{"id":2184,"date":"2016-03-25T10:37:15","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T10:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=2184"},"modified":"2016-03-25T10:37:15","modified_gmt":"2016-03-25T10:37:15","slug":"norwegian-springtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/norwegian-springtime\/","title":{"rendered":"Norwegian Springtime"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Alle<\/a>

Alle fugler\u2026<\/strong> (Photo courtesy of Henning Klokker\u00e5sen at Flickr<\/a>, CC License.)<\/p><\/div>\n

Det er v\u00e5r! <\/b>(It\u2019s spring!) To really know how fantastisk v\u00e5ren er<\/b>, you have to spend a vinter i Norge<\/b>. Nothing compares to fuglesang <\/b>(bird song) and fresh v\u00e5rluft<\/b> (spring air) after months of sn\u00f8<\/b> (snow) and darkness! With two visits to Norway so far this year, I\u2019ve been able to follow utviklinga<\/b> (the development) up close.<\/p>\n

Central Europeans may leave their luer<\/b> (winter caps) at home in February or early March, but in Norway v\u00e5ren<\/b> usually arrives a bit later to\u00a0the party. Of course, with such an insanely long and varied country nothing is clear-cut: You might be enjoying an utepils<\/a><\/b> in Oslo while it\u2019s snowing in Troms\u00f8 \u2013 eller omvendt <\/b>(or the other way around)!<\/p>\n

P\u00e5 Vestlandet<\/b> (in Western Norway), where I\u2019ve been living, it\u2019s hard to tell where vinteren slutter<\/b> (winter ends). Down by fjorden<\/b> there may be v\u00e5rblomster<\/b> (spring flowers) and nice regnv\u00e6r<\/b> (rain weather) for the fisketur<\/b> (fishing trip). Then you go 500 metres opp p\u00e5 fjellet<\/b> (up in the mountains), and there\u2019s still plenty of snow for skiing! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Fugler<\/b> (birds) are a classical v\u00e5rtegn<\/b> (\u201dspring sign\u201d). Up north birds are a bit like tourists who only come when sola skinner<\/b> (the sun is shining). Lots of birds spend their winter in Africa, then return to Norway when v\u00e6ret<\/b> (the weather) is a bit more pleasant. To me, the following song nicely describes spring in Norway:<\/p>\n

Alle fugler sm\u00e5 de er<\/b>
\nkommet n\u00e5 tilbake!<\/b>
\nGj\u00f8k og sisik, trost og st\u00e6r \u00a0<\/b>
\nsynger alle dage.<\/b>
\nLerka jubler h\u00f8yt i sky,<\/b>
\nringer v\u00e5ren inn p\u00e5 ny.<\/b>
\nFrost og sn\u00f8 de m\u00e5tte fly,<\/b>
\nher er sol og glede!<\/b><\/p>\n

All small birds have<\/i>
\nnow come back!<\/i>
\nThe cuckoo and the redpoll, the thrush and the starling<\/i>
\nare singing every day.<\/i>
\nThe lark is shouting loudly with joy towards the clouds,<\/i>
\ninvoking spring anew.<\/i>
\nThey had to flee from frost and snow,<\/i>
\nhere there\u2019s sun and joy!<\/i><\/p>\n