A beautiful Art Deco building on Jeløya, Moss, boasting great views over the Oslofjord. The hotel used to be a radio station – hence the name. The main building houses a spacious and tastefully decorated restaurant and a number of function rooms that can be used as conference or meeting facilities, or for a private event.

There is a small terrace and a pleasant garden – as well as horses grazing on the compound surrounding the hotel. You will also find a 2km-long beach nearby.

Should you want to stay the night, 41 comfortable rooms are available in the restored barn next door, all with en-suite bathroom and wi-fi access. Jeløya Radio can also arrange activities such as wine tasting, regatta sailing or fishing. A great place for a special occasion.

Double room with breakfast 1,100Kr. Tel: 69 24 60 00, www.jeloyradio.no

- Snøhetta: Probably the most famous Norwegian architect firm today, with cutting edge projects both at home (the Oslo Opera among them) and abroad (Alexandria Library in Egypt and the National 11 September Memorial and Museum in NYC). Newly commissioned to redesign Times Square in NYC. www.snoarc.no

- Helen & Hard: The firm behind the Norwegian pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo, the new Preikestolen mountain lodge (part of the Norwegian Wood project, a project aiming to promote modern environment-friendly wooden architecture) and the Geopark in Stavanger, an open air activity area designed in collaboration with some of the city’s youths. www.hha.no

- Jensen & Skodvin Architects: This talented team’s recent projects include the Juvet Landscape Hotel (the recipient of Innovation Norway’s product of the year award 2010) and the viewing platform at Gudbrandsjuvet in Norway (nominated for the prestigious Mies van der Rohe award in 2009). Other buildings of note include the Tautra Maria Convent near Trondheim (completed in 2006) are the Mortensrud Church in Oslo (1998). www.jsa.no

- Lund & Slaatto: Striking bridges, big modern offices and public buildings and a few very modern religious buildings have ensured the success of this firm, which has won many prizes over the years, most recently for the environment-friendly Pilestredet Park in Oslo, and the Svinesund Bridge over the Iddefjord between Norway and Sweden. www.lsa.no

- Reiulf Ramstad Architects: The team behind the stunning Trollveggen service centre and lookout platform along the Trollstigen tourist route has also completed a few projects in Østfold, including the Inside Out Summerhouse and Halden University College (pictured above). www.reiulframstadarkitekter.no

More on Oldtidsveien at http://www.elusivemoose.eu/2009/10/26/

More on the Stegastein viewpoint at http://www.elusivemoose.eu/2010/04/stegastein-viewing-platform/

Photos of the Solberg Tower under construction at http://www.sa.no/lokale_nyheter/article5185109.ece

- Oslo Opera House: Designed by Norwegian architects Snøhetta, Oslo’s new landmark has been an instant success with both locals and tourists. An impressive 1.3 million visited in the first year of opening alone. The opera has also won an array of awards, including the prestigious Mies van der Rohe Prize (2007).

- Mortensrud Church, Oslo: An unusual, ultra-modern church on the outskirts of Oslo, where stone, timber, glass and the surrounding nature have all been integrated into the design to create a peaceful atmosphere (2002).

- New Gyldendal’s Headquarters, Oslo: The latest project by acclaimed architect Sverre Fehn before his death in February 2009. Norway’s largest publishers had grown too big for their old headquarters. The challenge was to retain the old structure while rebuilding the inside – which Sverre and his team managed with brio (2007).

- Hamsun Center, Nordland: Dedicated to Norway’s most famous novelist, the centre opened in August 2009 on Hamarøy, near the farm where he grew up, and dominates the surrounding countryside. The dark wood exterior is designed to evoke stave churches, and the long grass of the roof garden to reflect traditional Norwegian turf roofs.

- Sail Hotel, Molde: Named ‘the Sail’ because of its shape, this modern glass hotel on the Molde waterfront doubles up as a huge mirror in which the surrounding Romsdal Alps and the ever-changing sky are reflected to stunning effect (2002).

- Petter Dass Museum, Nordland: Another building by Snøhetta, this one at Alstahaug. The museum was completed in 2007 to mark 300 years since the death of the famous Helgeland poet. Cut into solid rock, with the front jutting out towards the sea, the building has been cleverly integrated in the landscape to symbolize a link between the past and the future.

- Stegastein viewpoint, Aurland: One of the most stunning structures along 18 tourist roads, a government-led project aiming to enhance the driving experience in Norway by incorporating interesting architecture along some of the country’s busiest roads (2006). More info at http://www.elusivemoose.eu/2010/04/27/

- Preikestolen Mountain Lodge, near Stavanger: At the starting point to the famous hike, this building is part of a project promoting environmentally-friendly timber technology in modern architecture (2008). By Helen & Hard AS, the team behind the Norway Pavilion at the Expo 2010 in Shanghai.

- Florvågøen, Askøy, outside Bergen: This unusual, cubist-looking block of flats, built by Link Signature on a small island previously used for industry, is newly completed (2009) and houses 170 units, complete with their own marina. Other houses of interest near Bergen are Villa Storingavika and Villa G, both by Saunders Architecture – although these are private homes, so visiting will require an invitation.

- Svinesund Bridge, Østfold, Norway/Sweden: Opened to traffic in June 2005, this modern concrete and steel structure spans the Iddefjord in a single arch of 247m reaching 30m at is highest point – and 60m below. The bridge marks the border between Sweden and Norway on the E6. More info at http://www.elusivemoose.eu/2009/10/338/

For info on modern architecture in Østfold, see http://www.elusivemoose.eu/2010/01/modern-architecture-in-østfold/

Made in Norway: Norwegian Architecture Today (paperback) 144 pages, ISBN: 978-3-0346-0559-5. Language: English. Published by Birkhauser on behalf of the NAL. Price: 285Kr. By mail order at anp@arkitektur.no, or from amazon.com

More info on the National Tourist Roads Project at http://www.elusivemoose.eu/2010/04/27/

More info on the Inside Out Summerhouse on Hvaler at http://www.elusivemoose.eu/2009/11/20/