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Weathered timber fish warehouse on piles over the water in Henningsvær, drying racks behind
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Stories

Stories and planned visits

5 stories · 5 visits planned

Each story is the result of a Story Visit – a day or more on site with the people who run the place. We write it, photograph it and film it ourselves, in Norwegian and English.

All Lofoten Trøndelag Hardanger Askøy
The old sawmill buildings at Feigum by Lustrafjorden, benches on the gravel outside Taste Norway Selected
Story visit

Feigum · Luster

Feigesagi

A sawmill, mill and forge driven by a 218-metre waterfall, saved from demolition by the boy who grew up beneath it.

Words: Roger & Cato // Photography: Roger & Cato

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The ochre timber bakery at Ask with benches in the yard Taste Norway Selected
Story visit

Ask · Askøy

Bakstehuset på Ask

A 30-tonne wood-fired oven, five generations of bakers, and a bakery that began in the garden.

Words: Roger & Cato // Photography: Roger & Cato

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Weathered timber fish warehouse on piles over the water in Henningsvær, drying racks behind Taste Norway Selected
Story visit

Henningsvær · Lofoten

Sjøhuset Rå

Three generations of stockfish, eleven seats, and a cook who refuses to serve anything caught more than a day ago.

Words: Roger & Cato // Photography: Roger & Cato

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A summer mountain farm with turf-roofed timber buildings on open upland pasture Taste Norway Selected
Story visit

Røros · Trøndelag

Setertun

A summer dairy 700 metres up, where the butter changes colour with the season.

Words: Roger & Cato // Photography: Roger & Cato

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An apple orchard on a slope above the fjord in Hardanger, fruit ready to pick Taste Norway Selected
Story visit

Ulvik · Hardanger

Kvernhuset

Fourth-generation cider from an orchard on a 30-degree slope. The press is from 1954.

Words: Roger & Cato // Photography: Roger & Cato

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Terraced strawberry fields below rough mountain pasture, rain closing in over the valley Visit planned
Story visit

Valldal · Møre og Romsdal

Fjellstua Valldal

Wild sheep, strawberries and a kitchen that closes when the weather says so.

Words: Roger & Cato // Photography: Roger & Cato

Visit planned
A timber smokehouse on the quay with smoke rising, white houses and grey water behind Visit planned
Story visit

Lyngør · Agder

Brygga Lyngør

A car-free island, a smokehouse on the quay, and mackerel that never sees a freezer.

Words: Roger & Cato // Photography: Roger & Cato

Visit planned
A cook plating fish at the pass in a small kitchen, handwritten menu on the wall Visit planned
Story visit

Sommarøy · Troms

Nordlys Kjøkken

Arctic cooking on an island where the sun does not set for two months.

Words: Roger & Cato // Photography: Roger & Cato

Visit planned
Braised game with root vegetables and lingonberry on a dark plate, cast-iron pot behind Visit planned
Story visit

Engerdal · Innlandet

Villmarksgården Femund

Game, forest and a family that has hunted the same ground since 1890.

Words: Roger & Cato // Photography: Roger & Cato

Visit planned
Wooden racks hung with split fish drying beside an Arctic fjord Visit planned
Story visit

Manndalen · Nord-Troms

Manndalen Sjøsamiske Kjøkken

Sea Sami food traditions, told by the people who kept them alive.

Words: Roger & Cato // Photography: Roger & Cato

Visit planned

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