Waffles are a Norwegian tradition.  Not a week goes by in a Norwegian home without a waffle being eaten.  Unlike the Belgium waffles, Norwegian waffles are large, soft and fluffy and fit pefectly folded in your hand.  Soured milk is a usual ingredient however, it can be replaced by fresh milk.  Cardamum, a common spice [...]

‘Rur’ is the Norwegian word for barnacles, which are related to crabs and lobsters. These little fellas have a very interesting life. Their backs are attached to a rock (or a ship), they can’t leave their shell and the only way they can eat is to filter the water for plankton. This makes it very [...]

One of the most beautiful effects of the Northern Lights is how they dance across the sky.  You don’t get to see this in photographs, and video cameras can never focus on the movement as you need long exposure to capture the lights.  But here we hope to give you a taste of what Aurora [...]

Please visit our updated post Norwegian Christmas Heart Baskets with three different easy-to-make baskets complete with instructions and pictures. Before Christmas our friends get together and have a decoration party. We pool together all our crafty-stuff, paper, toilet rolls, egg cartons, pictures, pine cones, and lots of glue and glitter. We play Christmas music as [...]