and serves fresh, local seafood.
"Here on the coast of Norway, I can explore entire universes beneath the surface that I could only dream of in Copenhagen," the restaurant's owner, Chef Anika Madsen, says on the NZ Herald's website.
"This region offers some of the cleanest and most exciting seafood products in the world."
Fine-dining restaurant guests must spend around $650 per person and be served 18 curated dishes.
Some menus served are made from premium ingredients such as sea urchins, roasted deer liver, and game meat.
However, diners cannot order their own food choices or make changes to the set menu. Therefore, those with allergies or certain food restrictions are not advised to visit the restaurant.
This will be an exclusive dining experience for every visitor because the restaurant only has a capacity of 24 people in each session, which lasts six hours.
Since opening to the public, the fine dining experience has become a topic of conversation on social media.
Some compare it to the sci-fi film, Alien: Covenant or Arrival.
While others say, the restaurant is reminiscent of a 2022 horror film called The Menu, in which a chef invites guests to an exclusive restaurant on a remote island for a sinister reason.
The restaurant is claimed to be the largest floating art installation in the world and a think tank for salmon farming groups.
The restaurant is claimed to be the largest floating art installation in the world and a think tank for salmon farming groups.
