When you are an American coming for a country where health care is impossibly expensive along with insurance rates, I thought that I would have a pleasant surprise as far as this goes when I moved to Norway. I would really love to hear about others experiences with health care in Norway or in Europe. [...]

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A lot of fun new interviews are coming your way here on Culture Shock. I hope you enjoy them, as a lot of time and effort are going in to them from me and the interview-ees. On a more serious note, I am not to happy with the Norwegian health care system right now. It [...]

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I just found out one of the reasons that the metro stops working  when it snows (which has always been a mystery since you would think that Norway, of all places, is prepared for heavy snowfall).  One of the reasons is because the new trains that they have here in Oslo were made and purchased [...]

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I am happy to announce that the snow we got a little while ago has not yet melted! AND every couple of days we get just a little bit more. It is finally winter here in Oslo, Norway! Finally!

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