NORWEGIANS -

Before moving to Norway I heard a lot about Norwegians. From people that weren’t Norwegians, of course 🙂

Everybody was wondering how am I going to live with such cold, unfriendly and distant people. Everybody, except me.

Before moving here I already had some experience with Norwegians because we used to celebrate couple of new years eves with some friends of our sister in law who is Norwegians. And we always had a great time, with no trouble of getting along.

Nothing changed when moving here. In the past 12 months of being here, I only had good experiences with Norwegians that proved to be as OK as everybody else. Very friendly, open, polite, talkative….

But not everybody has the same opinion and experience. We are all different at the end, right?

Julien S. Bourelle, Canadian rocket scientist that lived in six countries in a period of ten years adapting his lifestyle to each local culture. He speaks English, French, Norwegian and Spanish.

Moving to Norway has been the most challenging cultural experience for Julien so far and after couple of years of living in Norway, he decided to write and illustrate a book about Norwegians. From his point of view.

The book called The social guide to Norway: an illustrated introduction is so funny that I had to share it with you, although I don’t share Julien’s views on Norwegians but rather I see myself in his descriptions 🙂

https://www.julien.tips/

NORVEŽANI

Prije no što sam se doselila u Norvešku, čula sam razne komentare o Norvežanima; da su hladni i nepristupačni, neljubazni, teški za sklopiti prijateljstvo, no ni jedna od tih primjedbi nije me odvratila od selidbe ili uplašila.

Moj prvi kontakt s Norvežanima zbio se prije par godina u nekoliko navrata kad sam slavila nove godine u krugu šogoričinih prijatelja koji su Norvežani. Ništa posebno, sasvim normalni ljudi, otvoreni za pričanje i druženje.
Takvima su se, uostalom, pokazali i ostali Norvežani koje sam upoznala od kad sam došla, no nemamo svi isti pogled na svijet te isto iskustvo.

Julien S. Bourelle, kanadski je znanstvenik koji je živio u raznim zemljama tijekom perioda od deset godina. Za to vrijeme naučio je engleski (Julien dolazi iz francuskog govornog područja u Kanadi), španjolski, francuski i norveški.

Selidba u Norvešku bila je poseban izazov za Juliena tako da je, nakon petogodišnjeg boravka i (su)života s Norvežanima, svoje viđenje ovih sjevernjaka odlučio pretočiti u crteže.

Listajući Bourellovu knjigu: Društveni vodič kroz Norvešku: ilustrirani uvod nasmijala sam se do suza.