Fancy a table at the world’s largest underwater restaurant? You’d better book soon

Interested in dining at Europe’s first and the world’s largest underwater restaurant when it opens next year?

Well, you better hurry up as Under, located at the southernmost tip of Norway, has attracted a significant number of bookings for the first six months after it opens in April.

Designed by Snøhetta, Under sits half-submerged into the sea and has walls three-feet thick designed to withstand the area’s rugged seas.

Guests at Under can gaze at marine life through a 36 x 13-foot panoramic window in the dining room, which will seat between 80 and 100 people. Muted lighting will be installed on the seabed so that guests can see the marine life in any weather.

“What makes it so complicated and unique, is the fact that it isn’t going to be a simple, concrete storage tank, but rather an amazing, unique experience for people due to the location, the architecture, the interior, the underwater view and of course the delicious cuisine,” says Arne Marthinsen, the project manager for SubMar Group, which is responsible for the project’s marine operations.

Under will, of course, serve seafood, and Danish chef Nicolai Ellitsgaard Pedersen will create locally sourced dishes that include cod, lobster, mussels, and truffle kelp, which is a local type of seaweed that apparently tastes like its more traditional land-based namesake.

To whet your appetite, here’s a peek at Under.

Under will also function as a marine research centre when it opens in April 2019.