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| Radioclare Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom timeofftakeoff.com Joined 4580 days ago 689 posts - 1119 votes  Speaks: English*, German, Esperanto Studies: Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian | Message 9 of 18 10 January 2014 at 10:08pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I went to Norway for the first time after Christmas this year and it was amazing :) We
stayed in Oslo and I was amazed by what a beautiful city it was. It felt really safe too. I would love to return one day and explore more of the country. We did struggle with the prices though. I knew it would be expensive before we went but even so I was taken aback by the cost of basic groceries. We also didn't realise before we went that you can only buy wine from Vinmonopolet and that it wasn't going to be open on New Year's Eve, so we had a rather sober New Year ;) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5331 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 10 of 18 10 January 2014 at 10:24pm | IP Logged | |||||
I am happy you enjoyed the experience, and I think people need to actually experience the prices before they are able to grasp them. For those of us who live here the prices are a bit more acceptable because the wages are also high, but unfortunately not high enough for us to be able to go out as much as you can in Spain or in the US. Part of our social life is shaped in a way to work around the high costs. Mostly you invite people home, instead of going out, and the students will get almost drunk before they leave their home, so that the one drink you must buy at the over prized disco, will put you nicely over the edge. Even at my age you can invite people to a party and ask them to bring some food and whatever they want to drink. It is far less common than when I was a student, but it still happens :-) Next time you come, get in touch with me! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| 1e4e6 Octoglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4287 days ago 1013 posts - 1588 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Norwegian, Dutch, Swedish, Italian Studies: German, Danish, Russian, Catalan | Message 11 of 18 10 January 2014 at 10:49pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Norway are not in the EU, but the country is very nice. Sweden are best for immigration
to get EU freedom of movement since they are in the EU is true. They are probably rivals, Norway and Sweden, but I doubt that it is like the UK/USA, England/Australia, PRC/Taiwan, PRK/ROK, USA/Canada, Argentina/Uruguay, etc. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| daegga Tetraglot Senior Member Austria lang-8.com/553301 Joined 4518 days ago 1076 posts - 1792 votes Speaks: German*, EnglishC2, Swedish, Norwegian Studies: Danish, French, Finnish, Icelandic | Message 12 of 18 10 January 2014 at 11:16pm | IP Logged | |||||
Afaik you get that in Norway too. At least as a European Citizen your freedom of movement includes Norway, so it probably also applies in the other direction. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| 1e4e6 Octoglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4287 days ago 1013 posts - 1588 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Norwegian, Dutch, Swedish, Italian Studies: German, Danish, Russian, Catalan | Message 13 of 18 10 January 2014 at 11:37pm | IP Logged | |||||
I am not sure of the rules, but probably. But for immigrants round the world, i.e. Cuba, Argentina, Pakistan, Singapore, USA, perhaps Sweden's being in the EU gives something extra. Also Norway have someone that can make them very proud: subtitles">http://www.vgtv.no/#!/video/76074/intervjuet-magn us-carlsen-english- subtitles Edited by 1e4e6 on 10 January 2014 at 11:42pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6594 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 14 of 18 12 January 2014 at 5:33am | IP Logged | |||||
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Norway is in Schengen, which matters more wrt freedom of movement.
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| leroc Senior Member United States Joined 4308 days ago 114 posts - 167 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German | Message 15 of 18 12 January 2014 at 2:09pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Jeg elsker Norge! (Jeg bor der). I highly recommended making a trip to Norwayto all of the HTLAL members; and to counter the 'con' of Norway's elevated cost of living you can eat frugally and buy alcohol in Sweden. Edited by leroc on 12 January 2014 at 4:51pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Guido Super Polyglot Senior Member ArgentinaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6525 days ago 286 posts - 582 votes Speaks: Spanish*, French, English, German, Italian, Portuguese, Norwegian, Catalan, Dutch, Swedish, Danish Studies: Russian, Indonesian, Romanian, Polish, Icelandic | Message 16 of 18 28 January 2014 at 3:47am | IP Logged | |||||
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I've been learning Norwegian since 2012 and it's by far my favourite language and country. I'm literally in love with it, although I've never been there. In fact, my
biggest inspiration to begin my studies as a Trekking Guide in Argentina was Norway, and I'm planing to hike the whole country. I love to watch Norwegian TV (Ingen Grenser was my favourite and extreme inspiring), listen folk music (my weakness is the Hardangerfiddle), hearing and learning about dialectal differences, watching maps and different hiking routes at UT.no... well, I could go on and on and give 100 reasons why Norway is my favourite country, but I think you've got the point :) ;) Guido. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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