Shopping in Norway
Traveling through the Norwegian fjords, admiring the beautiful nature, visiting cities, you will also go to shops. Norway is a high-income country and shopping is expensive by definition. But tourists still buy something as a keepsake..
Clothes, jewelry, souvenirs
- Knitted items are considered the best gifts from Norway - sweaters, gloves, socks, voluminous long scarves. They are sold in the souvenir shops Dale of Norway or Oslo Sweater shop, the cost is about $ 200, if the sweater is cheaper, then it is not Norwegian, but Chinese. You can buy real Norwegian wool in skeins at Nille and knit a sweater yourself. They also bring slippers, mittens from the skin of a seal, elk and seal - quite exotic, very warm and durable.
- Norway has good, but expensive, sports windproof and waterproof clothing, the highest price for the Vergans brand, cheaper, but also good, Stormberg. In any city you will find sports shops where you can find what you need. In sports equipment departments you can buy excellent expensive fishing rods..
- Many people think that it is worth buying watches and jewelry in Norway. Girls will love silver jewelry made according to ancient drawings of the Viking times.
- For children, you can buy soft toys - moose in sweaters, horned helmets and swords, dolls in national costumes.
Alcoholic drinks and delicacies
- If you need Norwegian alcohol, then you can buy strong beer, cloudberry liqueur, low-alcohol apple cider or aquavit - vodka made from potato alcohol, infused with dill, caraway seeds, coriander, anise. Alcohol is only sold in Vinmonopolet stores or in duty-free shops.
- Be sure to buy brown cheese «brunost» from a mixture of goat's, cow's milk and whey, it tastes like unsweetened boiled condensed milk. There are also special sorts of Gamalost Pultost cheese, they must be tried before you buy, do not take them for bright packages with seals, medals - they are very peculiar. All cheeses are sold in supermarkets. Here you can also buy a knife for slicing cheese - a spatula with a longitudinal slot, a Norwegian invention, or forged knives made of Norwegian steel with a deer horn handle.
- Also, in supermarkets, buy meat delicacies that are unusual for us - from venison, elk and be sure to take salmon - even in the usual vacuum packaging it differs from what is sold at home.
When shopping, keep receipts over CZK 300 and issue tax-free at the airport.
