Like many other Norwegian families, the Olafsen family decorates the house for Christmas on “Little Christmas Eve”, 23 December. (Photo illustration: ThorNews). Christmas Eve is one of the highlights of the year, especially for the youngest members of the family…. Read More ›
(Photo: Aperitif.no) Never before has so many types of Norwegian Christmas beer (Juleøl) found its way into the shelves at Vinmonopolet. This year, experts have tested all 61 varieties from both small microbreweries to the large-scale commercial breweries. Vinmonopolet is… Read More ›
Craft brewer Kjetil Johnsen and botanist Anneleen Kool have recreated genuine Viking beer. (Photo: Ram Gupta / Natural History Museum, University of Oslo) During the Viking Age, mead was a beverage that celebrated the gods with honey as ingredient –… Read More ›
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If you’ve read mythology, you’ve undoubtedly run across mead, this drink of heroes, gods, lovers and kings. The god Odin gave an eye to drink mead and gain wisdom. The hero Beowulf drank it and bragged…
This is the story about the most popular wine in Norway ever. In its heyday it had 30 percent of the market, and in 1981, which was the peak year, it sold nearly four million liters of the wine simply… Read More ›
If you visit Norway and are traveling on a budget, then you should buy milk in Norwegian grocery stores. Bring an empty bottle and drink pure and fresh water straight from the tap.(Photo: melk.no) Milk is the cheapest drink you… Read More ›
One of Norway’s leading coffee experts, Herman Friele, uses the body’s most important organ when he smells his way to the right coffee blend (Photo: Kaffehuset Friele) Did you know that Norwegians drink second-most coffee in the world, only beaten… Read More ›
Nøgne Ø – “Det Kompromissløse Bryggeri” (English: Naked Island – “The Uncompromising Brewery“) in the small coastal town of Grimstad, Norway, started making craft beer in 2003. The motivation was not to become successful and rich, but to revolutionize the… Read More ›
Amber – one of eight different types of beer brewed in the Klostergården Microbrewery. (Photo: ThorNews) On the beautiful island of Tautra in Central Norway, located at the ruins of a medieval Cestercian dating back to the year 1207 AD… Read More ›
The high price level in Norway is caused by the country’s strong oil driven economy. A new study made by the Wall Street Journal shows that a Grande Caffè Latte from Starbucks costs almost three times as much in Oslo… Read More ›
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