Tag: Norwegians
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Are Norwegians direct? Nope. They go around the porridge.
Once, I invited a Norwegian acquaintance over for a short visit—she was just coming to pick something up. She looked around and said, “Oh, what a nice home you have, there’s so much… life here.” I didn’t quite understand what she meant. What life is she talking about? Then I remembered that Norwegians aren’t direct,…
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Are Norwegians rude? What to expect from a people with no word for “please”.
Credit illustration: Raphaelle Taschet On my first trip from Paris to Oslo, I was struggling to put my luggage in the overhead compartment. I looked around, and all Norwegians around me, especially men, were around 30 cm taller than me. But they were just looking at me struggle without offering any help. Smiling. Who does…
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Busting Norwegian Myth #1: Norwegians are cold
There are many myths about Norwegian culture, society and country, and many of them are constructed, rumours or even plainly wrong. I am starting a series on breaking Norwegian myths. The first up is a classic: I haven’t made any Norwegian friends because NORWEGIAN PEOPLE ARE COLD. Are they, though? Sure, compared to your village…