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Culture Bergen

11 Reviews When you're in Bergen you have to know what this song's about. it's a Must for all visitors.Brann means fire in Norwegian. Yahoo Heia Brann, Heia Brann Blod e tjukkere enn vann. Heia Brann Helt fra...

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Fresh Fish, Shellfish, Crabs and Shrimp Stavanger

1 Review Available at the dock between the oil museum and the huge parking garage. Get there early if you want to buy crabs because they never last! One of the best benefits of living by the sea is the easy...

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Fotball (Soccer) Rosenborg Trondheim

3 Reviews Rosenborg Ballklub is the pride of the city, and the entire nation since they made such an impact on the European Championship League. The best football club in Norway, and champions year after year....

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People Bergen

5 Reviews It is said of the Bergensers that they are born with Wellies on their feet. It might be true actually. I have never before been to a place where rubber boots were actually an item of fashion and...

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Lutefisk - Lyed fish Stavanger

1 Review Around Christmastime in Norway, my Norwegian family took me out to eat lutefisk in a restaurant. They said it was a fish-speciality that you usually only have about once a year. Whereas my host mother...

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St Olav Trondheim

2 Reviews Not only is local hero St Olav big in York too, where a central church has his name. Trondheim's symbol is a rose, uncanningly similar to the white rose of Yorkshire! Wonder if the typical English...

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Festivals Bergen

5 Reviews I was so luck that I have experienced Matfest i Bryggen in 2005. You can taste lots of traditional food( brown cheese, smoked salmon ..etc) and take the opportunity of reasonable prices. Colourful...

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Broken Umbrella & Broken Bicycle Stavanger

1 Review This is a brilliant Norwegian concept based on, and in answer to Broken Column, a set of sculptures that an Englishman placed about town. Broken Umbrella is a popular interactive work in which many...

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Bike lift Trondheim

4 Reviews A funny installation in Trondheim for getting up the steep hill (Brubakken) with your bike. It takes you almost all the way up to the fortress. You need a key card to use it (Tourist office at Torvet...

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17th of May Bergen

3 Reviews The parade taking place on the 17th of May is a must-see for sure! It begins with boys playing drums (the sound spreads all over the city), you can watch interesting national costumes (I liked...

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17. mai/May 17th Trondheim

2 Reviews If you thought this habit of Saturday marches are silly, wait untill you see how they calculate the number of participants. Every time we have certain protests in Croatia organisers and opposition...

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Mailboxes Trondheim

1 Review As everywhere in Norway also in Trondheim you’ll find those funny groups of mailboxes along the major streets. It seems that Norwegian postmen are somewhat lazy so the Post office requires neighbours...

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Antique books Trondheim

1 Review One of the best antique bookstores in Norway, and always a temptation for a booklover like me when I visit Trondheim. They have a first-class selection of used and antique books. Wangsmo Antikvariat...

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Students Trondheim

2 Reviews One you see half-naked guys ruunning in their underwear around town in August you can be sure that the new academic year has started. That's just one of the rituals they have for their freshmen....

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Saturday protests Trondheim

1 Review Every Saturday there are protests and marches around town and by simply looking you would think that people in this country and city are really fed up with their poor lives and living conditions....

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Vacation of hotel staff - hotel closed

by Rachel972

The tourist season in Norway is in summer. We were there in July, several hotels (around Haugesund) were closed for two weeks because the whole staff went on vacation at the same time. It's true that July is a nice time for vacations for Norwegians too. I think of several other countries where people really need to make a living from the tourists, and would want to work every day of the season to earn their living. But Norway is a rich country, and the hotel seekers will find a different hotel.

Love for country cottages

by DanielF

Norwegians seem to be a very peace-loving people. Even if there is no trace of stress or rush in their lifes, they all seem to look for isolation and loneliness. That is why the country is dotted with small wooden houses in the most unsuspected places where locals go as soon as they have a little bit of free time.

Northernmost Windmill Farm?

by travelfrosch

From the coastal steamer, we were able to see this windmill farm. We were north of Hammerfest, so I expect this is the northernmost windmill farm. I have no confirmation of this, however. This seems to me a very sensible and environmentally friendly way to produce electricity, especially in an area as windy as this. Interestingly enough, American environmentalists are violently opposed to such windmill farms being built in windy areas of the USA. I haven't the foggiest idea why.

Vinmonopolet

by travelfrosch

Norway has rather strict alcohol regulations. If you want to buy anything stronger than "weak beer" (what Americans might know as "near-beer"), you must go to a State-controlled liquor store. At the "Vinmonopolet," you can buy wine, "strong" beer, and other spirits. Americans might find it familiar with the alcohol restrictions imposed in the U.S. state of Utah, except that Utah has a system of private "clubs" to buy stronger alcohol. The government-controlled stores are similar to those U.S. states such as New Hampshire and Virginia have for spirits. Since it's government-run, and since it's a monopoly, opening hours are... shall we say, less than plentiful.

national day

by SORHUS

17th of may is our national day and its celebrated diffrent depending on where u arein norwayhere are some examples :OSLO has the children parade around 10 in the morning that pass the palace and wave to the royal family in the aftenoon the drunk senior students are wearing their red or blue clothes (not much to look at)u will also find concerts in the evening as an alternativ celebration often near a place called kubaBERGENhad a multi parade where everything happen at once.....the children parade....the students in their red or blue have jokes and fun stuff.....local teathergroup...sportgroups etc dance play etc in the parade even visitors from other countries go in the paradein the aftenoon the local schools /kindergaarden have their own parades in their own areaHAUGESUNDhere they start with the morning parade at 7 where anyone...even tourist can join8ish there is the boatrace in the...

Camping in Norway

by Diana75

I have noticed during our trip that camping is a very popular way of spending the holiday in the fjords.You can see all around the fjords area plenty of campings with wooden cottages covered with grass, campers and tents offering all the necessary comfort.And almost all were full of tourists!

Vikings ship model in Loen church

by Diana75

In most of Norway's wooden/stave churches there is a model of a Vikings ship.Although it may seem strange to see this model in a church, it is said that the Vikings ship represents the journey of the dead person?s soul from this life to the eternal one.This seems to be an old custom from the Vikings' times.

Where to buy alcohol

by jonkb

Sweden and Norway have a stately imposed monopoly on selling alcohol to the public. The swedish monopolt is calles Systembolaget, while it's Norwegian counterpart is Vinmonopolet. Prices vary but it's generally cheaper to buy on Systembolaget than in Vinmonoplet. Its almost always more expensive in Systembolaget than in countries without monopoly.If you buy alcohol in Sweden and plan to go to Norway, please note that you're only allowed 1l alcohol over 22% and 1l under.

When invited home

by jonkb

Scandinavians are usually a bit reserved whet it comes to inviting strangerrs, but if you manage to be friends with anyone there's a chance you'll be invited home. This does not mean anything else than that you're invited home. It does not mean that you can spend the night or anything else. You're simply invited to sit down for a chat. Perhaps with something to eat and drink.When you arrive, remember to take your shoes of. Walking around inside with only socks are customary in Scandinavia.

Taking a walk

by jonkb

Living in Malm?, I've been made avare of something completely Norwegian that I really hadn't thought of before moving here. Most Norwegians are in some way addicted to the nature. Any given day with decent weather, and you'll see us hiking in the woods or making our way deep into the wildernes. It's called turg?ing, and living where I live I miss it alot. People use to hike for hours in the summer and go cross country skiing in the winter.

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Q: I am wondering which is the best period for a 1-week ski mountaineering holiday in the Lofoten Area and I would like to know if...

A: The Lofoten (and Vesterålen) islands never have that huge amount of snow, they are out in the Gulf stream. Mind you, they weren't even covered by the ice cap that covered...

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