--- description: Find out why Under in Lindesnes, Norway is on TIME’s 2019 list of the World’s 100 Greatest Places. title: Under Is One of the World’s Greatest Places image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8b130265d06584a3/698a017c656a3f0772bd8c11/under-norway.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Aug 21, 2019 # Under Lindesnes, Norway by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Ivar Kvaal From land, Europe’s first underwater restaurant resembles a large slab of rock peeking out from the surf. But once guests descend to the dining room, located 5 m below sea level, they’re treated to panoramic views of sea life—think spiny dogfish and vibrantly finned wrasses—while they feast on dishes from [Under’s](https://www.under.no/ "undefined") ever changing tasting menu, curated by Danish chef Nicolai Ellitsgaard. (It’s sourced mainly from local ingredients, such as brown crab and clams.) The whole experience, says co-founder Stig Ubostad, is designed to give patrons “a sense of awe.” Assuming, of course, that they can get a reservation, which is typically made up to six months in advance. _—Samantha Cooney_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2019/5654159/under-lindesnes-norway/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2019/5654159/under-lindesnes-norway/"},"headline":"Under","datePublished":"2019-08-21T15:12:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:32:05.951Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2019/5654159/under-lindesnes-norway/","keywords":["World's Greatest Places","World's Greatest Places 2019"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8b130265d06584a3/698a017c656a3f0772bd8c11/under-norway.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8b130265d06584a3/698a017c656a3f0772bd8c11/under-norway.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2019/5654159/under-lindesnes-norway/","name":"Under"}}]}] ```