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Frommer's Highly Recommended

Even though it often plays a Norwegian "second fiddle" to the Millennium , this is nonetheless a most desirable address. Because each room comes with a small kitchenette, and family suites have a fairytale theme, Nobel House is popular with parents visiting with children in tow. This elegant boutique hotel, whose lobby has a seven-story glassed-in atrium with Oriental carpets, columns, and a fireplace, has a personalized feel. A member of a Sweden-based hotel chain, the hotel has a polite staff and a lot of idiosyncratic style. This is one of the few hotels anywhere where we prefer the regular rooms to the oddly laid-out, curiously spartan suites, where lots of room might be devoted, say, to an interior hallway. Each of the suites is thematically decorated, based on the life of a famous Scandinavian, such as opera and ballet personalities Kirsten Flagstad, Ingrid Bjoner, and Indra Lorentzen, usually with accompanying photographic tributes. Rooms and suites, which are accessed via a labyrinthine path of stairs and angled hallways, can be a bit hard to find unless you're being escorted by a staff member. Each unit features original art, and in many cases, exposed brick. Regardless of your room assignment, expect an immaculate tiled bathroom with a tub/shower combo.

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's Norway, 4th Edition, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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