Is the Food Included on a Food Tour?
What the food walk covers
Eleven food tastings and two drink tastings across five cafés and restaurants, plus return Fløibanen funicular tickets, which matters because the last stop is at the top of the hill. Named on the listing: fresh seasonal seafood, three cider tastings, traditional sardines, award-winning local chocolate, a brown-cheese cheesecake, a local meat and cheese platter, local apple cider, and seasonal meat and fish at Fløirestauranten. Gratuities are the one thing explicitly not included — and in Norway that is a much smaller matter than travellers expect. Tipping, without a percentage.
Where the wording gets thinner
The cider tasting does not publish a not-included list at all, and it does not publish a group cap either. Not stated. The private heritage walk includes a local guide, transport and a food tasting — one tasting, on a two-hour walk, which is worth knowing before you treat it as a meal. The home-hosted lunch includes the lunch itself and pickup and drop-off at one of three points: the Hurtigruten Terminal, Loddefjord Terminal, or Deli de Luca Jernbanestasjon.
Usually included
- Every tasting listed on the activity page, at every stop
- Return Fløibanen funicular tickets, on the flagship walk
- All drinks, on the aperitivo tour, which is why it is 20 and over
- Pickup and drop-off, on the home-hosted lunch
Not included
- Gratuities, stated explicitly on the flagship walk
- Anything you order for yourself at a stop, everywhere
- Additional food, drinks and souvenirs on the six-hour fjord day
- Getting to the meeting point, on every walking tour here
The one that needs saying twice
The Hardangerfjord day carries the smallest amount of food in the whole food category: one freshly made Norwegian waffle and a small tasting of a local drink, over six hours. Additional food, drinks and souvenirs are not included. Book it because you want to stand behind Steinsdalsfossen, not because you want lunch. Day trips with a meal in them.
The one where the drinks are on the ticket
Three hours, all food tastings and all drinks included, across several stops finishing at a rooftop bar in the city centre. The stops are not named on the listing. Minimum age 20 because alcohol is served, capped at six people, not suitable for vegans or vegetarians, and it needs at least two people to run, with a full refund if it is cancelled for numbers.
Frequently asked questions
Do you pay for the food on a food tour?
Not at the stops. The tastings are on the ticket and the guide settles everything. What sits outside the ticket varies: gratuities are excluded on the flagship walk, and on the six-hour fjord day only one waffle and one small drink tasting are included. What a food tour covers.
Are drinks included on a Bergen food tour?
On the flagship walk, two drink tastings are, including three cider tastings and a local apple cider. On the aperitivo tour all drinks are included, which is why it has a minimum age of 20. Anything you order for yourself on top is your own. The drink tastings.
Is the funicular included on the Bergen food tour?
Yes, on the flagship walk: return Fløibanen tickets are on the ticket, because the final stop is Fløirestauranten at the top of Mount Fløyen. The ride climbs 302 metres and takes about six minutes. About the funicular.