History

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

Where to eat brunost

Brunost in Oslo

Mathallen Oslo ★ 4.6

vulkanTue-Sun 10:00-20:00

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 ★ 4.5

grunerlokkaSelected Sundays 11:00-16:00, spring through autumn

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 ★ 3.9

sentrum

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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