Oslo’s last remaining hotdog kiosk serves up boiled sausage with fiery mustard. It’s cheap,comforting and tastes explosively marvellousForget hygge, the cosiness of enjoying lifes simple pleasures. The original Nordic lifestyle trend was all about the final in consolation food: hotdogs. The Syverkiosken is an Oslo landmark. The kiosk, and near to Alexander Kiellands plass,has been serving hotdogs since 1979. And with prices starting from 20 krone (£1.90), it’s one of the city’s cheapest snack options.
But there’s more to the Norwegian appreciate of hotdogs than just a cheap snack. There used to be more than 40 such kiosks around town but late-opening Syverkiosken is the last one standing, and fending off cheap hotdogs from convenience stores with its family recipes and retro-fashion style.
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Source: guardian.co.uk