Comments on: 26 Things I Learned From a Year in Norway

By: James

James — Thu, 24 May 2018 09:52:19 +0000

What a lovely positive post “Sophia”. Compelling arguments, and so constructively handled too!
Sarcasm is not a very Norwegian thing, so you can tell that I am not Norwegian. This gives me a certain objectivity. I think what you wrote says a lot more about you (and perhaps your own failings) than it does about Norway.
“No” Norwegians are not perfect, and their way of doing things is not for everyone, but “yes” they do lots of things in a way that many others admire (rightly). And also, to set the record straight, Norway would likely be perfectly well off even if it did not have oil (maybe not quite so rich, but lots of that is paper wealth in any case – as it’s locked up in the oil fund). The countries around it, which which Norway shares a great deal in common, do perfectly well without oil.

By: Sophia

Sophia — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 12:30:29 +0000

It rocks as long as you are not a tall poppy or want to individuate. Norwegians worship mediocrity and makes sure they cut down anyone who tries to stand out or excel. Sameness is everything and makes for an overall good result and “peace” (see suppression or feelings), at the expense of people being brainwashed since birth to be like similar clones without personality or opinion. It’s nice if you like living in your mummy’s womb all your life.

So happy I left that phony idyllic bs country. Rich. yeah because of OIL. They are soooo environmentally minded and also studies show that abroad, they are not so interested in clean air et c, only for themselves. Hypocrites.

By: Kai

Kai — Sun, 18 Mar 2018 22:17:43 +0000

In reply to Ole. What are you talking about? I prefer English! When I was at the US embassy to apply for a student-visa the caseworker insisted on practicing his completely useless English making the interview process practically impossible as I understood about 15% of what he was trying to say. And when I worked in with phone service, a man from Bergen refused to get help as we where based on Oslo and had no employees that spoke in a Bergen dialect, so he just hung up. And on a couple of occasions I've requested customers to switch to English because of their incomprehensible Norwegian dialects!

By: Ole

Ole — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 13:00:31 +0000

In reply to srijit. You need to know norwegian f you want to live here, also search for the other stuff online.

By: Ole

Ole — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 12:58:49 +0000

In reply to Olivier. What do you mean?

By: Ole

Ole — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 12:57:11 +0000

In reply to Danielle. Just search for it online or smth.

By: Ole

Ole — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 12:56:28 +0000

In reply to Si @thedepartureboard.com. And where do/did you live? I can say that your statement is wrong

By: Ole

Ole — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 12:54:53 +0000

In reply to Louis. Maybe because people recognize your non-norwegian accent, and then they will rather speak english?

By: Ole

Ole — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 12:52:46 +0000

In reply to Wendy. The majority of norwegians doesn’t want to speak english, and what’s so wrong with the «so where are you from?», perfectly normal question in a conversation with a stranger.

By: Fernando

Fernando — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 01:23:50 +0000

Hi! Excellent blog!
Would you say that november is a good date to visit Norway and see the northern lights?
Thanks!