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Tag: Norway
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Moving to Norway or Canada: What differences and similarities?
Pine trees, snow and lakes, how different are really Norway and Canada? Quite a bit actually! To read this article in French, see S’installer en Norvège ou au Canada: quelles différences? Canada’s territory is huge. Norway is less isolated Canada is almost as big as a continent. It is 6000 km from one side to…
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10 Great Books to Read About Norway
Winter is here, and it is time to have a “koselig” time indoors, with a good book in your hands nd a pledd on your knees. Here is a list of 12 books I recommend to read to learn about Norway. These are mostly books of fiction, such as novels, and most are written by…
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Moving to Norway: Essential Questions to Ask Yourself Before Moving
Norway has it all, doesn’t? Happiest people on Earth, a yearly Nobel Peace prize to hand out, a low unemployment rate, high gender equality, paid parental leave, red cabins in the woods facing the fjord, clean water and air. My goodness, what are we doing still here, we should all move to Norway! Calm down.…
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6 Lessons learned from the Indigenous Sami protest in Norway against Fosen Windmills
Picture credit: Alf Simensen/NTB Scanpix via AP There has been a historic protest in Oslo, Norway in the past week week. See my previous article Norway: Indigenous & Environmental Youth Occupy the Ministry of Energy over Human Rights Violation for the details. The protest went from 15 indigenous and youth activists occupying the Ministry of Energy…
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Norway: Indigenous & Environmental Youth Occupy the Ministry of Energy over Human Rights Violation
Photo credit: Ole Berg-Rusten / NTB Youth from the indigenous Sàmi organisation NSR, as well as youth environmental activists from Natur og Ungdom have been occupying the offices of the Ministry of Energy and Oil since Thursday (23rd of February 2023). They are doing so as an act of civil disobedience to hold the Norwegian state…
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The Whale in the Room. Why does Norway continue Killing Whales?
“A whale burger with that?” asked the lady at the restaurant. Wait, what? The picture in the menu was of a burger, with red meat that looked like beef or any other red meat. But reading the description I realised it was whale meat in that burger. I was divided between my environmental conscience and…
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Being a Foreigner in Norway in 2021 under Corona Restrictions
There are around 800,000 foreigners living in Norway, according to the Norwegian Statistics Bureau (2020 numbers). That makes up to almost 15% of Norway’s population. There are wonderful perks at living in Norway for a foreigner, from universal healthcare to great parental benefits, not to mention higher salaries than in many other countries. However when…
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Is Norwegian Hard to Learn?
Despite what the internet tells you, no language can be learned in 3 days. Norwegian is no exception. 1-Learning Norwegian is easier depending on which other languages you speak fluently. If you speak English it will be a bit hard, but not too hard. I am a native French speaker and speak English as my…