Servo! Io e la mia ragazza (sui vent’anni) stiamo visitando Tromsø dall’Austria. Stiamo alloggiando in un Airbnb, quindi abbiamo deciso di fare a "semplice" fare la spesa per la colazione e alcune forniture di base per la cena. Avendo familiarità con Spar a casa, ci siamo diretti lì pensando che fosse una scommessa sicura. Non abbiamo scelto niente di eccezionale, ma quando il cassiere ci ha detto il totale, sono rimasto un po’ scioccato. Spar è un negozio premium qui? Onestamente, sono rimasto colpito dalla selezione di pane. Tutto in sacchetti di carta e sembrava molto fresco. Abbiamo appena preso una pagnotta che sembrava buona.
Domande per la gente del posto: * Valuta il nostro carrello: in base alla foto, abbiamo acquistato il "lusso" versione di qualcosa? Cosa avrebbe scelto invece un norvegese esperto?
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Il negozio: Spar è considerato caro qui? Dove dovremmo andare la prossima volta per risparmiare il budget di viaggio? (Kiwi? Rema 1000?)
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Segreti locali: quali sono i tuoi settimanali "acquisti obbligatori" che non manda in bancarotta?
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Tromsø vs. Norvegia: stiamo pagando a "La Norvegia settentrionale" premio qui, o è solo il costo standard della vita nel 2026?
Amiamo la tua città finora, anche se i nostri portafogli piangono un po’. Mi piacerebbe davvero sapere di più su come si vive qui e aspetto con ansia i vostri consigli!
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di _Arasim_
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You nailed it with Svalbardbrød👌
First price aims to be as cheap as possible. There is nothing wrong with it, but you can get “better” food, if you go up a price class.
Most Norwegians buy products from Tine, Sunniva, Gilde etc, so I’d say you are pretty covered. Doesn’t look to far of what I would purchase during a week.
Go to Kiwi or Rema 1000 next tome. Spar and Joker stores are usually more expensive.
I would look for first price products. They are cheaper, made in the same factories as the other, and similar quality.
Go to kiwi and get the First Price things. Edit: actually nvm, I see you have some there. To be fair, it seems kind of a lot for what you bought. I don’t have Spar where I live, but I think I could do that for less in kiwi.
Eurospar is a bit premium here. Meny is worse, but there isn’t one north of Trondheim.
Go to Rema, Kiwi or Coop Extra for cheaper food. Food in Norway is expensive yes.
Looks like a fairly normal haul. You didn’t buy any luxury items as far as I can see, but I would usually save money by making some of these things from scratch, like bread and soup.
Those springrolls are super expensive imo and probably not very nice. I would have spent my money on something else.
No luxury product (sunnive juice might be premium though) but spar is among the most expensive if not the most expensive (not counting joker, not sure if meny, mega or spar wins in price).
Usually kiwi and rema is cheaper, can also use too good to go for various items.
And yes, its usually more expensive up there. Less competition on prices. Can for example,buy the chocolate in 200g for 29kr, so twice the chocolate for 10kr less. Get 15 eggs for 49 at for example meny, 2,5 times the eggs for 14kr more etc.
Is that ‘Bayersk Postei’? (Meat pate, used as a spread on a slice of bread)
I wasn’t aware that it was available in regular stores again?
(I have to buy cartons of 70 packages from an online engros store. I reserve them for special occasions. Also, sliced pickles on top is great!)
The Tomato soup is good, but it doesn’t hurt to add additional macaronis.
Spar is expensive, without having the bigger choice that you can find in Mega and Meny. Kiwi, Rema and Extra are cheaper, which is _the_ cheapest change from month to month. Buy bigger boxes than those tiny liver pate ones. The “normal sized” are cheaper than two tiny ones, and they are more than four times the size.
It looked to cost a lot for what you got. And no you did not get anything premium. Seemed to be opposite.
The prices in Norway are very similar, from South to North, but the stores themselves can vary.
I prefer kiwi or rema 1000 for daily groceries. Meny for bakeries.
I never knew a Norwegian who bought single portion sized spread
As a newcomer in Norway, I still can’t comprehend prices in stores. Some things are extremely expensive (also depends on brand and quality) and some are cheaper than in other countries.. F.e. U can eat salmon or burgers for lunch, cheaper than those 3 croissants. Also freia chocolates are 30kr 200g in most stores right now.
Over time you get used to it, but at start it can get pretty pricey if you are on a budget.
Here you can see weekly offer mostly with cheaper prices than regular, per store:
[https://etilbudsavis.no/](https://etilbudsavis.no/)
Also [meny.no](http://meny.no) has great webshop, where you can search and compare items, especially if you are new here without Norwegian knowledge. Prices are more expensive than in other stores.
Kiwi and Rema1000 have decent food for decent price (brand items), but every store has similar items.