Norway is a sea faring nation with marvelous fjords indenting into the coastline. New Year in Norway is indeed a beautiful experience. Norway greets New Year with time-honored traditions, home parties and fireworks. Oslo is the place to be in to enjoy New Year’s Eve.
Norwegians loves fireworks show at their home’s backyard. The cool and wet December weather of Norway keeps people away from the streets and enjoy New Year festivities in their own private spaces.
People in Norway like to enjoy New Year in private parties rather than venturing the clubs and bars. These places see fewer footfalls on New Year’s Eve. Traditional food is savored by the Norwegians on New Year’s Eve. It is a custom to cook pork or lamb. Pork symbolizes abundance of food resources in the new year. New Year’s Eve meal comprise of turkey delicacies.
On New Year’s Eve, kids of Norway visit the homes in the neighborhood and get candy for singing or performing something. This New Year tradition in Norway is like Halloween to a certain extent and is called Nyttarsbukk. In some places in Norway the elders dress up and pay a visit to other people’s home. In turn they are treated with drinks.
One of the significant New Year traditions in Norway is preparing rice pudding and hiding an almond within it. Rice pudding is a symbolic food eaten during New Year in Norway; it is a sweet food which symbolizes sweet year ahead. Norwegians believe that the person who gets the hidden almond in his serving of rice pudding is indeed lucky. In the New Year he is sure to get a lot of wealth and fortune.
Whether it’s New Year’s Eve or the New Year Day, Norwegians like to have a homely and private affair.
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