Tag: Norwegian
Norway’s Constitution Day
Posted by lingofacts | Sep 15, 2017 | Customs | 0 |
Free Education for All in Norway
Posted by lingofacts | Sep 14, 2017 | Customs | 0 |
Holidays in Norway
by lingofacts | Sep 18, 2017 | Customs | 0 |
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.
Read MoreWhere do Norwegians Shop
by lingofacts | Sep 18, 2017 | Travel | 0 |
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.
Read MoreSilence Means Yes
by lingofacts | Sep 15, 2017 | Language | 0 |
Norwegians can say “yes” as an intake of breath.
Read MoreCommunicating in Norway
by lingofacts | Sep 15, 2017 | Customs | 0 |
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.
Read MoreNorway’s St. Olav Festival
by lingofacts | Sep 15, 2017 | Culture | 0 |
St. Olav Festival is a celebration of Norway’s patron saint and his crucial role in bringing Christianity to Norway.
Read MoreIce Music Geilo in Norway
by lingofacts | Sep 15, 2017 | Culture | 0 |
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.
Read MoreHolmenkollen Ski Festival
by lingofacts | Sep 15, 2017 | Travel | 0 |
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.’
Read MoreNorway’s Constitution Day
by lingofacts | Sep 15, 2017 | Customs | 0 |
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.
Read MoreTypical Norwegian Meal
by lingofacts | Sep 14, 2017 | Customs | 0 |
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.
Read MoreFree Education for All in Norway
by lingofacts | Sep 14, 2017 | Customs | 0 |
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.
Read MoreNorway’s Allemannsrett
by lingofacts | Sep 14, 2017 | Customs | 0 |
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.
Read MoreThanking Norwegians for a Meal
by lingofacts | Sep 14, 2017 | Customs | 0 |
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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