After great debate, here is our Top Five list for the Bunad Giveaway. Thank you to everyone who submitted a story. Moose and I waited until tonight to read them all at once. It was a fun read but challenging to pick the Top Five. Now it’s over to our readers to choose which Norwegian [...]
This week the show opened with sereen pictures of rolling green pastures, snow top mountains and a quaint little farm with stabbur (traditional storage houses built on stilts so rats can’t get in). The Alt for Norge Americans piled out of the bus and took a big whiff. ‘Oh, smell that!’ The hunting videographer was a little sarcastic. [...]
Some time ago, we wrote about one of the most successful Norwegian comics of all time – Pondus. At the time, Pondus had been translated and published in several languages, bar English. But now it seems that the English-speaking world has finally caught the Pondus fever. It turns out that the Australians are the first [...]
We have a children’s Bunad to give-away in celebration of this coming Syttende Mai (May 17), Norway’s National Day of Independence. Over the next few weeks we are holding a little competition for one lucky reader to win this traditional dress and have it sent to them for May 17. A Bunad is a traditional [...]
This season we will be bringing you selections of her recipes and cooking tips. Some are bizarre, others are hilarious, some are considered forgotten works of genius, and others have become standard festival meals in Norway.
Pølse is THE fast food of Norway. When the grilled pølse was first introduced to Norway in the 50s it was eaten naked – without bread.
From the west, a wall of stone Saints and Prophets will confront you. All sides of the Cathedral are very textured and deserve a long walk around. You’ll see gargoyles and gothic arches, thick wooden doors with rusty floral art and Anglo-Norman/Romanesque bits and pieces ‘stuck on’ that intensifies your ground view. However, the outside of Nidaros Cathedral is even more intriguing when you know the history.
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The Bunad with molded wool, embroidered cuffs and silver stitching is still not complete without its silverwork.
Many Norwegians know what they are doing when they pick wild mushrooms. This knowledge is passed down the family during mushroom hunting trips. The hard-core mushroom hunters go into the mountain wilderness for days to get the best finds.
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Norwegian fjordings are from the draft horse family.