Living in Norway : A Practical Guide [Paperback]

Michael Brady (Author), Belinda Drabble (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1999

This edition, with more than 850 topics in 49 chapters, provides a wealth of information for new residents and all who wish to learn more about Norway. Topics are arranged in alphabetical order and grouped by subject, and the book also supplies email addresses for finding further information.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

If you're off to the land of fjords and plan on settling in rather than playing tourist, Living in Norway is an essential information source. Completely revised at the end of 1999, it will smooth the transition whether you intend to stay for a week or a lifetime. The book opens with extensive checklists to remind you of all the most important details when entering or leaving the country. Your car, insurance status, paperwork, health and bank records, and more--all can make your life easy or frustratingly complicated, depending on your preparation. There are 48 chapters in all covering transportation, climate, crime and police, consumer goods, retirement, and pretty much anything else you could think of to ask a native. How do you ask for the eel special, or anything but the eels? How can you forward mail? Is that deafening alarm an air raid or just a test? It's all here, but if you want greater depth on a topic, there's plenty of pointers to online and printed resources, as well. A short but very helpful glossary of common Norwegian service names fills the yellow pages in the back. Well indexed, cleverly organized, and comprehensive, Living in Norway is a priceless treasure for the nouveau Norsk. --Rob Lightner

From the Publisher

Amazon.com still lists the second edition by Patricia Bjaaland as available on order from used book shops. When the third edition by Brady and Drabble appears (publication is scheduled in October 1998), it will replace the second edition. Until then, the book may be listed under two ISBN numbers.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 412 pages
• Publisher: Palamedes Press (Norway); 3rd edition (1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 8291570019
• ISBN-13: 978-8291570013
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 6.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #693,040 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #51 in Books > Travel > Europe > Norway

Customer Reviews

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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Can't live without it!, February 28, 2000

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This review is from: Living in Norway : A Practical Guide (Paperback)

This book is exactly what I was looking for when we moved to Norway a year and a half ago...only it didn't exist! I snatched one up when I saw it come out in December and have not been disappointed. Every day I discover something else I either didn't know or didn't completely understand. I have friends who have been here 14 years who are still finding things they didn't know. It's also a great reference for such things as laundry labels, conversion tables, cooking terms, etc. If you're moving to Norway, buy this book!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Helpful!, December 10, 2008

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This review is from: Living in Norway : A Practical Guide (Paperback)

This book is a great resource for anyone living in Norway for any amount of time. We had gotten it as a gift before we moved there and I hadn't really looked at it until we had been there a while. I wish I had read it before we moved- it would have saved a lot of guess work.

5.0 out of 5 stars We LIKE this book!, April 25, 2011

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This review is from: Living in Norway : A Practical Guide (Paperback)

Even though we don't plan on living there, this is very very helpful information and my husband has already read much of it preparing for his annual time with relatives there... really helps you understand the culture, laws, what ifs, etc...