Happy Food At the 2012 Gladmat Festival

It’s a rare day that we get the duo of a lively event in Stavanger coupled with beautiful weather. Usually when I go into town for a meeting or appointment the city looks a bit dead. We’ve had an influx of summer tourists lately, but not since the 17th of May celebrations have I seen the city look like this:

Stavanger harbour Gladmat 2012

Everyone is gathered for the 2012 Gladmat festival this week. Billed as Scandinavia’s biggest food festival, Gladmat offers a variety of events over several days. We headed down to the harbour one afternoon to check out the food tents.

Gladmat 2012 Stavanger

Gladmat 2012 smak

Gladmat 2012 Stavanger seafood

Gladmat 2012 Stavanger

Did I mention that Stavanger is cruise ship central in summer? Needless to say, the harbour was mobbed!

Gladmat 2012 crowds Stavanger

Gladmat 2012 grill

Gladmat 2012 caricature

Gladmat 2012 sukker

Gladmat 2012 chefs

We followed these couples’ leads and found a spot on one of the ship restaurants docked next to the action.

Gladmat 2012 Lervig

Gladmat 2012 burgers

Gladmat 2012 meal

Gladmat 2012 vossakjot

Gladmat 2012 pretty watermelon art

The Gladmat Food Festival takes place at the end of July every year in Stavanger. It is one of many summer festivals in Rogaland.

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