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  • Dave***t
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    • Aug 2006
    • 104

    Snus in Bergen

    I'm going to Bergen in Norway tomorrow, and I was just wondering about snus there - prices, how available it is etc. Anyone know?
  • Zero
    Member
    • May 2006
    • 1522

    #2
    From what I recall, snus in Norway, like most things in Norway, is savagely expensive... I've seen numbers like 50 Kr for a tin of los, which is like £4.25 :?

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    • Dave***t
      Member
      • Aug 2006
      • 104

      #3
      Ah. Well I was expecting expensive, but that's a bit much. With any luck they'll have the same arrangement at the airport as they had in Oslo when I was there in April - a duty free shop in the baggage collection area.

      Hopefully, anyway!

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      • phish
        Member
        • Jan 2007
        • 265

        #4
        If you go to a normal shop it is around 50 NOK as Zero has said. It is definitely cheaper in duty free. Last time I was there I brought back 20 tins (which I think is the limit in the EU) and it was much cheaper then £100! You'll probably pay a similar price to what you pay online but without the shipping

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        • Zero
          Member
          • May 2006
          • 1522

          #5
          yeah, getting it in duty free would be the way to go - that may even be cheaper than getting it online, perhaps as cheap as snus was before the tax hike.

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          • Dave***t
            Member
            • Aug 2006
            • 104

            #6
            Hmm, well at Oslo airport I remember they have a good selection, but it turned out that in the duty free area at Bergen airport, the only kind of snus they has was general, which unfortunately I'm not all that keen on (allergic to citrus fruit). 135 NOK for a 5 can roll isn't bad if you do like General though.

            There were 7-11s dotted around all over the place in the city where a variety of brands were around 55 NOK a can. So plenty of snus, but as you guys said, not exactly cheap.

            On the bright side, Bergen is a fantastically beautiful city, if you ever get the chance to go, I'd recommend it.

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            • Craig de Tering
              Member
              • Nov 2006
              • 525

              #7
              Originally posted by Dave***t
              55 NOK a can. So plenty of snus, but as you guys said, not exactly cheap.
              Damn, that's the same price for a pouch of hand-rolling tobacco (also 50 grams here in NL). I guess in that case no matter how you view it, ordering via internet is cheaper for most of us.

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              • phish
                Member
                • Jan 2007
                • 265

                #8
                Originally posted by Craig de Tering
                Damn, that's the same price for a pouch of hand-rolling tobacco (also 50 grams here in NL). I guess in that case no matter how you view it, ordering via internet is cheaper for most of us.
                50 NOK for a tin of snus is not that bad considering the price of Norway in general. A pint of beer is around 50-60 NOK and a pouch of tobacco is 150 NOK and above.

                So all in all not too bad but Sweden would be a better place for tourists to pick up cheap snus

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                • Zero
                  Member
                  • May 2006
                  • 1522

                  #9
                  yeah, snus in sweden was around 25 SEK (~21 NOK) in shops when I was there, probably a bit more now that the taxes have gone up. A tin of general from a pub vending machine was only 35 SEK... way cheaper than Norway by far.

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                  • Craig de Tering
                    Member
                    • Nov 2006
                    • 525

                    #10
                    Originally posted by phish
                    50 NOK for a tin of snus is not that bad considering the price of Norway in general. A pint of beer is around 50-60 NOK and a pouch of tobacco is 150 NOK and above.

                    So all in all not too bad but Sweden would be a better place for tourists to pick up cheap snus
                    I'd never buy alcohol in a bar in Scandinavia. It's just against my principles.
                    The politicians up there USED to make it that expensive to curb the massive consumption. TODAY though their coffers are seriously dependent on the tax incomes.
                    PLUS the high prices had the opposite effect on the scandinavian psyche; IF a scandinavian ever drinks, he or she drink to get completely wasted because otherwise they consider it wasteful to just drink a little bit.

                    If I can't savor a drink for what it is, instead of constantly thinking I'm aiding an undeserving government policy, then I can't enjoy it.

                    If I were to ever move over there I'll be a champion home brewer.
                    [/rant]
                    Damn, I can really get worked up over this crap. :evil:

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                    • phish
                      Member
                      • Jan 2007
                      • 265

                      #11
                      A lot of people make their own booze, especially out in the country. The spirit situation in Scandinavia is so strange. All sales are controlled by a government monopoly and each shop is only open to 3pm!

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                      • Subtilo
                        Member
                        • Dec 2006
                        • 524

                        #12
                        Hm, yes, drinking in bars IS really expensive up here - and yes, when we drink we drink, it's (as Craig also stated) simply a bad deal just to drink a couple of beers.

                        And Phish ... well, you're right about the spirit situation in Scandinavia - up to a certain point! Yes, in Norway and Sweden the alcohol sale is controlled by the government (Vinmonopolet (N) and Systembolaget (S)), which means that you have to buy your (strong) alcohol in special shops ... thats if the weaker beers that you can purchase anywhere is not enough. Danes often think of it as sort of blasphemy that Carlsberg actually produce variants of well known Danish strong beers with only 3,5 % alcohol for the Swedish market! Needless to say ... around here the alcohol is still 'free', and I guess thats why cities like Copenhagen and Helsingør (both with either ferry or bridge connection to Sweden) are packed with brothers and sisters from the other side of Øresund who travel here for the beer only.

                        Oh yes, moonshining is very commen in both Sweden and Norway.

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                        • phish
                          Member
                          • Jan 2007
                          • 265

                          #13
                          I should have said Sweden and Norway I'm not that familiar with Denmark's situation but from what you've said it seems much more favourable

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                          • Zero
                            Member
                            • May 2006
                            • 1522

                            #14
                            Depending on province, Canada is the same way. In ontario, for example, all alcohol comes from one of two stores - the LCBO or "The Beer Store" - both government-run and savagely taxed. That said, they're reasonably good stores, but like Scandinavia one has to plan ahead of time because of the cripplingly anti-party hours.

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                            • Subtilo
                              Member
                              • Dec 2006
                              • 524

                              #15
                              Well, it could be worse. In Greenland you pay in the neighborhood of 90 USD for a bottle of booze!

                              :shock:

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