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Oslo, Norway Data Sheet
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Oslo, Norway Data Sheet

Hi guys.

I have been reading the forums for a while but never actually posted anything. So I thought I would give something back to the community during my lunch break, because lunch breaks in Norway usually last for an hour and a half.
I did a search for Norway data sheets and couldn’t find much. Most probably because “travelers” will have a hard time affording a sex / partying vacation in Norway.

I came here from Australia about 2.5 years ago because I wanted to live in Europe, work and travel. However there was no way I was going to work for less than 30€ an hour, and since I am not a banker headed for Switzerland, Norway seemed like the only choice.

There is a lot to say about Norway, almost none of it is good.
I’m no novelist so a lot of this will probably come out like a list or some kind of rant. But hopefully I will give you the information you will need if you are headed for Oslo.


Money

The Norwegian Kroner is reason enough not go to Norway. $1USD = 6 kroner. What can you buy for that? Fucking nothing! What can you buy for $5USD? Fucking nothing!
No matter how rich you are, everything here costs more than you would like to pay for it. Especially when the quality is worse than most third world countries.

A Big Mac meal at Mc.Donalds will cost you about $19.
A beer in the supermarket will be about $10 and in the pub, anywhere from $14 - $19. If you want something good (something from a different country) then you are definitely paying more than $20

If you have a Norwegian bank account, there is no bank fees here. There is no transaction fees when using a card, or using a different banks machines and there is no minimum transaction amount. This means that nobody carries cash. I don’t even remember what Norwegian currency looks like, it has been years since I have seen it.
But this does not stop the streets being filled with gypsy beggars.

Language

Its written almost exactly the same as Danish, though it sounds nothing like it. It sounds a lot like Swedish and is written nothing like it.
It’s a pretty easy language to learn as far as learning languages goes. Although you would be wasting your time as the only subject anyone ever talks about is the weather and on the rare occasion, traffic (2 years in this job and I have had the same conversation every day at lunch time).
Absolutely everybody speaks English to a very high standard.

People

Generally they fucking suck!!
You know when you go to America and you hear people saying “Yeeaah America is the best country in the world man!” and you are just like “Cunt, do you even own a passport?”
Its even worse than that because the people are so narrow minded.
The locals all stay friends with the same people they went to school with, and that is it. They rarely make new friends and they will rarely go out for a beer with their colleagues.
After 2.5 years of living here, ALL of my mates here are other foreigners.
Roosh hit the nail on the head when he wrote something about The law of jante in his book Dont bang Denmark.

Being fat is very unpopular, which is one of the good things. That’s a result of fast food joints being few and far between, having ridiculous opening hours and being too expensive anyway.

Racism is wildly accepted. I thought everyone in Australia was really racist, well they are. But here in Norway, nobody has a problem with being openly racist. It’s not even a swear word to say “nigger” and it’s not uncommon to hear it coming from your boss at the lunch table.
Pretty much all foreigners are looked down upon, unless you are white and come from a cool country, or another Scandinavian country. Which I thought was weird considering foreigners make up about 50% of the work force here and all the locals do is sit in office jobs.

Another standard rule you must remember is that if somebody asks you “how do you like Norway?” Lie your ass off!
If you say one bad thing about Norway (even if it is 100% true). They will have a look on their face like they have been butt-fucked whilst chewing on a lemon. They will seriously hate you for it and never give you a chance to redeem yourself. The people here are living under a bubble.

Most people from up in the mountains (what you would normally consider a hillbilly or redneck), they are usually the more laid back and fun people. Because they don’t subscribe to the typical Norwegian lifestyle (because its fucking boring) and they have to make their own fun by any means necessary.

Norwegian people are very different when drunk. Its normal to meet some people when you’re out, talk with them, get along with them and have a good time. But if you walk past them in the supermarket the next day, they will just avoid you and go back to being socially retarded. Or just ignore you all together.

Safety

It’s a really safe place. I have not even heard of someone being mugged here. I have never seen a bar fight or even any form of masculinity here in the last two years. Once Vikings, now just a bunch of pussies.
Although petty crime is huge here on account of Norway not having a justice system, but its mainly just bike theft from foreigners.

Accommodation

There aren’t many hostels around because most tourists here are old people taking a 2 week vacation. But expect prices to be more than double anywhere else.
ALL the hotels are the same. They are all basic and expensive. There is nothing that I would recommend when it comes to accommodation.

Going out

Regardless of it being winter or summer, the bars are empty until 11pm and they close at 3am. This can be very beneficial if you don’t mind being squashed in a small bar with no room to move at all.

I could list bars to go to, but they are all pretty much the same; small, smelly and overcrowded. No one bar stands out from the others.
The areas with the most bars in Oslo are called Grunerløkka and Bogstadveien.

A typical Norwegian night out starts with a pre-party at somebodies apartment. Bring your own beer from the supermarket, it only costs about $45 for a sixpack of local swill that nobody likes. Then everybody drinks as much as they can before heading out at around 11pm. They line up to get into some small bar, and once they get in they only buy one or two $18 beers after that.
There are no other alternatives, it’s the same across the whole country. All the bars are small, there is no clubs, just bars and pubs that will most certainly disappoint you.

But it’s not all bad! Think about it.
Anywhere else in the world, you would go out on a Friday, maybe from 7pm until close, perhaps the same on the Saturday, and then maybe some beers on the Sunday. All up, the common party animal or sex maniac (or whatever you want to call it) will be out drinking and chasing pussy for up to 25 hours a week.

In Norway, they only have 3.5 hours a week, and they are just as horny as you are.
Also worth noting, is that in Norway it’s not frowned upon for women to have a one night stand. It has been normal for as long as they can remember.

So the girls are happy to have a one night stand, but they only have 3.5 hours every week to find someone. All you have to do is keep the girls attention until they close the bar and it’s on!

Prepare for a hangover. Something in the beer here makes it taste like shit and gives you a headache the next day 100% of the time. It is seriously the worst beer in the world.

Shopping, Alcohol and Restaurants

If you like variety, Norway is not the place for you.
Norway is not part of the EU, there is no free trade agreement with Norway. Which means there is import taxes that nobody wants to pay. So everything here is locally made, which is usually a good thing, usually.
There are pretty much 4 mens clothes shops, 4 womens clothes shops, 4 shoe shops, 4 sports shops, 4 hardware shops and 4 supermarkets. Every shop sells exactly the same stuff as the next one. Prices may vary, but no more than 10 kroner.

The supermarkets are awfull. They have the bare essentials. The fruit and vegetables are always about 1-2 days away from being thrown in the bin. It’s not uncommon to find rotten vegetables in the supermarket. I think it has been about 1 year since I last ate a piece of fruit.
the only foods that are of excellent quality are the milk and the bread.

Buying alcohol is fucked. You have to plan ahead. Beer is sold in the supermarkets until 8pm on weekdays and 6pm on weekends.
Liquor is sold in a separate shop until 5pm on weekdays and 3pm on weekends. The standard price for a bottle of liquor is around 400 kroner which is about $72.
Also, don’t even think about bringing some across the border from Sweden, that carries a 10 year jail term if you bring more than 1 six pack of beer or 1 bottle of liquor.

All the restaurants are very average. High prices and average food. There is a reason why Norway is not known for its cuisine.
The only place worth recommending in Oslo is called Amundsens Bryggeri & Spiseri. Hundreds of beers from all over the world and great food. But bring your credit card!

Getting around

The one thing they do right here is public transport. Until midnight when it all shuts down.
Buses go everywhere in the country and are always on time.
There is a metro train system, trams and buses all throughout the city and there is bus stops and tram stops just about every 200 meters (I guess they don’t like to walk far).
Any trip within the city is going to cost you about $5. It’s expensive.
I personally haven’t paid for it, ever. If I get caught, they start writing me a ticket and ask for ID, I give them my passport and play the stupid foreigner card. If I don’t have a local social security number, they can’t fine me.

The Women

This is the one thing that is not disappointing in Norway. It’s the first thing I noticed when I arrived.
Practically all of them are attractive. I would say that fat chicks and uglies make up about 10% of all the women in Oslo. None of them are into that self mutilating crap either.
They all go to the gym or exercise a lot in groups. This is because any other recreational activities like going to the movies or going out for a meal or a beer is too expensive and unaffordable. So in the summer, you are in for a real treat.

The women don’t really dress up like eastern European women do. It’s just standard H&M clothes. They don’t usually put on a lot of makeup either. They usually already have good skin and a nice face.

So the best part about them is; when you go out drinking, there are hot girls everywhere. They are all out to get laid just like you are. So when you’re talking to some girl and she turns out to be a snobby bitch, that’s fine. You just go and talk to the next girl. No doubt she is going to be very attractive also. The girls here know this.
Its not like in America, UK or Australia where if a girl is hot, then all the guy will be chasing her no matter what her personality is like.
Here, it’s not enough to be good looking, she has to be a nice person and good to talk to if she wants to get laid.

As I said earlier, women are not shamed out of one night stands, its normal here. But you WILL catch Chlamydia. Every single one of my single friends here have said “I never had an STD in my life… Then I came to Norway”.
It even says in the Newspapers here that Norwegians are the worst when it comes to sexual health. Almost all young people in Norway have Chlamydia at some point.
Going to the sexual health clinic is quite a treat also! It’s just full of hot girls!

Approaching is very easy in Norway. Once they are drunk, they are friendly and they like to show off how good they are at speaking English.
But the women are quite humorless, or at least they don’t pick up on jokes told in English.
Another good thing is that they never get attached. I often describe them as soulless / humorless, prom queens. Don’t expect to hear from them after you have slept with them. Even if they find out that they have infected you with Chlamydia.

The women here possess no housewife skills either. They can’t cook for shit, they never clean and they will fuck up all of your clothes if they attempt to do laundry.
It’s like they have given up and just accepted that their only skills in life are riding on cock and pumping out babies.

Activities

Everything is too expensive.
Norwegians most common hobbies are hiking up the mountain, sitting in a cabin on the mountain, going to the gym / exercising with friends and sitting in a park in the summer. This is because it’s free.

Cross country skiing is really popular: If I had to guess, I would say it’s because you don’t have to pay for a lift pass and you get to dress up like a dickhead.

Going out to a restaurant is usually only done once a month, alcohol is only drunk on weekends, going to the movies isn’t so popular and having all your friends over for a party is usually only done once a year.

I keep myself from going insane by snowboarding as much as possible and drinking a lot of Tax-free alcohol.

Drugs

If you go to any music bar or hipster pub, you will usually find people outside smoking joints.
You will also see junkies dealing heroine, shooting up on the side of the road and OD’ing on street corners.
That’s basically all there is in Norway

Relocating here and getting work

Basically you are going to need a shitload of money, a good attitude and someone to help you out whilst you are getting fucked over and over by the worlds most incompetent bureaucratic system.

About 90% of expats here are here for a Norwegian girl. The rest are engineers in the oil & gas industry and then there are a few dumb asses like me.

So the general rule for being allowed to live in Norway is that you need to have a job. Once you have a job, you can stay. If not, you have to leave after 3 months (I don’t know for how long) or after 6 months if you have an EU passport.
I don’t know if this means just crossing the border to Sweden or actually getting your passport stamped and dated somewhere else.
I didn’t bother with any of that shit. I am pretty sure I lived here illegally for about 4 months. But there was no way to prove that I didn’t leave and re-enter the country.

So anyway, without a job contract you have no rights in Norway. You can’t get a tax card, residency permit, or a bank account.
This is stupid, because who the hell is going to hire some dirty foreigner who doesn’t even have a residency permit in the first place?!

So when you finally get a job contract, you take it to the immigration department and the bitch working there doesn’t know what to do because you aren’t Swedish, Polish or a refugee and she has never seen that before. So she will make up some bullshit just to make you leave and come back another day. After doing this about 6 or 7 times, you get your paperwork that says you can live in Norway and you get a social security number.
Then you can get a bank account and drivers license and all that crap. But the staff at those places are just as retarded and you will have to keep on going back, trying different employees every time until someone just does their job properly.
This whole process takes about 4 – 6 months and you would have spent all the money you had saved up before coming to Norway.

BUT now you have all the same rights as a local.
Everything in Norway is run like a socialist workers union. All the rules when it comes to working and getting paid, are set in stone. You will always get paid fairly, you will always get paid penalty rates, you can take as much paid sick leave as you need, you can’t get fired without 3 written warnings (and you need 3 verbal warnings to get a written warning), you can take 9 months of holidays if you have a baby, 5 weeks of holiday pay plus public holidays, the list of benefits goes on and on.
There is no work ethic at all, a normal day is 7.5 hours where at least 2 of those hours are coffee breaks.
It is probably the best country in the world to work in.

Summary

The girls are hot, and will be have one nights stands with you easily, but they are boring and will give you Chlamydia.
It’s too expensive to come here for longer than a weekend and enjoy yourself.
Go to Sweden instead because the best part about Norway is the departure lounge.

The less fucks you give, the more fucks you get.
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