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Road and Rail Tunnels in Norway Posted by kari on Dec 17, 2010
This may not seem like an interesting topic to many of you, but keep in mind Norway´s topography and the necessity to blast lots of dynamite to create tunneler (tunnels) for biler (cars) and tog (trains) to drive through (not to mention syklister-cyclists and folk på fot-people on foot in certain tunneler). Whether you…
Air travel in Norway Posted by kari on Nov 23, 2010
Norway is an extremely long and narrow country. If you look at the map, you will see that it really isn´t very far from Bergen to Stavanger, Ålesund, or Trondheim. It takes a long time to drive to most places in Norway, whether it be on the coast or in the mountains. However, as the…
Winter weather in Norway Posted by kari on Nov 18, 2010
Now that we have had our first snø (snow) here in MN after a long, warm, and beautiful høst, I´m definitely getting in the spirit of vinter and jul. Although I was very disappointed to have to leave Norway recently, I was happy to narrowly escape the normally scheduled and very prompt arrival of vinter…
Curse words in Norwegian Posted by kari on Nov 2, 2010
Although I am fairly well versed in Norwegian banneord (curse words), I’m going to try my best not to share them all with you in this post, for I feel it may be inappropriate? I’ll probably slip out a few though, so på forhånd (in advance), pardon my -ahem- norsk😉 Think about your own…
Northern Norwegian Posted by kari on Sep 28, 2010
Although I learned bokmål in college and lived in Oslo for 8 months, I came out of it all speaking nordnorsk (northern Norwegian) and I constantly have to explain why. My best friend from college is half norsk, half amerikansk-norsk far og amerikansk mor. His father comes from a small bygd (a country settlement, smaller…
Fall in northern Norway Posted by kari on Sep 8, 2010
Høst i Tromsø-is here. Although the temperature has hovered in the 50s and a bit in the 60s since I´ve been here, now it really feels like høst (fall). We had a stretch of really nice weather, klare skyer (clear skies), sol (sun), and behagelige temperaturer (comfortable temperatures). Since Saturday, the temperature has gone down…
Cost and Standard of Living in Norway Posted by kari on Jul 9, 2010
Many of you probably know that Norwegians get taxed pretty heavily (36% is average). Anyone who has been to Norway and had purchasing power quickly realizes that the cost for products and services in one´s daily life seems exorbitant compared to what we pay here in the United States (or most other places in…