A friendly store in Frederikshavn

The border trade in Scandinavia has changed a lot over the last decade. Huge shopping malls are being built along the Swedish side of the border with Norway, giving the consumers easy access to the European Union price level for food. Oslo is just ninety minutes away from the border, so this is ideal for [...]

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Norwegian beer for everyone

One phenomenon has caught my eye recently, and that is the increased availability of Norwegian beer in various European markets. And by this I mean Norwegian craft beer from small breweries – the major players seem very content with getting their slice of the pale lager market, possibly with some alcopops thrown in. Brasserie 4:20 [...]

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Back shortly

I’ve not been ill, just a new day job and other commitments keeping me busy. I’ll try to blog more regularly, but in the short run I think it will be a bit irregular.

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