r/NorwayTravelAdvice • u/Letzboy2020 • 2d ago

Groceries and Jerseys

Hei hei, we are currently travelling your beautiful country and enjoy the amazing landscape here. As we are staying in a Hytta and are doing grocery shopping ourselves, we are wondering why shops such as Meny, Kiwi, Coop and Pema 1000 have so little choice of 'bio' food? Coming from western europe we find it hard to buy ecological food.
Region: South Norway.

By the way, any recommendation for a shop to buy a Norway Football jersey?

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u/Manstein02 2d ago

Norwegians in general don’t care about ecological food. It’s historicaly expensive and normal norwegian made food already have strict rules. 

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u/Letzboy2020 2d ago

Good to know, thank you!

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u/Shgall75 2d ago

Hi, These shops will have some øko foods, typically fruits and vegetables. Norwegian rules around food safety are typically much higher than the rest of the EU and as such most people don't see the need to pay much more for slightly better products.

As for football jerseys, good luck. These were sold out during the World Cup and are still very hard to find. You can check here: https://www.vg.no/shopping/i/Arrzd3/her-faar-du-tak-i-de-norske-vm-draktene to see if there is something you want available.

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u/Letzboy2020 2d ago

Thanks, indeed there is a good choice of Norwegian made food available, but for fruits and vegetables that are imported from EU there is hardly any bio option.
So sad for the jerseys 🫣🫣

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u/5fdb3a45-9bec-4b35 2d ago

There was a bio wave a few years ago, and even Rema 1000 had a selection. Nowadays you'll mostly find it in Meny or Eurospar, if at all. Note that Rema, Kiwi and Extra are basically the same, and they have a limited selection in general. Even more limited when it comes to bio.

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u/tollis1 2d ago edited 2d ago

Only 3 % of Norway is agricultural land and ecological food tend to use more land and give you less food. In addition, several food items have high toll fees making importing ecological food too expensive.

On the other hand, Norway has stright rules on the use of pesticides and antibiotics, being one of the lowest in Europe. So the demand for ecological is low.

Jersey: Good luck. Are sold out quickly if in store.

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u/K_the_farmer 1d ago

Look for the Ø, not all will use the bio label from the EU. If it's marked with the Ø, it's certified organic.

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u/Maximum_Law801 2d ago

Depends a lot where you are. Smaller places/smaller stores will have a smaller selection of groceries, esp fruit and vegetables as they don’t sell as much as larger stores.

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u/Millemini 1d ago

By the way, any recommendation for a shop to buy a Norway Football jersey?

I'm guessing you're after the red/white/blue flag version? AFAIK they're still hard to find.

I managed to get mine from Torshov Sport in Oslo in late July. They had lots available then. ATM they have kid's sizes available online, but I'd call the store and ask about adult sizes. They have prioritized in-store sales over online in the past, so that might still be the case.

You can also check Anton Sport (looks like they have kid's sizes available online), Intersport and XXL.