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| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5336 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes  Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 1 of 18 09 January 2014 at 3:03pm | IP Logged | |||||
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As Norwegians we tend to have somewhat of an inferiority complex. Nobody knows where we are, most people around the world think Norway is the capital of Sweden, and we have a past as a colony under two of our neighbours. And a very poor colony, at that.
Almost any country in the world have more interesting architecture than we have, and we do very badly at football and most big sports. Because of all of this, we feel like we won the lottery every time someone in a foreign country speaks nicely about us. And when I saw this article in the Huffington Post, I could not help but want to share it with the rest of you. I cannot link from this machine, but here is the address for the article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/07/norway-greatest-pla ce-on-earth_n_4550413.html I guarantee you that you will want to come to Norway after seeing this :-) 7 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| nicozerpa Triglot Senior Member Argentina Joined 4328 days ago 182 posts - 315 votes Speaks: Spanish*, Portuguese, English Studies: Italian, German | Message 2 of 18 09 January 2014 at 3:51pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Link: 25 Reasons Norway Is The Greatest Place On Earth
In my country, Norway is very famous for its excellent education system. Sometimes, we use Norway as the example of a country with exceptional life quality and where all public services works efficiently. For example, Here in Buenos Aires, bus fares increased a few days ago. My dad was complaining about the raise but my mum, who supports the increase, replied: "You can't have Norwegian quality buses if you pay less than its value". Edited by nicozerpa on 09 January 2014 at 3:54pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| espejismo Diglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5053 days ago 498 posts - 905 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: Spanish, Greek, Azerbaijani | Message 3 of 18 09 January 2014 at 5:21pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Cristina, thanks for fueling my wanderlust yet again. :P
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| eyðimörk Triglot Senior Member France goo.gl/aT4FY7 Joined 4101 days ago 490 posts - 1158 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, French Studies: Breton, Italian | Message 4 of 18 09 January 2014 at 6:02pm | IP Logged | |||||
You'll be ecstatic to know, then, that Tuesday's eight o'clock news on TF1 (France) had a special report on Lillehammer* with glowing reviews of Norway's sense of sustainability, natural aesthetics, and frugality. * seeing as it's the 20th anniversary of the Lillehammer Olympics, and the 2014 Olympics having been in the news a lot recently for the massive costs, both to the Russian economy and the ecosystem. 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5011 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 5 of 18 10 January 2014 at 12:21am | IP Logged | |||||
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:-D today, my friend and I were speaking about travelling. Unlike me, she has visited all the northern countries! I have visited none so far :-( ANd she thinks Norway is awesome! So, I want to go to the north. But only when there is not that cold, I'd like to survive the experience ;-)
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| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5336 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 6 of 18 10 January 2014 at 1:24am | IP Logged | |||||
I am :-) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| 1e4e6 Octoglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4292 days ago 1013 posts - 1588 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Norwegian, Dutch, Swedish, Italian Studies: German, Danish, Russian, Catalan | Message 7 of 18 10 January 2014 at 9:01pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I always grew up knowing that Scandinavia, with their generous welfare system, and income
equality, maternity leave, etc., they were like a society living in the 2180s instead of the 1980s or 1990s when I was a child. I think that Norway was also first on quality of life last year, with Denmark second, Sweden probably close behind. I still try to move there... 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Medulin Tetraglot Senior Member Croatia Joined 4670 days ago 1199 posts - 2192 votes Speaks: Croatian*, English, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Norwegian, Hindi, Nepali | Message 8 of 18 10 January 2014 at 9:16pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I like Sweden better, it is in the EU and it has superb pop music :)
and it has the capital of Scandinavia in it :) I would love to visit Sogn, Troms and Finnmark tho', love Lene Marlin and Tone Damli. And Nynorsk ;) Edited by Medulin on 10 January 2014 at 9:24pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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