May 23, 2013



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Talk Like A Norwegian – Norwegian Greetings!

Here is the awesome Karin to teach us some casual greetings from Norway. As always big thanks goes to Karin W Bjerga who has the Norge Speaky knowledge that I sorely lack. You gotta check her YouTube channel here: http://www.youtube.com/user/Crienexzy. How do you like to greet Norwegians? Share your thoughts below. Bookmark on Delicious Digg [...]

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Talk Like a Norwegian – I Want to Hug You!

Well here it is, the lesson that will get you hugged all over Norway and the world.  A huge thanks goes to Karin W Bjerga who has the Norge Speaky knowledge that I sorely lack. You gotta check her YouTube channel here: http://www.youtube.com/user/Crienexzy. Did this lesson give you the skills needed to get Norge Hugged? Have [...]

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Johan Vaaler – Inventor of the Paper-Hugger

What do you get when you mix a man from Norway and metal? Hmm, no, not a potential Eurovision winner. I’m talking about actual metal. Well, the love-child of this unusual marriage is a paperclip, or as I like to call them, the paper-huggers. That’s right, you’ve probably had a little box of Norwegian ingenuity [...]

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Bjørn Einar Romøren/Johan Remen Evensen – I Believe They Can Fly

You and I have already chatted about Norwegian’s love of their awesome awesome outdoors, yeah? Well, if there is one outdoor pastime Norwegians looove, it’s putting two pieces of wood on their feet, climb the biggest hill they can possibly find, slide down as fast as they can and see how far they can jump [...]

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Stavanger – Fjords are so hot right now!

Nothing says Norway more than Fjords, perhaps other than actually saying Norway. These natural formations are ah-mazing. And Stavanger, located in the South-West of Norway, is fjord country. But hang on, apart from being an awesome scrabble word, what is a fjord I hear you ask? Well, let me put on my white labcoat to explain…ok, [...]

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Edvard Munch – Oh No! I Left the Stove On!

There can only be one word to describe one of the world’s best known paintings. Aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrgggggggghhhhh! That, my friends, is the sound of a weird alien looking dude walking on a Norwegian boardwalk realising that he’s gone out for a walk and left the stove on – either that or he’s just stubbed his toe. [...]

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Lillehammer, Norway – Just Awesomeness.

Oh Lillehammer, you place of gobsmacking beauty, how I wish was one of your mighty mighty sons.  Well, I gotta tell you if you are looking for some Norwegians to hug, you may as well start here, there’s about 28,000 of them and the scenes are awesome. Lillehammer is in the south-east of Norway and just [...]

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Thor – Norway’s God of Thunder

Ever hear a bowel-loosening clap of thunder? You know, the kind where you’re sitting there reading a nice book or quietly talking with someone and then all of a sudden it sounds like your neighbours have taken up shooting clay-pigeon as a hobby – with cannons. Yeah, well that’s Thor doing his thing.  That’s right, thunder is not [...]