Today we took what the norwegians call a "harry tur" to Sweden. Many people here find this to be bad taste(cheating the norwegian government out of tax) but if liking a bargain(on average 37% cheaper) makes me tacky, then tacky I am!
We drive about 90 mins to Sweden and shop at a (pretty vile) mall a few miles over the border. The Swedish Kroner is pretty weak right now so you get a very good deal if you pay with norwegian kroner.
We now have fridge/freezer/cupboards full of (superior to norwegian) Swedish goods and Henrik (aka The candy man) now has enough sweets to last him til Christmas. I don't even mind when we get stopped at customs on the way home(every,single time!) only for them to discover we are not smuggling cigarettes or alchohol but infact have a car loaded up with haribo! Long live the Harry tur!
I can't imagine having to deal with customs always like that. it would be too nerve wrecking for me...but I must say...you are so 'not' tacky...because if so...then i am surely tacky too...!
ReplyDeleteMaya- I always get stopped because I'm driving a car from England and the customs officers cant help being nosey! (they are usually very nice though!)
ReplyDeleteThe Swedish smågodt bags are so much nicer than the Norwegian "candy king" ones. How is the Swedish yogurt?
ReplyDeleteSiri- I agree, the swedish bags are much nicer! The yoghurt is very good too (although I am a huge fan of norwegian yogurt also!) I just ate it over oats that had been soaked in apple juice overnight (kjempedeilig!)
ReplyDeleteooooooooo i'd do anything ANYTHING for a bag of Haribo!!! X
ReplyDeleteFantastic! I don't think it's cheating on the government, and if it was, the government rips us off too...LOL. It is very normal for me to travel abroad to go grocery shopping actually! And not necessarily because it's cheaper, but also the fun of going abroad!
ReplyDeletemmm, fazer! finnish chocolate is the best, dumle is my favourite. :)
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