Tag: Norwegian
Holidays in Norway
Most Norwegians take a 4 week holiday during the summer. This means that the country slows down a lot and if you are a tourist and you aren´t aware of this, you wonder where everyone is and why nothing is open.
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Where do Norwegians Shop
Because food prices are so high in Norway, many Norwegians drive across the border to Sweden to shop. These purchases amount to over 2 billion USD every year.
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Silence Means Yes
Norwegians can say “yes” as an intake of breath.
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Communicating in Norway
Keeping calm and not displaying strong emotions in public are common virtues in Norway. Despite the emphasis on modesty, Norway mostly has a low-context style of communication.
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Norway’s St. Olav Festival
St. Olav Festival is a celebration of Norway’s patron saint and his crucial role in bringing Christianity to Norway.
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Ice Music Geilo in Norway
Ice Music Geilo is an alternative music festival where the instruments, the stage and the concert area are all carved out of local ice and snow. The Ice Music Festival is the oldest festival of its kind in the world.
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Holmenkollen Ski Festival
Norwegians notoriously go bonkers for winter sports, and their craze is given free rein over a few days each winter during the Holmenkollen Ski Festival, proudly billed as ‘the world’s largest ski party.’
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Norway’s Constitution Day
For Constitution Day, many families traditionally eat a meal of flat bread, thinly sliced dried meats, and milk porridge, with beer or aquavit as a beverage.
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Typical Norwegian Meal
The food considered by many to be most typically Norwegian is brown cheese that is thinly sliced with a cheese plane (a Norwegian invention) and eaten on bread.
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Free Education for All in Norway
Majority of Norwegian universities and state university colleges do not charge tuition fees, even to foreign students. Norway has one of the highest adult literacy rates in the world.
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Norway’s Allemannsrett
There is public rights law in Norway called allemannsrett or “all men’s rights” which gives residents the freedom to roam through all uncultivated land for outdoor sports opportunities and others.
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Thanking Norwegians for a Meal
The male guest of honour thanks the hostess on behalf of the other guests with the phrase “takk for maten” (thanks for the meal).
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