Kardemomme by (Cardamom City) is a book and a play written by the late Thorbjørn Egner.  It is set in a fictional city with a camel, a lion, palm trees and a comical cast that suspiciously look like country Norwegians with bad mustaches.  It is certainly filled with Norwegianess from the songs, characters and storyline [...]

I was a little excited about this one.  Norwegians are good liquorice eaters.  They have salty liquorice, sweet liquorice and even liquorice chewing gum.  I’ve offered my dance kids black jelly beans and they’ve gobbled them down without even the ‘ewww, liquorice’ I’m used to hearing from Aussie kids. Liquorice ice cream would normally be [...]

Sometimes Mother Nature can be kind. Other times she can be cruel. And then there are times when she will toilet paper your lawn, slap a pie in your face and give you a wedgie – all at the same time. Freezing rain (underkjølt regn) is Nature’s way of pulling a real prank on you. [...]

I went to the bakery in Alta and asked if they had any croissants.  Their response: ‘What’s that?’  An Australian reply would be ‘You are kidding me, right?’ but I saw that they really meant ‘what’s that?’.  With a big breath in and a big exhale, I composed myself. I have been a little disappointed [...]