{"id":761905,"date":"2026-07-14T07:05:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T07:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/761905\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T07:05:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T07:05:31","slug":"erling-haaland-brings-a-brand-new-bag-and-a-taxidermied-raccoon-home-to-norway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/761905\/","title":{"rendered":"Erling Haaland Brings a Brand New Bag\u2014and a Taxidermied Raccoon\u2014Home to Norway"},"content":{"rendered":"

Erling Haaland<\/a> may not be returning to Norway with the Golden Boot, but he is coming home with the next best thing.<\/p>\n

Following a 2-1 loss to England in the 2026 World Cup<\/a> quarterfinals on Saturday, the Norwegian striker\u2014who charmed fans around the world with his keen sense of humor, voracious goal-scoring, and lively Snapchat presence\u2014touched down in Oslo with his many souvenirs in hand. Among Haaland\u2019s spoils? A fresh-off-the-runway bag and a taxidermied raccoon drinking from a bottle of liquor.<\/p>\n

\"Norway's<\/p>\n

Erling Haaland returning to Norway.<\/p>\n

JAN LANGHAUG\/Getty Images\"Image<\/p>\n

Dolce & Gabbana spring 2027 menswear.<\/p>\n

Photo: A. Viero, G. Carraro \/ Gorunway.com<\/p>\n

While Haaland is best known for his extensive Birkin collection, he also counts quilted Chanels and landscaped Louis Vuitton duffles among his treasure trove of handbags. But for his trip back from Miami, he opted for a Dolce & Gabbana<\/a> Sicily tote. This was no average Dolce bag\u2014the ecru canvas bag with its burgundy alligator accents just walked the runway last month at the spring 2027 menswear<\/a> show in Milan.<\/p>\n

But the brand-new bag wasn\u2019t the biggest surprise of Haaland\u2019s carry-ons\u2014that distinct honor would belong to \u201cWhiskey Raccoon,\u201d the $750 taxidermied raccoon sipping from, as the name suggests, a bottle of whiskey. Haaland picked the critter up on his trip to Wild Bill\u2019s Western store in Dallas, Texas, where he also purchased a cowboy hat, boots, and a T-shirt that read, \u201cY\u2019all Can Kiss My Dallas.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s safe to say that, while Erling Haaland didn\u2019t make it to the end of the World Cup, he made the most of his trip to the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Erling Haaland may not be returning to Norway with the Golden Boot, but he is coming home with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":761906,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[109385,403,99,84938],"class_list":["post-761905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-dolce-gabbana","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=761905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/761906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=761905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=761905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=761905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}