Sometimes you don’t have the time to make a cake for every celebration in Norway, and there are many.  That’s okay as you can buy traditional fresh cakes from the store at the last minute.  (This is so you don’t have to store it for a whole day in the fridge at the risk of [...]

I always hear from other immigrants that Norwegians are rude as they don’t talk to you on the street.  However, this is always due to the misunderstanding of Norwegian culture and character. The Norwegian language is about saying something with as little fuss as possible.  In English, to be polite when you meet a friend [...]

When travelling in Norway it is important to know danger signs.  This is one of them: FARE SKYTEFELT means ‘shooting range’.  These can be found scattered throughout long stretches of land along highways.  They are army practice areas.  Hang on – bullets can’t read!  How do they know to stop before the sign?  Heaven forbid [...]

The sound of spitting is always sweet to a Norwegian.  ’Tvi, tvi’ was used to put a curse on someone that you liked.  The superstition was that if somebody had already cursed you then the evil spirits had no reason to bother you.  It was usually used as a friendly good-bye, or a send off [...]