Tag: Norway
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The Norwegian Obsession with “Koselig”
There is an important concept one needs to understand and embrace when living in Norway: being “koselig”. Most English speakers translate it by “cosy” but that term doesn’t even begin to cover everything that “koselig” can express. This concept is difficult to translate to those who do not live here, but basically anything can (and…
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The Joys of Being a Woman in Norway
“This year my colleague did something really bitchy to us: she got pregnant” says the guy sitting across the dinner table in my French New Year’s Eve 2014. I almost choked on my slice of camembert. I’ve been living in Norway for 4 years and never have I ever heard such negative comments associated with…
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Recipe: Sarah Bernard Norwegian Style
Making Norwegian patisserie and konfekt as they call it here can take ages (just imagine how much time it takes to make blødkake, with all the layers and the cream, and the marsipanlokk). Anyway, this time I’ve tried matprat’s Sarah Bernard’s recipe and made a few modifications while also writing it in English. This recipe…
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Surviving sukker.no
In the first months of my life in Norway, my entire social life was limited to my colleagues and the cashiers in supermarkets who asked me if I wanted a “pose” (yes, a bag). Moving to Norway only for work meant I had neither friends nor family in this country to begin with. I quickly…
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Nos amis les Norvégiens
Oui, au cas où vous ne le saviez pas, les Norvégiens sont nos amis (tout comme les insectes, pour ceux qui connaissent la chanson). D’ailleurs je vous pose la question, comment ne pas aimer ce peuple plein d’entrain et de motivation qui passe tous les week end de l’hiver sans exception à faire du ski…
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How to Survive Your Winter Depression
To know if you are having a little winter depression creeping in on you, try to answer these simple questions: Do you feel like the sun has abandonned you? Because it’s always dark when you go to work or to school, and still dark when you go home. Are you sleeping more than usual, feeling…
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How to Make Norwegian Friends?
This is what Norway will soon look like. So you better have some friends to keep you chatting in cafes and entertained in wild parties on long and dark Friday and Saturday evenings. Do not be scared! As some say, once you make a Norwegian friend, it is a friend for life. Here are a…
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Recette: Boulettes d’Elan à la Juive Marocaine.
Une recette juive marocaine adaptée aux produits Nordiques. Vous en rêviez, Lou l’a fait! Ingrédients pour les boulettes: 1 kg de viande d’élan hachée (ou du caribous si vous trouvez pas d’élan). Pour reconnaître la différence je vous ai mis des petites photos illustratives. un oignon 2 ou 3 oeufs une patate une botte de…
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Le kakou des neiges. Etude comparative très sérieuse avec le kakou des plages
Le kéké des neiges ressemble en de nombreux points au kéké des plages, mais quelques différences subsistent (kakou, kéké, cake sont des termes interchangeables dans la présente étude). Alors que l’on trouve la plupart des kékés des plages vers Marseille, Roquefort-la-Bédoule ou Biarritz, le kéké des neiges sévit plutôt au la Nord du cercle…
