6 MUST-TRY Norwegian Foods in Bergen, Norway | Norway Travel Guide (Ep 3)
Bergen, Norway - After the crazy Trolltunga Hike, Steve and I packed up our Vrbo near Odda and continued our Norwegian road trip to Bergen.
Steve went off to find the best things to do in Bergen while I walked around the city in search of great Norwegian foods based on local recommendations.
From salmon sashimi at the fish market and reindeer sausage from a street stall, to the famous Norwegian brown cheese and traditional Norwegian dishes such as Lapskaus and meat balls.
It was a great day of eating in Bergen, Norway!
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Even as a Norwegian, I still get blowned away at how expensive our country is lol
Mattyjack because of high salaries we pay way less for food than most other countries
Vil et er så bra til kommer fra Norge også 😊
@@audunhammerhovda799 Yes, how can people forget that??
Ja syykt dyrt
Jeg drar til utlandet BARE for å kjøpe billigere mat... 🇳🇴😂
when you walked up the stairs it sounds like you are wearing shoes, never wear shoes indoors man... thats a sin
Literally all I could think when he entered the house.
Same here, wrote a rant about it that I had to delete since the video was so good otherwise.
that was the only thing I was thinking about for like five min into the video
Americans always walk inside with shoes, one of the weirdest habits they have.
in europe overall never ever have outside shoes on indoors.
Hey, I'm from Bergen but live in New Zealand with my family now. I just want to tell you that you managed to capture my city amazingly. It was so authentic so real, I got me wery homesick and at the same time the filling that I was walking the streets of Bergen again. Thank you.
Thank you so much for watching, and for the kind words, I truly appreciate it. 🙏 Hopefully NZ is next on my list 😃
As a norwegian I'm happy to see others like Norway. The food is fantastic, but we eat it every day, so we don't think about it that way. But one thing I have to say - You can NOT buy brunost in done pieces(?) (My english writing skills is bad), you need to buy 500g and cut it yourself, and yes, with homemade strawberry-yam and butter is magic. Nice video bro
Thanks Thomas, I am learning very quickly that those single slices of brunost was not the way to go. Next time, I will definitely be buying a big block and stuffing it into my suitcase with me. Thanks for watching! 🙏
The sliced cheese is pretty much the same as the blocks, it's little more expensive and takes up more space but that's it. We usually buy it in blocks tho✌️
@@trygveevensen171 I think sliced cheese tastes different than the blocks of cheese, doesn't taste as fresh.
@@lisenormann4102 blocks of cheese is waay better then pre sliced. its way more fresh and tastes much better
@@NiclasNilsson89 I absolutely agree, I think the sliced cheese tastes more plastic, I avoid it as best as I can :)
The thing about your videos is that, you're always giving us that feeling of solely talking to us. You don't just talk like you are reporting or narrating; you always make us feel like you are sharing your stories. You involve us. Just like that video of your travel to Cebu carrying your grandfathers picture. You made it feel so intimate, like we are with you on that search. Thanks always for a good and fun video. Excited for the next one.
Its so crazy, i watched you videos when you were in philippines, and now you are not only in my home country but my home city too. Im half norwegian and half filipino, i loved everything you tried. And thank you for visiting our lovely city! :D
brunost (brown cheese) is sooo much better on norwegian waffles than on bread!
Amen
Coming up next from Oslo!! 😃
youre wrong, toast or warm bread with bremyk,
@@selma6318 la mæ snakk på norsk egt, vi all må vær enig i at brødskive med smør og multe-syltetøy e bæst👌
PLEXER 13 Faen, du e fra lofoten. Kan se det, lmao.
Classical music fans should visit Edvard Grieg's home. When you look out the windows of the small cabin where he composed you can appreciate his inspiration.
Thanks for the tip Gary!
Kudos for making it to 3 Kroneren in Bergen. Best sausages in Norway! ...and you do not get more authentic than with "kjøttkaker" (meatballs) - all Norwegians have a grand-ma who who has perfected cooking meat balls.
Never had Norwegian cuisine but the way you tell the story in this video makes me want one, good job as always. BTW, that scenery while your on the funicular ride is spectacular.
I spent 7 years in Bergen - in my late teens/early twenties - after moving there from London. It's such a small city, that I recognise every street you filmed on 😅 Thanks for the nostalgia! :)
The bar you walked past at 11:55 have the best burgers in the city!
One of my favourite places to hang at whenever I'm in Bergen.
@Alan Morales Insider ;) It's really the Burger Marshall talks about in how I met your mother.
Norway is such a beautiful country, one of, if not the most beautiful country I have ever been to. Too bad it is so expensive. :P
Yes, it is very expensive, but if you plan ahead you can do it on a budget. It is so beautiful!
Many of the larger cities have a card which will get you into most museums, places of interest and restaurants either free or discounted. Travel within a certain proximity is free too.
TheWaveAtMtFuji It is expensive because all those who work and provide services need to earn well to live with dignity. It's not that expensive for us Norwegians, because the salaries paid here are high as well👍
@@evaskjerd People are paid what they are worth in Norway!
TheWaveAtMtFuji I live in Norway
Your drone work and cinematography are great! Love it.
The food in Norway looks amazing, man! I've never been a big fan of sausages in general, but that reindeer sausage looked delicious! Your food and travel videos are always next level and this one is no exception. :)
Thanks for uploading this!
This is very informative, thank you.
Hey im from Norway! And i really liked your video, and can’t belive that you don’t have more subscribers. The quality of the video is just outstanding! PS: your pronunciation is not bad :)
you need to put that brunost on a waffle with strawberries on top!!
Great video Gareth! I always smile while watching your adventures!
Thank you so much! 😁
I was hoping to see you in Jondal :) nice videos btw 👍 enjoy the rest of your norway trips!
Hell yeah G! You're having as much a blast as we are watching ya!!:😉😁
Cheers Toney!
Ohh goodness how beautiful is Norway 😍😍 it’s absolutely gorgeous. Loved this video
Thank you so much Angie! 😁
You make the most adorable face every time you open your mouth to chow down on food. I had never heard if you before today. Glad I found you and your vids.
@9:01 It's nice to be reminded of the unforgettable view from Mt. Floyen! Wish I could have taken photos there if my battery had not run out.
Dude! I loved this video! Food looks and sounds so good! Salmon sushi is my favorite, and the town looks amazing! And your awesome! 😎🥇 Keep up the good videos. Gonna check out your KZhead uploads next! Cheers 🍻
Very nice and humoristic presentation. You know, people in Bergen are not particularly preppy, they like all kinds of comments and this was absolutely one of the funniest I have seen. 🌹🍇🌹
It's not the best of days, but it's a beautiful day
Im from Bergen and im super proud hope u like the city and ur welcome back anytime
We're headed to Norway tomorrow - Stavanger, Bergen, Odda and Osla. Your videos were super helpful! Thank you!
Have fun!
love the sceneries and lakes in Norway, I wish I could go there some time. Hi from Peru
I am one of those lucky guys who can eat that sort of food all day. I am a Norwegian off course! The courses you show in this video is what we call husmannskost ( ordinary household food / daily food), but also be aware that Norway has some of the best chefs in the world with many Michelin stars and are developing both new trends and using unusual raw material like seaweed from our great fjords. Also try smoked sheep heads!
Thank you very much for the information! Next time I come back I want to try a few of the incredible Michelin Star Restaurants I have been hearing about! Unfortunately, on this trip, we were on more of a budget.
your video made me hungry. that fish pie looks delicious 😊
We just got back from Bergen in May, there was a fish market by the harbour which the food were fantastic! You have a great Norway series!
Gareth, thank you so much that you share video with us from my favourite country Norway ... I must visit Norway soon, it´s my biggest dream ... Have a nice holiday.
I hope you have the opportunity to realize your dream one day soon my friend! 🙏 😁
Don't think twice about it, just book a flight and go. You won't regret it!
@@GarethLeonard You are very kind, I appreciate it. But you know Norway is one of the most expensive landscapes in the world. I have to earn some money and then I´ll go :-)
The little « uuuh » at the end just killed me 😂
Greetings from Bergen, Gareth! You do us proud :)
Thank you very much. 🙏
Im from Norway and i just loved this content! So glad you enjoy’d our food😍🙈
Thank you very much Caroline!
Amazing ability to shovel HUGE amount of food into mouth at each try. Wow.
Bergen is an amazing city. Its worth checking out the areas around Bergen to, lots of beautiful places.
I completely agree! 😃
That's one heck of a wild ride through the back streets your GPS took you on. You seemed to handle it like a champ, though!
I am from bergen and im really happy you tried lapskaus, its like the most norwegian thing you can eat!
smalahove???
0:18 I lived in one of the immediate houses on the hill for a while with a friend (who permanently lives there) 😅 It's even more beautiful to live there, and you never get tired of the view down (out) the fjord. Many tourists (Norwegians too) come there to visit Trolltunga. But there is a plethora of good hikes around for the experienced outdoor person (assuming you sleep outside).
Thank You, will be there on Tuesday and now know where I am going to eat.
Gretings from Norway! I've watched your 3 youtube videos on norway and I really like the way you make your videos! So here, take my subscription ;)
Thank you so much for pronouncing ost correctly and for identifying lingonberries correctly. Most of all, thank you for your authentic appreciation of Norwegian foods, especially our meatballs which are, of course, better than Swedish meatballs!
I started off with a rant about wearing shoes indoors but had to surrender to this being a really cool video. Well made!
You two guys are hilarious together. I'm right there with you Gareth on the food. I was slobbering just watching you eat it. I had reindeer sausage in Alaska. I've got to get to Norway.
Beautiful city, loved the fish markets at the harbor. I'd live in Norway in a heart beat if it wasn't so cold and expensive. Gareth next to me you are the most eating person in the world-love it.
Gudbrandsdalsost, brown cheese from the valley of Gudbrandsdalen. I eat it nearly every morning on slices of bread with jam on top, and cold milk to it!; delicious 🤗
I liked the food you eated specially a 🍺 beer and also the landscape of Norway so beautiful ..
It was a delicious day, and the Norwegian views are like nothing I've ever experienced before! Thanks for watching. 😃
love the place as you explore > Bergen...serene & relax & what a nice place to slow down a little of out life... cool
Absolutely Eric, this is such a beautiful city (when the weather is nice)! Haha
Norway looks amazing!!!! Greeting from the US!
Great video...thank you much....wife and I going to be there in a couple months from now. We will stop at the Pingeven for some meatballs and fish pie.
When you come to norway, take a note of where you arrive. If you are landing at Oslo Gardermoen airport, that place has rich history of it's own. I can mention 1 thing. There's a tiny tiny really old forrest. It's just a stones throw away from the airport. There's a downed WW2 aircraft down there. The area arround Oslo airport has a story dating all the way back to the viking age. Google it, it might surprise you:) Not do only the traditional things, like the fjords and the touristy stuff, do some research and find some unik places that might not get that much attention. Look up the forrest arround Trandum. "Trandum skogen(Trandum forrest)". It has a pretty aweful story, but yet again a important little insight into norwegian and local areas WW2 history in it. Just a suggestion, but it might make your stay here a little bit more interesting. PS. Maybe a visit to the closest city to the airport, JESSHEIM and visit Sundby tunet hotell and try out some local beer and foods. I'm NOT working for the city. I'm just a local that has a passion for the history of the place I'm living:)
Being from Bergen myself, I did not know about the restaurant or that hot dog stand, passed them so many times. But had no clue. The nice weather is extremely rare, that was very lucky.
Hi Gaerth thank for the tip about 3 Kronens-I checked it out last week and the Reindeer Sausage with Ligionberrys was awesome!
Enjoy Bergen, I love this city. Enjoy the exploration and food tastings. I love the Brunost, my family in Oslo gave me 2 kilos to take home. So good...
Funfact: Brunost literally means brown cheese, so you can say just that.
Great content. I like that you researched and talked with the locals. I have only been to bergen 2 or 3 times so a lot of this was new to me. Greetings from Oslo/Ålesund. Btw I think you would have loved visiting Ålesund and the areas around. In winter you could rent a car and watch the most amazing sceenery and drive to an alpine activity park to ski/snowboard if you like that. If your not big on wintersport, I would rather come around spring/summer (may-august)
Welcome to my hometown! Love that you went to Pingvinen, my brother is a chef there, amazing food ❤ Hope you had the best time!
That's amazing Alejandra, tell him I said thank you for the delicious food! 😁
wow, your video is great this is great. Keep Sharing
Thank you Ethan!
My roadtrip with my dad in Norway was magical ! My favorite thing to eat was the brown cheese, I had it on a kind of waffle and it was soooo good. I tried it in a restaurant in Bergen hehe. We went to Floyen and did a cruise in the fjords. I'd do anything to go back in Norway
Brunost is the best! It can be hard to find here in the U.S. but specialty cheese shops or counters in a nice grocery store will often carry it. So delicious. We’re traveling to Norway next Spring so loved seeing this video pop up this morning. Thank you!
It definitely grew on me throughout the trip, and now I want to buy some in the US as well!
If you guys want to try the beast version of Gudbrandsdalsost (Brunost), buy the cubes, not the pre-sliced packs.. the taste and concistency is very different! 😉 PS. Buy from the TINE brand, not Synnøve!!.. also BIG difference. Synnøve is not the actual cheese. They call it "Gudbrandsdals type". Its kind of like pepsi and coca cola 😂
I sincerely hope the corona virus is not getting in the way. But I cannot see how it won't. Sorry.
"This is the first time I'm not drunk!" Spoken like a true Norwegian 🤣
I love your food videos! They are some of my favorites!
Well then I better make more of these!! 😁
@@GarethLeonard Yes, please.
The brown cheese you had is the processed factory product. If you ever come back to Bergen (or Norway for that matter), I recommend you try the real thing which is called Ekte Geitost (genuine goat brown cheese), which is only made in mountain farms dotted around the country, but sold in well assorted grocery stores. Being in effect a caramelized sweetish chevre, it is definitely an esoteric cheese :) But put a couple of slices on a fresh, buttered Rosinbolle (raisin bun), you’ll have yourself a little slice of heaven!
Thank you so much for the recommendation, I will be sure to try this next time! I hope this gives people watching (and reading these comments) the inspiration to try it as well!
Although I live in Norway, I find it exciting to watch your movies. Thanks :) Best regards from Norway.. "thumbs up" :)
I really appreciate it! 🙏
i am from Bergen and i have lived here all my life so i have no idea why im watching this. Really good video though, it was very entertaining. I`m definitely subscribing!
Haha, thank you Robin! 🙏
I'm half Norwegian and you done a very good video! 👌
Wow! superduper great Norway!
Nice vid, filmed in my neighbour. Greetings from Bergen! :)
so strange to view a video from the neighbourhood, but it seems you guys are well informed and got great tips on what to eat.
It is always refreshing when a foreigner are able to describe what brown cheese actually is, so thanks for that. It is rich in the minerals that are not part of ordinary cheese for obvious reasons. For norwegians in general it is a flavour that taste like home. Try it sometime with hot chocolate or sweet tea (hot chocolate is recommended), and do not skimp on the butter.
Beautiful Norway... 💗
Yes!! 😁
oh man i really miss bergen, i should definitely go back.
Me too!
So great to see that you enjoyed our home-town Bergen 😊 Amazing that you guys chose little Norway as the destination! Pingvinen is definitely a great choice for trying Norwegian food. As in Japan it’s also considered rude to walk into the house with shoes, but people should be considerate about cultural differences - why are people freaking out in the comment section? 😂 anyway - if you ever decide to come back, we’d love to show you around! 😁👌
I adore you boys!!! We are doing a London-Iceland cruise in July and will USE you for research
I was in Bergen for a few weeks and I absolutely loved that reindeer sausage at trekroneren, had it about 5 times. You shoulda also tried Hval (whale) steak and Aquavit. My favorite thing about Norway was how cheap and good the salmon was, even the cheapest frozen salmon (first price brand) was waaayyy better than most the salmon i can get in Canada. Cheers
I LOVE brunost! Especially with fruits(apples, oranges, kiwi etc., the more sour the better the taste)
Im from Bergen, really enjoyed this video maaan! Looks like u were lucky with the weather 8-)
We were lucky on some days, and not so lucky on others! LOL
@@GarethLeonard xD
You should have gone over to Voss when you were there and got the Smalahove (sheepshead) experience. Epic stuff.
Oh man. If you liked that traditional Norwegian food you tasted, you need too come back when it’s Christmas time!
Great video!
Norway is is very known for on of the most beautiful nature and and fish land
Great video❤️👏🏼
Thank you! 🙏
Wowww....beautiful picturesque place. The house you stayed in seems a bit small though. Specially when you went up the attic, thought Vikings were giants 😁 but it was really quirky style like that of of an old English cottage. Massive sausage looks appetising and seem you gobbled it up in no time 😁
Haha, that's why I got the room downstairs! 😁All the food was so delicious, but that sausage was definitely my favorite!
That lapskaus looked insanely good
I’m from Bergen, and the fish marked is just robbery.. if you want sushi go to Nama or some it ehh.. itch-b..hjejshas like that, the last one is more of a takeaway, but much more cheaper.. and a fun fact: the fish market buys brunost, kaviar, and even shrimp from Rema 1000 (the grocery above the street) when they are empty 🤷🏼♀️🙈
Ichiban ;)
Hello Tina, you seem to know much, maybe you should set up a fish factory (just joking). but I think I love Norway and it's foods mere looking at them.with love .
Makes me miss Stavanger, lived there until age 10... live in Canada now.
So, even as a local I have never taken my car up those narrow roads behind Fløybanen! Btw, love the detour up there on the way to your house :)
That's because you are much smarter than us, haha, and you know better! It was definitely a fun welcome to Bergen! 😅
I was sent up there in a lorry one time, to pick up some stuff. It did not go well.
Absolutely beautiful! Would love to visit someday.
Hello , Thank you for an excellent video. I am visiting Bergen in June 23. Must try the Restaurant with the meatballs Best,Raymond Lyons
Enjoyed your video I am also a foodie and traveler. After covid I have some plans to travel. Thank you for inspiration
You should come to Sunndalsøra if you wanted to experience spring :D Here we have the first spring way before the rest of the country. Its also a wonderful nature shoot with one of northern Europe longest waterfall and highest mountains from sea level
Adding it to my list!! Thank you!! 😃
"I wanted to be a food video" The sweetest words you've said in a while. "Oh, yeah". The sight of you eating the reindeer sausage is what life's all about. Odo (sp?) looks like a Christmas village. It's really beautiful. I knew Bergen was the second city before you said it, because I've read the books of Jo Nesbo, a great Norwegian author of detective novels. I'd hate to have to look at the top of your head after you've spent a day in your Bergen rooms...or on that house boat. Steve makes some interestingly enigmatic comments near the end.
Odda
@@mademoisellebismuthbismuth3002 Merci, Mam'selle.
I’m always so proud to be Norwegian, et er så bra!
Definitely understandable, you have such an incredible country!!
That sausage looked so good!
It was delicious!!!
Brunost + tap water = Norway in a nut shell :D
we went to the open wet market in Bergen and we bought the freshest of seafoods. Mussels, Walking crabs, shrimps and Lobsters and Salmon and cook them at the vacation house we've rented.
I love that cheese. I tried that in Norway. I very much like it that i've looked for it in Germany but couldn't find it when i came back home.
Freshly baked bread with butter and brown cheese!! 😍🤤🤤 It’s fluffin AMAZING