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\"\"No, I am not Norwegian…but some of my closest friends<\/strong><\/a> here in Valencia are in fact from Norway. I’m going to be honest, when I first met my friends I wasn’t even sure where Norway was located<\/strong>. My friends have now enlightened me to so many wonderful and interesting facts about their hometown. I almost feel a bit Norwegian. I probably shouldn’t mention this but I genuinely think of Norway as a really great progressing country<\/strong> in comparison to the United States. Let me give you 30 reasons as to why I think so<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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  1. Every year since 1947 Norway sends an enormous Norwegian Spruce Christmas Tree to London<\/strong> as a token of gratitude; Britain helped liberate Norway during World War II.<\/li>\n
  2. Whoever owns a television set in Norway must pay a mandatory public fee of NOK 2,970.24 (\u20ac297) for a television license<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  3. Norwegians get so excited when the weather is nice enough to sit outside and have a beer, they made a word for it<\/strong>. Utepils<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  4. Norway’s plastic recycling scheme is the best in the world<\/strong>. It recycles 97% of its bottles! All supermarkets carry some sort of “reverse vending machine.” You insert the plastic bottle & are rewarded with 10-20 cents for recycling it<\/strong>! Check out this article. <\/a><\/li>\n
  5. You have to be 18 years old to purchase wine or beer<\/strong> & must be 20 years old to purchase hard liquor<\/strong> (anything over 22% of alcohol).<\/li>\n
  6. Norway has won more medals in the Winter Olympics than any other country<\/strong>. 332 medals & counting since 1924!<\/li>\n
  7. Norway is ranked one of the most peaceful countries in the world<\/strong>. Ranking 11th out of 162 countries.<\/li>\n
  8. Norway is the country with the largest concentration of fjords in the entire world!<\/strong><\/li>\n
  9. Norwegian police officers do not carry firearms. Instead, they keep their weapons locked inside of their vehicles.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  10. Every year the Noble Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo<\/strong>, Norway since 1901.<\/li>\n
  11. Bokm\u00e5l and Nynorsk are Norway’s two official languages<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  12. Since 2002, police in Norway have only been involved in 4 fatal shootings<\/strong>!<\/li>\n
  13. You can only buy alcoholic beverages from stores named Vinmonopolet<\/strong>. There are only 2 in each city and none in the countryside.<\/li>\n
  14. Norway is the world’s largest exporter of salmon<\/strong>. It actually introduced salmon to Japan.<\/li>\n
  15. Osteh\u00f8vel<\/strong> is a main staple in every Norwegian’s home. It’s a cheese slicer<\/strong> that was created by the Norwegian inventor Thor Bj\u00f8rklund.<\/li>\n
  16. Edvard Munch who is famous for his painting “The Scream” (1893) is in fact Norwegian<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  17. The word for boyfriend\/girlfriend is kj\u00e6reste<\/em> and its gender neutral<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  18. IKEA names beds, wardrobes, and hall furniture after places in the country.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  19. Grocery stores are not permitted to sell any product containing over 4,7% of alcohol<\/strong>. They can only sell alcohol before 20:00 on weekdays and before 18:00 on Saturday’s.<\/li>\n
  20. Smalahove is literally translated to sheep head<\/strong>. It’s the traditional dish of Western Norway<\/strong>. The sheep head is boiled or steamed for about 3 hours and served with boiled potatoes.<\/li>\n
  21. Although it is one of the biggest exporters of oil in the world, it has the highest gas prices in the world ($9,79 per gallon).<\/li>\n
  22. 130m up a glacier mountain in the country is where the Svalbard Global Seed Vault is located<\/strong>. It can be used to repopulate the Earth’s crops in case of an apocalyptic event.<\/li>\n
  23. Norway works actively to ensure the best possible decisions on environmental issues within the EU<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  24. Surprisingly, Norge<\/em> does not fall under the top 10 coldest countries in the world<\/strong>. Yay!<\/li>\n
  25. Norway’s official country name is The Kingdom of Norway.<\/li>\n
  26. There’s a gay penguin couple<\/strong> in the aquarium<\/a> in Bergen that adopted an egg\/baby.<\/li>\n
  27. When Norwegians graduate high school they have a traditional celebration; russefeiring<\/a>. Where graduates party for about an entire month<\/strong>, ending on Norway’s National Day\u201317th of May!<\/li>\n
  28. Sakte TV (Slow TV) is a channel where Norwegian’s watch 24 hrs or more of live footage; train rides, cruises, or dog sledding. It started with a train ride from Bergen to Oslo being entirely filmed. Watch here.<\/li>\n
  29. For approx. 2 months each year (May-July) Troms\u00f8, Norway experiences The Midnight Sun<\/a>. It’s a phenomenon where the sun does not set for a period of time. <\/strong>During winter, Troms\u00f8 is a popular location to witness the beautiful Northern Lights<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  30. Norway is in the top 10 most expensive countries to live in.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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