Osl♥
No matter where you live the events in Oslo have touched you some how. Monday evening hundreds of thousands gathered in the streets in Norway with torches or roses to […]
Tag Archives: Norwegian culture
Hurtigruten -The longest tv show ever
The Norwegian broadcasting network (NRK) is now showing the longest consecutive tv show ever. Hurtigruten Minute by minute presents the journey from Bergen to Kirkenes live. The production has taken the […]
Easter 2008 – Seljestad, Norway
Easter 2008 was spent at a cabin in Seljestad, Norway. Seljestad is located in the county of Odda and is around 600 meters over sea-level. Not exactly a mountain but […]
What are you giving up for Lent?
I am not Catholic but I love the restrictive nature of their religious traditions. As an ala carte Lutheran, where almost anything goes, it is refreshing to have some rules put on […]
If you want something done right…
…do it yourself. That’s what the Norwegians think about birthday parties. While the American tradition is that your nearest and dearest do something nice for you on your birthday. Here […]
Happy Epiphany or 13th day of Christmas
In Norway, Trettendedagjul or today the 13th day of Christmas doesn’t have the same significance that it had when it marked the celebration of the baptism of Jesus. Nor is […]
Seven sorts of cookies
Any self-respecting housewife in Norway, past a certain age, has baked seven different cookies for Christmas. I only managed the one but can excuse myself because of traveling. Great Grandma Minnie’s […]
Norwegian Christmas dinner
What did you eat for dinner? A nice juicy turkey? Maybe a succulent glazed ham? Us? Well we had salted, dried lamb. No really. As previously professed I was going […]
Linens and things
I have pampered the table linens I acquired at the flea market in Emden last month. They have been washed, rolled and steam pressed and are now ready to be laid out […]
Nürburgring for dummies
Hubby has developed a taste for fast cars and racing as part of his MLC. This puts demands on me to smile and nod or go along and develop a […]
Eurovision song contest
Any self-respecting European will be watching the finals next week of the Eurovision song contest final on the 29 th of May, if only to poke fun. This year’s contest is being […]
Hipp Hurra for 17. mai – Norway’s national day
Hipp hurra for the 17th of May! Today I am watching the NRK broadcast of all the festivities from Norway on Norway’s National Day. This day is very special in Norway […]
