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2019

• 22. December Christmas Dates

  Of course in Norway, Norwegian is the primary language spoken. Unfortunately, some words don’t translate or even transliterate into useful meanings, and this includes the names of the various Christmas dates! It’s kind of the same thing in the US, you can’t inherently know that Christmas Day is the 25th of December, but for the […]

2017

• 15. May Visiting Oslo in the Summer

  Oslo is a gorgeous city, and in the summer time, it is no exception. Take advantage of the very late sunset and very early sunrise to do lots of sightseeing! City Life If you enjoy the city, there are plenty of sights to see without ever leaving the center of the city. If you intend […]
• 15. May Getting from the airport to Oslo

  All of the airports in Oslo are actually quite a bit outside of Oslo, and getting from the airport to the city center can take a bit of going. Gardermoen (OSL) Gardermoen is Norway’s largest airport, and is generally the airport you will fly into. It is also the easiest to get to Oslo from. […]

2016

• 09. March Norwegian Currency

  Norwegians tend to not use very much physical cash, however, it obviously still does exist. The currency is quite different than US currency, both in looks and size. Coins There are currently 4 coins in Norway. The smallest denomination in physical Norwegian currency is the krone, although the krone is subdivided into 100 øre, and […]

2015

• 07. November Norwegian Economy

  Norway has a thriving economy, with state ownership of various businesses in key areas of the economy. Norway’s economy is heavily invested in the petroleum business, at a solid 36% crude oil export, and 26% petroleum gases export, however, it has a sizable amount of machinery, raw metals, fish, and chemical exports. Unfortunately, much of the machinery […]
• 17. June Political Parties of Norway

  Norway has a parliamentary representative democratic constitutional monarchy as its form of government. That’s a mouthful! What that means is this: Parliamentary: The executive branch is held accountable to the legislature, thus linking the executive and legislative branches, unlike how it is done in the US. In Norway, the Head of State is the King, […]
• 26. May Norwegian now on Duolingo

  Duolingo has added a Norwegian course. If you’re interested in learning Norwegian (or any other language that is offered), I have heard great things about Duolingo! Go check it out!
• 15. May Syttende Mai

  Syttende mai, or the seventeenth of May, is the Norwegian national holiday. It is Norway’s Constitution Day, the day that Norway’s Constitution was signed into law. The Constitution of Norway was signed at Eidsvoll on 17 May 1814. However, during this time, Norway was in a union still with Sweden, and the King was reluctant […]
• 24. April Things about Oslo

  While visiting Norway in November, I will be staying in Oslo, the capital city of Norway. Oslo is actually the third city to serve as the capital of Norway. The first capital was Nidaros, now known as Trondheim, from 997-1070 AD, followed by Bjørgvin, now known as Bergen from 1070-1299 AD. In 1624, after a […]
• 20. April History of Norway

  Norway has a rich and vibrant history, and it dates back to an incredibly long time ago. Unlike the US, Europe has been populated for thousands and thousands of years, and has had many many large civilizations come and go. North America was settled by the first humans perhaps 15,000 years ago, but no significant […]
• 24. March How to learn Norwegian

  Norwegian is actually a fairly obscure language when it comes down to it. There are only 5 million speakers of Norwegian in the entire world, and not a ton of demand to learn it, so that means that most language learning companies ignore Norwegian. For instance, Rosetta Stone does not currently offer a Norwegian program […]
• 20. March Why I am obsessed

  Many people ask me why I’m obsessed with Norway, and why I have latched on so hard to the idea of visiting there, learning the language, and maybe one day moving there. I figure the first blog post should explain the reason that I’m so obessed with Norway! Norway is an absolutely beautiful country. From […]