Norwegians love shopping in Sweden. Certain types of food, alcohol, tobacco and sugary drinks are cheaper in Sweden because they have a different tax system. This means that many Norwegians cross the border to shop for cheap food.

Svinesund in Sweden is one such place, and has been since 1982. Here you can buy everything your Norwegian heart desires for well below Norwegian prices. Mats Halvorsen and I took a trip to Svinesund to document the place.

Here are some photos I took:

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We envision this as the start of a project that could last several years. The border between Norway and Sweden has only been a formality since 1954, when the passport requirement was removed and people could move freely between the countries

Nevertheless, it is a border that has been there for quite some time. The border has some strange places, like this one:

This discovery led me to contact Mats, wondering if he wanted to join a project to document the border. Svinesund was the start.