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My understanding is that in my home country students, including internationals, prefer to have their own apartments. I can understand why they think so, but I think that it's a bad choice for most of them. The would benefit from meeting other people and learning to live together and share. Their social integration would be improved, which can be of key importance for foreign students.
All medication has possible unfortunate side effects. The risk of these has to be weighed against the benefits. Minimal usage is mostly the optimal choise. Only under the supervision of medical professionals it's more beneficial to use more medicines and higher dosages, since they can supervise what is happening and take action as needed.
Interactions with strangers come in different forms. A hello type interaction without any more meaningful conversations or purpose is not really seen as valuable in Nordic countries in general. If you want to take contact, you better be more direct in approaching people and have something more relevant to say. It doesn't have to be much. Preludes like smiling and saying hello or hiw are you, have less weigh that more substantial topics. Even talking about weather is better. Giving instructions to go somewhere to someone who doesn't know the place can be difficult new experiences. What words could I use, what language to use, that I would become understood. I might know places by their history, purpose have names for them, but a stranger wouldn't know these, so I would have to use some other way to explain like counting crossings, distances etc.
@@shikomwangi Talking about language barriers, Norway has an interesting history in that too. Landsmål and Riksmål on the written side and much regional variation in how Norwegian is pronounced too.
@@shikomwangi Another thing to mention in this context is that Norway has been split into different occupations and groups of people. It has been a sea faring nation and has also people with international connections and people with contacts in many directions. But a person might also come from a fisher community without much international exposure. It's a country of many ingredients. I know a Norwegian who was born in Iran, had escaped the revolution in Teheran as a teenager, studied in the U.S. and moved to work in a technology company in Norway partly because of family ties to Norway. Culturally she was still Iranian in some ways and clearly had that as part of her identity. But she was also officially and otherwise Norwegian. This all was a long time ago in the previous millennia. Since then things have evolved and not just for the better.
@@shikomwangi I have an language barrier experience from more than a decade ago. I was on my evening walk and noticed a car to stop and leave a woman at a bus stop. She was looking around and then asked for directions in a way, which didn't really make sense given where she was. I tried to understand her situation and give some useful advice, but she spoke only very basic Finnish and not much even for the basic level. She didn't really know any European languages. Her native language was Farsi, which I don't understand at all. She had lived 6 years in Finland and even had a job. But she had a simple job when her language skills didn't improve. She lived in her native language bubble with her family. In the end I decided I better just walk her 2 km to a railway station where she might be able to understand her location better and would be able to continue home. Explaining the 2 km long path to her was simply more time consuming and difficult than showing the way by walking with her.
Hello there. We are travelling to Norway next week for our holiday and we plan to go to other cities like Bergen. We will mostly be based in Oslo. Would you recommend a travel ore train app to look and book for train tickets? Help please.
The fine for not show up at a hospital appointment is now 1500 NOK. The reason it’s so high is that many people don’t show up or they don’t cancel in time. The hospital want to reduce this trend
Getting social as a stranger in the south of Norway is different than the north. In the north most people are more open to new people, striking up a conversation. Not as much as in Kenya, but there is a big difference between north and south. It may seem like people are arrogant, but that is wrong. They are just shy and insecure. You, as a stranger, has to break the ice. I've seen this many a times with Østlendinger, hehe. BTW, all you said is right on the money. A drunk Norwegian just returns to his natural state, being cheerful and jovial. Unfortunately it only last briefly, then he's back in his shell. We need more African style way of looking at life.
@@Reidar911 you are very right, I have interacted with Norwegians from the North and other places outside the capitals and they are more open , more expressive, but it's all about the cultural inclination..we from Africa can also learn a thing or two from this side haha..like respecting people's personal space ..all in all the different culture and diversity make life more interesting it'd be boring if we all behaved or looked the same
Congratulations 🎉. If I may ask is it better to study in a renowned universities in USA and come to Europe e.g Norway to look for jobs and probably settle there. Will they consider you from a US university ama they will pick local graduates
@@naomilumumba5535 the problem would be in most European countries they use different Languages, yes English is used but you'd need to also speak their language. So if your goal is to live in Europe it's better to study there
Have you heard of UDI excepting student visas if the schools in an Amercian online university? I have the means to support myself while continuing my education via military benefits, however I am unsure if the university must be physically in Norway to get approval.
I’m one of those people who gave up on studying in Norway because of the tuition fees policy and blocked account requirements. But I’m happy about the new update.
