Travel Reference
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The
smörgåsbord
(known in Denmark and Norway as the
store koldt bord
)
is a Scandinavian culinary tradition. Though locals reserve the
smörgåsbord
for festive times such as the Christmas season, anyone can dig into this all-
you-can-eat buffet any time of year at certain hotels and on overnight ferries.
While the word originally referred to a spread of cold cuts, the
smörgåsbords
you'll find usually include hot dishes, too.
Seek out a
smörgåsbord
at least once during your trip, just for the high
of seeing so much wholesome Nordic food spread out in front of you. Good
smörgåsbord
opportunities covered in this topic are at the Grand Hotel in
Stockholm; on the overnight boats between Stockholm and Helsinki or
Copenhagen and Oslo; and at Kviknes Hotel in the Norwegian fjordside town
of Balestrand.
Follow these simple steps to enjoy a
smaklig
(tasty)
smörgåsbord:
1. Browse the buffet before you begin, so you can budget your stomach
space. Think of the
smörgåsbord
as a five- or six-course meal.
2. Don't overload your plate. Instead, make several trips, taking a fresh
plate and cutlery each time. To signal the waiter that you're finished with each
round, lay your fork and knife side-by-side on the plate. If you're getting up
