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thisoddbutenjoyabledairyproduct.Swedespreferaspreadablevarietycalled
messmör.
For beverages, it's orange juice (the word for orange is
appelsin,
so OJ is
AJ) and coffee or tea. Coffee addicts can buy a thermos and get it filled in
most hotels and hostels for around $5. While it's bad form to take freebies
from the breakfast buffet to eat later, many hotels will provide you with wax
paper and a plastic bag to pack yourself a lunch, legitimately, for $7-8. Ask
for a
matpakke
(packed lunch)
.
If you skip your hotel's breakfast, you can visit a bakery to get a sandwich
and cup of coffee. Bakeries have wonderful inexpensive pastries. The only
cheap breakfast is the one you make yourself. Many simple accommodations
provide kitchenettes or at least coffeepots.
Many restaurants offer cheap daily lunch specials
(dagens rett)
and buffets
for office workers. Scandinavians, not big on lunch, often just grab a sand-
wich
(smørrebrød)
and a cup of coffee at their work desk.
Especially in Denmark, you'll find
smørrebrød
shops turning sandwiches
into an art form. These open-face delights taste as good as they look. My fa-
vorite is the one piled high with
rejer
(shrimp). The roast beef is good, too.
Shops will wrap sandwiches up for a perfect picnic in a nearby park.
