Norwegian prawn (reker) is a signature dish of Norway; we have verified places to eat it in Oslo. Cold-water North Atlantic prawn boiled at sea, peeled at the counter, eaten on dense rye bread with house-made mayonnaise, fresh dill and lemon. Start with where to eat Norwegian prawn (reker) in Oslo.
Norwegian prawn (reker) · Oslo
Cold-water North Atlantic prawn boiled at sea, peeled at the counter, eaten on dense rye bread with house-made mayonnaise, fresh dill and lemon. The Oslo summer staple, sold by the kilo on the Rådhusbrygga harbour wharf.
Norwegian prawn has been an Oslo summer ritual since the working fishing boats began selling reker straight from the deck on Rådhusbrygga in the 1920s. The Skagerrak cold-water catch is boiled in seawater at sea, the prawns are peeled by hand at the counter and eaten on dense rye bread with house mayonnaise. The harbour quay queue still forms from May through September; Solsiden has the canonical sit-down version on the Aker Brygge waterfront.
Where to eat in Oslo:
- Vulkanfisk Sjomathallen
- Lofoten Fiskerestaurant
- Solsiden Restaurant
Where to eat Norwegian prawn (reker) in Oslo: the editor picks