We’ve been having a discussion about quality and variety of produce in Norway in the recent post Do You Really Want to Live in Norway. I thought it fun to do a little experiment – to go out to the biggest supermarket in my area and take some snaps of whatever is in the fresh [...]
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.
Even though the males are called bulls and the females cows, the muskoxen are more closely related to sheep than cattle. Make no mistake, though – this is not your average cuddly ba-ba-blacksheep! A grown animal can be 2,5 m long and weigh up to 400 kgs, and their long curved horns mean business.
I think Autumn is my favourite season in Norway – the weather is still warm here in Tromsø, the sunsets come down over the mountains again and the blueberries are ripe for the picking.
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Norwegian dogs were born with a purpose. They were bred to be hunting dogs, herding dogs and farm dogs.
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Large wooden racks called hjell are for drying fish.
21st January is soldagen (the sun day) when the sun officially returns to Tromsø.
Norway enters the Christmas season early.