I’m ridiculous? I would suggest that the person who claims they’ve spent “all day” researching Norway and then concludes that income tax is 50% is the ridiculous one… 🙂 Start here: Norwegian tax for beginners. And if health and education is so poor, why would Trump like to see the unhealthy, uneducated Norwegians moving to the USA?

dont have to drink beer on vacation? HOSTELS?!? Youre ridiculous! After the Trump comment about Norway, and the subsequent glamorization of Norway, Ive been reading all day. Norway sounds like a socialist shithole, free poor quality healthcare, free poor quality education, expensive everything. In fact I remember meeting some Norwegian tourists and they just complained about how expensive their country is. The goverment there taxes half your income and taxes everything they dont want you to do, like own a car or drink alcohol. Cold, bored and not much extra money for anything, but you can ensure that your misery will be extended to old age by the “free healthcare” and welfare state.

lol, yeah but we all like to moan and that’s okay, and yes, even if I enjoyed the run I would still moan about it 🙂 human nature and it actual helps hearing about the expensive pint of beer that everyone likes to enjoy so their comment was well received on this end as yours.

I came across your post due to a search I am doing in relation to finding out about an announcement I heard somewhere that Norway is piloting a project whereby all residents of Norway will be paid a minimum living wage?

Is the foregoing correct? If yes can you suggest where I continue my research?

Your statement on money investment is very interesting, Shetland implimented a similar scenario.

I believe that the international monetary system has got to be changed, it never has worked, and it never will. With computerisation and robotics the number of jobs is drastically reducing, and I think that growth in this trend will be exponential.

So less jobs and more people something must change, one way would be to pay everyone a minimum wage, in return for which participation in say, continued education, helping society, looking after the environment, and participating in the arts etc. would be a mandatory requirement.

Businesses would still be required and would function as normal, jobs that are uneffected by computerisation and robotics would still require manning and should therefore be awarded a higher pay scale.

Finance, energy, food production, environmental protection, and security are worldwide issues, and need to be addressed and solved by all of the worlds leaders, unfortunately progress in this is abysmal.

Thank you for saying that! I am an American and I must say that the main problem we have is the inequitable distribution of wealth. This is very much a cultural thing. From what I’ve heard about Norway, to show how rich you are, or worse, to brag about it, would be a major social faux pas! Would it were so in America!

Also, there have been more then 100 posts published since 2013, just click on ‘Blog’ at the top of the page and you can scroll through them.

Yes it will take a lot longer to make friends here, but learning Norwegian and getting involved in social activities, volunteer associations etc will help. It is hard to practice Norwegian but you have to join a class to get the structure and pretend you don’t speak English to force yourself to practice when out and about. Good luck!

Hi Charles, the cost of living is dealt with in many, many articles on the website. This article really wasn’t about that, or about the price of things for visitors. We all know the beer is expensive but no one makes you drink on vacation – and there are many cheaper alternatives to hotels (cabins, hostels, campsites, guest houses, AirBnB) – to travel to Norway and then moan about the cost is like going for a run and then complaining that you’re tired 🙂