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Cuisine in Arctic Norway

Cod, coley, Atlantic halibut, herring, haddock and red bream from the most bountiful sea in the world, reindeer, elk, sheep and goats from the Northern Norwegian forests, mountains and plateaus.

The food in Arctic Norway is among the very best. Atlantic cod in February, a festive reindeer stew served in a Sami tent, fresh coley cooked on the shore on a summer evening or some lefse (Norwegian flatbread) with sugar, butter, and brown cheese at a ferry café; the food is both varied and entertaining in Arctic Norway.

A culunary journey to the North

Enjoy a journey through Arctic Norway

With fine material comes delicious taste

Modern Arctic Norway has restaurants, and smaller cafes serving you the most delicious meals. However, this has not been the case in a historical aspect. Much of the food, like stockfish, you find in Arctic Norway is a result of a period of time in history when people did not have that much money, or technology, or all other things that we are used to today. One thing though have always been the same, some of the purest and freshest ingredients the world has to offer.

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Mølje is the North’s favourite winter meal

Eat and stay

Lofoten Stockfish Museum in Å reveals how stockfish became such a craze

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Bacalao, the clipfish of Northern Norway

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Tromsø

Ølhallen is Tromsø’s oldest watering hole

Polar history
Bodø og Salten

Local Delicacies are only a ferry ride away at Kjerringøy

Food in Northern Norway
Harstad

Kvæfjordkake is Norway’s national cake

Eat and stay
Northern Norway

King Crabs are tasty monsters in Norway

Winter fishing
Harstad

Travel by your palate around Harstad

Food in Northern Norway
Vesterålen

Vesterålen are the tasty islands

Eat and stay
Senja

Kenneth Serves the Freshest Cod in Both Modern and Traditional Ways

Food in Northern Norway
Harstad

Umami in Harstad serves the fifth taste

Food in Northern Norway
Tromsø

Restaurants in Tromsø serve up the tastes of the Arctic

Food in Northern Norway
Northern Norway

Waffles make Northern Norway happy

Food in Northern Norway
Northern Norway

The food is half the journey

Food in Northern Norway

Autumn temptations

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Harstad

Røkenes Farm is elegance passed down through generations

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