Norway - Shopping

The owners Lasse Altern Halvorsen and Marianne Lien collect Norwegian quality products. You will not... find many cheap articles in their design and gift shop, but you certainly will find extravagant articles. Whether lamps, glassware, ceramics or small accessories for your home, Pur Norsk has an unusual collection. more

The Oslo Sweater Shop offers a wide range of those indestructible Norwegian pullovers of high-quality... sheep's wool, known the world over for their colourful patterns. The Oslo Sweater Shop also has an outlet in Biskop Gunnerus' Gate 3. more

Norwegian quality products, from pullovers, jewellery and glass products to wooden craftwork. It is actually... an online shop, but there is an outlet in Oslo. Here you can examine the quality of the products. Extra service: free Internet access for tourists. more

The traditional Norwegian pullovers from Unique are not exactly what you would call cheap, but you will... long be delighted with the choice quality. Even the handmade trolls are different from the mass-produced ones for tourists and are popular collector's items. more

Here you can buy modern Norwegian designer fabrics in strong colours and imaginative patterns. Solveig... Hisdal, one of Norway's best-known fashion designers, has been designing the Oleana collection since 1992. This multi-talented artist often photographs the models as well and helps do the catalogues. more

"Format" stands for the Norwegian Art and Craft Association. The shop displays objects in various materials... - ceramics, textiles, metalwork, glass and wood. The association represents 300 artists from throughout Norway. Many exhibitions. more

From Oslo Central Station it is only a two-minute walk to the modern shopping mall Oslo City. With around... 100 shops under one roof you can find more or less everything here, from fashion to souvenirs. And more than a dozen eateries for your physical nourishment. more

Design, interior decoration and lifestyle articles on four floors await you in the House of Oslo, opened... in 2006. There is a wealth of imaginative products in the 20 different shops, from artistic teaspoons to ultramodern sofas. Illums Bolighaus, Denmark's synonym for design, opened its first foreign branch here. more

Ideal, when rain is forecast: The shopping centre in Oslo contains more than 40 shops (women's and men's... fashion, shoes, jewellery, books, interior furnishings, etc.) as well as several restaurants. more

Centrally located near the City Hall, this shop offers more or less all the classic souvenirs. You will... find everything from Norwegian pullovers and a host of trolls in all sizes, to textiles and jewellery. And of course the cheese slice for your genuine Gudbrandsdal cheese. more

Precious stones set in precious metals. Here in one of Scandinavia's largest jewellery stores you can... buy precious objects made by renowned Norwegian and international designers. more

This bookshop in the House of Literature opened in 2007 not far from the Royal Palace is a real treasure... trove for quality Norwegian and foreign literature - both fiction and non-fiction. The multi-storey building complex, which has very quickly established itself as a cultural centre with its readings by authors and other events, has a pleasant cafe on the ground floor. more

The bazaar halls behind the Cathedral and Stortorvet marketplace were built in the middle of the 19th... century. Today, this semi-circular complex houses a wide range of shops and restaurants. In addition to food, you can buy arts and crafts, antiques and souvenirs. The open-air restaurants invite you to relax for a while in the shade of the trees. more

Steen & Strøm is the Norwegian capital's traditional department store par excellence. The company was... founded in 1797 by Emil Steen and Samuel Strøm. The building dates from the end of the 19th century and was modernized in 2005. Spread over six floors, it offers the modern shopper a very pleasurable shopping experience. more

Located right beside the City Hall, it offers typical Norwegian articles such as rose paintings, trolls... and, of course, any amount of hand-knitted goods. Dale of Norway, Nordstrikk or Vrikke are names that stand for quality where pullovers with typical Norwegian patterns are concerned. more

If you are looking for expressive silverware of the highest quality, there is no way you can avoid Juhl's.... And if you cannot get to the famous silver forge of the Juhl family in Kautokeino in Finnmark, you should drop in at the shop at the City Hall. more

Oslo's most-famous department store, Glasmagasinet, is committed to quality. On the first floor you will... find filigree handmade glassware, cosmetics and jewellery. On the upper floors, exclusive fashion and interior decoration. And there are several cafés for your physical sustenance. more

Bogstadveien is around 1.5 km (one mile) long and runs from Majorstuen to the Palace Gardens (Slottsparken).... It is one of the city's busiest shopping streets with dozens of shops. The exclusive designer boutiques in particular are well-known all over town. On Saturdays there is often a country market in Vibes gate, one of the side streets leading off it. more

The shop near the National Theatre has a wide range of writing utensils and paper, glass, women's fashion,... carpets, silver jewellery, kitchen utensils, ceramic goods and gifts. more