Norway

There are six Nobel Prizes. Five are awarded in Stockholm. One slipped across the border to … Norway! Every December, the Nobel Peace Prize is handed out not in Sweden, but in Norway. It is the only one of Alfred Nobel’s prizes given outside his home country, and that is no accident. When the Swedish […]

Every country has a dish that tastes of home. In Norway, it’s a bowl of rømmegrøt – Rømme means sour cream, and grøt means porridge. A warm, pale porridge and it is one of the most quietly beloved things a Norwegian can put in front of you. Here’s how it’s made. You cook full-fat sour

We all dream of it, don’t we? That glorious stretch of summer when you can step out of the office, feel the sun on your face, and forget for a while that work exists. In Norway, even the cows get one. By law, Norwegian dairy cattle must spend a minimum of eight weeks each year

Norway is a country I associate with cold northern lights, deep fjords, and a long relationship with the sea. So the last thing I expected to find here was a nation devoted to tacos. Norway is the largest taco-consuming nation outside Mexico. Yup, you heard right. Every Friday evening across Norway, families gather around the