NEED HELP REGARDING NORWAY!!!!!

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Hi, Viking - Welcome to A2K.

I don't have any info about Norway, but I see your email address in your posting. That's a "no-no" on A2K and as soon as one of the monitors sees it, it will be deleted. You have to put it in you profile. So, edit your post and your profile. Say, "Check my profile for my email address" or maybe it comes up at the bottom of your post here? I know our "www's" do. Good wishes! :-)[/color]

Try google searching "Norway cost-of-living"--you'll get links to several pages that offer cost of living guides (not all free, but it may be a worthwhile investment to buy a booklet).
For example, see
http://www.bootsnall.com/europetravelguides/oslo/dec01oslo.shtml
(scroll toward the bottom of the page for a listing of typical prices for film, beverages, etc.)

Found on one of the webpages:

Selected Location:Oslo, Norway
Student Cost of Living for Consumables as a percentage of the U.S. National Norm: 189%

Consumables include convenience food items combined with weighted pricing patterns found in grocery and drug stores. So, for example, if your weekly grocery bill in the U.S. is $100, expect to pay $189 in Norway.

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Viking - The reason given by the A2K Monitors at other times for not putting our email address on the posts: They are then readily available to Spammers. Only Members of A2K can access our profiles. :-)

I spent time in Norway a ways back. It is expensive compared to the US, especially for food. And don't even think about drinking there! The locals get by because the tax is 'returned' to them as benefits, etc

Make sure that your job-package has that component that you no longer pay tax on your income as you aren't home (worked fine for my cousin). Otherwise, save those receipts.

CNEWS Oslo

Some links:

Norway - official website

Visit Oslo

Norway Portal

All I remember of Norway was that it was spectacularly beautiful, and spectacularly expensive!

I may get back there one day! (when I'm rich enough to afford a meal there!)

Allright. I'm norwegian. If there's anything you'd like to know, just ask. All the foreigners I know that've visited Norway find Norway really expensive. And it is. But it's beautiful, and it's worth all of the money.

They have the fjord market sewn up, that's for sure.








And, in Summer, if you wake up in daylight and and the clock says '3.15am' - it really IS 3.15 in the morning!! Don't steal any paintings!!!

It is a common misconception that Norway has what is called "Midnight Sun" during summer. In fact, it is only the very northern parts of Norway that has this. Where I live, during the brightest days of summer, the sun sets about 2 in the morning and rises at 4... Further down south, they don't even come close to this.

I spent a year, doing my military service up north, and I found the midnight sun very unsettling, and I had trouble sleeping.

Regarding costs in Norway, yes, it is a very expensive country to live in. But, of coure, salaries reflect this, and living here is a very comfortable excistance indeed. I guess it's hardest on the tourists. Anyway, if you have any questions at all about Norway, feel free to PM me, and I shall answer to the best of my ablility.

And to my compatriot, Hege: Halla! Fint å se en annen nordmann her

Hei Eamon! Første nordmann jeg har sett her inne.