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Have you ever wondered what it would like to be a Viking for
a day? If your answer is “YES!” then you are in for a real treat! Up next on
our virtual tour of Sweden is the very interesting and unique restaurant,
Aifur.
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| via Flickr by Miguel Virkkunen Carvalho |
Located in Gamla stan, or the Old Town of Stockholm is the
first and only restaurant with a complete focus on the gastronomic heritage of
the Viking Age. Aifur is named after a legendary Viking ship, and is the result
of fifteen years of accumulated knowledge and research about the life, food and
culture from approximately 700 to 1100 AD.
The restaurant and feast hall have the capacity to host up
to 150 people, and the design and décor is pure Viking style. Visitors can find
many exact replicas of Viking artifacts that have been found in tombs and
excavations; these replicas include tapestries from Osebergs ship in Norway, a
church bench from Kungsåra church, and drinking glasses found at Birka. Sit
back and enjoy your dinner while listening to live musicians play the sweet
tunes of the Viking age – of course, on historically correct replicas of period
instruments!
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| Photo from Aifur Gallery |
The menu offers a wide variety of appetizers, main courses,
desserts, and a fine selection of beverages; better still, are the in-depth
explanations and background of each dish! Standouts on the menu look to be the
Plate from Trögden (a mixture of reindeer sausage, elk sausage, flat-smoked
pork, reindeer heart, lamb steak and cheddar cheese), Tore Hjort’s Tenderloin
(venison served with parsnip purée and black currants), and Cake Ansgar (a nut
and apple cake with honey cream). Yum!
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| Photo from Aifur Gallery |
