By racism I assume you mean we have more of it than most countries? How so? =3 I wonder what makes you say that!Zhukov said:
What do you know about Norway?
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Please forgive me if I'm thinking of another northern European country, but is that the country that gets a couple of weeks of no sunlight? I certainly would like to know more about it because a lot of my family is from Scandinavian origin. (Most of my ancestors are from Sweden though.)
Either way it looks like a beautiful country and I like cold weather better than warm so I don't think I would mind living there. Where I live (Utah, USA) it's super hot during the summer and super cold during the winter so I kind of hate how bipolar it is here.
EDIT: Oh and vikings. Can't forget the vikings.
Either way it looks like a beautiful country and I like cold weather better than warm so I don't think I would mind living there. Where I live (Utah, USA) it's super hot during the summer and super cold during the winter so I kind of hate how bipolar it is here.
EDIT: Oh and vikings. Can't forget the vikings.
I know enough just by being Swedish.
Polar bears in the streets. Flag is grey and beige. National dish is mud or something.
Amirite?
Polar bears in the streets. Flag is grey and beige. National dish is mud or something.
Amirite?
It probably gets less rain than where I live (Scotland) and it's next to Sweden. It's where vikings were from and it has fjords. I'd imagine it's pretty fucking cold there too since fjords are created by glaciation.
I'm actually planning a trip to Norway next year. A good friend of mine has 'see the Northern Lights' on her bucket list so we're heading out to Tromso next March for a week (maybe two if I can twist her arm). I'm very much looking forward to my first visit, and am hopeful of persuading her to take a ship up through the fjords instead of the plane journey she is so set on.
We shall see...
Incidentally, anyone who knows Tromso and can recommend a few good places for an evening meal - their suggestions would be most welcome.
We shall see...
Incidentally, anyone who knows Tromso and can recommend a few good places for an evening meal - their suggestions would be most welcome.
Norwegian is actually closer to danish and from what I've read it's mutually intelligible. Oslo is the capital, Reykjavik is the Capital of Iceland, which I think was also a part of Norway at some point in history. It was once in a kingdom with Denmark for a long period of history. Most other things that I know have already been said.DoPo said:
All I know about Norway is that there is Norway I'm ever going to go there.
Though it looked nice in Troll Hunter.
Though it looked nice in Troll Hunter.
I went to Bergen a few years ago. Things I remember in no particular order
- Beer is expensive
- A lot of housing is made of wood and is surprisingly big when you paint it on your own
- It's much, much hotter than you expect in summer
- Salmon is cheap and delicious
- No one owns tea, they say they do but it's some fruity rubbish
- It's romantic enough to rekindle a relationship, but not enough to start a new one
- Seriously high proportion of people who speak English as a second language
- Very well maintained roads, even in fairly rural places
- Beer is expensive
- A lot of housing is made of wood and is surprisingly big when you paint it on your own
- It's much, much hotter than you expect in summer
- Salmon is cheap and delicious
- No one owns tea, they say they do but it's some fruity rubbish
- It's romantic enough to rekindle a relationship, but not enough to start a new one
- Seriously high proportion of people who speak English as a second language
- Very well maintained roads, even in fairly rural places
I know it's location north of Sweden along the western side of the Scandinavian peninsula. It's kinda cold and there were vikings who did the sort of viking things. The fjords and such, and I believe the aurora borealis passes over. I've learned some from "Scandinavia and the World."
On that note, I am really fascinated by the Scandinavian culture and would like to lurn more.
I also know that, as Norway, I conquered England in Medieval 2: Brittania: Total War.
On that note, I am really fascinated by the Scandinavian culture and would like to lurn more.
I also know that, as Norway, I conquered England in Medieval 2: Brittania: Total War.
Norway: Without google or looking it up on Wiki.
Main Exports are Seafood and Oil, I think. Though, the Norwegians have a policy to conserve their oil as opposed to selling it off. I think they are still a member of OPEC, though.
There was a tragedy in Oslo about a year ago. And that speaks to a wider problem with European racism and discontent with the social structure.
The Criminal Justice system is supposedly the most progressive in the world, with no death penalty and a maximum prison sentence of 28 years. Also has one of the lower crime rates in the world, along with other Scandinavian countries.
They speak Norwegian, obviously, but also teach English and other languages like German in schools. In fact, I think a minimum level of English comprehension is needed to graduate high-school.
Oh, yes, they appointed a philosopher to their oil-export and production control bureaucracy.
Other than that. I do not know much.
Main Exports are Seafood and Oil, I think. Though, the Norwegians have a policy to conserve their oil as opposed to selling it off. I think they are still a member of OPEC, though.
There was a tragedy in Oslo about a year ago. And that speaks to a wider problem with European racism and discontent with the social structure.
The Criminal Justice system is supposedly the most progressive in the world, with no death penalty and a maximum prison sentence of 28 years. Also has one of the lower crime rates in the world, along with other Scandinavian countries.
They speak Norwegian, obviously, but also teach English and other languages like German in schools. In fact, I think a minimum level of English comprehension is needed to graduate high-school.
Oh, yes, they appointed a philosopher to their oil-export and production control bureaucracy.
Other than that. I do not know much.
In 1066 Harald Hardrada lead an invasion onto England and it arrived only a few weeks before William of Normandy landed. Harold Godwinson, King of England, defeated Hardrada just south of York. Also Hardrada loosely translated means "barfighter" ... so there is something more obscure.
Oh and your swamps have/had a good amount of iron in them.
Oh and your swamps have/had a good amount of iron in them.
I'll do the same since it was in the OP.DoPo said:
What do you think when I say "Norway"?
I think of a long country in the Scandinavian peninsula with a comparatively cooler climate than Western Europe and most of the contiguous United States. I think of a country whose GDP is quite high and has apparently successfully adapted a pragmatic, socialist-based form of government. A country with an obviously rich history, although nothing substantial is included in most school textbooks until the Vikings appear.
Do you know where Norway is?
Norway is located in the Northern hemisphere and is part of the Scandinavian peninsula, located at the extreme Western portion. It borders the North Sea to the West, Sweden and just a tiny bit of Finland to the East. To the North is the Arctic Ocean and to the South is the Strait of Denmark... I think...
What language do they speak in Norway?
The spoken language is known as "Norwegian" in English. However, I believe there are two forms of the language: spoken and written. Off the top of my head, I cannot remember what the former is called, but I believe the latter is known as "bokmål." I believe this system was created/adopted rather recently (in regards to how long Norway has existed), within the past 50-60 years, but I have no idea.
Norwegian is distantly related to Icelandic and I believe has more in common at this point with Danish and Swedish. Although in close proximity, Finnish is actually related more to Estonian and Hungarian, all part of what is called the Uralic language family after their proposed and supposed common point of origin - the Ural mountain range.
What is the capital of Norway?
The capital of Norway is Oslo. I believe it is located in the south-eastern corner of the nation.
What are the colors on the Norwegian flag?
Honestly, I don't know. I'm going to guess white and blue.
What do you know about Norway?
Apart from what I've written above, not much.