Italyinnorway
Italian expat in Norway
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Registration: 30 October 2013
Why is Finding jobs in Norway difficult by skatellyn15
Hi everyone, why is it hard to find jobs in norway. Even the cleaning jobs they require language. As a foreigner im getting lost hope here and its really depressing. I feel like im regret moving here. Is there someone can give me advice on how you ...
Yeah, only way to get a job without the language is if you have skills that are in very high demand. From and employer's point of view it just doesn't make sense to hire someone that doesn't speak Norwegian if there's other people that speak it ... Read More
Would being an autistic woman prevent me from moving to Norway? by porcelainqueen
Per the post tile, it can be assumed that I'm a mildly autistic woman and I'm high functioning. Is it possible that my condition may prevent me from moving to Norway in the future? I know it may prevent me from moving to NZ and the like.
As long as you can get a job, being autistic or not is not relevant to the process. Not sure about NZ, that seems unusual. Read More
Being convincing to an employer in Norway by Priscilla
Hello everyone, Finding a job in Norway is no easy feat. From applying for a job all the way to job interviews, the etiquette can be different abroad. Specially job interviews, that can already be pretty daunting, can feel even worse when set in ...
Ok, I usually do not post, but this is just going to get you laughed out of the room. Read More
How to deal with stress when moving to Norway
Life in Norway is considerably more relaxing than other countries from my experience, given you have a job and a work contract to go with it. Norwegians are quite reserved and do not like spending their time judging others, once you realize these ... Read More
Hello everyone by Aseel9
Could anyone please give me some information about norway
I am still quite sure the oil industry induced gdp is not 60% of the country's economy :) Read More
Hello everyone by Aseel9
Could anyone please give me some information about norway
The oil fund is called oil fund because the money in it came from the oil industry, not because its value is based on oil :) Currently it's valued over 1 Trillion USD. I'd say it's healthy. Currently the state is curbing spending, which ... Read More
Looking for work/jobs in norway for someone who mainly speaks English by lukas502
Hi all, i'm predominantly looking for work in the city of stavanger or areas around. I mainly speak English and have very slowly started to learn Norwegian. Ideal id like to move at the end of summer/start of autumn by then i should have a ...
@Lukas: Finding a job while speaking good English and no/bad Norwegian is only possible if you offer something in your skillset that Norwegians to not have and is in demand. I am not talking about "I'm very nice", I'm talking about ... Read More
Learning Norwegian, Norwegian films
If you just started I would recommend watching some kids shows. Norwegian pronunciation is quite alien to foreigners and learning from subtitles only, as good as it is to improve the vocabulary, will mess up your pronunciation real bad. You should ... Read More
Religion, how big a part of it is it? by LoreleiLee
Hiya, I recently saw on wiki that Norway is something like 70% Evangelical. I am not religious. How much does religion effect everyday life? I noticed that most shops are shut in Sunday. Is there a stigma against people who aren't religious? ...
Don't publicly swear, don't publicly preach, don't go full burzum. You'll be fine then :P Read More
Hello everyone by Aseel9
Could anyone please give me some information about norway
I would not be so negative about the situation in general. The government is definitely more strict now and unskilled jobs are more difficult to find. This is mainly to the oil industry having let go a number of people and most jobs being taken by ... Read More
In retrospect, would you move again to Norway? by Christine
Hi all, If you had to look back on your expat experience in Norway, would you heartily say "lets do it again"? From the preparation stage to your actual everyday life in your new country, what did you enjoy the most? Would you do certain ...
Better than how it is? :| Read More
In retrospect, would you move again to Norway? by Christine
Hi all, If you had to look back on your expat experience in Norway, would you heartily say "lets do it again"? From the preparation stage to your actual everyday life in your new country, what did you enjoy the most? Would you do certain ...
I have to say, honestly I'm appalled. A state with no taxation is not a state (no law enforcement, infrastructure, nothing). How would that even work? Some form of anarchy? Taxes are known and information about them is available from multiple ... Read More
In retrospect, would you move again to Norway? by Christine
Hi all, If you had to look back on your expat experience in Norway, would you heartily say "lets do it again"? From the preparation stage to your actual everyday life in your new country, what did you enjoy the most? Would you do certain ...
Personally I would move again, I have been here 3 years and I feel more at home here than I have ever been in my home country. Norway is a social democracy with little to no religious influence. If that is the kind of environment one likes then it ... Read More
job in constructions field
finn.no is your best bet. Job section specifically: http://www.finn.no/jobb/ Read More
Looking for a job in Norway by RodEsp
Hey everyone! I'm a 24 year old guy who is learning Norwegian and I have 3+ years of work experience in the IT/Computer area. I've really liked Norway since I was a teenager and have recently seriously started thinking about moving there. I ...
For skilled IT workers they do meetings on skype. And some companies have english as the main language since they have branches in different nations. Read More
Hair stylist is looking for a job
Do you know norwegian? Do you know english? Do you have any specific diploma for hairstyling? In which part of Norway are you looking for work? Are you checking other websites? Are you expecting anyone to offer you a job or you are requesting ... Read More
it is possible to get new job in Norway by jobbyvarghese
Hi Everyone !!! I am Jobby Varghese.I am from India.I am planing to apply for "Norwegian for Skilled Worker" visa.could you please advice me about my decision.As I have no idea about Norway.I have completed Diploma in ...
I recommend you improve your english and give some information about your specific skills first. Unless you know norwegian or have very specific skillsets applying is more or less a waste of time. Read More
Fiancee Visa by Ann_vidar143
Hei everyone, just want to ask some help here if anyone knows about my situation..i plan to apply a fiancee visa to norway what i need to do for fast processing coz im missing my fiancee very much hopefully someone here can help us..thanK U and God ...
I am not completely sure but you should be free to move around in the schengen area (including Norway) if you are already in Denmark. Read More
Cheap room by dijananolic
Hello everybody! I have got a job in Bergen, but I must find quickly an accomodation. I am searching for a cheap single room, for about 160 kr for night, or I can share a room with somebody for a higher price. Can someone help me please? Thank ...
Yes I am italian. From my experience family will stay in touch, those friends that care enough too, and new friends are always good to find. Change is scary more often than it is bad :) Read More
Any Hawaiians out there?
I know just a few americans and no hawaiians so I cannot give any interpretation to your wink :P Read More
Any Hawaiians out there?
I have to admit this is the first ethnic group I don't think has any form of official presence. I have not met any at least, and there are no groups on facebook or google. Even the forum does not have many hawaiian apparently, at best there are ... Read More
it is possible to get new job in Norway by jobbyvarghese
Hi Everyone !!! I am Jobby Varghese.I am from India.I am planing to apply for "Norwegian for Skilled Worker" visa.could you please advice me about my decision.As I have no idea about Norway.I have completed Diploma in ...
Considering the brief description in your CV it should be possible. I do recommend going through a pre-existent company eventually, it would make things much easier and safer. The oil industry is currently slowing down but there should still be open ... Read More
Cheap room by dijananolic
Hello everybody! I have got a job in Bergen, but I must find quickly an accomodation. I am searching for a cheap single room, for about 160 kr for night, or I can share a room with somebody for a higher price. Can someone help me please? Thank ...
Good luck with your enterprise, I hope Bergen will treat you well :) You're lucky to move now that summer is starting! Read More
inquiry for visa fee and processing by jeff1111098
Good day. Anybody here can help me to know how much the visa processing and how long it will process? I was hired by Oil company and they want me to go there on March 2, 2015. they gave me Kero Travel and Tour to process my visa. Is it normal way ...
The website is registered with an american ISP on a shared website http://whois.domaintools.com/morten-oilgas.com The website itself is a copy paste of a smaple template created with an automated system (http://www3.dragndropbuilder.com/) and was ... Read More
New friends to meet in Bergen
yes... you wrote that already... I sent you a pm :) Read More
New friends to meet in Bergen
If you are interested I go hiking every saturday or sunday with a few friends (admittedly, depending on the weather it's just me and another girl going lately as the others bug out but it's something I guess :P) Read More
New friends to meet in Bergen
Hi, yay for a proper presentation post :D If you feel like meeting up send me a PM, I'm always up for meeting new friends :) Read More
New to Bergen and Looking for friends by tsilalen
:cheers: Hello beautiful people of Bergen ;) I am new here! And I think Bergen is too beautiful to explore it alone. I w'd like making friends. If anybody wants to circle me, please do :top:
you can't be serious... you are 700 km away, in Trondheim. Kastenas pointed out you could've found this out with google maps (I did) in about 30 seconds and he's right about that (altho slightly unpolite maybe). 700 km in Norway is 18 ... Read More
New to Bergen and Looking for friends by tsilalen
:cheers: Hello beautiful people of Bergen ;) I am new here! And I think Bergen is too beautiful to explore it alone. I w'd like making friends. If anybody wants to circle me, please do :top:
Knowing briefly what your interestests are would help to make people interested :) Read More
Searching for opportunities in Norway by Julie0501
Hi everyone ! I am Julie, 22 years old, from Belgium. I am currently studying environmental management at Cranfield University (United Kingdom). At the same time, I am learning norwegian in order to increase my employability in Norway. I am ...
This is the only one apparently (I don't use linkedin much). System Administrator (Windows Linux Unix Apple VMware Oracle EMC Cloud SAP SQL CRM Cisco ITIL SAN) Before you move let me warn you, start of the year would be the best moment, hiring ... Read More
Searching for opportunities in Norway by Julie0501
Hi everyone ! I am Julie, 22 years old, from Belgium. I am currently studying environmental management at Cranfield University (United Kingdom). At the same time, I am learning norwegian in order to increase my employability in Norway. I am ...
What is your skillset? Mine is related to IT and I am registered to a few groups that relate to it. Read More
Searching for opportunities in Norway by Julie0501
Hi everyone ! I am Julie, 22 years old, from Belgium. I am currently studying environmental management at Cranfield University (United Kingdom). At the same time, I am learning norwegian in order to increase my employability in Norway. I am ...
Job opportunities are most often available on finn.no. Personally I get a lot of job offers from linkedin so I would recommend creating a profile there and look for job opportunities among companies you may be interested in. I cannot provide much ... Read More
where to complain for labor rights
Apparently you worked without a contract? I am not 100% sure that is even legal as a "trial period" or they still had to give you some form of contract. I would recommend involving a lawyer. As they are expensive a good alternative is to ... Read More
friends to.hang out with by cazvilla
Hi. I just move here in arendal 2month ago. Away from my normal lifestyle from sunny Bali to this weather and all alone is killing me. Hopefully can meet up someone to hang out with or exchange culture
Norwegians have a different "concept" of friendship from what I understood (I've been here a bit by now, so I think I have at least an idea :) ) It will take time and common interests to be aquaintances, they'll have to know ... Read More
New to Bergen and Looking for friends by tsilalen
:cheers: Hello beautiful people of Bergen ;) I am new here! And I think Bergen is too beautiful to explore it alone. I w'd like making friends. If anybody wants to circle me, please do :top:
I sent you a private message with my contact details :) Read More
New to Bergen and Looking for friends by tsilalen
:cheers: Hello beautiful people of Bergen ;) I am new here! And I think Bergen is too beautiful to explore it alone. I w'd like making friends. If anybody wants to circle me, please do :top:
Hi, if you are interested i meet often with a small group of expats that meet up more or less often for various activities (tea, movies, dinner at times, as it's rather expensive :P) Read More
is born poor die poor true for Norway? by danamic
hi everyone. I heard Norway is a real meritocracy where everyone has equal opportunities and everyone can get rich. So poor people can get rich in Norway and born poor die poor isn't really true for Norway? thank you for attention!! need your ...
I'll give my 2 cents about it since it is one of the first things I noticed. It is pretty common in most countries to have a small part of the population hoggle most of the money, this is not really the case in Norway. Apart from some notable ... Read More
Making Friends in Bergen by Karen77
Hi, In the process of moving to Bergen and would really like to meet some new people and make some new friends to make my move a little less scary!! Any friendly people out there?? Words of wisdom for settling in much appreciated too... Takk ...
I would be willing to meet up some people too, who would be interested in having some tea one afternoon? Read More
Hello Everyone! by mai88
I am looking for a friend here in Bergen.
Hei, giving a bit more information about yourself may help :) Hobbies would be nice for starters :D There is a few people from Bergen on the forum but the last meet up was quite a few months ago and I don't know how many still use this forum :) Read More
Norway Visa... by Sandibelle
Hi guys, i want to go in NORWAY, anyone can help me to get visit visa???
Not creepy at all. Hi guys, i want to go in NORWAY, anyone can help me to get visit visa???The information provided by sctld is all you need in relation to the paperwork. In case you need more "hands down" answers about places, working conditions, ... Read More
Private tutor needed for Norwegian language
From personal experience I would recommend Folkeuniversitetet over Nygård. Read More
regarding time
I can confirm that. I have quite a few norwegian friends that can't find unskilled works either, so I guess for foreigners it's even more difficult. Read More
Marcello need help..!!!
I can confirm that. If your friend has specific skills in his CV (engineering) or already speaks norwegian he has a chance, otherwise he may end up in trouble, living here is quite expensive. Read More
Hi
Information already available at: https://www.expat.com/forum/347-22-cost-of-living-in-norway.html https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=319589 Read More
A Norwegian Penpal and Friend
Uhmmm, I am not sure this is the right forum to talk with norwegians as it's an expatriate forum. You still can find foreigners that moved here (more or less successfully). Read More
Planning to come to Norway for job
It would be worthy to point out the situation is still ok if you are a specialized worker. Depending on previous experiences, language skills and education you may be able to get a job. Read More
Introduction to Bergen, for anyone by a.kastenas
Hi everyone, I was looking into forum, and noticed that some of you seem a bit lonely. Considering this I have decided to cheer you up a bit by offering something. I am authorised Bergen and Hordaland region guide. Please let me know if you would ...
and ofc I only read this now :/ Read More