The Beautiful West (Alesund)
people of the north

Arne, Frida, and Stig experience the outstanding food and hospitality on Norway's west coast. Frida meets up with a local chef in Alesund who prepares a beautiful fish dish in the middle of town. Meanwhile, Arne and Stig are served a tasting menu, complete with the region's traditional delicacies.

Episode Duration: 25 minutes and 27 seconds

Episode Number: 105

About People of the North:

PEOPLE OF THE NORTH is a new series that visits spectacular places in Scandinavia.

A team of three hosts venture to far-away places in northern Norway and the Faro Islands.

Norwegian Arne Hjeltnes takes viewers to these remote places with chef Frida Ronge, known from Swedish television and the award-winning distiller Stig Bareksten.

The trio meets up with the people who make a living from gathering, catching, and processing produce from both land and sea.

The series starts in Alta, Finnmark, the most northern county of Norway, where viewers meet Johnny Trasti, a celebrated local chef.

Along with his wife, Johnny runs a restaurant and boutique hotel by the legendary Alta River, one of the most exclusive salmon rivers in the world.

Various episodes take viewers through Sami territories to meet the indigenous people of the north and out along the Norwegian coast to the fishing villages of Kjollefjord, Soeroya, and to beautiful Lofoten.


Future Broadcast times for "People of the North": (show all)

Sun, Oct 1 5:30 P.M. Fishing Community of Soroya (Soroya)     NH Create (11.4)
Mon, Oct 2 7:00 P.M. Western Fjord Valley (Stranda)     NH Create (11.4)
Tue, Oct 3 1:00 A.M. Western Fjord Valley (Stranda)     NH Create (11.4)
Sun, Oct 8 5:30 P.M. Western Fjord Valley (Stranda)     NH Create (11.4)
Mon, Oct 9 7:00 P.M. Salmon Islands (Kvaroy)     NH Create (11.4)
Tue, Oct 10 1:00 A.M. Salmon Islands (Kvaroy)     NH Create (11.4)
Sun, Oct 15 5:30 P.M. Salmon Islands (Kvaroy)     NH Create (11.4)
Mon, Oct 16 7:00 P.M. The Lofoten Islands (Lofoten)     NH Create (11.4)
Tue, Oct 17 1:00 A.M. The Lofoten Islands (Lofoten)     NH Create (11.4)
Sun, Oct 22 5:30 P.M. The Lofoten Islands (Lofoten)     NH Create (11.4)
Mon, Oct 23 7:00 P.M. The Fjord Valley of Sogn (Sogn)     NH Create (11.4)
Tue, Oct 24 1:00 A.M. The Fjord Valley of Sogn (Sogn)     NH Create (11.4)
Sun, Oct 29 5:30 P.M. The Fjord Valley of Sogn (Sogn)     NH Create (11.4)


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