{"id":24,"date":"2009-01-01T22:16:51","date_gmt":"2009-01-02T02:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=24"},"modified":"2009-01-01T22:16:51","modified_gmt":"2009-01-02T02:16:51","slug":"godt-nyttar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/godt-nyttar\/","title":{"rendered":"Godt nytt\u00e5r!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Godt nytt\u00e5r alle sammen!\u00a0 Did any of you dodge fyrverkeri <\/strong>(fireworks) last night?\u00a0 If you did not, I know that you were not in Norway.\u00a0 Most countries outside of the U.S. seem to celebrate the new year in much better fashion than we do.\u00a0 I know Brazil, in particular has an insane new year celebration.\u00a0 However, from personal experience I can say that Norwegians know how to welcome the nytt\u00e5r pretty well.\u00a0 I had no idea what I was getting myself into.\u00a0 I arrived in Oslo the day after Christmas in 2005.\u00a0 Upon arrival to the airport, I immediately hopped on a tog <\/strong>(train) that brought me to winter wonderland-Hemsedal-the ski capital of Norway.\u00a0 Hemsedal is a huge ski area in the mountains of central Norway that brings visitors from all over the country.\u00a0 My friend had a cabin up in the mountains where I stayed for several nights.\u00a0 I walked into one hell of a party and was expected to keep up even though I had not slept in over 36 hours.\u00a0 It was a great time.<\/p>\n

Several days later after recovery I was staying at my friend’s house and his parents invited family and friends over for a nice nytt\u00e5rs middag <\/strong>(New Year’s dinner).\u00a0 I cannot remember all of the things we had, but I remember drinking very tasty gl\u00f8gg <\/strong>(warm\u00a0mulled wine with some sort of spirit such as brandy, vodka, or aquavit,\u00a0 with nuts and raisins in the bottom and a cinnamon stick to top it off) that complimented a fantastic dinner.\u00a0 After dinner we were politely excused and began our night of adventure.<\/p>\n

We drove to a party and from there we walked from place to place.\u00a0 Although I could speak Norwegian, there was something about me that must have screamed American, so nearly every person I talked to for any length of time would jump right into politics.\u00a0 Valgte du George Bush? <\/strong>(Did you vote for George Bush?).\u00a0 After I responded nei <\/strong>they then proceeded to interrogate me about the nature of American politics today.\u00a0 This of course was not a topic that I particularly wanted to discuss on nytt\u00e5rsaften <\/strong>(New Year’s Eve).\u00a0 I just wanted to have a good time and meet some fun Norwegians and needless to say practice my langauge skills.<\/p>\n

Well it was not too long after that that the klokke <\/strong>(clock) struck midnight and I was in\u00a0a war zone.\u00a0 Or at least that is how I felt.\u00a0 My friend had not warned me that people would shoot fireworks horizontally from their homes across the street.\u00a0 I do not know if Norwegians just love the danger involved in this tradition (every year fireworks cause injuries and death) or if most of them are already intoxicated by the time the new year rings in that they can’t control where they direct the fyrverkeri<\/strong>.\u00a0 Either way, I was seriously screaming and dodging\u00a0lethal items left and right.\u00a0 It was quite an experience.\u00a0 If you celebrate nytt\u00e5rsaften <\/strong>in Norway, watch out for the fyrverkeri!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Godt nytt\u00e5r alle sammen!\u00a0 Did any of you dodge fyrverkeri (fireworks) last night?\u00a0 If you did not, I know that you were not in Norway.\u00a0 Most countries outside of the U.S. seem to celebrate the new year in much better fashion than we do.\u00a0 I know Brazil, in particular has an insane new year celebration.\u00a0…<\/p>\n

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