The grocery store in front of which the characters hang out at beginning of the film is nicknamed "Spikkern" by local residents, and often offered a hangout for the director and his bike when he was a child.
Anolit is a dynamite type. The director thought 'Dynamite' was too boring for a film name, and asked a blasting firm for other names.
Anolit is the most commonly used explosive in Norwegian tunnels and is more straightforward to use than dynamite.