In conjunction with the launch of it’s latest online publication, “Living and Working in Norway”, HowTo.co.uk analyses the most popular cities in Norway and provides an insight into what it is like living in Norway.
Bergen
Bergen was the main port in the Hanseatic trade league, so was isolated from the rest of the country – it was the sea trade that built the city. As a consequence, those living in Norway’s Alcatraz, have developed their own Norwegian customs, such as Buekorps. This tradition involves boys and men, parading in the streets with wooden sticks shaped as guns or crossbows, to the roll of double-headed drums.
Oslo
Oslo is the capital of Norway and the most populated city in the country. Oslo has changed names twice: once to Christiania from 1624 to 1878 and to Kristiania from 1878 to 1924.
Despite inner Oslo being urbanised, three-quarters of the city is open space surrounding the north. Oslo is also the only city in Norway to have both trams and an underground, giving it the most diverse methods of public transport in Norway.
Kristiansand
Found by King Christian IV in 1641, Kristiansand was created as a market town. The city has since suffered two fires, once in 1734 and then in 1892. Known as the capital of southern Norway, Kristiansand is the fifth largest city in Norway. Hugging the southern coast of Norway, the city has a strip of coastal towns which has gradually become a popular holiday destination. The city if one of the few cities in Norway to have a rectangular street plan, seven parallel to the Otra River and 11 perpendicular to it.
Stavanger
Initially a town renowned for its shipping and export products, especially canned fish, Stavanger’s primary interest is now in oil, with many oil companies establishing their head offices there. The city is now commonly referred to as the petroleum capital of Norway, with oil becoming its main offshore activity.
Despite the cities main interest being oil, Stavanger has managed to preserve it’s traditional buildings and attractions, such as “Gamle Stavanger” which are 170 white wooden houses, and the “Pulpit” rock which overlooks the nearby Lysefjord.
Tromso
Per square mile, Tromso is the biggest of all the cities in Norway. The main part of the city resides on an island between mainland Noway and the island of Kvaloya. Located very near the most northern part of Norway, Tromso is the adopted home for Artice Research, and the city can claim to have the world’s northernmost university, planetarium and brewery.
Some argue that Tromso is actually Artic. Between the 21st of May and 23rd of July, the sun shines all day and there is no night. Between the 25th of November and 21st of January, night lasts for 24 hours and there is no sun.
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