Only instead of roast beef, you are served pickled herring, cod, anchovies and all manner of seafood along with locally-sourced meat.

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In 2003 the government apologised after stating that Finland wanted Sweden expelled from the European Union during a row about pickled herring.

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In the historic church building you will find fishmongers peddling whole salmon, giant chunks of tuna, cod fillets, langoustines, crawfish, fresh crabs, pickled herring and anything else that once swam or scurried across the ocean floor.

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