Food
Traditional dishes
Norwegian breakfasts have the reputation to be very hearty. They are generally served as a cold buffet. You can have meat, fish, cheese, scrambled eggs etc. Most hotels and restaurants serve this type of breakfasts, also called: koldtbord (cold buffet).
There is a large variety of meat or fish-based sandwiches.
Other Norwegian specialties:
Roast venison
Ptarmigan in cream sauce: Lagopede (type of pheasant, partridge)
Wild Cranberries
Lutefisk: Cod prepared with a spicy sauce
Drinks:
Aquavit (schnapps) is the traditional drink in Norway. Alcohol drinks (wine, alcohol drinks, beers) are very expensive, they are usually served in restaurants.
Food-related taboos
There are no culinary taboos in Norway, however, there are many limits to the consumption and marketing of alcohol drinks.
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