Onkel Oskar

Nordland


With a wonderful old fireplace and an antique air, this place has semi-regular pub quizzes and is a surprisingly cool place for provincial little Sandnessjøen. And we love its motto: 'Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the Bible says love your enemy.' Says it all really.


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