About Scandinaviannew

Gender:

Female

Currently Lives:

Koppang, Norway

Citizen Of:

United States

Some Forum Posts:

Norway: moving to Norway:

I'm glad to have found this site. I moved to Norway to be with my boyfriend in Jan 2011. We are expecting a baby. Coming from America, anyone should warned to cut back on expectations, whether its in the social realm or healthcare or just the ways things are done here in general. I am sure not all we have seen is true of every Norwegian but in my encounters i find them to be a bit cold, yes no smiles, no sense of humor, no regard for anyone else, the word "excuse me" escapes them, I have been bumped into in supermarkets, in hallways, and streets and no one says excuse me or I'm sorry. You will even seem strange if you use those words, no one seem to care when their personal space is invaded, unlike in the US where we have that unspoken personal perimeter that nobody dares to enter.Oh another thing, they don't queue here, its strange, you get to the hotel and you are standing there waiting for your turn, suddenly someone who knows the system better dashes to the counter. When it comes to healthcare, it is rationed, you will get an appointment of their choice by mail and if you are pregnant you can see a local physician, in my case the local physician did not speak Engelsk, did not know what quinines were, could not calculate my due date, was dressed like a teenage receptionist, in fact I thought she was an intake medical assistant or so until my boyfriend told me that that was the doctor. This illustration is not represent all docs in norway, but being my first time to a doc here, I got really scared and wanted to go back home. I've travelled to many places in the world, in fact I was born in Africa, I am yet to find something to keep in Norway, our dream is to settle in the US, No matter what, I love America!

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