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Food & Drink

Norwegian food is dominated by seafood. Here is a typical salmon salad.

Like other Scandinavian cuisine, Norwegian food varies from traditional salted and dried dishes that recall the days before refrigeration, through to modern ‘New Nordic’ fine dining.

Unsurprisingly given the long coastline, the country produces a lot of fish for consumption. The export of seafood is one of Norway’s biggest industries.

There’s a heavy emphasis on using the best raw ingredients that are in season. In Norwegian supermarkets, you’ll see strawberries, blueberries, cloudberries and so on promoted heavily when they are in season.

Rolled lefse in Norway

Lefse: A Guide to the Norwegian Classic

Norwegian wine glasses

Alcohol in Norway: Regulations, Tax Rates & Where to Buy It

Norwegian flatbread on a plate

Norwegian Flatbread: A Traditional Favourite

Coffee culture in Scandinavia

Coffee Culture in Norway

Norwegian lunch food: Mills Polar Kaviar in a tube

Must-Try Foods From a Norwegian Supermarket

The Norwegian Kvikk Lunsj chocolate bar. Photo: David Nikel.

Kvikk Lunsj: A Truly Iconic Norwegian Brand

Christmas dinner table in Norway

Christmas Food in Norway

Fishing on a lake in Jotunheimen, Norway

My First Rakfisk Experience

A selection of Norwegian chocolate. Photos: David Nikel.

Norwegian Chocolate You Must Try

Under is a new dining concept in Norway

Underwater Dining in Norway

Beer and Norway flag. Photo: David Nikel.

All About Norwegian Beer

Christmas beer is very popular in Norway

Juleøl: Norwegian Christmas Beer

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