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Ben Morgan

Europe's first underwater restaurant opens in Norway

Europe's first underwater restaurant was opening today with more than 7,000 customers booked in to eat among the fish.

Situated on the southern tip of Norway, the restaurant looks like a large concrete tube partly submerged in the North Sea.

It is called Under, which also means “wonder” in Norwegian.

It was designed by Norwegian architecture firm Snoehetta, which also created the Opera house in Oslo and the National September 11 Memorial Museum in New York.

Under opens to the public this week (REUTERS)

“The fascination is just this movement from above water to underwater through the building... the big window exposes the underwater not like an aquarium, it’s the real thing,” said Snoehetta’s founder Kjetil Traedal Thorsen.

The restaurant looks like a large concrete tube partly submerged in the North Sea (REUTERS)

A full 18-course meal, based on local ingredients and seafood, can cost up to 3,700 crowns (£330) per person including drinks.

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