The food festival finished last night.

The food festival (GLADMAT) is over for this year.
It has been a popular festival for lots of people.
Here you can see just a bit of the constant flow of people walking along the harbour area during the festival. It was difficult to find a table yesterday, but we managed at the end, and also had a few drinks at different places. 

GLADMAT in Fargegaten.

This year the food festival "GLADMAT" extended to different places around in town.
The colourful street "FARGEGATEN" had lots of places for food and drinks.

Festival visitors.

More visitors at the food festival.
They had found a nice place on the side of the harbour, not far away from the concert house, and were enjoying the food, drinks, and happy atmosphere.

The food festival are reckoning that there will be around 250.000 visitors.
Perhaps even more now, since the weather is so good:)

GLADMAT / FOOD FESTIVAL 2016

The annual food festival (GLADMAT) is on now, and so far, has had sunshine and really nice summer temperatures.
Walking around looking for something to put out here. I guess what I thought most represented the festival, was not so much the few new things, but mainly all of the happy people who enjoyed the event with friends or family. For some it is a tradition to meet up, have something nice to eat and drink, and just relax in town.

These four Ladies where just doing that!
Having a good time!
"You know, we are all 85 years old" one of them told me.
GREAT LADIES
Happy summer to all of you!!!!

On the blog (www.stavangerdailyphoto.com) you can find more images from the event the last 7-8 years.

Chocolate.

I do LOVE chocolate.
But this time I managed NOT to buy any.

It was a company from Egersund (south of Stavanger) who had this stand,
and sold their popular products.

Which chocolate is your favourite?

Gladmat again.

Watch out for falling corks!
That is what it says on the sign.

The Food Festival includes of course plenty of drinks too.

GLADMAT 2015

The annual food festival opened today.

Suddenly we got a bit of sunshine as well.
Here you see the health minister next to our mayor, each holding a card with their speeches ready to be given in front of quite a large number of people who had turned up for the big event.

Food on the deck.

The food festival is now over.
This is a glimpse from yesterday, when some people were enjoying lunch on the deck of the boat named Sandnes.

The Food Festival 2014.

It's always nice to take a stroll around the annual food festival (Gladmat).
Ok, I have to say that there are too many stands looking too much like the previous years.
On the other hand  that is perhaps what makes money and what people are looking for?

Anyway, today I really enjoyed seeing kids having a good time at the BLUE PLANET stand, where you can actually get to know more about what is in the sea.... and hold and feel some different species.

Still sunny, just a bit of drizzle in the air earlier today. Quite humid and unusual high temperatures.

Enjoy your Summer Evenings!

PINK

It is a grey and rainy Sunday morning here in Stavanger.
A splash of color helps to make it better....
This image is taken at the food festival this summer.
More images with the theme PINK can be seen here: http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.no/2013/08/september-gallery-pink.html 

She had style.

The most beautiful ice cream seller I have seen this summer.

( From the food festival earlier this summer.)

GLADMAT 2013

Handmade glasses made here in Stavanger.
Yes, I did do a bit of shopping.
And one day I hope to show you some images of the artist at work.
I bought them at "Gladmat", the Food Festival.

GLADMAT 2013

Nice people, - and their stands were well worth stopping at.

GLADMAT 2013

We have had the "Gastronomic Institute" here in Stavanger since 1988, and of course they were represented at the food festival.


The institute is well known both nationally and internationally.

I bought a sample of their nice looking and very tasty food.

It was just delicious!

GLADMAT 2013

Yesterday there were also speeches by the major, Christine Sagen Helgø, to the right, and people who were involved in arranging the festival. From the left: Mona Vervik, Anita Løyning and Gaute Birkeli who represented the jury. Even the food and agriculture minister came to the opening.

Here you see

The chef, "Ryfylkekokken" Frode Selvaag who received "Matkulturprisen", a prize for everything that he has been doing with food and culture in the region. 

(He has also been a chef at the Norwegian Embassy in Washington DC.)

GLADMAT 2013

This year the food festival GLADMAT is celebrating its 15th. anniversary.
I knew it was going to be great when Petter Stordalen (owner of several hotels) entered the stage with the famous chef from Ethiopia/Sweden, Marcus Samuelsson, who has been working for Obama and also has his own restaurants several places both in USA and Europe.....
More images tomorrow.

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GLADMAT 2012

Let us hope that we will have some more days with sunshine in the weeks to come....

This is also an image from the food festival. Take a look at the "labels" for more photos.

GLADMAT 2012

The annual food festival started on Wednesday, and I had a look and a taste of some of the things.

I actually thought it was the best we have had in town!

(Of course it helped to get some sunshine too!:)

There are people who always make sure they go away when there are festivals, and there are people who make sure that they always go and meet up with family and friends for some food and drinks.

This is COOP`s entrance. I noticed that there were quite a number of tourists who wanted to have their photo taken just here.

GLADMAT 2011

This is the photo I had planned to put out the day when the terror suddenly hit Norway.........

It is time to show you something different, daily life that has nothing to do with the recent events in Oslo.

Food tasting can be serious, but also fun! (Yes, I did try!)

The food festival (finally) managed to see that it was too much when our country was hit by such a major tragedy, -and they closed the event!

(We will not let fear stop our daily life. We live in a small democratic country, an open society, and I guess what surprised me so much was the fact that it was a Norwegian man, who had never had anything to do with the police before he killed nearly 100 and injured so many more!)

GLADMAT 2011

These 3 young women, Heidi, Anne Gunn and Hege, from Bryne, (south of Stavanger) have made it to a tradition to come to Stavanger when "Gladmat" is on in July.

They had enjoyed some nice food and wine! And they thought they got value for their money!

"Skål", as we say in Norwegian for cheers!

How do you say "Cheers" in your language?