"Maaemo has steadily been earning itself a reputation as not just the best restaurant in Norway but one of the best in the world. Since February 2016, the restaurant has held three Michelin Stars and came 55th in the World’s Best Restaurant award earlier this year (it peaked at 35 in 2018). The restaurant was founded by Danish chef Esben Holmboe Bang in 2010 and takes its name from the ancient Norse word for “Mother Earth.” Focusing on food from the surrounding region, Holmboe Bang has described the restaurant as highlighting “the relationship between the raw nature, produce and our cultural history.”"