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Norwegians Know Good Bread Posted by kari on Mar 14, 2010
brød med pålegg (bread w- toppings) Believe me. If you go into any matbutikk (grocery store), much less bakeri (bakery) in Norway, you will be able to find dozens of kinds of brød (bread). I personally go for the tykk grovbrød (thick whole wheat bread) med nøtter og kjerner (with nuts and seeds)…
Oljefondet-Norway’s Government Pension Fund Posted by kari on Mar 10, 2010
Oljefondet is Europe’s largest pension fund and the world’s fourth largest. It is a giant, we’re talking over 2.6 trillion dollars and that figure was taken as of year-end 2009, which, if you haven’t forgotten, was in the middle of a huge financial crisis that we are still recovering from! So what exactly, you might…
The New Holmenkollen Ski Jump Posted by kari on Mar 9, 2010
A while back, I wrote a post about Holmenkollen, Oslo’s famous ski jumping arena. Well, it’s about to get more famous and attract lots of international attention next weekend during the World Cup trials. Just to give you some background information again, the first competition at Holmenkollen was back in January of 1892. So, that…
Hilton comes to Oslo Posted by kari on Mar 6, 2010
The hotel giant Hilton is in the process of building a hotel in downtown Oslo tvers overfor (right across from) The Grand Hotel; it will be a Doubletree Hotel, just like the other 10 Hilton hotels in Europe. With 500 hotels verden rundt (world wide/around the world), Oslo will be the first city in Skandinavia, much less Norway, to be…
a-ha is ‘’Ending on a High Note’’-the title of their upcoming tour. Posted by kari on Mar 5, 2010
Did you know that the famous “synthpop/rock” band is Norwegian? I didn’t know this for a long time. a-ha is Norway’s best selling musical artist ever and they are going on a special tour in August and September around Norway before they go on to perform their last konserter (concerts) at Oslo Spektrum in December-unfortunately these are…
The elderly wave doesn’t hit Oslo Posted by kari on Mar 4, 2010
”Eldrebølgen treffer ikke Oslo.” Oslo seems to be becoming more and more popular among younger people in Norway. The proportion of older people to younger used to be much greater than it is today. More young people are choosing to remain in Oslo after graduating from university, for example. Two women, Anne Cecilie Isaksen and…
Norwegians in Chile Posted by kari on Feb 27, 2010
As most of you have probably already heard, a massive jordskjelv (earthquake) has just hit Chile-8.8 magnitude, det femte sterkeste skjelvet (the 5th strongest quake) since jordskjelver were measured på Richters skala (Richter’s scale) in 1900. I thought it would be appropriate to write a post about this tragic event because there are many nordmenn…