It’s been over a week since I packed my bags and left Oslo, so how am I settling into life in Trondheim? Pretty well, thanks! It’s not like Trondheim has been a massive surprise as I made six or seven trips here over the past two years. Despite having a good feel for the city, [...]
Goodbye Job and Goodbye Oslo!
Today marks an important anniversary for me. Two years ago I left the UK to start a new adventure. I wanted to experience living and working abroad, so I accepted a contract in Oslo from a few opportunities. During the first year I enjoyed living in Norway so much that I took a permanent job. [...]
My Travels in 2012 – And Plans for 2013
I resisted as long as I could, honest. Here is my Best of 2012 post, although I’ve tried to make it a little more interesting by focusing on the places I visited – both in Norway and elsewhere. Afterwards, I’m super excited to reveal the places I shall be visiting in 2013. Lillehammer, Norway Jan [...]
The Skies of Norway
Magnificent fjords, vast mountain ranges, blue ice glaciers, old wooden houses – Norway sure is a beautiful country. But sometimes, all you need to do is look UP… No post about the skies of Norway could be complete without a mention of the Aurora Borealis. Many come to Norway in [...]
My Norwegian Summer Vacation
Last year I described my surprise at Norway’s Big July Shutdown, when pretty much the entire country takes their vacation. This year, I was a little more prepared for it. My family joined me for a few weeks and we travelled around some of Norway’s prettiest places. We took in two UNESCO World Heritage sites [...]
Trondheim – Norway’s Smart City
Take a look at Trondheim. The famous Nidaros Cathedral, riverside wharves, wooden mansions and narrow streets conjure up images of days long gone. Not the place, then, you’d expect to find Norway’s beating heart of digital technology. Stockholm and Helsinki dominate the Nordic start-up revolution, but Trondheim is a surprising player in science and [...]
It’s Snow Joke in Trondheim
We are quite Oslo-centric on this blog. Take last month, when we proclaimed the arrival of spring after a beautiful weekend in the capital. Gerry, our resident blogger from Trondheim, has a different view… It might very well have been an April Fools prank. After a Saturday above 7º C, in which I walked with [...]
Working at a Norwegian University
The conversation goes by in a curious mixture of norwegian, broken norwegian, english and sometimes a bit of spanish. It amazes me how well Ana can speak so many languages apart from her native tagalog. As she finishes cleaning my office, I thank her and bid her goodbye, wishing her well in her incoming travel [...]
Discovering Norwegian Music – The Rockheim Experience
I’m a music man. I don’t play an instrument, I can’t sing, but I listen. A lot. Spotify, Soundcloud and YouTube are as much a part of my daily routine as breakfast and there is rarely a quiet moment in my apartment. On this blog I’ve written a series of posts about Norwegian artists, such [...]
A Mexican View on Norway
As much as I love sharing my thoughts and observations on Norway and Norwegians, you’ve heard plenty from me lately. So here I present Life in Norway’s second guest post, this time from Gerry. He works at NTNU (Norwegian University of Science & Technology) and moved from Mexico to Norway in April 2010… Through the [...]
