Home improvement in Norway. My experience on this do-it-yourself. A cultura norueguesa do faça você mesmo. Veja como eu entrei na dança.
“Are we painting the house this weekend”? My husband asked/suggested. I think the question was more when than if. “We’re painting… THE HOUSE”? I was so surprised. I’d been living in Norway for a year. I was getting familiar with the do it yourself culture. Norwegians are used to doing almost everything themselves. Making food, […]
Rjukan: mirrors that brought the sunlight to the city and WWII history. A cidade norueguesa que construiu espelhos pra trazer o sol.
Last year, we visited Rjukan, a city with historical importance from World War II and the extravagant mirrors. It’s much more than a typical cute Norwegian city with a beautiful landscape. Rjukan is located in a deep valley called Vestfjord, in Telemark. The city is surrounded by steep mountains. In the Winter, the sunlight doesn’t […]
How to know if Norway is the right place for you? Sinais de que a Noruega é o lugar certo pra você.
If you have just moved to Norway or is about to do it, it’s too soon to tell if Norway is the right place for you. The beginning is not actually how your life is going to be in the long run. My beginning was kind of hard. We arrived in the middle of the […]
The reason why I wanted a bunad (Norway’s national costume).
I like tradition. The first time I saw the Norwegian costumes was my first May 17th here, at the celebration of the National Day in Norway. We went downtown in Stavanger to see the big parade. I saw Norwegians, men and women, wearing beautiful bunad (national costume). Each color and embroidery represents the region where […]
What happens at Norway’s National Day? And how this 17th of May 2022 will be back to normal.
17mai, syttende mai, Nasjonaldagen or Grunnlovsdagen as they call it, is biggest day for the Norwegians. It’s the constitution day. I’ve never seen such a beautiful celebration that cherishes the country in a positive and embracing way. It’s so catchy I am glad to have become a part of it. Everybody is welcome. Check my […]
About kindergarten and school reopening in Norway
This week, all kindergartens in Norway opened their gates again. Children had been at home since March 12th, when the lockdown was implemented. The routine at kindergarten is not back to normal. For the opening to be safe for the children and the employees, many adjustments had to be made. The children have been divided […]
Why are trampolines so popular in Norway?
Here in Norway, almost every house has a trampoline in the backyard. Trampolines are to Norwegians like swimming pools are to (middle and upper class) Brazilians. There are trampolines at public and private playgrounds and even trampoline parks. Many children celebrate their birthdays at those parks. At first, when I moved here, I didn’t understand […]
Why I’ve made Stavanger my home. It is much more than the Norwegian oil capital.
Stavanger is located at the Southwest coast of Norway. The city grew immensely after Norway’s blooming offshore oil industry in the late 60’s and 70’s. It’s today an international city, with almost 140.000 inhabitants. More than 10% of Stavanger population represents foreigners; mainly Polish and British. Stavanger is more than the Norwegian oil capital. It […]
The day I saw the Northern Lights. O dia em que eu vi a Aurora Boreal.
It’s been one of my biggest dreams since I moved to Norway. As the name suggests, you need to be in the North of Norway (Scandinavia, Canada, etc) to be able to see them. And even when you’re up North, you can’t take it for granted. As a natural phenomenon, it depends on some circumstances […]