{"id":205,"date":"2010-03-04T02:40:35","date_gmt":"2010-03-04T02:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=205"},"modified":"2010-03-04T02:40:35","modified_gmt":"2010-03-04T02:40:35","slug":"the-elderly-wave-doesnt-hit-oslo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/the-elderly-wave-doesnt-hit-oslo\/","title":{"rendered":"The elderly wave doesn’t hit Oslo"},"content":{"rendered":"

”Eldreb\u00f8lgen treffer ikke Oslo<\/strong>.”\u00a0 Oslo seems to be becoming more and more popular among younger people in Norway.\u00a0 The proportion of older people to younger used to be much greater than it is today.\u00a0 More young people are choosing to remain in Oslo after graduating from university, for example.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Two women, Anne Cecilie Isaksen and Pauline Isene, both eiendomsmeglere<\/strong> (real estate agents) were stopped by an Aftenposten representative outside of Kaffebrenneriet<\/strong> (a coffee bar chain) and asked about their opinions of living in Oslo.\u00a0 Both of the women grew up in a different part of the country, but studied in Oslo.\u00a0 Instead of moving back to their hometowns during etableringsfasen<\/strong> (the establishment phase, as Aftenposten describes it), they chose to stay in Oslo.\u00a0 Isaksen states that ”\u00c5 bo i Oslo er en livsstil”<\/strong> (To live in Oslo is a lifestyle).\u00a0 Both Isaksen and Isene agree that they get rastl\u00f8se<\/strong> (restless) when they return home p\u00e5 bes\u00f8k<\/strong> (to\u00a0visit).<\/p>\n

What is it about the byliv<\/strong> (city life) that is attractive to young Norwegians?\u00a0 According to Isaksen and Isene, easy access to cafes, restaurants, shopping, and exercise are just a few of the reasons why Oslo is so great.\u00a0 An Olso politician, Stian Berger R\u00f8sland, explains that ”flere \u00f8nsker \u00e5 ta del i det urbane fellesskapet, det litt kaotiske bylivet ser ut til \u00e5 v\u00e6re mer attraktivt for flere” <\/strong>(more wish to take part in the urban community, the kind of chaotic city life seems to be more attractive for a greater number of people).<\/p>\n

The fact that more young people are staying in Oslo after studying, rather than returning to their hometowns, as well as the influx of young immigrants to the city, menas that the average age of Oslo citizens has gone down over the past quarty of a century.\u00a0 Statistisk sentralbyr\u00e5<\/strong> (Statistics Norway) reports that 65.9% of Oslo’s befolkning<\/strong> (population) is under 44 years old.\u00a0 That’s quite a statistic!<\/p>\n

If you want to see hip, go to Oslo!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

”Eldreb\u00f8lgen treffer ikke Oslo.”\u00a0 Oslo seems to be becoming more and more popular among younger people in Norway.\u00a0 The proportion of older people to younger used to be much greater than it is today.\u00a0 More young people are choosing to remain in Oslo after graduating from university, for example.\u00a0 Two women, Anne Cecilie Isaksen and…<\/p>\n

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