As frankps sees the world!

The Active Life

• Ferðafélag Íslands: The Icelandic Trekking Association – Take the mandatory look before leaving for Iceland.
• The Norwegian Trekking Association: Hiking in national parks in Norway
• Nordmarka: Oslo is perfect for skiing, biking, hiking, fishing and more

Photography & Nature

• HidePhotography: Pusztaszer Protected Landscape, Hungary
• Sakertour: The Carpathian Birding Company, Hungary
• Hortobágy photography blog: Bird photos from the Hortobágy National Park
• Flickr and 500px: Where I publish my photos

The Good Life

Food

• Mathallen in Oslo: Better food for the people
• Farmers Market Oslo: What is better then buying quality food directly from the farmers?
• Villa Paradiso: You will not find better pizzas in Oslo. With a great foccaccieria next door

Coffee

Oslo has the best coffee in the world!!! Don’t belive me? Please read Oliver Strand in New York Times!

• Tim Wendelboe: My favourite among them
• Fuglen: Oslo and Toyko – Also the best cocktail bar in Oslo
• Supreme Roastworks: Roasters with their own coffee bar
• Liebling: Cafe with great atmosphere
• Java Espressobar og Kaffeforretning: One of the first coffee bars in Oslo, still one of the best

Gastro Pubs and Pubs

• Underwater Pub: One of my favourite pubs with live opera on Thuesdays and Thursdays
• Kampen Bistro: The bistro next door
• Håndverkerstuene: Fantastic restaurant and beer house. Closed during summer
• Olympen: Great beer house, with an even better outdoor serving
• Amundszen Bryggeri & Spiseri: Gastro pub with their own beer and a great beer selection
• Schouskjelleren Mikrobryggeri: Perhaps the best brewpub in Oslo. A special place with a vaulted brick ceiling and a massive fireplace
• Tilt: Fancy a good game of shuffleboard?
• Alehunt: Always updated with the best beers in Oslo

Wines

I’ve fallen for biodynamic wines:

• Nondos: My favourite supplier of wine
• Meinklang: Austrian bio dynamic wine
• Battenfeld-Spanier: The best Rieslings money can buy
• Frank Cornelissen: Rosso Del Contadino is the best of wines. My absolute favourite. Wine doesn’t get better
• Pfneiszl: My favourite Hungarian wine has gone organic!

Whisky

• Bruichladdich: An quite popular Islay whisky
• Cadenhead’s Covent Garden Whisky Shop: My favourite whisky shop is located in London
• Glengoyne: My favourite whisky on a cold winter night
• Mackmyra: Sweden has something we don’t… Whisky! And what a whisky it is. Pure, with local ingredients and no additive