Mathallen Oslo ★ 4.6
Mathallen Oslo on Vulkan opened in 2012 as the city's permanent food hall, with 30 producer-led stalls, the Hitchhiker and Fenaknoken counters, and a weekly cooking school upstairs.
Brown cheese made from whey, milk and cream, boiled until the sugars caramelise. Sliced thin with a cheese plane onto crispbread, waffles or a sourdough loaf.
Where to eat it: 3 restaurants across 1 city.
Brunost dates to 1863 when dairymaid Anne Hov first added cream to the whey in Gudbrandsdalen; it has been Norway's most iconic food export ever since.
Common allergens: Dairy
Mathallen Oslo on Vulkan opened in 2012 as the city's permanent food hall, with 30 producer-led stalls, the Hitchhiker and Fenaknoken counters, and a weekly cooking school upstairs.
Bondens marked Birkelunden is the Grünerløkka producer farmers market at Seilduksgata 23B, with rotating small-farm producers, Norwegian heritage cheese counters and a 13-stall footprint on selected Sundays spring through autumn.
Kaffistova on the ground floor of Hotell Bondeheimen on Rosenkrantz' gate has served Norwegian home cooking since 1901, with raspeballer, boknafisk, rømmegrøt and kjøttkaker on a cafeteria line.
Try: Norwegian home cooking, raspeballer and meatballs
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