Why I dont miss Norway
(It is very important that this is why I do not MISS Norway, not a "hate" list)
1) The distances between the everything.....
3) The rain
4) The prices on beers....and everything else
5) Sentences like: "Akurat", "Dyyy (when saying "you") and "Haaarr du en miniiiii-bank"
6) The Norwegian Sweaters
7) Hike's
8) State monopoly on alcohol
9) Norwegians saying: "According to the UN, Norway is the best country to live in"
10) The farmers, their crappy products, and their propaganda about the dangers of imported food.
11) How "non-internationalist" they are when it comes to sharing, like being a member of the EU.
12) How pissed Norwegians get when you say something bad about their country.... even like, commenting on their National Costumes.....
13) That they need two almost identical languages/"official" dialects (in written form) in a country with4,6 mil. people.
14) Ari Behn, Jostein Gaarder (After the article he just wrote in a newspaper).
15) RUS
16) Norwegians that claims that Aksel Sandemose is Norwegian, that the Vikings were only Norwegians, and worst of all... that Ludvig Holberg should be Norwegian (yes, He might lived in Bergen in the start, but he was VERY Danish)
17) The Brown Chesse
Anyway, there is also some things that I miss about Norway.....like....hmm....AHa, Ibsen, Hamsun, Munch, Thor Heyerdalh, Jan Egeland.... and the times when it has been raining for 2 months non-stop, and then the sun comes out. Still snow on the ground....wauw....I miss that.
Did I tell anyone that I am working on a cruiseship these days? I am serving more than 30.000 Norwegians every week, that is maybe the reason for my resentement. I am tired of being called "dyyyyy" or "HALLLOOO" everytime they need my help. I am also tired of Norwegians that ALWAYS want "cash money" instead of using the credit card like anyone else. I am also tired of easteren europeans asking for: "how to Global Refund" and then doubting that I am exchangeing the money correct..... Furthermore, I am tired of asian tourguides asking: "How to make room to room"....
Apart from that, I like my job! :-D ..... It is great fun to work here, and I earn quite a lot of money...
1) The distances between the everything.....
3) The rain
4) The prices on beers....and everything else
5) Sentences like: "Akurat", "Dyyy (when saying "you") and "Haaarr du en miniiiii-bank"
6) The Norwegian Sweaters
7) Hike's
8) State monopoly on alcohol
9) Norwegians saying: "According to the UN, Norway is the best country to live in"
10) The farmers, their crappy products, and their propaganda about the dangers of imported food.
11) How "non-internationalist" they are when it comes to sharing, like being a member of the EU.
12) How pissed Norwegians get when you say something bad about their country.... even like, commenting on their National Costumes.....
13) That they need two almost identical languages/"official" dialects (in written form) in a country with4,6 mil. people.
14) Ari Behn, Jostein Gaarder (After the article he just wrote in a newspaper).
15) RUS
16) Norwegians that claims that Aksel Sandemose is Norwegian, that the Vikings were only Norwegians, and worst of all... that Ludvig Holberg should be Norwegian (yes, He might lived in Bergen in the start, but he was VERY Danish)
17) The Brown Chesse
Anyway, there is also some things that I miss about Norway.....like....hmm....AHa, Ibsen, Hamsun, Munch, Thor Heyerdalh, Jan Egeland.... and the times when it has been raining for 2 months non-stop, and then the sun comes out. Still snow on the ground....wauw....I miss that.
Did I tell anyone that I am working on a cruiseship these days? I am serving more than 30.000 Norwegians every week, that is maybe the reason for my resentement. I am tired of being called "dyyyyy" or "HALLLOOO" everytime they need my help. I am also tired of Norwegians that ALWAYS want "cash money" instead of using the credit card like anyone else. I am also tired of easteren europeans asking for: "how to Global Refund" and then doubting that I am exchangeing the money correct..... Furthermore, I am tired of asian tourguides asking: "How to make room to room"....
Apart from that, I like my job! :-D ..... It is great fun to work here, and I earn quite a lot of money...
posted by ...The eyes of the world | 3:23 AM
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Norway still the world's best place to live:
For the fourth year in a row, the United Nations has ranked Norway as having the highest standard of living in the world. Sweden, Australia and Canada are next in line, while the United States is further down the scale.
The annual ranking is based largely on average levels of education and income, combined with expected length of lifetime.
The report measured standards of living in 177 countries around the world. Other Nordic countries also ranked high, with Iceland in 7th place, Finland 13th and Denmark 17th.
Norway's gross national product per person amounted to USD 36,600, beaten only by Luxembourg. Its men and women are expected to live to an age of 78.9 years and Norway is one of 19 countries in the world with no measurable rates of illiteracy.
Researchers for the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) also weighed countries' degrees of cultural freedom in their analysis. They called cultural freedom a "basic human right," and awarded high scores in this year's UN Human Development Report to countries that accept immigrant cultures in addition to their own.
Norway's cultural diversity has blossomed in recent years, and public policies are aimed at integrating various ethnic groups and promoting tolerance.
Norway also was lauded for its high literacy rate in addition to educational levels and material wealth. Norwegians themselves generally point to their country's scenic beauty, recreational opportunities, clean water and fresh air.
The United States landed in eighth place on the list, while France, for example, was 16th.
The worst countries in which to live are all in Africa, according to the UN report. All 23 nations at the bottom of the list were African, with war-torn Sierra Leone in last place.
first: what that anonymous person wrote is kind of....how to say it...ah, yes: boring. all that crap useless information:"norway is number 1..blah blah..."....well, i wouldn't like living in norway because i think norwegians are cold and their lives are boring and they are selfish because they are rich. but probably i think all that cause i was born in crazy argentina. i don't miss fiskekake either. pwagh. but i still feel something in my heart every time someone mentions norway...i laughed a lot with this post Mads, hope Norwegians don't take it too seriously... all their characteristic quietness disappears when someone says something about their country... if marte, ingvill or herman happen to read this: i still love you, i don't care where you are from!!!
mica
PS: i just discovered how easy it is to make enemies through internet...amazing
mads, did you write the anonymous thing??
seriously, so much bullshit!!
like this:
"Norway's cultural diversity has blossomed in recent years, and public policies are aimed at integrating various ethnic groups and promoting tolerance"
WHAT!!???
that s just theory. like eveything else on that list
MICA (again, yes, i am working in my little office.... not much to do...)
Why would I write the anonymous post... gab! (Do you use that word in english as well for something boring?!, I doubt it, but it is a good word)...anyway, as you said...Norway is nice, not just for too long... Like I wrote to Mariano in his blog, too north, too cold for me.. However, I would like to visit Norway for a week or two, I would like to go to Tromsø and Svalbard. I also very much like the Munch Museum in Oslo and even more the Vigerlandsparken! Holmekolmen and the Viking museum is a bit overrated and the Kon-Tiki museum is underrated (They mention UWC in the museum)...okay, I will end now. Dear Norwegians, smile! (I know you can...)
Jeg har ikke taenkt mig at kommentere dit Norges indlaeg, selvom jeg har tendenser til at vaere enig med dig.
Vil bare sige HEJ og lige hoere om du ikke tilfoejer min blog paa din fine link liste? Forsoeger at promovere den lidt saa folk vil skrive kommentarer, hehe...
Jeg haaber du har det godt, Mads. Jeg er paa eventyr i Indien, som du ved. Vildt sted, men spaendende.
Hej hej, fra mig :)
It may get down to chilly sub-zero temperatures in mid-winter, but the cold climate country of Norway remains the best place in the world to live, according to the latest research by the United Nations.
FACT BOX
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX
1. Norway 0.956
2. Sweden 0.946
3. Australia 0.946
4. Canada 0.943
5. Netherlands 0.942
6. Belgium 0.942
7. Iceland 0.941
8. United States 0.939
9. Japan 0.938
10. Ireland 0.936
Herman, is it you writing these anonymous comments?!? It is too strange...
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