Happy Friday! And happy labor day in most of the world besides the US! I'm sure you've been busy working your way through all the Norwegian novels I recommended last week, so I figured now would be a good time to take a break and watch some Norwegian movies. I also ...
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12 Best Norwegian Novels + Authors to Read (in English)
I've always been a fan of reading before bed, but with all this extra time at home these days I've been reading a lot more than usual. Whenever I'm feeling anxious or stressed I'll put on some classical music, make myself a cup of tea, and curl up on the sofa with a book. And it ...
11 Ways Living in Norway Prepared Me for Social Distancing
Norwegians had winter break at the end of February, which now seems like very poor timing indeed to have been traveling around Europe. It's all very stressful and scary, but what's done is done, so what can we do now to prevent further spread of infection? Social ...
12 Languages Later, My Best Tips for Learning a Foreign Language
Updated March 2020 Uh... yeah, I just counted how many foreign languages I've studied so far in my life and it's been twelve! Though in defense of the version of me that isn't 100% nerd, I only studied about seven of those languages with any real intensity or ...
Thinking of Moving to Norway? Here’s What You Should Know
Yet again I'm writing a post I hadn't planned on, but my inbox has recently flooded with questions about moving to Norway that I simply haven't had the time to answer, so I figured it would be easiest to just do so in one big blog post. I'm not any sort of expert on how to ...