{"id":2268,"date":"2016-09-24T19:10:26","date_gmt":"2016-09-24T19:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=2268"},"modified":"2016-09-24T19:10:26","modified_gmt":"2016-09-24T19:10:26","slug":"romantic-norway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/romantic-norway\/","title":{"rendered":"Romantic Norway"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2269\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2269\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2269\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/09\/3724203047_4bcb8f26c7_z-350x263.jpg\" alt=\"Preikestolen. (Photo courtesy of mcxurxo at Flickr, CC License.)\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/09\/3724203047_4bcb8f26c7_z-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/09\/3724203047_4bcb8f26c7_z.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2269\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Preikestolen<\/strong>. (Photo courtesy of mcxurxo at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mcxurxo\/3724203047\/in\/photolist-6F6vPn-76zGpJ-76zEPo-76vL8r-nRpWgt-fw5zbE-fw5uoQ-cZfMHy-fw5vWu-fvQcGn-fvQdVg-fvQesz-fw5ssj-fw5rX1-fvQjEc-fw5xvS-fw5DQj-fw5t5E-fvQmvT-6V4pvF-fw5D53-fvQgXB-fw5wZf-fvQhtp-fvQavc-fvQm8n-fw5zKN-6F6w2D-fw5DuA-HSeTYC-rYDCDR-76zMsm-iwjMHe-fw5E8L-2R2e8p-fvQoLV-fw5ExJ-fvQ9R6-6Jh4Ku-7HBJFf-fw5BpA-fvQkLp-fw5B2b-7KpyoE-fw5BM1-6BTtGV-nzdtqv-nPEA6L-8xwjDC-8xwhGw\">Flickr<\/a>, CC License.)<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">What attracts you to Norway? Is it <b>spr\u00e5ket <\/b>(the language), <b>fjordene<\/b> (the fjords), <b>fjellene<\/b> (the mountains) \u2013 or maybe <b>trollene<\/b> (the trolls)? Tourists and Norwegians alike often have very <b>romantiske forestillinger <\/b>(romantic ideas) about <b>Norge<\/b>! \ud83d\ude42 Here are some of the images <b>reisebyr\u00e5et ditt <\/b>(your travel agency) <i>love<\/i> to paint:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li2\">Norwegians love skiing and trekking <b>p\u00e5 fjellet<\/b> (in the mountains). They often have <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/its-not-all-blond-hair-and-blue-eyes\/\">blonde hair and blue eyes<\/a> and are really athletic. Norwegian women, and some men, wear <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/hooray-its-bunad-time\/\"><b>bunad<\/b><\/a> (national costume) at every opportunity, such as <b>17. mai<\/b> \u2013 the constitution day where everyone is happy and waves a little Norwegian <b>flagg<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\">Norway is the land of fjords. <b>Sola skinner<\/b> (the sun is shining) a lot, there\u2019s always <b>sn\u00f8 p\u00e5<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/a-love-letter-to-hoyfjellet\/\">fjelltoppene<\/a><\/b> (snow on the mountain peaks) and you can take a boat all the way from Bergen to Northern Norway and shoot a million wonders with your camera. Watch out for <b>midnattssol <\/b>(midnight sun) and <b>nordlys <\/b>(northern ligths) up north.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\">All Norwegians drink <b>melk<\/b> (milk) and eat <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/brown-cheese\/\"><b>brunost<\/b><\/a> (brown cheese, often from goat milk). They spend their holidays in primitive <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/huts-of-norway\/\"><b>hytter<\/b><\/a> (cabins) hundreds of meters above the world\u2019s problems.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\">\n<div id=\"attachment_2271\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2271\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2271\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/09\/2575873395_edcd7e172a_m.jpg\" alt=\"Rosemaling. (Photo courtesy of Barbara Olson at Flickr.)\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2271\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Rosemaling<\/strong>. (Photo courtesy of Barbara Olson at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/candyheartsandpaperflowers\/2575873395\/in\/photolist-jBkAcb-jSGXv-4VGgTN-4VC2qg-5LjyWB-6BqYtJ-4VCtia-4VGgXf-4VC2r2-4VGgSE-4VGgUQ-cgAyzy-8oGXx3-cb3GAC-cb3F5d-5ged82-cgAyJA-7rRqiq\">Flickr<\/a>.)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Norway is the land of traditions. Unlike other European peoples, Norwegians keep their <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/norwegians-speak-dialects\/\">dialects<\/a>. Ancient arts such as <b>rosemaling<\/b> (\u201drose painting\u201d) and <b>hardingfele<\/b> (a violin with two layers of strings) still thrive. Farmers still hang grass to dry on a <b>hesje<\/b> [HESHeh] (drying rack for hay) and bring their sheep to a <b>seter<\/b> (highland farm or grassing area) each summer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p2\">\n<div id=\"attachment_2270\" style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2270\" class=\"wp-image-2270\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/09\/5895428941_5fb669c08b_z-350x350.jpg\" alt=\"Hesje with drying grass on it. (Photo courtesy of Fairy Heart at Flickr, CC License.)\" width=\"260\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/09\/5895428941_5fb669c08b_z-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/09\/5895428941_5fb669c08b_z-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/09\/5895428941_5fb669c08b_z.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2270\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Hesje<\/strong> with drying grass on it. (Photo courtesy of Fairy Heart at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/fairyheart\/5895428941\/in\/photolist-fqtYfL-hA2ogV-9YXCkF-fqeEEp-9YXBCz-a1HEBr-7RFbsq-9Z1wUu-9VDWiM-pW77aT-4NVf6h-E9wKV4-pgLpbF-qdsSFq-9BTvaf-7xmGp8-9YXC5M-7xqtCA-bu6iJR-7xmFEk-5S3fgm-bu6fh6-7xqtoC-7xqtsL-7xqtwL-Ei4beR-E7h3xA-Lr18en\">Flickr<\/a>, CC License.)<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p2\">Of course, my above list is exaggerated. Of course, Norway is a modern country with iPads and plenty of \u201dreal world\u201d problems. But then again, the points aren\u2019t very far from the truth. Go to <strong>Preikestolen<\/strong>, and you\u2019ll see there\u2019s a reason for the hype. Isn\u2019t it great that Romantic Norway really does exist? \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"240\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/09\/2575873395_edcd7e172a_m.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><p>What attracts you to Norway? Is it spr\u00e5ket (the language), fjordene (the fjords), fjellene (the mountains) \u2013 or maybe trollene (the trolls)? Tourists and Norwegians alike often have very romantiske forestillinger (romantic ideas) about Norge! \ud83d\ude42 Here are some of the images reisebyr\u00e5et ditt (your travel agency) love to paint: Norwegians love skiing and trekking&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/romantic-norway\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":2271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3668,913],"tags":[274100,274101,465986,465664,293477,9387,465462,465805,159],"class_list":["post-2268","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-norway-and-the-world","category-traditions","tag-17-mai","tag-bunad","tag-hardingfele","tag-hesje","tag-hytte","tag-mountains","tag-preikestolen","tag-rosemaling","tag-tourism"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2268"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2272,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268\/revisions\/2272"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}