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Most campgrounds provide
huts
(hytter)
for wannabe campers with no
gear. Huts normally sleep four to six in bunk beds, come with blankets and a
kitchenette, and charge one fee (about 500 kr, plus extra if you need sheets).
The toilet and shower may be in a nearby shared washhouse. Because loc-
als typically move in for a week or two, many campground huts are booked
for summer long in advance. You can book these ahead as well, or try your
chances on the road.
Whenrestaurant-hunting,chooseaspotfilledwithlocals,nottourists.Ventur-
ing even a block or two off the main drag leads to higher-quality food for less
than half the price of the tourist-oriented places. Locals eat better at lower-
rent locales.
Most Scandinavian nations have one inedible dish that is cherished with a
perversebutpatrioticsentimentality.Thesedishes,whichoftenoriginateddur-
ing a famine, now remind the young of their ancestors' suffering. Norway's
penitential food, lutefisk (dried cod marinated for days in lye and water), is
used for Christmas and for jokes.
