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A Visit to Stavanger Posted by Bjørn A. Bojesen on Jul 12, 2012
Do you remember Kari’s text about Stavanger [staVANGer], Norway’s 4th largest city? (After Oslo, Bergen and Trondheim – sorry about the niggling, Kari!) Being the one Norwegian city I’ve visited the most, and the place where I’m currently writing, I thought I might have something to add… As Kari wrote, Stavanger is the capital of…
Up, up, up the peak! Posted by Bjørn A. Bojesen on Jun 30, 2012
While å løpe (to run, running) is popular in many countries, Norwegians have recently taken the classic sport with them in a brand new direction: uphill. I had a chat with Per Inge Fjellheim from Sauda (the West Norwegian town where I spent parts of my childhood). He’s one of the ildsjeler [ILLshehler] (enthusiasts, literally…
Greetings Posted by Bjørn A. Bojesen on Jun 20, 2012
Hei! is the universal greeting in Norway. It is pronounced with a rising tone, as if you’re really enthusiastic about something! (I guess there’s a reason why the Swedes always make jokes about Norwegians being hyper! 🙂 ) In most of the country, it sounds like it’s halfway between the English greetings hi! and hey!…
Talking about the weather Posted by Bjørn A. Bojesen on Jun 8, 2012
Været (the weather) is a frequent topic in Norway; after all, there’s a lot of it! Stretching more than 2600 km (1616 miles), from the North Sea east of Scotland, across the Polar Circle to the Barents Sea, Norway is bound to have a good deal of climatic variation. You’d better check værmeldinga (the weather…
Norwegian Regions Posted by Bjørn A. Bojesen on May 30, 2012
When the current Norwegian Prime Minister, Jens Stoltenberg, was picking members for his regjering (government), a journalist [shoornaLIST] asked him how he went about. The PM joked that he had to hit the right balance between ”kjønnsdeler og landsdeler” (gender parts and country parts). This demonstrates how important likestilling (equality) is in Norway: Ideally, half…
New Look, New Blogger Posted by Bjørn A. Bojesen on May 15, 2012
Things are happening here at Transparent! The Norwegian blog has been moved from http://www.transparent.com/norwegian to http://blogs.transparent.com/norwegian. You may also have noticed that it’s got a brand new look. Well, at least it’s on its way to getting one… Hopefully the designers will find some neat solutions so that the blog will be even better than…
How to ask for Directions in Norwegian Posted by kari on Aug 16, 2011
I am notorious for getting lost. It doesn’t matter if I’ve been somewhere a hundred times before, I can still manage to get lost. The mode of transportation makes no difference either. I’ll lose my way in a car, on foot, on 2 wheels, you name it. Landmarks or something else that catches my…