Norwegian Fans Swap 5 kg of Fish for Rare Football Tickets

A Norwegian football fan offered an unusual trade to secure a ticket for the Europa League semi-final second leg between Bodo/Glimt and Tottenham Hotspur, set to take place near the Arctic Circle on Thursday night, Reuters reports.
With only 480 tickets available and around 50,000 fans eager to attend, Torbjørn Eide—a production manager at a fish farm in Senja—found a creative way in.
A self-described “micro-enthusiast,” Eide offered five kilograms of boknafisk, a traditional Norwegian dried fish delicacy worth nearly 2,500 kroner ($243), in exchange for a seat at the match.
“We produce the best boknafisk in Norway, so I thought maybe someone in Bodø would want it,” Eide told Norwegian broadcaster NRK.
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Fortunately, Øystein Aanes, who had an extra ticket since his brother couldn't make it, "fell for it," as mentioned Reuters .
“Aanes mentioned that he found it amusing,” she said. NRK .
Inspired by Eide's exchange of fish for football, another fan named Nils Erik Oskal proposed five kilograms of reindeer meat, worth approximately 1,000 kroner ($100), and similarly managed to secure a ticket right away.
It wasn't long before someone bit again," he remarked, continuing, "Regardless of what I offered, I get to have an incredible experience.
Tottenham is ahead in the series following a 3-1 victory in London, yet Bodo/Glimt, one of the competition’s unexpected standout teams, has already eliminated sides like Twente, Olympiacos, and Lazio—demonstrating their potential for further surprises.
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