7 questions to the “russ” president. All you need to know about the Norwegian students partying in overalls.

If you are in Norway in May, you’ve probably seen groups of teenagers walking on the streets, wearing the same overalls (blue or red, maybe black). These uniforms represent that they are russ: high school graduates. It’s a tradition in Norway that the graduates party for a month. They have some peculiarities like for example: […]

Who are the Norwegian students called russ? And the polemic last year.

For us foreigners it may be difficult to understand this celebration called russ in Norway. I think it was an interesting celebration. What. Russ celebration is a traditional Norwegian celebration among high school students after their final exams in the last semester. They celebrate like there’s no tomorrow. They also get to parade on 17th […]