Warm weather has coincided with record sales of beer and bottled water in Norway, but fewer soft drinks are being consumed. Sales of beer increased […]
The great (porridge) debate
It was this morning as I was listening to one of my lectures for a subject I’m studying at UNE (Europe and the New World) […]
Creating the Viking apron dress – stage 2
So you’re back for part 2! The drawing, cutting and pinning stage. In our last post about the dress, I talked about taking your measurements […]
Skolebrød
Ingredients For the Bread: 3 cups all purpose flour 1?4 cup sugar 1?2 teaspoon salt 1 large egg 1 tablespoon active dry yeast 1 cup […]
Norway and other sovereign wealth funds pledge to help fight climate change
Six sovereign wealth funds pledged on Friday to fight climate change at a meeting hosted by Emmanuel Macron, as the French president pushes his “make […]
Creating the Viking apron dress – stage 1
Hi everyone… so this post will be the first in a series detailing my progress as I undertake the journey of creating a (slightly) stylised […]
Norway following Australia’s lead in banning branded packaging for tobacco products.
A law change that comes into effect on July 1st will require all packaging on cigarettes and snus in Norway to be entirely neutral. Selling […]
Meatballs
Norwegian meatballs, like Norwegian waffles, have a million and one recipes all claiming they’re the definitive…. but for me, this is it. It’s the recipe […]
Riskrem
I’ve heard it said that riskrem is one of the most famous Norwegian desserts…. so I thought, for our Wednesday recipe days, that we might […]
The first electric plane takes flight in Norway
Minister for Transport Ketil Solvik-Olsen will be on board as Norway’s first electric aircraft makes its first journey on Monday. Avinor, the owner of the […]