Every Easter the Sami host the World Reindeer Racing Championships. It is held at Kautokeino, a little Sami town just two hours south of Alta. Easter is a perfect time to have the event as there is plenty of snow and the sun is shining bright. (But you still have to keep moving otherwise your [...]

Norwegians love sausages – nearly anything that has meat on it becomes a sausage in Norway. Horse, moose and reindeer can all be found minced, dried and wrapped in plastic. Even though smoking and curing were originally just a way to preserve meat for the long winters, the ‘spekepølse’ is now a choice deli product. [...]

You haven’t been to Norway until you’ve had a Norwegian strawberry. Strawberry season here is late July and very short so you better be quick if you want a taste of paradise in the Arctic. You can buy Norwegian strawberries from grocery stores however street stalls are nearly on every corner in the cities during [...]

Farmers need to cut down the grass so the marshmallows have room to grow nice and big…. At the marshmallow factory they are cleaned, cut into bite-size pieces, bagged and shipped to every shop across the country.