• Director(s):

    TEALDI (Stefano)

  • Producer(s):

    STEFILMS, ARTE DEUTSCHLAND TV GMBH, MAJADE FILMPRODUKTION, ZWEITES DEUTSCHES FERNSEHEN

  • Territories:

    Worldwide (except German-Speaking Switzerland, Italy, Norway and Germany).

  • Production year:

    2021

  • Language(s):

    German, English, French

  • Rights:

    TV, DVD, NON-THEATRICAL, INTERNET, VOD

The Fish Market or Torget (the square) has a charming location in the heart of the city between the fjords and Bergen's 7 mountains. On the harbour the stalls sell an incredible variety of fresh fish and seafood like urchins, scallops, prawns and lobsters, but also local farm food.

The old and young farmers come weekly and offer a few little known traditional produce such us the brown cheese or the lapskaus. Knut is a scuba diver with a base in Askoy a few miles west of Bergen. At least twice a week, according to season, he brings his catch to the stalls of the Bergen Fisktorget, as the market is called in Norwegian. Here red sea urchins, giant clams, oysters, crabs of all dimensions as well as lobsters that go from dark purple to light orange are served on enormous platters. Eating raw seafood is not a Norwegian habit but is very trendy today.
Cod instead was the staple food and is still served even though revisited at what was once the meet market and is now a food centre overlooking the market. Salmon is also deeply rooted in tradition and comes from higher north, on the fjords that travel deep into the countryside. Halstein still smokes it the way his grandfather did even though today commercial fishing of salmon with nets is not allowed. His tales on the good old days of fishing from the lodges on the fjords is rather touching.