I noticed that already in the beginning of my expat adventure in Norway but now it started to bother and annoy me for real!!! I know it is another culture and I am only a visitor who stopped here for a little longer so I should respect the culture and assimilate... Right... Sorry, I simply cannot!!! I cannot understand why people do not say 'Hi' or 'Helo' when they enter your office or turn their head in another direction when they see you on the street!!! Not to mention how seldom it is to hear 'please' in here!!!
These are the small things that stop me from feeling like home in here. I was curious if I am the only one who is bothered by this behaviour and guess what: I am not!!! :-)
Have a look here: 10 tips on surviving in Norway (point 4) or here: Norway is a small town
Anyway, as usually I try to see the positives as well: that is another reason to work hard (and fast) to be on time with my PhD and take off to another, maybe slightly warmer country!
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I tend to agree that the rudeness is very annoying, infact disproportionally so. But they are super polite in other occasions. At a party a new person entering will go around and say hello to everyone, that would never happen in the UK.
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