The law is supposed to prevent the sale of stolen goods, but it makes running a secondhand shop difficult

Running a thrift store requires so much extra work that it’s hardly practical. Now a 1999 law is being accused of not being sustainable.

In Schweigaards gate in Oslo there is a small shop of 25 square meters.

Here the goods had a completely different life before ending up with Anette Eggan Laskemoen. She runs the second hand store Reprise. She’s been doing it on the same premises for 16 years. However, she always had an extra job to make ends meet. You have a very special reason.

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