In case you haven't noticed, I am fanatical about sandwiches, which is why I thought I'd died and gone to heaven when I came across the pictures that FinnLover posted in Twinkle's Kitchen Goddess group of smørbrød: Scandinavian open-faced sandwiches.
Norwegian for "butter bread," these smørbrød sandwiches are everywhere in her current home of Bergen, Norway. "People eat them for breakfast, lunch, and at night before going to bed," she says.
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Norway Passes Law Approving Gay Marriage
The AP reports: Gay couples in Norway will be granted the same rights as heterosexuals to marry, adopt and undergo artificial insemination under a new equality law passed Tuesday. Norway's upper house of parliament voted 23-17 in favor of the gender-neutral marriage law on the same day that gay couples were marrying in California. The law replaces 1993 legislation that gave gays the right to enter civil unions similar to marriage but did not allow church weddings or adoption.
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Depending on how much you like seafood, fresh-fish markets can be near paradise or unpleasantly stinky. Since I love just about any kind of ocean bounty, especially when it's fresh, I'm drooling over the photos of the Bergen, Norway, fish market that FinnLover recently posted in my Savory Sights group.
This was FinnLover's first visit to her new hometown fish market, which features live fish, high-end seafood dishes, and everything in between.
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The birthplace of the Ikea flat-pack also finds itself home to some pretty controversial ads. Unlike its Scandinavian neighbors, Sweden does not ban advertisements insulting to women. Considering advertising a form of free speech, Sweden allows sexist images — such as nurse lying on a bed with male underpants covering her face.
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Today in Norway, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault opened its doors to the first deposits of what will eventually be 100 million seeds from over 100 countries. Seeds such as maize, rice, wheat, cowpea, eggplant, lettuce, barley, and potato were some of the first deposits in the seed vault. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault contains the most diverse and comprehensive collection of food crop seeds in the world.
On Saturday night I had an amazing dinner with my family for my aunt's 50th birthday. The party was a traveling one, we started with drinks at one house, dinner at a restaurant, and finished with dessert at another house. By far the best part of the night, was the final chapter, the dessert. 
Have you been skiing and seen another skiier going down the slope as if they were running on skis, practically lunging down the mountain? They were Telemark skiing or free heel skiing, and it's focused around the Telemark turn, which allows skiers greater control over their movements.
This kind of skiing requires special bindings that stabilize your toes while allowing your heel to lift up. 
Every country has its own set of traditional holiday food. Here in America we pig out on turkey, ham, sugar cookies, gingerbread houses and the beloved (or not so beloved) fruitcake. But what about the rest of the world? 
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