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welcome to the wonderful world of brunost, or brown cheese. Number one most important thing is to slice it very thin. Ideally with a cheese slicer, never with a knife. The texture of the cheese is... different, and it is pretty uncomfortable to eat if the slices are too thick.

You've probably already noticed that it's sweet, not savory. So pair it with either fullgrain toast with butter, but it also goes really well with a strawberry jam, some also like it with honey. It can also work well on english muffins and even pancakes. It does not mix well with ham though, and it does not melt well.

If you want to introduce it to some friends, my strategy is to prepare them for the taste, as most people expect it to taste like normal cheese and get disgusted. The best comparison I know is like a solid dulce de leche.

If you want to get really experimental, you can try to make a brown cheese ice cream. I never tried making it myself but I've had it on a few occasions, and it's fantastic!!

Thanks for listening to my TED talk.

Please, please scrap the HDR. Lots of these have potential but have been totally shat on with HDR. Shoot in raw and use graduated filters instead, you will get much more pleasing results and you won't get a ton of idiots like me complaining about HDR. This is a good example of how you can achieve a nice dynamic range without HDR.

My wife (American) is quite a fan of this one: https://www.amazon.com/North-Wild-Kitchen-Cooking-Norway/dp/3791384139/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=north+wild+kitchen&qid=1622783991&sr=8-1

The author is American but lives in Norway, and I find the recipes to be pretty "authentic" (I grew up in Norway). Some artistic license has been taken in places, though that could just be down to local variations. For example, the meat to veg ratio for the Lapskaus seemed wildly off, so we ended up doubling the veg and halving the meat.

Yep

Norwegian prisons are like four star hotels. I have never heard of any violence, rape or killings of any kind in a prison here. We even give prisoners some vacation from jail as well! How about that?

I live in Tromsø, and food is a bit more expensive than it was in Bergen (and less variety), so it likely is in Hammerfest too.

You can look through this magazine for Rema 1000 (one of the cheapest shops), and see prices for various items listed down the right side.

You can eat nearly as cheaply as the UK if you stick to very basic food (beans and rice, simple pasta dishes, etc). My boyfriend and I spend maybe 1500kr/week for food, but we eat a lot of fresh vegetables.

I don't know what food items you want to know about specifically, but here's a few random prices:

• bread 750g: 6-40kr

• pasta 500g: 12-25kr

• eggs (6): 25kr

• tinned tomatoes: 5-10kr

• tinned beans: 5-25kr

• frozen veg (store brand): 5-15kr

I initially thought it's was their photo, given the title, but turns out it's not

The shorter trail looks like this, and you need a guide.

There's less snow this year than last year, and it would probably not be impossible to walk there at the end of May, with good shoes. To get current pictures from there, you can search for Trolltunga on Instagram.

Nope that wouldn’t be so useful. Your friend would need a keyboard with space for the characters å, ø and æ.

Look for a Norwegian layout, or a Nordic or Scandinavian layout which covers Swedish and Danish as well. Don’t go for an Icelandic layout, they’re rather different.

Edit: here’s an example https://www.amazon.com/Norwegian-Keyboard-Language-Hewlett-Packard/dp/B00105AQNU

i use Private Internet Access for all my privacy needs. they have an app that simplifyes the setup, or you can just follow one of their guides on setting it up nativelly.

you should also search for vpn-threads on /r/privacy and the like to see if there are other great services that would suite you better. :)

The brochure says you can use the "Opplandstrafikk Billett" app to purchase tickets. This is the Android link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=no.ofk.android

You should be able to buy ticket on the bus aswell, but many companies (like Ruter and NSB) charge an extra fee if you buy onboard.

Google Maps could give you a good idea of how the vegetation is. There's pretty good Street View coverage along the main roads of the northern parts of Norway, plus a lot of photos from Panoramo (or whatever it's called).

Hi. Full disclosure, I'm not in Norway and I'm not Norwegian, but I've had depression and I know what it's like to feel alone in a strange country so maybe I can help?

What you're going through is very real, it's not a weakness and doesn't make you less of a person. I would encourage you to post on /r/suicidewatch and /r/depression, also call 116 123 or 22 40 00 40. Getting help from others, even if it's people who aren't in the country or are but speak broken english is better than no help at all. People care about you, you are important and valued. You're not a useless migrant. People do want to talk to you.

To tide you over until August when you can attend classes maybe something like Duolingo (https://www.duolingo.com/course/no-BO/en/Learn-Norwegian%20Bokm%C3%A5l) can help increase your vocabulary. The lessons are short enough to do while your baby is sleeping.

If you need someone to talk to you can message me. I care. I'm willing to help.

I live in Trondheim and work in the IT-business, but have not seen too many Americans in my milieu. The exception is Dale who has lived here for almost 20 years and refuses to speak Norwegian and drinks like a Norwegian, always ending up with his shirt off by the end of the night.

I had an American redditor contacting me about studying in Norway a couple of years ago. I helped him with what I could and I guess he is starting university in Norway this autumn if he has continued with his plan.

I guess we will soon be flooded, though......

Also for the future https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.translate

Can be used with camera for live text translation. Excellent when having to read stuff like this. I used it when reading instructions/declaration for asian products etc.

1. Wool clothing, a durable jacket that is water and windproof and can be used on daily basis. Electronics are cheap (or same price as other countries).
2. I got ExpressVPN recommended by a guy that knows what he is doing, so check that out.
3. Both Grunerløkka and Frogner is very nice places to live. Gunerløkka is more hipster and Frogner is more posh, but both are nice and not that different. Oslo is a small city and the public transportation is really good. So I would recommend you to live close to work. If you also live close to the city center (within ring 3.
4. Yes, but you almost never get checked.
5. Use your hobby/interest to find a club or association. Or join in on a new hobby / activity.
6. -
7. The weather could be a problem, so wear warm and dry clothes and good shoes. Norway is much better when you are warm and dry. Oslo is also much more than the bars and restaurants (which is very good). Check out the nature around, it is a great resource for recreation and activites.

I have been living in Oslo for 13 years and like it a lot (I am Norwegian). If you have more questions dont hesitate to ask. And welcome!

If you're going to be translating something with google translate, make sure you've written in correctly in the source language first, otherwise you'll end up with a hilariously bad translation.

Anyways, StrongVPN has servers in Norwasy.

Try the Norway Lights app (Android version here). It's powered by the official "Visit Norway" and seems pretty good. Its forecast by default loads the following locations: Alta, Andoya, Bodo, Harstad, Kirkenes, Lakselv, Narvik, Lofoten Islands, Tromso. But the app also offers a search feature that enables you to search for the forecast based on you location (gps or city name).

Brexit happened because of mass Muslim immigration and it will prevent it. Already, Non-EU workers will be deported for earning less than £35,000. This policy and its replacement will cause the rejection of >90% of Muslim migrants to the UK, and most of the legal Muslim immigrants too. This is just endless scare mongering from the Remain campaign.

Have you tried duolingo? Seems like it supports Norwegian now.
I am not sure how in-depth these courses are though.

https://www.google.no/flights/#search;f=OSL,TRF,RYG;d=2016-12-14;r=2016-12-18;mc=e

or

https://matrix.itasoftware.com/

I am sure you have tried both, but in case you have not here are some options.

Aurora Forecast 3D https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.embarcadero.AuroraForecast3D

It's developed by the Kjell Henriksen Observatoty on Svalbard. Few have more expertise in Aurora borealis than them. http://kho.unis.no/

>Muslims have an equal chance of getting in as any other person if they have the skills and money

But why would anyone else want to come in? being out of the EU kills an incentives for Europeans to come in. The US has been facing a similar problem with Mexicans for decades. Europeans don't want to go there, there is no incentive for them.

>unlike in the EU where all they need is to get ashore

the EU is not schengen, this statement applies to schengen. The UK was never in schengen. How many times do I have to repeat this to you? You had an incredibly sweet deal of EU membership without schengen that allowed you to get all kinds of european labor and skilled workers and at the same time get away with things like this that restricted muslim immigration https://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/mar/12/eu-workers-deported-earning-less-35000-employees-americans-australians and you just tossed the deal straight out of the window. bravo.... bravo.... enjoy your mass muslim immigration and European expat exodus. You brought it on yourselves.

>Enjoy your no go zones.

We don't have any, but you soon will have.

To help you learn Norwegian for free: https://www.duolingo.com/course/no-BO/en/Learn-Norwegian-(Bokm%C3%A5l)-Online

You can adjust it so it's Spanish--> Norwegian instead of English--->Norweigan

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They tend to be slightly pricey, but you'll find them everywhere. Oslo has a shop with some US foodstuff: http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vikamat.no%2Fnews%2F90-kom-inn-til-en-spennende-handel-hos-oss

It's expensive.

If you're going to be studying at UiO, check out Uglebo- it's a pretty cool student hangout.

This book was pretty helpful.

Try to befriend non-americans (or whatever country you're from). Thanks to this, I have very good friends from all across the world, as well as many residents of Oslo.

There's a coffee shop near the police station where you have to get registered- have their BLT. it's pretty good.

Depends, this is difficult to know as the weather is difficult to predict. Some years it is warm and others it is not, just bring clothes that fit's the weather. One search on google can give you this, data from last july in Bergen, but of course you need to look at the weather reports before you go.

You should be able to find a spot on the mostly wooded peninsula on Lovatnet itself. Here's a street view as seen from the road above.. There's a path going down just up the road on the right which will lead you to the wreck of DS Lodalen, and if you keep walking along the path for 20 minutes or so, you'll eventually come to the highest point on the peninsula - it's the one with a great big cross on it. That's as far as I've been, so you could find something in the immediate surroundings there, or try to explore a bit more. You might just find the perfect spot closer to the water where there's less trees.

^Also, ^there's ^probably ^no ^ghosts ^there... ^Probably.

Definitely 7000NOK! Don't worry :P I live very cheaply (but well! Decent quality food since I can cook, etc), though, and since I'm part Dutch I kind of inherited that culture of thriftiness and bargain-hunting. 7000NOK might not be enough in Oslo.

As for ferries and stuff across the Atlantic, I think most of the commercial options are cruises, but check out this article: http://www.ehow.com/list_7597470_boat-trips-europe-usa.html :)

The grammar thing is because while Norwegian grammar is quite simple (Especially verbs! No infliction for person! Instead of am/are/is, and have/has Norwegian only has "er" and "har"), people speaking English often have trouble with grammatical gender, since English doesn't have it at all. A familiarity with German and Spanish helps there. It doesn't, sadly, help with the definite suffix, or the double definite. (Also a difficult one for English speakers, since there's no word that is the exact equivalent of "the".) Also, be aware that what you will learn is Standard Eastern Norwegian, and written Norwegian bokmål. That's one of the two written forms (the other is Norwegian nynorsk), and neither comes too close to the way people speak, so get used to understanding only people from one part of the country, most likely the part you live in.

Never heard of what you're mentioning here.

The Swedis wikipedia has quite a bit on the mythology. http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=no&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=sv&tl=en&u=http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skata%23Mytologi_och_kult (scroll down to the bit about mythology quite close to the end of the page)

According to that page, the Magpies are seen as Hel's bird. Hel was a death goddess in norse myth. Also it was seen as a messenger of the gods, and later seen as a sign of disease and death again as well as having some symbolic meaning in the witch hunts as familiars of the witches. It was also seen as Satan's "soul robber." Nice. As for how much of this belongs in Norse myth, I'm not sure.

It's really difficult finding good search results for magpies and myth, because the Norwegian word for magpie is skjære which also means cut.

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Great artwork!
Thanks to my Norwegian grandparents and their wealth of spoken folktales, I've been fascinated by these creatures since my earliest childhood memories. During one of our earlier visits to Norway, I was given a really cool book, that to this day remains one of the most comprehensive, descriptive guides to the various "hidden residents" of Norway I've ever read.
I have the 1970 printing, which is shockingly expensive now, but I found a later '79 printing that's much more affordable. (Both on Amazon).

https://www.amazon.com/Phantoms-Fairies-Norwegian-Folklore-Tanums/dp/B0006D2JJ6

The best one, in my opinion is not an online one, it is an actual book, but they have finally published it in ebook form. I have both. It is Einar Haugen's "Norwegian-English Dictionary: A Pronouncing and Translating Dictionary of Modern Norwegian (Bokmål and Nynorsk) with a Historical and Grammatical Introduction "

Brilliant brilliant brilliant.

I posted it about it in /r/norsk [HERE]. (Read the comment there for a link to the Google Books sample, if you want to see what it is like between the covers.)

Read about it on Amazon with some reviews HERE.
If you decide you want to order the ebook version (is a pdf, but can be converted with a little effort) there is a discount available via a quick Googling, at least there was a couple months ago when I bought it.

Edit: Is only Norwegian to English, though.

I would also like to add this app for someone traveling. Maybe you witness a car accident or something happens, then it would be nice to get help even though you don't know the name of the place you are

Here's the CV I used: https://www.dropbox.com/s/gk4qurbg8epkga1/CV%20P%C3%A5%20Norsk.pdf

I combined this with a brief cover letter, I was looking for work as a server or in an office so I would change it up slightly. For the interview I would make sure you can describe yourself and it would be useful to be able to describe activities relating to the job. You can't really fake being conversational in another language, so if you are then great, if not just be willing to try.

Here are some suggestions:

Catch fjellheisen. Keep in mind the short day.

Spend a day hunting the Aurora Borealis (with a guide. Don't go hiking in crazy places without one!)

Enjoy a nice meal at De 4 Roser.

Go skiing.

You can get some good tips from tripadvisor.

And if you're up for two hikes you could check out Kjerag as well.

http://www.ryfylke.com/en/Product/?TLp=33877&Kjerag=

Heya, fellow person who lives in Bergen! Weren't it for the fact that I'm extremely busy this weekend I'd show you Sportsbaren Bukowskis which shows American Football (unless something more 'important' happens, like regular football).

I'm not there too often (and it's fairly new) but I think this Saturday they'll probably prioritize the Man Utd - Fulham and Chelsea - Newcastle matches.

Jeg skjønner ikke helt hva du skriver? Men kanskje vi kan løse oppgavene likevel :)

Først den første: Fe^2+ + Ag

Her er spørsmålet om jernioner er i stand til å oksidere sølv. (Og svaret er nei, siden jern oksiderer lettere enn sølv, noe som er lett å huske siden jern ruster lett mens et sølvsmykke holder seg pent i mange år.) Standard reduksjonspotensial hadde du visst en oversikt over selv, ellers kan du finne det her (side 6 og utover). I tabellen ser man at reaksjonen

(I) Ag^+ + e^- → Ag har standard reduksjonspotensiale E^0 = 0,80 V

mens reaksjonen

(II) Fe2^+ + 2e^- → Fe har standard reduksjonspotensiale E^0 = -0,45

Nå kan vi finne E^0 for reaksjonen din, Fe^2+ + 2 Ag → Fe + 2 Ag^+

Den er det samme som å gange reaksjon I med 2, snu den, og legge den sammen med II. Eller II-2I, om du vil (hvis du er vant med å løse ligninger på den måten i matematikken, så kan du tenke på omtrent samme måte her). Spørsmålet du må svare på, er om E^0 for reaksjonen er positivt (i så fall vil reaksjonen gå) eller negativ (da skjer det ingenting). Og hvordan finner vi E^0 for reaksjonen? Vi legger sammen E^0 for halvreaksjonene.

Da får vi E^0 = E^0 (reaksjon II) - E^0 (reaksjon I, minus siden reaksjonen er snudd) = -0,45 V - 0,80 V = -1,25 V, som er negativt, altså skjer det ingenting.

Får du til de andre oppgavene nå?

Vil også tipse om r/chemhelp (hvis du klarer å formulere kjemioppgavene dine på engelsk).

edit: endra avsnittene litt, det så dumt ut ...

edit2: bæsja på leggen. Trur det er ok nå.

First off, these aren't mountains, rather features that are on mountains. Second, you can pretty much camp anywhere in Norway as long as you are respectful and equipped. See: http://wikitravel.org/en/Right_to_access

Pretty crazy to think you could cross into Russia from Norway, keep on driving, without leaving Russia and eventually be in a port where you can get a ferry to Japan! It's a vast country.

http://wikitravel.org/en/Russia_to_Japan_via_Sakhalin

North of the Arctic Circle there is midnight sun in the middle of the summer (around 25 May – 17 July in Lofoten), and in August the sun will rise around 04:25 and set around 21:50 (in Lofoten). And naturally it's harder to see Northern Lights when the sun is up.

According to Wikitravel Northern Lights are observed from late August to mid April, with a peak in September and March.

Lofoten and Tromsø are probably very nice places all year round, but if you want to see Northern Lights I would probably try in September instead, when there is less sun, and more Northern Lights. In August the southern parts of Norway are very nice, and especially Western Norway has a lot of great nature, fjords and mountains.

Keep in mind that Norwegian churches can't be compared to American churches. We have way fewer fundamentalists. Norwegian churches don't really spend money on billboards and Jesus camps and that shit. See here for some statistics on how the money is spent. Most of it goes towards paying wages.

This could also be of interest.

Note: I am definitely an atheist, and I am not trying to defend the state's funding of the church. But like other Norwegians have expressed in this thread, it doesn't really matter enough for me to care.

You failed to mention the thing is 1500 pages! Here's some highlights from Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten, to english with Google Translate

Regarding your edit. You can either make a self-post, with text, but no link. Or you can make a link post, with a link, but no text. As you found out, you can always put the link in the text of a self-post.

Reports of at least one person impersonating a police officer shooting in the crowd, and also reports of automatic gun fire. Google Translated version: http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=no&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=no&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nrk.no%2Fnyheter%2Fnorge%2F1.7723132

> The Nobility did this by selectively breeding

No, they didn't. I am from German and Anglo-Irish aristocracy (actual kings, princes, princesses, not just people with a surname that sounds like a title). Most of the marriages (before the fall of the monarchies) were to make/preserve political alliances and pretty much no other reason. The nobility pretty much never chose their partners via some kind of eugenic theory. Have you heard of the Hapsburg Jaw? That should give you some idea about how much most nobles knew or cared about genetics.

> That's why female nobility were kept in their estates so they would never get sick, it's also why they were so white because they hardly ever saw the sun.

Wat. Is ... is that Lamarckism? Or are you just saying they were generally (not genetically) pale because they were indoors? Do you want to lock your putative Norwegian wife indoors her whole life? Because most of the Norgies I know are kinda outdoorsy and would not like that.

I've got a credit card as soon as I settle my salary account. No problem. But exchange fees are not low. For travel I am using Wise debit card, https://wise.com/invite/i/andriim405. Exchange fees are low and you even can trade currencies. you will get virtual card instantly and physical card within a week

It really depends on how you want to use the word. I use this definition. Especially the part about ''Pay part of the cost of producing (something) to reduce prices for the buyer'' is to me the definition of subsidization. Since the Norwegian government doesn't take any of the cost of the vehicles themselves, I don't view it as subsidization, but rather an absence of fees that are already pretty high. You didn't quote your source, so as far as I can tell, you made that up yourself.

In Windows, you can set Norwegian as your keyboard language and then just switch to a Norwegian keyboard whenever you write in Norwegian. It’s a little clunky as we also have all our punctuation bound to other keys than an English setup, but with some practice it’ll work. You can easily switch between languages hitting windows+space after you’ve installed a Norwegian keyboard.

I’m sure you can somehow do this with a Mac or Linux computer as well.

Get a paper map of southern Norway and use it to decide on ferries or not. Googlemaps is the best digital map, but use a large map for overview. Ferries are sometimes great timesavers and sometimes boring. I've driven extensively all over southern Norway. You will have a good time and find interesting places and photo ops many places. Don't be to ambitious, Talk to people and check the weather https://www.yr.no/?spr=eng. Also warm clothing, wool for the entire body, warm boots and wind (and water) proof outerwear. Have blankets, snowshovel, snacks/food and drinks in the car. You might get stuck or have to wait for a convoy in the mountains. Fill up the tank frequently and try to keep it at more than half. Be careful, enjoy and have a great adventure

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE with support Beaten to Death will play on Rockefeller that sunday.

Beaten To Death is Norwegian. And Metal... But not "norwegian metal".

I tried to see the other scenes around town, but couldn't find any Norwegian Metal shows on that night.

Great ! Some people are coming from Stavanger too. I will keep you informed here. You can find my original post on Minds.com here:

https://www.minds.com/archive/view/558728386919276544

or on imgur: http://imgur.com/gallery/DOeAXmB/new

I really look forward to meeting you !

Issue Solved!

If anyone else ever runs into this problem, I got in contact with the help desk at NordVPN and they were able to help me. I was using Firefox with MacOS Catalina and had to use the following instructions:

"Please disable DNS over HTTPS on your browser, and run an extended test run on which will help up identify whether your connection is proper now:

1. On the top right corner of your browser, select the Menu button, and then Options/Preferences (or Settings)
2. In the General panel, scroll down to Network Settings, and click the Settings button.
3. In the dialog box that opens, scroll down and disable "Enable DNS over HTTPS" checkbox"

Then run the extended test on

The test will then run 6 query rounds and when it's finished, will spit out the following information:

IP, Hostname, ISP, and Country. You want to make sure that it identifies your country as the country you placed yourself in (in this instance, Norway).

This did the trick and hopefully this will be of help if anyone else runs into the same issue :) Overall though, I recommend talking to their service desk anyway, they were super helpful and nice. Had to pass through a chat bot first but once I asked to speak to a real person I got in touch with someone within 2 minutes and the whole thing was super fast and easy!

This seems authentic: https://www.amazon.com/Authentic-Norwegian-Cooking-Astrid-Karlsen-ebook/dp/B005KCZ0GM/ref=sr_1_55?dchild=1&keywords=Norwegian+food&qid=1622783352&s=digital-text&sr=1-55

Norsk-norsk?

Norwegian-english?

Norwegian-any other language?

Dictionary apps are mainly made for Norwegians learning foreign languages.

I use this when studying Spanish, and it will reverse and be just as useful for a Spanish person learning Norwegian:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dk.letsoftware.KFSpanish&hl=en_us

If you search for that developer , Ordnett, you'll find other dictionaries.

They are not free. In fact, they are pretty expensive.

If you were to happen to be in the market for a trusty VPN service, not to bypass licenses or anything like that, of course, I could happen to recommend TunnelBear. It's not free. Lag, ads and malware are free, though.

> Also, I am fairly new to Norway, any suggestions for a VPN service?

Private Internet Access works well for me. It's got an app that can be configured to disable your internet connection if the VPN server disconnects, you can connect your torrent-client to their proxy-server as an extra layer of security and they have servers in the US that allows you to access Hulu and other region-specific services.

No probs, man. I added a few things so it might be worth a reskim.

I think context and status play an important role in how we ought to express ourselves. Presumably you wouldn't speak like this to a toddler, or a stranger at a bus stop, or a crowd of conference attendees. Online communities are almost a combination of the three. You don't need to "dumb down" your writing or anything, just make sure every word is needed. Focus on clear expression and then wax poetic, and don't use fancier words just to use them -- make sure they fit. You don't want to scatter them this way and that -- it doesn't make the composition as a whole more refined, but rather lowers the value of each fancy word. Synonyms are usually different in shades, and great writing will pick the best word to use (paying attention both to meaning and cadence), instead of an ok one.

A good place to start (besides reading all the English you can get your hands on) is Strunk's "The Elements of Style". Certainly don't follow it to the letter, but think about his suggestions and reject them only when you've a good reason (ie, assign a high prior to him being right). I'll end with a quote:

>Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the writer make all his sentences short, or that he avoid all detail and treat his subjects only in outline, but that every word tell.

The comics about Norwegians by Jenny Blake:

Brown Cheese Please

Norsk, ikke sant?

I recommend packing Frogg Toggs or an equivalent, because along with a jacket and hood, it comes with rain pants, which are awesome. Breathable, super lightweight, they roll up tiny, and they usually come in a nifty little pouch that I tack onto other bags with a clip. Also very inexpensive!

I guess this isn't appropriate?

Seriously have merino wool thermals, merino wool socks, thick beanie and a proper fur trappers hat, snow jacket as well as a heavy soft shell jacket....if I'm caught sort I will buy extra in your beautiful country.

I'd recommend, if you haven't already, to check this book out: https://www.amazon.com/Almost-Nearly-Perfect-People-audiobook/dp/B00WAFRDR6/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

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The narrator for the audiobook is pretty funny so I'd recommend going that route. But the author did an entertaining job of looking at each Scandinavian country, why they are on a pedestal, their history, and then taking a "tongue in cheek" look behind the curtains a bit. For Norway, racism and xenophobia is one of the things he touches on.

our family airbnb'd a farm outside of Roros last summer and it was awesome. There's beautiful horses on the property and there's plenty of good hiking around. Here's the link...https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/4162061

https://www.facebook.com/cheap.beer.oslo?sk=app_195111700182

If you use facebook :) It's an updated list with all the cheap beerprices. But generally speaking.. west is expensive, east is cheap. But don't expect much of the places with cheap beer. It's generally places which attract a certain crowd.

It's a prawn cracker called kappa ebisen! There are Korean equivalents but they have never tasted the same for me.

https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%81%8B%E3%81%A3%E3%81%B1%E3%81%88%E3%81%B3%E3%81%9B%E3%82%93-%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC-85g-%C3%9712%E8%A2%8B/dp/B07SRXTHNS

Ebi just means prawn which is why there are kappas and prawns on the packaging! :P

1 Norway is big. 10-14 days will have you driving and not really seeing the country.

2 Mountains are dangerous, autumn is here. Don't go hiking if that's not a thing you'd do normally and if you are not 100 % sure of what you're doing.

3 If you ignore nr. 2, check yr.no for weather reports frequently. Bring equipment for sudden worsening of weather. If ut.no or other maps say a hike is long, they are given time for brisk walking. Don't underestimate distances.

4 If you still insist, this app will know when you call 113 to get rescued and relay your position to rescuers.

5 All memes about personal space are true. There is room to give us room.

You'll need a 240->120 transformer no matter how you look at it. That'll be rated for a certain wattage, which will be well above the limit rating for your devices. At a pinch, I'd just get a regular USB to 240v charger, if USB is all you have, since USB power ratings are more or less universal. If you get a CE approved USB wall socket charger, there's very little that can go wrong. You'll not blow any fuses or start any fires with any electrical equipment sold inside Europe.
However, why do you need 1250w charging?
If you add Laptop, camera, phone and other small electronic devices, you'll barely crack 500w even at maximum output. A Laptop charger usually doesn't pull more than 100-200w, phones can't charge with more than 12-15w, same for other, similar sized batteries. So you can safely leave your charger ports behind, and go for something like this
https://www.amazon.com/Voltage-Converter-International-Adapter-European/dp/B073J9QWKY
Which will save you a little money and do everything you require of it.

This is on the amazon product page both for the Anker 615 and 727 > 3. Worldwide Travel: The USB ports support an input voltage of 100-240V～50/60Hz

You should be fine with just an outlet adapter.

I don't see any sugar in the ingredient list. https://www.amazon.com/Kraft-Original-Flavor-Macaroni-Cheese/dp/B003M0ZDAM/

But I think it's also a bit reductive to blame it on sugar as though everything else on that ingredient list is super healthy. "Cheese sauce mix", refined flour in the macaroni itself are both terrible.

You did asked for the best.

Trekroneren is probably the street stand you mention, good street food.

Naboen is very good, they have two sections, restaurant on the ground floor and pub food in the basement.

If you want cheap and good food I can also recommend Kafe Special

Get the yr app it's ridiculously accurate, but some random rainshowers might even be detected. Other times it feels like it's on the minute.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=no.nrk.yr&hl=en&gl=US

I also also want to mention that a smart buddy of me explained that a lot of forecasts have "rain bias" meaning they predict a little more rain just to be safe. Norwegians can easily complain if your app is showing too good weather etc.

If there's a 4-6h opening between rain it should be pretty accurate and you can use the live radar to double check.

Really no subtitles? tried a VPN? NordVPN with code work "kandy" and it'll give you a good deal (I'm not even affiliated with either). Often if you VPN to another place, they have subtitles for it. Usually in english. Unless its a spanish country.

You need a waffle iron and waffle batter.

Remember that baking powder is not the same as baking soda.

> want to download the “Hvor?” app

I've not heard of that app before - is there a difference between Hvor and Norgeskart outdoors?

Two posters in Amazon.

Flåmsbana

Oslo-Bergen

This the app for the Møre og Romsdal (Åndalsnes is in it) region. Try to install it and see if it works. I think you need your phone number to register. But it should work with any country number because its a public transportation.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=no.mrf.android

https://youtu.be/bAGhXcYc0o4 (one of many YouTube videos about Norway)

You never regret the things in life you've tried 😊

Also, download a translation app like this; https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.translator (for android) It goes a long way to attempt a few words in the native language before asking if you can continue the conversation in English 😄

And keep in mind that subjective feelings/opinions like "I hate this place" or "I love this place" only reflects on them, and how they perceive life.-they would probably love or loathe another spot on 🌏🌍🌎

Good luck 👍

Googling the term used by OP, it is not the same (didn't stop me from eating O'Boy with a spoon when I was a kid though...).

Choclick seems to be more of a... nut and chocolate biscuit ground into powder? I've never seen such a thing in Norway though.

Regarding language, we’ve been using Duolingo and the Mystery of Nils books. We also listen to Norwegian podcasts and news. We got a VPN (NordVPN) so we can watch NRK.

We’ve been at this routine for about 2 years and feel pretty comfortable that we could get by. I also speak German, so that’s been helpful.

I’d be happy to recommend shows and/or podcasts when you’re ready!

I use the card from my country (Indonesia), Mastercard Debit Card and Visa Credit Card, both works fine. I talked to the bank first that I'm going to use my card in Norway and told them that transactions done in Norway is not a fraud.

In some places you can pick which currency to pay with, I usually pick the NOK one instead of IDR, just so I know how many NOKs I spend in 1 transaction.

You can also go to an ATM and withdraw cash in NOK from your original currency (EUR), the ATM will tell you the exchange rate, it might be pretty bad rate though, but if you need cash, it is possible to do withdrawal with your ATM card from your country.

Contactless payment is pretty popular here so if you have a contactless card, it can be used here.

Pick whichever is convenient, Wise/Revolut is another viable option.

In Trondheim, download the ATB mobilett app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=no.wtw.atb for your bus tickets. Buy the period ticket in the app if you are regularly using the bus, 7 days ticket = 294 NOK, 30 days ticket = 890 NOK (if you buy on the bus, it's 62 NOK for adult ticket, for a single trip).

In case you need a local phone provider, you can get a prepaid simcard from Telia, bring your passport, I got mine from Telia Store inside Solsiden Mall. You will have to buy the data package yourself though, 6 GB is 329 NOK, and 3 GB is 249 NOK IIRC. Subscription plan is cheaper, I will switch to subscription once my norwegian card is ready.

Welcome to Trondheim!

I guess planning hiking routes doesn't work that well on Strava, since it's more cycling/running focused. I re-planned it in AllTrails, since it includes various different types of maps, including trails - https://www.alltrails.com/explore/map/map-24f0d2c--29?u=m

Idea is to take a bus to Husøy if ferry/bus timing works out, otherwise I'll probably skip it. Still includes some roads, but less than before.

By Senja på langs do you mean this?

If so, I don't think I want to take it simply because I just love those mountain peninsulas, jut seeing images of them really excited me and so I built the whole trip around them.

Seems like you have done some research already.

For the lurkers:

• http://www.lonelyplanet.com/europe/travel-tips-and-articles/76243
• http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g190479-d3524103-Reviews-The_Bergen_Railway-Oslo_Eastern_Norway.html

An alternate location might be this, although it's only really accessible via the Flåm railway (and that rail-journey is expensive). The view is amazing though, and the food is pretty nice too. Good for hiking/biking as well. Feels a lot less "touristy" than Flåm, although that means it's also more... out of the way.

As for activities there's hiking the rallarveg (rallar-road), or some of the nearby mountains. Taking a bike down to flåm and the train back up is also nice (the hotel can probably arrange the bike-rental for you. Down in Flåm you can take the boat to gudvangen (through nærøyfjorden (UNESCO)), or maybe get to stegastein (viewpoint). There's also a tourist information office in Flåm where you can get brouchures of the area with different excursions and the like.

Also if you are staying in Vatnahalsen I would recommend going to Voss one day (1 hour trainjourney), it's a lovely little town with lot's to see.

If you have any additional questions/want more information, feel free to ask/PM.

If you can't find anything and need somewhere to stay temporarily, check out Airbnb. Much cheaper and more convenient than a hotel, and some even have discounts if you're staying for longer than a week.

Edit: Noticed afterwards that you already fixed the hotel, oh well ;)

Pre-edit: Awesome, did a quick hotel check and it appears that Raddison Blue has rooms available for this night(allthough a bit expensive, 1500,- ish ), this is hotel A at the map:

https://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF-8&q=hotel+oslo+sentrum&fb=1&hq=hotel&hnear=0x46416bb3f8b7d64b:0x9cad8a439f8859cc,Sentrum,+Oslo,+Norway&ei=dKtcUMrEHsfKsgboiIH4BA&ved=0CJ4CELYD&iwloc=cids:3013753441671997541

This hotel is available by walking out on the side of the station where track 1 is, you will go past a store, out on a "bridge" over the road, you will then see a glass coated "skyscraper".

If you do not have any luck there, you can exit on the other side of the station, by track 16/the airport express area, across the taxi area you have another hotel (Thon Hotel Opera, for some reason they do not appear on that map)

Good luck!

"Dag" is probably my favorite. "Hvite gutter (white boys)" is a funny recent series. But the first two seasons are the most funny. If you vant to se some strange Norwegian humor, i can recommend a lot of the shows/series made by Harald Eia, Bård Tufte Johansen and co. "Uti vår hage" (In the same alley as "Mr.Show"), "Lille lørdag", "Team Antonsen".

Or you could simply go to a service like trakt and look at how users rate shows. Here filtered by county 'norway' https://trakt.tv/shows/popular?countries=no

One meaning of "Vene" is "the fair" - as in pretty. Dokken means "hollow" or "topological depression" Read about the word dokken here: https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=dokken As mentioned in the "bygdebok"-article above, Venedokken was situated between two other farmsteads: Djupedokken (Djup=Deep) and Rotebakkdokken (Rotebakk= Root hill)

Would not recommend MyProtein! Despite having a .no URL and a website written in Norwegian, they actually ship from the UK and you have to pay import duties when the goods arrive. I spent about 600 NOK on their website, shipping was like 100 NOK and then had to pay an additional 400 NOK in customs fees. 👎🏻 https://www.trustpilot.com/review/www.myprotein.no

> Is the timing of this schedule reasonable from a travel perspective, if it was you, how would you shift it to maximize the experience?

This sounds quite doable.

> What time would we need to be traveling to see some of the landscape on the train from Kiruna --> Narvik?

As close to noon as possible. If you take the earliest flight from Zurich and connect in Stockholm, it looks like you can be in Kiruna at one o'clock. I think you will still have some daylight then. It also depends when in February you go, of course. Here are sunrise and sunset estimates for Kiruna in February. Note you will have some twilight outside of this interval as well.

some english examples here:

https://www.slideshare.net/VidarTrane/safety-check-class-b-license-norway-bmw-x1-2014-30147847

Someone I know from Brazil used this after she had gotten a little knowledge. It's a famous Norwegian novel (a very light and easy read) and this version has the original text complimented with an english dictionary on each page. It's really well made and she learned a lot from it. It works better when you have learned a bit from before though.

https://www.amazon.com/Naiv-Super-Nelsbok-1-Norwegian/dp/0976307200/

I did extensive searching before I came along the best website:

You need an IP from Norway (I use NordVPN as a proxy, but any tunnel will work) to access the site. You can search place names, then narrow it down from the list.

Well I’ve been using ExpressVPN for 1.5 years with Hulu and haven’t had a problem

Also currently have a free prime trial this month.

I also watch hgtv

So perhaps you’re using a bad vpn? I did alot of research before picking one , including reading here on Reddit and there are a couple than definitely work.

Does once a year something go wonky and can’t watch Hulu for a day ? Sure, but they always fix it

Oh, by the way. If you are not afraid of a half day mountain hike you should seriously consider hiking over Vidden from Fløyen to Ulriken (or the other way round). You get to experience the two most popular mountain tourist destinations in Bergen (both of which has a restaurant), and walk a pretty spectacular hiking trail right next to and above the city. Link to the Vidden hiking trail @ Tripadvisor.

On day 14 I see you got an extra day in Geiranger, consider visiting Hellesylt (with an epic waterfall) or Valldal, there is a ferry-connection. Also, you might be able to get a bus ride from Geiranger to Trollstigen viewpoint. Thats worth a trip.

Why don't you study Norwegian for free with Duolingo? You can achieve a A2/B1 level of fluency in your spare time. You'll have to find a practice partner or you can partner up with others online with the program.

https://www.duolingo.com/course/no-BO/en/Learn-Norwegian-(Bokm%C3%A5l)-Online

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[Duolingo](https://www.duolingo.com/course/no-BO/en/Learn-Norwegian-(Bokm%C3%A5l) has a nice free online Norwegian course - easy to jump right into - if you would like to understand and speak a little Norwegian.

I agree with the other commenters who said to find rubber boots that have room for thick wool socks, for in the factory. If you can find a comfortable enough pair, they can serve for a bit of hiking too.

If someone cooks for you, say "takk for maten" when you are finished eating.

Do you like to fish? This guy recommends gear to have for surfcasting in Lofoten.

finn.no is the craigslist of Norway. Here's a search for renting apartments in Oslo, translated with Google.

Edit: For the number of bedrooms you want to look at the line written in grey beneath the title of the ad. For some reason google translate thinks a "tre-roms" (literally three-room) is a three BED-room apartment, which usually isn't the case.

While not the same brand, try the Kvarøy arctic salmon burgers and hot dogs. I worked at the plant that produces both here in Norway. They are exported to the US for sale in a variety of different stores all over the country. I think they can satisfy your cravings and be a similar healthy alternative.

See a Amazon link here or try to find a local retailer: https://www.amazon.com/Kvar%C3%B8y-Arctic-Frozen-Salmon-Basics/dp/B095TPDQWW