🌌 Workation under the Northern Lights: how to hunt for the aurora without disrupting your workday
❄️✨ The best months and times, basic locations, ‘workday → aurora at night,’ fo…
Work & Life
🌿 Live and work close to nature: evening activities within the city limits
🚶♂ Where to spend 60–90 minutes after work: Oslo's green corridors, Bergen's ‘…
🏠 First week in a new flat: electricity, insurance, rubbish/plastic, deposit
📝 What to include in the first 7 days: electricity rates, basic insurance, wast…
🌍 Painless integration: team, clubs and ‘dugnad’
🤝 How to fit into the office and community: feedback rhythm, clubs and tandems,…
🏢🤝☕ Office etiquette in the land of fjords: “du”, small talk and business meetings
💬 How to address people informally, what to talk about during coffee breaks, ho…
🏔️👔 Layers and wardrobe: office during the day — trail in the evening
🎒The three-layer principle, a seasonal capsule wardrobe, office-friendly pieces…
🌦️🕰️Weather, seasons and biorhythms in Norway: how to work in tune with nature
🌞🌌 How to make friends with light and weather: polar day and night mode, when t…
✨ Clothing and equipment: buy locally or bring your own?
✨ Which is more cost-effective: bring your own or buy locally? Where can you fi…
🚆📱💼 Travel passes, eSIM, coworking spaces: how to spend less and travel faster
💡 What to take for 2–3 weeks: the best Ruter/Skyss travel cards, eSIM for calls…
💰 Money in simple terms: salaries, taxes and ‘net’ amounts
🧮 How much does a developer earn in Oslo, what taxes do seasonal workers pay, a…
🗣 Language at work: English, Bokmål and Norsk without panic
🗣 Is English sufficient in Oslo/Bergen when you need bokmål, which courses to c…
💻 Remote working in Norway: internet without surprises and protests without stress
📡 Where to find reliable internet for video calls, how to work from a cabin, wh…
📅 Life calendar: public holidays, fellesferie and corporate julebord — stress-free and without mistakes
🎉 Holidays and ‘red days’ in Norway, fellesferie and julebord etiquette: when e…
🌿 Live, don't overwork: Norwegian work–life balance for beginners
🌅 Work–life balance in Norway: work and life without overload — short days, bre…