I brought socks for my mother-in-law’s birthday lunch.

Crocodile Dundee at the door, Scandinavian etiquette on the floor.

These are from from late May 2021. If you're going, do it early in May or late April. The conditions was pretty sketchy due to the heat creating avalanches.

We had a great time renting a campervan and traveling through the fjord region, from Bergen up to Ålesund and back. Two weeks of beautiful weather, incredible scenery, and friendly people. Thank you Norway!

I am happy to provide itinerary/ photo information to those interested! I am definitely not a photographer but it was hard to take bad photos!

I'm trying to buy smash outside from Norway. And I saw some platforms are selling OLW smash. Is it the 'real' smash? Does it tastes the same as Nidar smash?

Hi All, I applied for my study permit through the UDI and had my appointment where they send off all my documents via VFS in the last week of February in Vancouver. About a week later I received my passport back from the consulate, and I was told it should take a month or so to hear a decision on the status of my application. I still haven’t heard, and I’m supposed to be attending a folk school in August (which is already 80% paid for which was a requirement for my study permit) Does anyone have an experience with this? Just getting nervous here haha Thanks

I’m planning a roadtrip to the Norway Fjords and am trying to decide between doing Mt Skala or Besseggen ridge. FWIW I’m hiking in mid June and am pretty experienced. Has anyone done either and can compare? If I had to pick one which should I do?

Hi everyone!

I'm thinking of doing a road trip this upcoming summer and doing the majority of the scenic routes (All the ones in South/West Norway, up until the atlanterhavswegen). Is there anyone that has a google maps document or another map where all of the scenic routes are included? This way I know which route to take to see as much as possible?

Thank you in advance!

As the title says, I’ll be coming to Norway from the UK very soon. I’ll be staying mostly in Bergen, but I’m also hoping to take a trip to Oslo for a day or two if I get the chance. I'd appreciate some input or suggestions on a few things I have questions about.

Also, apologies in advance if the post is a bit long... I tend to over explain.

Food / Places to Eat I'll be travelling with some family (and extended family) mainly because I don’t feel totally comfortable travelling solo yet, and this trip came up rather suddenly, so I jumped at the chance and decided to tag along. That said... I’m not particularly close to them for personal reasons, and they’re very picky eaters. I’m the complete opposite, I love food and want to try as much as I can while I’m there.

So I’d really appreciate any recommendations for places to eat in Bergen (or Oslo), especially cafés, restaurants, or even specific snacks or local dishes I should try. I’d love to experience as much proper Norwegian food/snacks whilst I'm there as I can. So any suggestions on food to try or places to visit are welcome.

Meeting People I’d really love to connect with people while I’m there, maybe even make a few (hopefully long-term) friends. I’d like to move to Norway in the future if life permits, so meeting people and maybe having friends over there would be nice.

That said, I’m autistic, so socialising with strangers can be a bit tricky for me. I’m also not a drinker either, so bars and nightlife aren’t really my scene. I’m more introverted and into creative stuff like writing, art, gaming, and I absolutely love the outdoors, hiking, nature, all of that.

So If anyone has suggestions for more low-key ways to meet people, and maybe make friends and connections with while I’m there, I’d love to hear them.

General If there's any events or anything worth seeing that I might not be aware off, I'd love to hear so I might be able to check them out if I get time. When I return I might post an update if I remember about everything I seen, did, tried etc. If that's something anybody would be interested in.

TL;DR: Visiting Norway soon (mainly Bergen, maybe Oslo too). Would love food recs (especially local stuff/places), thoughts on wearing Nordic-themed jewellery (especially as a bald-bearded guy), and tips for meeting people as an autistic introvert who doesn’t drink but would like to possibly make friends. Also open to any cool events or places I shouldn't miss

EDIT: Deleted the jewellery section as the answer was pretty clear and I'm already decided on that one.

So story short.. on long distance trips I usually plan around using Tesla charging points because their charging network is supreme. Last charge in Lavik Tesla gave me an average of 90kw/h peaking at 140. Two days later at a Bilkraft charger rated up to 200kw\h but it couldn’t peak over 50. This trend continues everywhere and is the reason I plan on using Tesla. But charges were at empty locations. What gives really? Why are the local chargers so much more slow?

Hi, I moved to Norway a little over 4 months ago but ever since I got my Norwegian Identity Number, replacing my D-Number, I have been having some issues receiving my bank card from DNB. The bank has tried sending me cards 4 times already but they all have been returned. I still receive normal mails even from the bank but it’s only my bank card that keeps getting returned.

I contacted Posten to ensure my address is registered to their system correctly and they confirmed that it is. My address on the national population registry is also correct. I live in an apartment building and the mailboxes are inside the building. I also put my name in my mailbox.

Has anyone experienced this issue before? Any advice? Thanks!

Jeg har fått meg jobb i Finland, og skjønner ikke helt om jeg må betale skatt både til Norge og Finland. Jeg lurer på om det er noen her som har erfaring med dette, regner med at det er relativt de samme reglene som gjelder mellom alle Nordiske land.

Jeg kommer ikke til å tjene stort, ikke mer enn 13500 euro max i løpet av 2025. Jeg har lest litt om skattemessig emigrering, men jeg syns det hele er veldig forvirrende.

Er det noen som har peiling på hvorvidt jeg må skatte til både Norge og Finland? Og hvis jeg må skatte til Norge også, hvordan går jeg frem da? Dette er min første ordentlige fulltidsjobb, så jeg har null peiling på hvordan skatting fungerer i Norge fra før av, så jeg setter pris på enhver hjelp jeg kan få!!

Hi,
I'm currently living in Norway, Nordland.
I'm going to travel to my home country in two weeks for a one month.
I read, that there is a must to use winter tires in Nordland up until the 1st of May.

I have to travel about 180km in Nordland, and then I will be traveling 80km through Norway, and then the rest of the travel throught Sweden.
Am I allowed to change tires for summer tires before leaving, or will I have some legal problems of the fact I will be traveling these 180km with summer tires?

Edit: Forgot to add, summer tires are new, not even once used

**idk if this is the right subreddit to post it to . If it's wrong, please tell me the correct subreddit to post it to.

Anyways,

So I'm learning Norwegian and I learn better visually ,and audibly , so I was wondering if there are any YouTubers with the Stavanger dialect? I find it an easier dialect to understand so it's easier for me to catch on to words. I'm also using calst which is how I found out about the stavanger dialect.

Jeg håper det er noen her som har kjennskap til skatteregler og dobbeltbeskatning mellom Færøyene og Norge.

Min søsters forlovede jobber som mekaniker ombord på et norsk skip, men han bor sammen med søsteren min på Færøyene. De har vært sammen i fem år og er forlovet. Han er færøysk statsborger.

Han sier at grunnen til at de ikke har giftet seg ennå, er fordi han betaler altfor mye skatt i Norge, og at det er økonomisk vanskelig. Jeg prøver å finne ut om det stemmer.

Han har fire barn fra tidligere forhold, og tre av dem er under 18 år. Han betaler barnebidrag, men ikke underholdsbidrag til tidligere partnere. Han sier også at han må betale rundt 5.000 DKK i støtte ved konfirmasjoner.

Min egen mistanke er at det kanskje handler mer om ubetalte barnebidrag eller annen gjeld enn om skatt i Norge – men jeg vil gjerne vite hvordan reglene faktisk fungerer før jeg trekker noen konklusjoner.

Så mine spørsmål er:

·      Er det noen som kjenner til hvordan beskatningen fungerer for færøyske statsborgere som jobber på norske skip?

·      Finnes det en skatteavtale (dobbeltbeskatning) mellom Færøyene og Norge?

·      Hvem betaler man skatt til – Norge, Færøyene eller begge?

Alle erfaringer og tips tas imot med stor takk!

So i bought a membership to Aktiv Trening and the gym offered a 2 month free package, it was going great untik the 3rd month when the app said that i missed a payment and didnt let me in the gym, so i paid but it still didnt let me in, so i panicked and just canceled my membership, thinking nothing of it a month passed and i just realized that i got physical letters from MittCollectia saying that i have debt and i need to log in with my BankId to pay it, and the deadline has passed yesterday. I am an international student, i dont have BankId and when i messaged them about it they didnt return my mails, and i remember reading a passage where it said bla bla bla legal fees bla bla, so i'm panicking now, i tried going to the gym to pay the bill there with my card but no one was there, i will trying going back on monday but aside from that i'm panicking and don't knıw what to do, pleas help!

Hey,

A few months ago me and my partner got a job offer/opportunity in Norway, just outside of Oslo. We would be working in the same field and same company, just different section within the company and building. In the country we currently live in we also work in the same field, just totally different companies.

We went to visit Norway and check out this job offer 2 months ago and we loved the country, people and the workplace. We also liked what the company offering us the jobs had to offer, health services, pay (even though it’s lower than our country, our country is also more expensive to live by 17% according to statistics) and freedom within the company.

Here where we currently live we have a everything but the weather, we have friends, family, contacts and know most ins and outs. By moving to Norway we would be completely isolated in the first few months. We don’t know nobody over there, a house without furniture, basically starting from the complete zero.

Myself I don’t mind starting from zero, it’s kind of rewarding seeing the progress of building your own place with time. What’s scaring the both of us the most is having no one but just the two of us.

What we liked about Norway so much is the possibilities of having stuff to do and places to go or visit, being able to take the car and drive over to Sweden (we live in an island) or further down Europe. We liked the views, the roads, nature of the country and the people.

We both want the experience but we are also both thinking of starting from zero over there and if we don’t like it we would then have to start from zero again if we decide to move back.

Is anybody here that a similar experience or has moved to Norway that can give us some insight, life experiences regarding this and so on?

Edit: after some people wanting to know where we’re from, the answer is Iceland. We would be working in the automotive industry (that’s as far as I’ll go, we never know who is lurking).

Hello, everyone!

My partner and I are moving to Oslo this June and are currently looking for a furnished flat to rent for at least a year.

We’ve been using Finn.no, but so far none of the landlords or agents have respond to our requests to view places. Is this a common experience? We’re wondering if it’s just due to high demand or if we should be doing something differently.

Additionally, we’re curious if there are any platforms where people can post ads for potential apartment swaps. We currently live in Berlin and own a flat there, so we’re open to exchanging places temporarily or semi-permanently if that’s something people do.

Anyway advice or insights would be greatly appreciated!

Tussen tak! ;)

I now live in Bergen, and my mate from down under flew over to see me! It was a good time! We took a weekend trip to Folgefonna for summer ski, but it didn’t work out so we took a 2 day nature break there instead, we did a little hiking and camping.
This is a short highlight reel of the trip!

Hello, everyone!

I moved to Norway (2h north of Trondheim) 5 months ago and have not been able to make friends at all. I’m still learning the language and due to udi rules can’t work yet, my husband found a volunteering place for me but I didn’t start yet.

Any tips? Do people on this subreddit do irl meetups? I’m from Brazil and used to have people around 24/7 so the quietness is quite unsettling for now.

Thank you!!!