Holland House and The Oslo International Writers' Group are proud to present the group's first anthology, North of the Sun, South of the Moon: New Voices from Norway . My nonfiction essay, Orientation, will appear alongside the fiction, nonfiction, and poetry of seven of my talented fellow OIWG members: Zoe Harris…
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Our Third Dugnad
Each spring, the tenants in our apartment building in Oslo come together for an afternoon of unpaid, voluntary, organized community work. This is a dugnad , a Norwegian tradition in which a bunch of people, in this case neighbors, join forces to spruce up their public, shared spaces. In my opinion,…
ÆØÅ Size Matters: The Funniest Norwegian Video
Warning: This video is probably not work safe. It's crude and rude and unbelievably hilarious. Last week, I blogged about the Russian language and how it threw me during our recent trip to St. Petersburg. I did have a positive revelation, though. Suddenly, Norwegian looked comfortingly familiar to this happy…
Wishing I could read Russian
It took less than a minute after the plane landed on the tarmac in St. Petersburg for me to realize that this vacation was going to be drastically different than the rest. All I had to do was get through passport control. I froze. My eyes flicked wildly from wall…
A Look Inside Oslo's Rådhuset (City Hall)
On Sunday, City of Oslo, VisitOSLO , and Ruter hosted Turist i Egen By , an annual event which, in English, translates to Tourist in Your Own City . Free Oslo Passes for everyone! I'm a huge fan of the Oslo Pass, and I always recommend it to people visiting for more than…
A Guide to Oslo - Restaurants
Last year, Canadian Travel Website Cheapflights commissioned me to write an Insider's Guide to Oslo for them. I've found my calling. Researching restaurants (eating out) and researching bars (drinking beer) and researching museums was a good gig. Along the way, I wrote a little more than necessary for their purposes.…
Statues in Oslo
Lots of cool, bizarre statues in Oslo... Clockwise from Top Left: A creepy smile on the steps outside the new museum buildings at the far end of Tjuvholmen, designed by Renzo Piano, which now house the Astrup Fearnley Modern Art exhibition ; Oslo's Beaver Statue, unnamed, sits outside a print shop…
The Oslo Weekender: Walking Around Bygdøy
Cabin fever. It sets in after one too many days or weeks or months indoors. Oslo is a beautiful, fun city, full of things to do and see. But this year, the snow is taking its sweet time in retreat, which means a few of the spring things I look…