Riggen restaurant is located on the first floor at the whale centre which is situated close by Andenes lighthouse. Here you can enjoy a panoramic view of Andenes harbor and the great Atlantic ocean while enjoying good food and drinks. In the summer time you can enjoy the midnight sun crossing over the sky and in the winter time you might get a good look at the Northern Lights or a stormy ocean. Before noon and some hours into the afternoon, the restaurant functions as a café as well. Riggen dancebar is located upstairs and can offer you a nice evening in the same beautiful surroundings.
MENU
Riggen restaurant can offer you a variety of fish- and meat dishes from our a la carte menu. We also have a dinner buffet every day where we serve traditional norwegian fish- and meat dishes. On Friday, Saturday and Sunday we also offer some Thai dishes in the buffet. If you are a pizza fan, we can provide you with our well known Riggen pizza, happily as take away if you want. Call and order in advance and we will have the pizza ready for you when you arrive.
We also have to mention our cake buffet on Saturdays where we serve a large variety of cakes at a reasonable price.
PRIVATE EVENT?
Riggen restaurant can be hired for private events like birthdays, weddings, funerals, company parties and so on. We can also make luch and dinner for tourist groups that has been on whale safari or are going to participate on a whale safari. For more information about this and prices, please contact us.
CHRISTMAS PARTY
In the period before christmas, Riggen restaurant arranges christmas parties (dinners) and christmas lunches. These events can be tailor made according to your wishes and can be combined with the use of Riggen dancebar. For booking of christmas parties or price offer, please contact us.
“There is no love more sincere than the love of food”
George Bernard Shaw
We've had incredible #safaris in the last days, when we met #orcas, #finwhales and #spermwhales in the same area! 🤩
The forecast says that there will be nice weather in the next days - we look forward to going to sea again!
📸 by our guide Stefan Leimer, www.stefanleimer.ch
#andenes #vesterålen #hvalgaranti #northernnorway
It’s refreshing and comforting to see these animals swim free and happy. Unlike the poor 1400 dolphins that were killed in the #faroeislands this week.
We are really looking forward to the safaris this weekend, after some great tours in the last days. Can you recognize all these three #whale species? 🐳🐬🐋
#andenes #vesterålen #hvalgaranti #whaleguarantee
sea pandas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Humpbacks, Sperms and Orcas 😍
Minke whales, Orcas and Sperm whale❤🐳
Fin, sperm and orcas👍👍🌞🐳🐳
Buckel und Orkas
Fin whales, orcas, Sperm whales
In orden of appearance: Minke Whales, Orcas, and Sperm Whales?
The whales in the first picture are *fin whales* - the second largest species on planet Earth, after the blue whale. The others are orcas (of which a calf, with yellowish eye patch), and the king of Bleik Canyon, the sperm whale 🙂
Michaela Treiber das könntet ihr auch machen!
Giving more life and colour to our whale exhibition! 🐳
The paintings in our museum need to be freshened up from time to time...then it's quite handy to have a guide who's both a marine ecologist and an artist! 🎨🖌
#andenes #vesterålen #whaleartEg tror at uttrykket i ansiktet mitt sier alt 🐋🌞! Eg malte dette 😏!
Nigel Hendriks Claudia Braaksma
Whalesafari Andenes - Hvalsafari Andenes har oppdatert åpningstidene sine.
Photography isn't just about pretty images!
We can use them to identify animals individually. We've been using this method, "photo-id", since 1989 to get to know our sperm whales better 😍
Meet Moni - he was 1st seen in 2009 & visited us many times since!
#WorldPhotographyDay
📸 Mel Cosentino
C'est-à-dir pas
The breeding season is soon over and the adult puffins will leave their colony on Bleik Island any day, off to spend the winter in the open sea. If you are in #vesterålen now you can still get a chance to see them!
📷 Stefan Leimer, www.stefanleimer.ch
#andøy #northernnorway #sealife
White-beaked #dolphins are quite rare during our safaris...we were jumping of joy, too, when we met them in a playful mood yesterday! 🐬
📷 Stefan Leimer, www.stefanleimer.ch
#vesterålen #andøy #nordnorge #andenes #northernnorway
High up in the air! 💙
When they start their dive to the deep sea, some #spermwhales lift their flukes much higher than others. One of the whales we saw yesterday really showed off! 🐳
📷 by our guide Stefan, www.stefanleimer.ch
#andenes #andøy #whaleguarantee #Purenature
wow, that's a show off, never seen it so high (y)
Wow, fantastisk bilde!
Das war so schön gestern . Ich bin soooo glücklich . Ein Traum ist in Erfüllung gegangen.
Hier ist ein kleines Video zum gestrigen "Poserwal" 🥰😍von meinem Sohn aufgenommen
From our whalesafari trip today. Thanks to Helge for nice pictures.
Dette innholdet er ikke tilgjengelig akkurat nå
Når dette skjer, skyldes det vanligvis at eieren enten bare har delt det med en liten gruppe mennesker, har endret hvem som kan se det, eller har slettet det.The #breathingandenes team is here!
Since the beginning, back in the 80s, we have hosted and collaborated with scientists from different disciplines and from all over the world to better understand sperm whales and minimise the impact of our activity.
This season, we have Mel Cosentino and Raquel Modino.
If you are in Andenes, come meet them and learn about our #research work!
#norway #whalewatching
#ThrowbackThursday The scientists on our safaris laid the foundation for sperm whale research in Norway in the late '80s.
Here's one of the first negatives of our most famous whale.
👉 Do you know his name?
#whaleresearch #photoID #andenes
For some exciting tours we had today, with breaching #humpback whales and also sperm whales!
Book in advance if you want to join us, we have limited availability!
📸 Ruben Karlsen
#andenes #vesterålen #andøy #whaleguarantee #knølhval
What a day! Thanks 👍
Torben Zimmermann
Wow! Humpback whales in summer season?! That´s rather unusual, isnt´t it? I think we have to make a tour with you for a third time - humpbacks and orcas are still on my wish list... (we´ve seen many pilot whales and sperm whales the last two times).
Thanks for the trip!
🕜🕗🕙 Sometimes we need to postpone or move forward our safari, because the wind, waves and whales have their own schedules!
...So our chances of seeing whales are the highest!
📸 Sperm Whale on an evening tour - photo R. Karlsen
#whaleguarantee #hvalgaranti #andenes #vesterålen #whales #Purenature
Marcel Riediger Da müsst Ihr hin😎
It was a great and exciting safari with a really profi and kind staff! Thank you so much! Awesome! ❤🐳🐋🐬🦈
Hvor mye vind er mye vind? Vi er spente på morgendagen!
The weather is not on our side these days, and we had to cancel many tours... but our guests who braved the rough sea this morning were rewarded - with another beautiful #orca sighting! 😊
📸 Ruben Karlsen (picture from an earlier tour)
#sealife #whaleguarantee #hvalgaranti #killerwhales
Åhhh mäktiga!
Awesome❤
Bare helt fantastisk. 🐳🐬🐋
Guess what we saw at sea today? 🤩
Several orca pods feeding in Bleik Canyon...
📸 Ruben Karlsen
#WorldOrcaDay #killerwhales #spekkhoggere #andøy #whaleguarantee
Sarah Klamp
Lene Marki Klingen 🤩
Josefine Laago
Flotte bilder 😃😃
Vi har sett flere hvaltyper på våre siste safarier! Og når spermhvalen er langt ute, finner man kanskje spekkhoggere på tur... 😉
📸 Stefan Leimer, www.stefanleimer.ch
#andøy #vesterålen #nordnorge #hvalgaranti #whaleguarantee
An expedition to the high Arctic on a sailboat? ⛵️
Few can join one physically, but as partners of Arctic Sense, we will offer our guests a chance to experience it in virtual reality after they get back.
We are really thrilled! 🤩ARCTIC SENSE: VIRTUAL REALITY FOR OCEAN EDUCATION
We are pleased to announce some very exciting news.
The Arctic Sense expedition has been selected as a partner to supply immersive 360 content and linear footage to create a virtual reality educational program for schools and museums across the Nordics. Our target audience will be children aged 11 – 14 years. This was made possible by a Nordplus Horizontal grant, and coordinated by Háskóli Íslands (University of Iceland).
Whilst Barba collects the content, Whale Wise with the University of Iceland will develop the story –
To advance marine conservation, we want to immerse the public in the Arctic Sense expedition – to involve them in the science, share our experiences and ignite a passion for our ocean. These next few months the Barba crew will continue to collect footage of scientific fieldwork and wildlife encounters to be used for the program, while Whale Wise will work towards creating the educational program with the University of Iceland.
As the UN Decade of Ocean Science begins, we have a duty to share the wonder of marine life with the public and inspire the next generation of ocean advocates.
“On behalf of the team, I am honored that we have been chosen as a partner for a program that underlines our ambition to provide adventures with purpose. With spectacular whale and nature interactions we make education exciting, whilst infusing it all with a nature conservation message.” – Andreas B. Heide, Barba.no Mission Director
“We are thrilled that students and individuals across Norway, Iceland and Denmark will have the opportunity to be immersed in Arctic Sense – the research and the wildlife. This is a rare chance for many to glimpse a rapidly changing environment and see for themselves what is there so they can want to protect it.” – Alyssa Stoller, Whale Wise Co-founder
Meeting these aims will involve a diverse team of educators, explorers, scientists and interns.
Coordinating institution: University of Iceland
Partner institutions:
Atlanten lower secondary school
Húsavík Whale Museum
North Sea Oceanarium
Gedsted School
Borgarhólsskóli
Whalesafari Andenes - Hvalsafari Andenes
📷 by Tord Karlsen of Andreas collecting 360 footage of white-beaked dolphins on route to Svalbard.
Pilot whale are often curious and like to take a peek above the surface, a behaviour called "spy-hopping" 👀 Here's one from our tour yesterday! 🐬
#pilotwhales #grindhval #andøy #vesterålen #whaleguarantee
Dette innholdet er ikke tilgjengelig akkurat nå
Når dette skjer, skyldes det vanligvis at eieren enten bare har delt det med en liten gruppe mennesker, har endret hvem som kan se det, eller har slettet det.🇳🇴🇳🇴
8 years ago a Dream ☝🏻👍🏻
Vi gleder oss til i morgen 🐳🐳🐳
Dette innholdet er ikke tilgjengelig akkurat nå
Når dette skjer, skyldes det vanligvis at eieren enten bare har delt det med en liten gruppe mennesker, har endret hvem som kan se det, eller har slettet det.
OPENING HOURS
Riggen restaurant has the following opening hours:
| Days | Hours |
|---|---|
| Mondays | 11:00 - 21:00 |
| Tuesdays | 11:00 - 22:00 |
| Wednesdays | 11:00 - 22:00 |
| Thursdays | 11:00 - 22:00 |
| Fridays | 11:00 - 22:00 |
| Saturdays | 11:00 - 22:00 |
| Sundays | 12:00 - 20:00 |
Changes in opening hours that are not permanent will be posted at our facebook page.
CONTACT US
For contact information, please visit our contact page.