Foraging in Norway – Picking berries and mushrooms

foraging

Foraging in Norway – Picking berries and mushrooms

foraging

The Right to Roam

In Norway you can pick as much berries and mushroom as you want in any forest. This is thanks to the “allemannsretten”, the right to roam. A law that ensures the public’s access to nature.

Picking berries and seeing wildlife

So I put my hiking boots on, strap on my backpack and bring a big bucket for the berries. The berries I’m mainly looking for are blueberries, but here in the eastern parts of Norway you also encounter a lot of tyttebær (lingonberries), blokkbær (bog billberry) og krekling (black crowberry). When it comes to mushroom there are many types, but this time I’m specifically looking for kantarell (chanterelle), the gold of the forest, as we say here.

Seeing wildlife is rather rare, as they hear or see you long before you see or hear them. But there are many animal signs to be found. Tracks, droppings and other marks that they leave on the landscape. The moose for instance follow regular paths in the forest. We call these for elgtråkk in Norwegian, and would translate to something like “moose steps” in English.

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I wanted to take you all with me on one of my days out in the forest, so I’ve made a YouTube-episode where I explain different types of berries, how I pick mushroom and I also find a “viking mushroom”. AND I have a close encounter with a moose.

And if you wondered, the berries will turn into a jam, and the mushroom are fried in a pan with some butter, salt and pepper, and served with a steak, preferably some game.

I hope you enjoy the episode! Take care and Ha det bra,

Your friend in Norway,

Pål

Pål of Norway With Pål

Pål of Norway With Pål

Norway native, veteran travel guide, sailor, filmmaker, and writer (you might have seen me in one of Rick Steves’ guidebooks!). I want to help you enjoy Norway the right way — like a local. Learn more about me.

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2 Comments

  1. Woo on March 27, 2022 at 8:24 am

    That was lovely! Nothing like a good walk in the forest while foraging for good stuff. And wish we could’ve seen a glimpse of the moose! Also, which months do berries and mushrooms usually pop up in Norway? Thanks!

    • Norway with Pål on April 2, 2022 at 7:46 pm

      Tusen takk, thank you! I wish I could have captured that moose as well, but everything happened so fast 😮 Berry season usually starts in mid-July, and mushroom a bit later. Also, even later up in the mountains. It really depends a lot how warm June is

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