Archive for August, 2010
Picking berries in Norway Posted by kari on Aug 10, 2010
Oh how I love to plukke bær (pick berries). Believe it or not, I refused to eat frukt (fruit) up until college. It was something about the texture that I absolutely despised. To this day, I will never understand how I went 18 years without liking frukt. I drank fruktjus (fruit juice), but that´s certainly…
Norwegian Labor Rights Posted by kari on Aug 3, 2010
Although jeg har ikke begynt å jobbe (I haven´t started working) yet (and probably won´t for another month-I finally applied for my arbeidstillatelse (work visa) today, I have the sense that there can´t be many other countries in the world that boast the kind of labor laws that Norway does. The Norwegian arbeidsdag (work day)…
Are Norwegians cold people? Posted by kari on Aug 2, 2010
I´ve been asked many times if Norwegians are cold people-you know, hard to warm up to. I´ve also been told by many people that this is the case. I have found that the answer to this question depends on where in Norway you are. I also don´t have a perfectly clear answer because when I…