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The  restaurant  is  not  big  either,  and  it  has  was for sale, and next to it, there was a house  < Grand-dad
               two long tables seating 10 persons each. The  with 8 rooms. He bought it all and contacted  Daniel
               kitchen  opens  into  the  dining  area,  so  that  us wondering if we would like to manage it.
               everybody can watch us while we prepare the                                   > Lill-Karin,
               food. People often tell us that it’s like being in  We  turned  his  offer  down  because  we  were  Hedda, their
               our home.                              more than busy with our own building project  niece and Espen
                                                      and  setting  up  the  restaurant,  but  he  kept  in the kitchen
               We  bake  fresh  bread  and  have  simple,  insisting, emphatically. Then, we suggested that
 In  the  embassy,  there  were  several  young   traditional food from the time when we were  the house should become four Airbnb chalets,
 trainees,  and  one  of  them  had  training  in   growing  up.  We  serve  fresh  fish,  reindeer  and  he  agreed.  We  got  them  redecorated,
 journalism and photography. She took all the   meat, with local food such as berries picked  and today there are 4 Airbnb chalets, each of
 photographs published in the book. She also   in the region, mushrooms from the region etc.  which can host 4 persons. It is brand new, and
 helped us put the book together, and we got   We use only local products, all from nature.  it definitely looks very nice. We think it’s the
 it  printed  in  Turkey.  It  was  lots  of  fun,  and   nicest Airbnb in the whole region because it’s
 it is now in its third edition. It became quite   Who does the cooking?  all brand new, with all modern equipment.
 < Big tables   When  you  are  based  outside  your  country,  popular  in  the  north  of  Norway.  It  is  also   We both do everything. We try to encourage
 and a cozy   you get to meet a lot of people. As a military  being sold at the Nordkapp plateau and in the   nieces  and  nephews  to  come  and  give  us  a  You can check it all out on our website www.
 atmosphere, the   officer, we can retire at the age of 57. Espen  Nordkapp museum.  hand, but in general we do at least 80 percent  danielshus.no or on Facebook.
 restaurant seen   was offered the post of Military Attaché to the   of the work.
 from the inside.  Norwegian Embassy in Ankara, Turkey. I then  Is  the  book  available,  for  instance,  on   The  Sannas  are  soon  heading  north  again.
                     asked for leave without pay, and ended up as  Amazon?  About 70 % of our guests are tourists, visiting  The  preparations  for  the  fishing  season  and
 > Home-baked   a  spokesperson  and  diplomat  together  with  Unfortunately,  no,  we  haven’t  reached  that   Nordkapp. Some 350,000 tourists visit Nordkap  the  tourist  season  will  start.  Espen  will  be
 Cinnamon rolls   him from 2014 to 2018. At that time, Espen  level  yet.  We  are  selling  it  in  our  restaurant   every year, so, we do benefit a little from that.  doing  traditional  fish  hanging,  they  have  5
 according to   had served 37 years in the Air Force. Since we  though. We do have a lot of visitors, and then   We  get  guests  from  Italy,  France,  Germany,  reender who are waiting for them and, as if
 the traditional   had from time to time been separated owing  of course I dedicate the book.  and they do fit in very well with the locals. Of  this were not enough, Espen has a new project
 receipt.  to our professions, we decided to stay together   course, we tell them about Granddad Daniel  – to make local beer. Leaving them to their
 before retiring.  Now  you  must  tell  us  about  the  restaurant,   and the area and recount some local history.  occupations, I wish only that there are more of
 Daniel’s Hus!                                        their kind – positive and never afraid of a new  Cover of the
 How did you get the idea for the book?  When Granddad Daniel came back to Finnmark   How  can  one  get  to  visit  you?  It  seems  too  challenge. All we can do is to wish them lots  Receipt book
 While  we  were  in  Ankara,  life  was  a  lot  less  after  the  war,  this  was  the  first  house  to  be   complicated!  of success in all their
 hectic, and I had more spare time. There were  built in the village. [Editor’s note: the whole of   It  is  not  at  all  difficult  to  find  us.  There  are  endeavours.  And  if
 several  women  who  had  also  followed  their  Finnmark was burned down by the Germans   several options. You can either come by plane  ever you are planning
 husbands, and we did voluntary work to help  when  they  were  chased  out  of  there  by  the   from  Oslo  to  Alta,  or  Oslo  to  Tromso,  or  a  trip  to  Norway,  do
 women and children. In order to gather funding,  Russian Red Army]. I think there were over 20   Honningsvag which is only 20 minutes away  pay  them  a  visit.  I’m
 we decided to do an international recipe book  people living in this small house of 30 square   from us. There are about three flights a day  sure  that  you  will  be
 that  we  sold.  While  working  on  this  one,  I  meters. Afterwards, he built the main house,   between  Oslo  and  Honnigsvag,  so,  we  are  well received and that
 realized that I also wanted to do something for  in which we live when we are there. For years   much more easily accessible than you think.  it  will  be  one  of  the
 the small village where I was born and raised,  and years, we had talked about refurbishing the   There are three different ways of arriving, by  high  points  –  if  not
 Skaarvaag in the county of Finnmark.  small barn. We bought the main house from   car, by bus or by plane. It is not at all as difficult  the  high  point  –  of
 Granddad Daniel when he was still alive, and   as you seem to believe.  your trip.
 I decided to do a recipe book from old recipes  he was thrilled that we wanted to take over the
 gathered from the elderly women in Skaarvaag  place. When we were starting on the renovation   What about accommodation? Did you set up
 that were still alive. I sent a letter to each one  of the barn, it turned out that it was in such bad   an Airbnb?
 of them asking whether they would be willing  condition that we had to pull it down. So we   Well, the owner of the fishing factory needed
 to share with me one of their recipes. There  ended up building a brand new building. It is   some  accommodation  for  the  persons  that
 were 12 or 14 of them, and they all responded  not overly big, only about 50 square meters on   come  and  work  for  him  during  the  fishing
 positively. That launched me.  the ground, with 2 stories.  season.  It  turned  out  that  the  Summerhotel



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