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e magazine in English by ISU at UiO

Vol.3 Issue 5 January 2011

The Monthly Moose

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C E: Marija Cabuskina W: Agnieszka Pikuta, Aleksandra Guzek, Anita Iyer,Ria Tobing, Stephanie Mller, Wong Fafa, Yulia Pidlisna C E: Anita Iyer P RRousseau, Marija Cabuskina, Stephanie Mller, Summer Choi, Vangelis Tasoulas C D: Ir

EDITORIALA New Year, the Same Responsibilities

Dear Reader,

January oers each and every one of usa chance for a new beginning, a cleanslate for a new story, some pristinesnow to make snow angels in. Eventhough I do not believe in the predic-tions of the Mayan calendar, I admitthat it could be a good idea to live thisyear as your last: to learn all the funskills youve been putting o, to readthe books youve never had the time to

read, to full the dreams youve beensaving up for later.

But what if Im stuck in Oslo? I hearyou say. Let me give you a puzzled lookbefore I give you the reasons why Oslois a great place to spend your last yearin. Firstly, it is a winter paradise -which other city can boast a downhillskiing resort, 2600 km of well-prepared skiing tracks, and a bobsleightrack?

Secondly, Oslo is a melting pot of di-verse cultures from all over the world,spicing up your life.

irdly, if you ever get tired of Oslo,you can use one of the budget airlinesand see the Northern Lights in Bod orenjoy the sun in Barcelona. e worldis your oyster, so crack it open.

Have the time of your life with eMoose of Norway.

Yours moose-ly,Marija Cabuskina

In the nal months of 2010, news coverage around the worldseemed driven at times by Julian Assange and the insightsinto diplomacy highlighted by the leaked Wikileaks docu-ments. However, alongside the diplomatic revelations andscandals, the issues of responsibility, of the publics right to

information, and the role of administrations, the media, andactivists in the spread of information have been highlighted.

We do not have the space or the inclination to go into afull discussion of Wikileaks here. Indeed, seeing as we are avolunteer-driven student publication, any attempt to placeourselves in the same framework is somewhat delusional.However, we mention the Wikileaks story because the issuesof responsibility and the right to information holds true forthe smaller sphere we operate in.

e Monthly Moose has a simple goal: to inform, entertain,

and champion the causes and experiences of the Englishspeaking student body in our pages. Last semester, we didour best to highlight the woes of international studentsforced to share overpriced and underfurnished single rooms,provided summaries of articles published in Norwegian stu-dent media, and did our best to build connections with theNorwegian student body.

We did this because we felt then, as we do now, that studentswho use English as their primary means of communicationat UiO have the right to a publication which is entertain-

ing and informative; which can serve as their voice as wellas their information source. While there is a world of dier-ence between publishing diplomatic cables and Universitassummaries, we hope that our eorts have helped to illumi-nate the goings-on at UiO for those who do not follow Nor-wegian, just as we hope our articles about the internationalstudent experience have helped the administration and theNorwegian student body understand how it feels to be newto Norway.

However, we cannot do this alone. e end of the fall semes-ter meant we had to say goodbye to some of our sta mem-

bers, as they left Oslo for home . It is up to you be youNorwegian, an International student, a member of the uni-versity sta, or merely an interested party to help us. Weare always ready to welcome new contributors, new readers,and tips or suggestions for stories. 2011 will be an excitingyear for the Moose. We hope you come along for the ride!

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Vice President

Daniel Rolin, SlovakiaWhy are you going to make the

best damn Vice President ever?

I was the author of the Kring-

sja 24 petition, but the ad-

ministration refused to meet

with me even though we col-

lected more than a hundred

signatures. Now, I have a

title, and that gives me lever-

age to make compensation

happen. Im good at negoti-

ating. Basically, Im going to

be the best damn president

evers right hand man!

What kind of experience do you

have?

Ive worked as an Amnesty

International lobbyist.

Hypothetically, if some kind of

terrible scandal were to destroy

your administration, what

would it be?

Utter negligence.

Meet the boardof the

International Student Union

President

Lubica Rozborova, Slovakia

Why are you going to be the bestdamn President ever?

I dont promise, I just work.

I dont believe Slovakia is a real

country. I think its some kind of

elaborate practical joke to confuse

Americans.

Our country is so beautiful, and

if you dont know about it, thats

your problem.

General Secretary

Radan Furiel, SlovakiaWhy are you going to make the

best damn General Secretary of

all time?

I have no ambition to say Im

the best, thats up to others to

decide.

Hypothetically, if some kind of

terrible scandal were to destroy

your administration, would it

more likely involve prostitutes or

cocaine?

Denitely prostitutes.

Why are you going to be the best damn Political Aairs Minister ever?

Ive studied political science for years, I have an avid interest in politics

of all kinds, and Im going to do my very best to ght for the needs of

international students.

What kind of experience do you have?

Ive worked for a US Senator dealing with constituents.Hypothetically, if some kind of terrible scandal were to destroy your adminis-

tration, what would it be?

Money laundering with the Norwegian Maa.

Political and Academ-ic Affairs Minister

Jared Lennon, USA

Why are you going to make the best damnSocial Aairs Minister ever?I want to get all students socialized inaddition to their studies, because itsimportant for everyone to have a bet-ter understanding of the world, and thebest way to do that is by meeting otherpeople.Considering your lack of Borat, why is

Azerbaijan better than Kazakhstan?First of all, why did you ask that ques-tion? Why Kazakhstan as opposed to

any other country in Asia?

Elections were held at the Interna-tional Cofee Hour on Friday, Sep-tember 3rd

ISU UiO is a branch o ISU Norway, anon-prot organization run or andby international students. On a na-tional level we work in cooperationwith the Norwegian Students Union.

Social Affairs Minister

Alizamin Jafarli, Azerbaijan


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ISUCalendar

February:5.2. - Oldies Party

14.2. Chocolate Factory Trip

14.2. - Valentine s Day Party

March:6.3. Mausoleum Trip

12.3.Mini-Bottle Museum Trip

April:9.4. Beach Party

July:5.6. Hovedya Picnic

Questions? Comments?Contact [email protected]

Join our Facebook group:

e International StudentsUnion at the University of

Oslo 2010/2011

Why are you going to be the best damn Edi-tor in Chie o the Monthly Moose ever?Because were worth it! Were the onlymedia here on campus that publishesexclusively in English. We have to do ourbest to inform international studentshere that dont speak Norwegian.Is there any conict o interest inherent in

being interviewed by one o your own stafmembers?ere certainly is, but Im also writingfor the Moose, and its probably better

than interviewing myself.

Sots Mnst

Muhammed AttabJaved, Pakistan

Why are you going to make the best damn Sports Minister ever?

Because I love sports! I was a part of both the badminton and cricket teams at

my home university

What kind o experience do you have?

I was the organizer of sports at my department back home.

Hypothetically, i some kind o terrible scandal were to destroy your administration,what would it be?

No comment.

Why are you going to make the best damn trip advisor ever?Cause I already am the best damned trip advisor ever. I have spent a homelessnight in the middle of Norway, gone dogsledding in Troms, to the top of Ber-gen, and I know a bit about making the most of a trip. Seeing isnt as importantas being and experiencing.I have this weird ootball shaped rash on my elbow. What should I do about it?Well, Im no doctor, but what you do is get a few coconuts and crack them openand make a small bath of the uids, I nd a bowl and three coconuts workspretty well. You submerge the rash for about three hours while dining on the

interior of the coconuts, nd the nearest beach party, and don a hula skirt, butkeep on your shirt and your cool, and hula dance up next to the prettiest girlin the place and whisper in her ear and ask her if shes ever felt waves lappingon the equator.Unless you want to get rid of it. en topical cream.

Ts Advso

Schuyler Lystad,

USA

Edto n Cf ofT Mont Moos

Marija Cabuskina, Latvia

What do we do?

We mediate any problems or issues that might arisebetween international students and other organisa-tions.

We organize trips. We organize sport events.

We publish this magazine We coordinate cultural events. We host parties. We promote the weekly International

Coee Hour at Chateau Neuf.

Text: Blayne SapelliPhotos: John Modin

Reprinted romissues 1 ,2 2010

Wmst

Anna Karpova, Russia

Why are you going to be the best damnwebmaster ever?

Because Im a IT-nerd

Why is making websites better than cook-

ing?Because after designing websites youdont have to clean!


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Free Advice11 ips o Getting TeMost Out Of Life In Oslo

A new semester, a new country,a new city adjusting to life inOslo can be tough and expensive,especially for for those new to

Norway. Here are some quicktips to help you stay safe, savemoney, and get the most out oflife in Oslo

1) Free food at Kiwi: By now, mosto you are probably aware that Kiwiis one o the cheapest places to buygroceries. But did you know thatyou can get ood there or ree? Kiwiguarantees that all the ood sold intheir shops is resh, and backs thispromise up with a sweet deal i

you fnd anything which expirestoday or tomorrow on the shelves,you get the product or ree. Expiredproducts can be traded or a reshversion o the same product, andexpired cigarettes or alcohol net youthe equivalent value in cash. So startchecking those expiration dates!

2) Loppemarkeds: Secondhandshopping in the resh air is a greatway to fnd cheap urniture, clothes,books, music, or whatever else youneed but dont necessarily want

to buy brand-new. So grab somecash and check out the weeklySaturday market under the bridge atGrnland (right next to the T-banestation) or hit the Sunday market atBirkelunden.

3)Grnland for Greens: In needo resh ruits and veggies? en hopthe T-bane to Grnland! e smallimmigrant-run shops routinely rankat the top o the list o places to fndthe best and cheapest produce. isarea is also the source o some o thecheapest kebabs in the city.

4) Medical Assistance, 24/7:Need to see a doctor? e 24 hourlegevakt (emergency clinic) atStorgata 44 is always open. Youllalso fnd a 24 hour pharmacy there.You can fnd it right across rom thetram stop Hausmanns gate

5) Late -Bane? ake a cab!: Iyou are waiting or a bus, T-bane,boat or tram in Oslo which isrunning more than 20 minutes late,Ruter will cover the cost o a cab up

to 500kr to get you to your location.Read more about the guarantee herewww.sporveien.no/PageFiles/227/travel_guarantee_eb2010.pd

6)Shopping on Sundays: eresnothing that makes a Sunday

morning hangover worse thanawaking and realizing that youare completely out o ood/toiletpaper/coee. Luckily, there areseveral smaller grocery stores openon Sundays, such as the Joker,Bunnpris, and Ica at Majorstuen,as well as many o the shops inGrnland.

7) Te Night Bus: Beore yournext night on the town, amiliarizeyoursel with the night bus schedule.e cost o the night bus is coveredunder a valid monthly studenttransit card. I you dont have astudent transit card, the night busis still cheaper than taking a taxihome. Check out www.trafkanten.no or more ino.

8) Cheap(er) Haircuts: Like muchelse in Oslo, haircuts here are quiteexpensive. ose o you unwilling to

trust the scissors to a riend (or gothe do-it-yoursel route) can alwayshit one o the styling schools in Oslo.Here, students will style your hairunder the watchul gaze o seasonedproessionals, who will intervenei necessary. Some places to checkout include the Auster Academyon Karl Johan, or Adam and Eva,located nearJernbanetorget.

9) Free Enter-tainment: It

might eel likeeverything inOslo costs alot o money,but things dohappen in this

city or ree. e website OsloPulse (www.oslopuls.no) oersa searchable calendar o events.Unortunately, its in Norwegian,but with the aid o a dictionary, atranslation tool, or a Norwegianriend, even the least skilledin Norwegian can navigate it.Remember, the word or ree is

gratis!

10) Embrace Friluftslivet!: Liein Norway is all about embracingfriluftsliv, or literally the resh airlie. Living in Oslo means that anexcellent selection o skiing, (and inour months time, swimming andhiking) opportunities are just a shortbus or T-bane ride away. Check outDNTs (Den Norske Turistorening)website or more inormation.http://www.turistoreningen.no/

11) Emergency: Hopeully, youll

never need this inormation, but incase o an emergency, dial:110 - Fire112 Police113 - Ambulance120 Emergency at open sea

Text: Anita IyerPhoto : Summer choi


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Befriending aNorwegian

Getting to know Norwegians can be like tryingto crack open a beer without a bottle opener. Itproves to be a challenge, but once the cap is nallyo, you savor it even more and it will bring you

much joy.I also open with a metaphor on beer, because

getting to know Norwegians is typically foundedon the ability to consume alcohol.

When I rst came to Norway, I was at afolkehgskole, a one year residence school. Terst week, everyone was shy, quiet, and bored.Ten came Tursday, and suddenly it was time todrink. Coming from the states, going out involveddrinking at the bar. I missed the concept of vorspiel,which is the phenomenon of getting drunk beforegoing out on the town. During vorspiel, since I was

empty-handed, I was constantly asked if I wantedsome of what they had, and when I said yes, theyimmediately opened up to me. If I said no thanks,they asked if I was pregnant or just super religious.I was neither, thank you.

Te following day, it seemed like we were suddenlyone big family and everyone had something incommon now, and had bonded overnight. I wasdumbfounded, but grateful. You see, Norwegiansrarely switch classes throughout their schooling,so loyalty is in their blood, and the friendships Ivedeveloped in my time here go deep.

Since then Ive been on the prowl to ndadditional ways to get to know Norwegians. I wasdetermined that there was another way! And thegood news isthere is! Ive created a little referenceguide for those of you who would love to get more

acquainted with the evasive Nordmann.First and foremost, I spoke a bit of

Norwegian when I landed, so that helped myeorts immensely. Especially on campus and inpubs, most Norwegians will respect that you evenbothered to learn the language and encourage you.For some reason more men have been eager tospeak English with me than women, but I was rmthat that was not why I came to Norway! Snakk

norsk! Norsk is one of the ultimate friendship-barriers to battle. But not everyone has thatoption, so

Join an idrettslag, a sports team.Innebandy [oor ball] is a popular activity,but even a tai chi class can provide theopportunity youve been looking for. Aska Norwegian to teach you how to crosscountry ski, which is super fun and verycultural.

Join a theatre club or choir.

Hyttetur! Another phenomenon, somesubjects here on campus do it, but itdepends on which department youre inand other factors.

Study groups. If youre taking a class withmany Norwegians, kollokviegrupper willnot only help you study but bring youcloser to your classmates.

If you can, a part time job can take you along way. And you increase your vocabularyimmensely depending on what kind ofstore it is.

Join NORSAAS (www.norsaas.com)or other Globally-conscious allianceorganizations. NORSAAS for example isa Norwegian-American student alliance,and members just happen to be a mix ofAmericans and Norwegians!

Marry one. Haha, just because I fell in lovewith a Norwegian doesnt mean you haveto. I only mention it because I actuallymet my husband where I rst learnedNorwegian and later taught at Skogforden,a summer camp in Minnesota, USA. Youcan learn more about that here: http://skogorden.villagepages.org.

Tis is by no means an all-inclusive list, but theseare things that I have found along the journey, andIve tried every one of the points with at least alittle bit of success. I hope something in there issomething youre willing to try, and that it worksfor you, too!Happy friendship-making!

Text: Leah GramboPhoto: Marija Cabuskina


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The Norwegian Armed Forces MuseumTis museum oers, as its name implies, Norwe-gian arms presented chronologically from the Vi-kings represented barely with three swords overthe Middle Age until the Second World War andthe War at Sea 1939- 1945. Te Middle Age Sec-tion shows a multitude of weapons from the oldcastle, Akershus, and the war with Sweden in 1808,such as pistols, swords and cannons. Te constantexhibition on the Second World War shows besideNorwegian, German and Russian machine-guns aNorwegian iger Moth aircraft and a German com-

bat vehicle. Te last part of the museum is devotedto the War at Sea 1939-1945 with a list of all 4500fallen Norwegian seamen. Furthermore there isalso shown the convoys, a German torpedo and ananti-u-boat weapon.Te entrance is for free.Location: Beside the Aksershus Festning. Te clos-est -Bane Station is Stortinget.Opening hours: 1 Sep. - 30 Apr.: Monday closed,ue-Fri 11am - 4pm, Sat/Sun 11am - 5pm 1 May -31 Aug.: Mon-Fri 10am - 5pm, Sat/Sun 11am - 5pm

Norwegian Museum of Magic (NorskTryllemuseum)Did you know Henrik Ibsen did conjuring tricks inhis youth? You can nd out the whole story andget information about more famous Norwegianmagicians if you come to the Museum of Magic. Teexhibition presents the history of Norwegian magicby a variety of posters, newspaper articles, photos,

books, costumes and magic equipment, some ofthem really rare. If you want to see some magicthe museum arranges magic shows on Sunday at2pm.If the show inspires you and you want to becomea magician yourself then you can purchase booksand magic equipment there.Te entrance is for free.Location: ake the -Bane to Nationaltheatreand walk the street down to Aker Brygge. Temuseum is in Munkedamsveien 65b, 3.etg.Opening hours: every Sunday 1 - 4pm

The TheatreMuseum ofOsloTe Teatre Muse-um situated in theheart of Oslo hasbeen located onthe second oorof the old CityHall since 1641.Inside you can ex-pect to experiencea lively exhibi-tion with originaltheatre and operacostumes from fa-mous Norwegianactresses of the last 200 years beside many otheroriginal requisites from Oslos famous Christi-ania Teatre in which plays of Ibsen and Bjrn-son celebrated their premiere. In addition themuseum has a changing exhibition, which atthe moment is devoted to the living and hous-ing conditions in Oslo over the last 200 years,

including house models like that of the oldesttheatre, Christiania Teatre, from 1837.Te entrance is for free.Location: ake the -Bane to Stortinget andwalk to Kvadraturen. You will see the museumright in front of you.Opening hours: ue - Sun 11am - 4pm

Norways Resistance MuseumOn April 9th, 1940, a German warship was sunkin the Oslo Fjord, which gave the NorwegianKing Hkon VII and his family, the Government

and Members of the Stortinget, time to escapefrom Oslo before the Nazis captured the city andthe whole country. Tis occasion is deemed tobe the beginning of the Nazi regime in Norwayuntil May 8th 1945, when the Second World Warended. Norway was not prepared for the German

Explore Oslos MuseumsOslo is well known for its cultural events and possesses a variety of ca. 50 museumswhereby some of them are famous even outside of Norway, such as the National Museumand the Viking Ship Museum. However, there are also other smaller museums whichare sometimes overlooked, unjustly as this selection of museums will hopefully show.


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attack. However, as this museum showsthe Norwegians have been pretty activein resistance movements: undergroundnewspapers have been printed, it waslistened to independent radio stations andGerman Heavy Water operations had beensabotaged. Te exhibition also informsunder which conditions Norwegians whofought for freedom of their country had

been imprisoned in concentration campsand the Mllergaten Prison in Oslo.Furthermore the persecution of the Nor-wegian Jews is detailed and recorded bydocuments, posters, objects and pictures.Finally the victory of the Allies and thereturn of the King in Oslo completes theexhibition with pictures of glory and joy.Te entrance fee is 15 NOK forstudents.Location: Te museum is housed in anold building in Akershus Castle.

Opening hours: until May: Mon-Fri10am - 4pm, Sat/Sun 11am - 4pm Jun-Aug.: Mon-Sat10am - 5pm,Sun 11am - 5pm

The Kon-TikiMuseumTis museumis dedicated tothe expeditionsof the Norwe-gian adventurerTor Heyerdahl. You can viewthe originalKon-iki raft,

which crossed the Pacic Ocean (8000km)in 1947 and the boot Ra II, a faithfullyrecreated papyrus boat, which crossed the Atlantic from Morocco to Barbados (ca6000 km) in 1970. Tere are also artefactsfrom Ancient Egypt and archaeologicalnds from the Easter Island, Peru and

East Polynesia with the mystical EasternIsland Statues called Moai. Or why not tryand nd the 10m long whale shark?!Te entrance fee for students is 40NOK.Location: ake the bus 30 to Bygdynes,get o at the last stop and you will stayright in front of the museum.Opening hours: Jan. Feb. Nov. Dec.:10am - 3pm Mar. Oct.: 10am - 4pm Apr.May. Sep.: 10am - 5pm Jun. Jul. Aug.:9.30am - 6pm

Text and pictures: Stephanie MllerReprinted from Issue 4, 2008

Food that matters:Norwegian Cuisine

he scene: I was having dinner with a friend for therst time, at a cozy place in Majorstuen. Id orderedsalad with shrimps. But the weird combination of

seafood with raspberry sauce left an unforgettably pecu-liar taste in my mouth. And then this simple thought appeared in my head:

What would life be without good food? Automatically,these delicious pictures from Italian cuisine popped intomy head: antipasti, pasta, sh, meat, salads and the sepa-rate but GREA topic of desserts. combined with goodwine

But what about Norwegian food? What could be honoredwith the title of norsk mat? What does an average Nor-wegian family eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner?A visit to any local supermarket chain revealed a very sim-

ple assortment of fresh food and aisles of semi-processed

and fully prepared dishes of iconic Norwegian food - plser[sausage] or boring Grandiosa pizza. raditionally, whatyou need for the perfect Norwegian plate is meat, boiledpotatoes and vegetables with tyttebr [lingonberry]sauce and/or gravy (also usually prepared from a package).A traditional Norwegian dish typically involves a lot of

curing and drying. A good example, the must try Lute-sk , which can be eaten as part of a Julebord [Christ-mas dinner], is a sh that has been soaked in lye and thencooked in broth. Another good example is dried atbreadstored on the shelf for months, called Lefse , which isused for both special occasions and everyday eating. Be-

side dried food, another sensation I traditionally associatewith Norwegian food is an unusual mixture of sweet andsalty tastes. Brown cheese [brunost] is a good example ofthis concept. It tastes like caramel combined with cheese.It is very strange, but usually can be found in traditionalpacked lunches [matpakke]. However, despite Norwegiancuisine relying on strange, dried, salty and sweet foodsthere is one thing which saves it: Norwegian heart shapedwaffl es and glgg.

If we want to nd an explanation for why Norwegiancuisine is the way it is, we could look up back in historyand nd two major causes. Te rst one is a lack of a his-tory with aristocratic and bourgeois classes involved whocould have stimulated the development of more advancedculinary traditions. Te second explanation is one whichcan be applied to almost everything - the weather condi-tions. Here we can use the weather to understand the lim-ited variety of fresh ingredients typically available, whichalso explains the favoring of dishes that could be storedthrough harsh winters.

In conclusion, I just have one question and interestingfact.

So, my question is: where is that supposed list of 101 reci-pes of dishes with salmon?

Interesting fact: For a country without a good culinary

tradition, Norway does very well in cooking competitions.Norwegian chefs are second only to the French when itcomes to the number of Bocuse dOr wins*.

Text:Yulia Pidlisna___________________________________

*http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125201428261684579.html


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10\\Travelogue

Where mountains touch the seaOslo is a perfect place to start trips into the mountains. If you are hitch-hiking you cango in every direction and very quickly stand in the main road. As we know, a hitch-hikershould never get o the main roads, because it can cause many problems - like waitingfor a car for 4 hours.

Tis time I decided to go to theRomsdalen Mountains. I tookroad no. 4, which is situated onthe north-east side o Oslo. Ateronly fteen minutes o waiting,the frst car pulled over! Great! Ihad transers in Gran, Rauoss, Biriand Lillehammer, so it wasnt toogood. In addition, Lillehammer isnot a good place to catch a car. I was

standing in an alley with very heavytrac.

I hadnt been waiting or verylong, maybe 3 minutes, when onecar stopped. A man very quicklyorganized a nice place or me andpacked my backpack in the trunk ohis car. Tere was almost no spaceor my stu, and a negative personcould say Sorry, I do not havespace or your backpack. But thisguy was very positive, and he reallywanted me to get into his car. It wasvery strange.

Well ... the conversation was veryinteresting. We talked about manythings, even about religion. In theend he asked me whether I had a

gun, and i so, where. O course Ididnt have one, but I told him thatI did, but that I couldnt tell himwhere. From that moment, thejourney was very tense. In addition,this nice guy started to talk aboutsex

Fortunately, I made it to ndalsnessaely a beautiul town wherethe contrasts between ord and

mountains are stunning. It wasgetting dark already but I hadenough time to pitch a tent beorethe sun disappeared.

During the frst day in theRomsdalen mountains I tried toreach the Frokostplassen because itis the closest place or non climbersto stand near rollveggen thetallest climbing wall in Europe.

In theory, the path is marked onthe map, but in reality it is not

marked at all. I walked up to a verysteep area, but the ground startedconstantly slipping under myeet. Tere was a lot o crumblingrocks and unstable ground. I

decided to turn back because I didntknow i I was going in the rightdirection, especially when it startedto be quite dangerous. I wanted togo down very quickly in order topitch a tent beore the dark came.I ound the stores that I let beore,but on my way I lost my camera andsunglasses. Fortunately, I ound thecamera.

On the second day I decided togo to Bispen. One man who gaveme a ride told me about thissummit, that it is a very popularplace or climbers and hikers.Basically there are three routesup to the summit to chooserom, with dierent levels odiculty. Te red one goesthrough the north ridge and it ismostly walking and scramblingyour way up, but i you lose thecorrect path you can end up inmuch steeper terrain. Te waythrough the south ridge is theshortest way with the simpleclimbing on loose rocks. Te last,green line through the east ridge


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is the most dicult and involves real climbing,graded between a Norwegian 4 and 5. I didnthave any equipment and partner to climb with,so I decided to take the easiest way.Te path on the map only leads hal o the wayup and is well marked when we look aroundcareully. From about 1100 meters above sealevel the way to the summit was only markedwith typical Norwegian cairns. Some o themwere mistakenly located. I had to be careul,because I could get into trouble very easily. It isgood that I let a store because I had to scrambleat high exposure. Finally I reached the summitwith very good weather conditions, and I had aull view o all the surrounding area. On the topthere was a book which you can sign as proothat you reached the Bispen.Te second day I decided to pitch a tent ina dierent place in the beginning o theLangelldalen valley, which I crossed the nextday. It was a simple and nice path, with manyanimals and sounds around. At the end othis valley I met hunters who had spent thelast three days inside a cabin. Tis cabin wasbeautiul and, by mountain cabin conditions,very comortable. Access to this cabin is ree andit is open all summer. Amazing! And 100 metersurther on you can launch a boat or swim in thelake. In the heart o the mountains!

Tat is Norway!

Text & Photo: Aleksandra Guzek


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Photo: Vangelis TasoulasJohn Modin


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meoftheOutlander

Norway: Home of the Outlander

Tereore she is the sea-maid,ice-sword blinds her eyes, drits

the glitter, rosty and bright.Tereore the melted moon becomes the Ocean.

Cold, warm, cold, ow, eyeless,unseen perception

eventually recalls her direction.

Tereore in the woods along the coast, I was there,standing, solidiy my waiting to y,

to the sky, to water, thereore,I imagine i somewhere above the deep rost

may grow the south ower bud under the cross?Northern Birds thereore orget their soar,

nest with their pale longing,start to sing the tropic songs.

Tereore she is the sea-maidweaving through the crystal.

Exhausted darkness, eventuallyshe recognizes the colour through her skins.

Tereore I will gaze near the shore,birds will be carved as the statue and

reezing the gloomy storm.

Te alling sprig, the desire to bloom,thereore it is the North, somewhere belong to nowhere,

homeo the outlander.

Foreigner deluxe Being Icelandic inNorwayIt isnt always a pure delight to be aforeigner, no matter where on theplanet your feet are touching theground, but despite some complications,

Norway is denitely one of the bestplaces for an Icelander to be one.

Coming rom a country where practicallynothing grows except or some very greengrass, neighbourly love and the mostadorable arrogance (...), it was mostly thevariety o living creatures that kept me ina constant state o astonishment my frstew weeks in Norway. I could stare at asunower or ages, admiring how it looked

just as cartoon-like in real lie as it did incartoons. And I never got tired o watchingthe cheeky magpies (skjre in Norwegian),the animal equivalent o the naughtyIcelandic Christmas lads. Tey still crack meup, as do the pretty 18 year-old ballerinaswho insist on shoving tobacco under theirupper lip, as i it were the latest type oaccessories to their ashionable clothes.

Since Icelanders and Norwegians basicallylook the same, Norwegians always seem to

assume I am one o them until I open mymouth to speak. But boy, the look on theiraces when I, happy as a clam that somestranger would start a conversation with mein the park or no reason at all, reply in myuent, yet brutally rah-tah-tah soundingNorwegian. Occasionally it has even causedthem to turn their backs and leave withouta word. But most o the time, ater that frstlook o conusion, people tend to becomecurious, and oten they even ask i I amIcelandic. Once my nationality has beenestablished, I have, in the blink o an eye,turned into their long lost relative and I getto hear all about their grandmother allingin love with an Icelandic sailor in 1923, andhow they have always wanted to go to Iceland,or that they were there last summer andbought some o that Icelandic brennivn (anIcelandic type o alcohol a.k.a. Black Death,a name it has been given or a good reason)in the duty ree store. Do I know their oldchildhood penpal, Jn? And how are things

going with my amily, with the crisis and all? And how come I speak Norwegian so well(even i they hardly understood a word Iwas saying one minute ago). At the speed olight, I have been promoted to an honorary

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Norwegian, a oreigner deluxe.

When moving to a oreigncountry, language skills arevital. However, having studiedDanish at school or some years,learning Norwegian is usuallynot a language skill Icelandersneed to worry about. You see,

most Norwegians dont havea clue how similar the twolanguages actually are, apartrom the pronunciation and anextensive list o recently addedwords that have to do withtechnology etc. ake away allthe complicated grammar romIcelandic and what you have letis basically Norwegian with -urat the end o some nouns. Tis

means that any Norwegianwith a good ear or languagesand a rah-tah-tah-flter wouldprobably understand at leasthal o what you are sayingwhen you are chatting awayover a latte with your Icelandicriends at the local ca, ihe or she only realized howeasy it would be (somethingI ound out the hard wayshortly ater I came here,unortunately during one o my less dignifedmoments). Tankully most Norwegians aretotally unaware o this and thus unable to useit to their advantage, and I am counting on you,my ellow oreigners reading this, to keep thissecret to yoursel.

o protect ourselves, many o us have come upwith our own version o Icelandic, to get throughthe day without uncomortable attention, oreven a bloody nose. So, instead o saying thingsstraight out and using our normal vocabulary

like we usually would, when surrounded byNorwegians we may choose to use unusualwords and ways to get to the point, sometimesit turns out to be total BS, but as long as ourriends understand what we are talking about,anything goes. Here is one example, translatedinto English; You are at the grocery store andyou want to point out to your riend that theguy standing next to you is the guy rom yourEx.phil. class that youve had a secret crushon and have been raving on and on about or

ages. Instead o saying: Look! Tats the cuteguy rom Ex.phil.!, you say to your riend: Abeing on the right side o my elbow is mightyfne and has been mentioned quite requentlyin our conversations or the last weeks. But

even i we are used to talking in thatderanged manner to our ellow Icelanders over here,we better switch over to our native language whenour mothers call us rom the old country, so theywont start worrying about our health.

Homesickness is not a good thing, but most peopleliving away rom their home country experience itat one time or another. Luckily or Icelanders livingin Norway, there are plenty o other Icelanders tomeet up with, an Icelandic union and a priest. Inthe time o the Internet, with Skype, MSN etc., I

dont see why you shouldnt manage to cope withhomesickness. But when we start suering rom it,when someones sneezing sounds like Icelandic, wecan always eat the pain away with a little help romIcelandic chocolate in Deli de Luca.

Text: Hrafnhildur HauksdttirPhotos: Marija Cabuskina

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UiO Campus Buildings:Who are These People?Have you ever wondered who is behind the names of thebuildings? Do you also say See you in Niels Treschows!and I cant come, I have to study in Georg Svedrups asif the houses were owned by the respective people? On aspooky night they might look as oversized gravestoneswith a name on each.is article will try to satisfy yourhunger for information about these people.

Niels Treschow (1751-1833): History andphilosophyAs many students of his time, Niels picked philologyand theology, but his ambition led him to become aprominent politician, philosopher and educationalist.He opposed the foundation of Norways ownuniversity, but when it was founded in 1813 hebecame its professor of philosophy. Treschow was

one of the most notable men behind the NorwegianConstitution. At that time Sweden claimed Norwayfrom Denmark as an aftermath of the Napoleon wars,and the Danish royalty planned to give Norway politicalliberties in exchange for loyalty to the Danish crown.Niels Treschow did diplomacy between the prince andthe Constitutional Assembly in 1814 and wrote hisown draft of Constitution. He then was elected to therst Stortinget (parliament). He is also the author ofthe rst Nordic monograph on psychology.

Georg Sverdrup (1770-1850): Library ofhumanities and social studiesis freshly hatched Copenhagen philologist becamea professor in Greek language and literature and tookresponsibility for the University Library. He acquired6000 books in a few years, but a sudden discovery of 50000 volumes, a gift from Denmark made the amountsreach 90 000 books in 1828. A representative of theIndependence party, Sverdrup was elected leader ofthe Constitutional Assembly in Eidsvoll. He was alsoelected twice to Stortinget where he carried out severaleducational reforms. However, a cocktail of politicalactivities and lecturing led to his literary sterility, anabsence of major written works.

Frederik Holst (1791-1871): Institute for healthcare and social medicineFrederik Holst was not just an M.D.: he had a sharpeye for social circumstances and made use of foreignpractices in order to beat health issues in Norway.A professor, he taught a variety of disciplines to thewould-be doctors; a chief medical ocer in Oslohe ameliorated conditions in prisons and mentala s y l u m s , and as a researcher hes h o w e d how better social

conditions can improve national health. In hisPhD he nailed down the connection betweenthe rade sickness and lifestyles, climate andnutrition along the Norwegian coast. Holstis behind Rikshospitalet, Gaustad asylum,Botsfengsel prison, and a medical magazineEyr. Holst was also a member of medical lawcommittee that submitted the draft of HealthCare System Law, the ancestor of todays welfare

system.

Niels Henrik Abel (1802-1829): mathematicsis brilliant mathematician died before histime; however, his life might have ended evenearlier. Born 3 months in advance as a result ofhis mothers partying habits, he was sprinkledwith wine and wrapped in cotton for days inorder to hold life within. His father, a districtpriest subjected him to home-teaching with hisown books where, ironically enough, we nd0+1=0. Niels was not good at humanities, so

his friendship with Holmboe, one of the bestmathematicians, was a gift to him. Amidst fam-ily calamities, Niels published his rst scienticarticle and started his major work on quinticequations. Math was not available at UiO, so Abel traveled abroad, funded by Holmboesfriends. Abel ended up in Berlin where he metCrelle, a self-made mathematician-architectand a founder of Journal for Pure and AppliedMathematics nowadays still inuential. InParis, the mathtodons were too conservativefor his complicated theories. Niels manuscriptwas repeatedly lost, and he returned to Nor-

way as a failure with no positions in sight andmany family debts. Aged only 27, he died of alung condition.Upon his death, happy tidingscame: Crelle procured him a position in Berlin,and the Academy of Paris issued a prize of 1500francs, all of which went to Niels hard-drinkingmother. Despite his short life he left a big legacyto math: discoveries in quantitative equationsand function.. Nowadays his name is borne bystreets in Oslo, Paris and Berlin, an asteroidand a moon crater. His statue by Vigeland canbe seen in the Slottsparken, and Abelprisen,

a mathematical equivalent of Nobels prize, isgiven out every year.

Henrik Wergeland (1808-1845):Nordic studiesPoet, playwright and populist, Wergeland is to-tally unknown to foreigners, but aectionatelyloved by Norwegians for his poetry, amboyantlifestyle and manifest patriotism. He studiedtheology, but his career as a priest never tooko, due to his arguments with the authorities.He even tried to pick up medicine in-stead, which she quit when he gotwas a job at theUniversity Library

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cially promised to write more educative articlesfor the poor. He instigated to improving theconditions of students, the interned and Jews(2 of the Constitution disallowed their accep-tance to the country). He built a house Grot-ten near the Royal Palace, nowadays an hon-orary residence for important cultural workers.However, a nal court decision on one of hisyouthful delinquencies drained all Wergelands

money forcing him and his wife to move to alittle abode Hjerterum. ere he kept writingpoetry suering from tuberculosis. When hedied the gravestone was donated by the Jewishsociety of Oslo, and six years after his death 2 was removed.

Peter Andreas Munch (1810-1863): HistoryP. A Munchs mission was to write a history Nor-way could be proud of. His pen was a source ofmonographs on a variety of topics, of which hiseight-volume thick History of the Norwegian

people stands out; however, he only got as faras 1397. He is also the author of a speculativeimmigration theory, where he explained thedemocracy and equality in Norwegian societyas a result of Norwegians belonging to a sepa-rate Germanic tribe that immigrated from theNorth. His eagerness brought him to Vaticansarchives.. Overwhelmed with his scientic en-deavors, he had a lethal stroke when trying tocool his head in a fountain on a hot day. He wasburied in Italy, and many of his manuscriptsfrom Italy were lost in a shipwreck.Do not confuse P.A.Munch with the author of

e Scream: the painter was actually a neph-ew of his.

Eilert Sundt (1817-1875): Social sciencesA young and uneducated person, E.Sundt cameacross various social problems: lifestyles ofgypsies and tramps, alcoholism and illegiti-mate children. He also wondered why thereare more and more children in Norway. Sundtused statistics to prove that it was the naturalconsequence of progressive increase, and thiswave-like correlation was called Sundts Law.

He journeyed around the country gatheringinformation, conducting surveys and linkingdata to social status and location. His creativeand precise methods paved the way for morestatistical research in Norway and yielded dataabout Norwegian society in the 19th century.

Sophus Bugge (1833-1907): Humanities librarySophus Bugge was a many-handed Shiva of Norwe-gian humanities: he

studied Old Norse texts, runes, gathered contempo-rary folklore, Norwegian and Swedish dialects, Ro-man comedies, dead languages, middle age literatureof all sorts, wrote monographs on proper names andwas equally interested in Celtic culture. However, heis most known for his controversial theory that Eddaverses, stanzas about Scandinavian mythology, wereinspired or inuenced by Greco-Roman myths or evenBiblical narratives. Excited as he was about his fellow-

countrymans, Ivar Aasens, quest for the genuineNorwegian language (which later lay foundations fornynorsk), Bugge argued for Danish to remain the writ-ten language while still studying Aasens materials forpure linguistic pleasure. He also did a lot of work de-ciphering Old Norse texts and runes. He kept writingup to his death, even after blindness ensued in 1902.

Sophus Lie (1842-1899): Auditoriumin Math-ematics & SciencesSophus Lie was a master of math akin to Abel. He grad-uated with excellent results, got praises from math-

ematic societies and oers from Crelles journal (theone Abel had written in). To prevent Lie from leavingto Sweden, the parliament made up an extraordinaryuniversity position for him. In Norway Lie started areactionary magazine for mathematics and naturalsciences. e Norwegian parliament granted him adouble professor salary and the title, reecting his im-portant research in transformation groups (nowadaysnamed after him). With time, his theories got appliedto new areas: from gas and liquid streams to meteorol-ogy, from electronics to optics and control theory thatpredicts stability of industrial products. He receivedthe order of St. Olav and the Lobachevski award.

Vilhelm Bjerknes (1862-1951): MathematicsYears back, weather forecasts were made according tothe law of precedent. In the beginning of the 20th cen-tury researchers started looking for a mathematicalsolution. Among those was Bjerknes, still renownedfor being the father of meteorology. Upon graduation V. Bjerknes studied in Paris and Bonn, got a profes-sor position in Stockholm. In 1904 Bjerknes arguedthat it should be possible to predict weather accord-ing to mathematic analysis of data and got funding forresearch from Carnegie committee. Bjerknes started

gathering data on weather from dierent places andinsisted upon a unied measuring system. He man-aged to set up meteorological stations in several staticplaces and on boats and he surveyed the results bymeans of telegrams. His school came up with a threedimensional model of cy-clones and put a startto mathematicalweather predictionsas we know it.


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Kristine Bonnevie (1872-1948):BiologyKristine Bonnevie was the rst female professor atUiO and member of Norwegian Academy. Her ap-pointment for a professorship stipulated the par-liament to change the law concerning females inocial positions and she founded a dormitory ex-clusively or girls in Geitmyrsveien which still func-tions in its original concept. She started as a zo-ologist and then began studying human heredity,

researching isolated Norwegian populations, withdierent gene pools separated by natural barriers.She founded the Institute of heredity, and founda disease called Bonnevie-Ullrichs syndrome. Shewas also a gifted teacher, and in the absence ofpowerpoint, she marked the blackboard with dis-creet points that she later on connected to drawpictures for her lectures. Kristine was also electeddeputy member for the Norwegian parliament.During WW2 she put up a charity campaigns giv-ing out food to the poor. For her achievementsBonnevie received the Royal Order of Merit , e

Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav, and FridtjofNansens reward. e last article came out of herhand on the night before her death.

Helga Eng (1875-1966):Education sciencesHelga Eng started her carrier as a school teacher.en she decided to start studying child psycholo-gy in Germany and wrote a PhD about abstract no-tions in a childs thinking. She founded the Peda-gogical institute, and was one of the rst research-ers to use psycho-technical tests on children andstudy childrens drawings. Although she reachedretirement age in 1940, she still continued work-

ing for 8 more years on the encouragement by theUniversity.

Svein Rosseland (1894-1985):Physics A pioneer of theoretical astrophysics, Rosselandstarted out as tinned goods factory worker. anksto wealthy sponsors, he was able to study in schooland enroll as mathematics minor at the university.Rosseland, only 26 years old, worked withNobel Prize winning Niels Bohr in Copenhagen.Rosselands major discoveries included anelectrostatic eld (Rosseland-Pannekoeks eld)

and a method for calculating the average valueof absorption coecient for radiation it wasused until computers made it possible to calculateabsorption precisely. When he got a attering oerto become a professor at Harvard, the governmentdid everything to make Rosseland stay. And hedid. On the onset of WWII, Rosseland, however,had to ee to USA, Sweden, USSR and Japan.After the war he started popularizing astrophysicsand encouraging the government to build an

observatory in Oslo.He was a member of foreign

science academies,

a member of NATO

scientic committee, NORDITA and CERN.Rosseland was also founder of several scienticjournals

Harald Krabbe Schjelderup (1895-1974): Psy-chologyH.Schelderup is a man of many talents. He startedout as a theologian, but chose physics instead, be-coming Norways youngest philosophy professor.

Later he changed to psychology. In the 1920-1930he travelled to Wien, Berlin and Zurich in orderto learn more about humans hidden drives andhypnosis. Before the onset of WWII he managedto evacuate some prominent psychoanalysts fromNazi Germany. He also participated in a universityresistance group and spent 2 years in concentra-tion camps. After the war Schjelderup founded thepsychological and psychoanalytical associations ofNorway. He wrote the rst study of longitudinaleects of psychotherapy and his book e hid-den human became a bestseller.

Ragnar Frisch (1895-1973): Auditoriumout-side campus, cinemae reason R. Frisch took economy was because itwas the easiest and the shortest, even though hisfather wanted him to become a jeweler. He trav-elled to various countries in Europe and returnedto Oslo as a docent and then professor within thenewly founded Institute of Economics. It was Rag-nar Frisch is the author of the terms micro- and macroeconomics along with other terms. Hewas also an inspiring teacher: once he got intofull swing, he could go on for eight hours, giving a

short pause to students, out of sheer mercy. Whenthere was no space on the blackboard for newformulae, he jumped over to the walls. If the lasttrain was gone, he could spend a night on a benchin Majorstua. In 1969 he received Nobel Prize ineconomics (with Jan Tinbergen) for his researchon economic cycles. e mathematical models hedeveloped are still used in planning the NationalBudget.

Harriet Holter (1922-1997): SociologyHarriet Holter is the Nordic incarnation of Simonede Beauvoir. During the WW2, young Holter wasa partisan. Later on she actively participatedin politics supporting leftist parties. Whenchoosing a study program, she picked one of thefew with sociological focus,socioeconomics. Her researchtopics reveal an interest inpower structures, genderroles, specicallywomens issues. Her


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PhDGender Roles and Social Structures was themost important one in the Nordic countries. Hersympathy was always with the underdog and shecriticized conservative systems that put individualsinto conict with themselves and each other. Herpersonal life was also a challenge to the prevailingstereotypes of society: an active academician, shemanaged to raise a child on her own and later in lifeshe settled with a partner much younger than her.

Kristian Ottosen (1921-2006): Student ser-vice, Akademika bookshop, Medical oceDuring WWII Ottosen joined the resistance groupeta and was arrested by Nazis. He was savedfrom concentration camps by the Swedish whitebuss operation. With his networking skills hebuilt an archive of all Nordic prisoners. In 1950Ottosen became administrative director of Stu-dentsamskipnaden (SiO, Foundation for StudentLife in Oslo) and, using his many war-time con-tacts, put the organization to the whole new level.

Nowadays it oers a whole range of services: ca-tering and lodging, student book shops, healthand sport facilities, carrier centers, kindergartensand student activities. Under his leadership Sogn,Kringsj were built in the 60ies and the NorwegianState Educational Loan Fund (Lnekassa) was es-tablished. Ottosen also stipulated founding of Dis-triktshyskoler work prole schools. He becamea rider of St. Olavs order. In his name, an annualaward is given to to someone who has improved

the academical, economical, social or culturalneeds of students.

Frederikke (Frederik VI: 1768-1839): Canteen,Bunnpris grocery shop, Career Centree name of this building was chosen by meansof a competition among students. Possibly thename is dedicated to Frederik VI, last king of Nor-way and Denmark who, quite reluctantly, founded

the university in 1811 or his mistress, Freder-ikke Benedicte Rafsted. Few people know that thesquare in front of Frederikke building is ociallycalled Party Square (Festplassen) .

Lucy Smith (1934): Administration building A year ago, all new international students weresent to what was known as Administration build-ing. Now this building, towering above Blindern,received the name of Norways rst female profes-sor and rector, Lucy Smith. A professor emeritus inlaw, she has contributed immensely to childrensand womens rights and presided over the commit-tee developing e Stock Exchange Act. When shewas not academically or professionally involved inbuilding a future for Norwegian women, she pre-sided over juries in a trivia TV show, Kvitt ellerdobbelt and was a devoted cyclist.

Text: Marija Chabushkina , Photos: Julie RousseauSources: http://www.uio.no/om_uio/navn/,www.snl.no

Norways Sexiest (Former) WeatherCorrespondent

e end of 2010, like the end of most years, was

a time for reection, celebration, and the chancefor the more optimistic or resolute among us toplan resolutions for the new year. However, forNorwegian weather enthusiasts, the end of 2010also marked the end of an era, as Isabella Martin-sens decade-long career as a weather presenteron TV2 came to an end onNew Years Eve.As anyone who has beenin Norway for a prolongedlength of time knows, theweather is an important

(and occasionally the only)topic of discussion amongNorwegians. Hence, itshouldnt come as a sur-prise that the news thatthe 31 year old Martinsen

was quitting her weather-presenting career to pur-sue an interest in photography made the head-lines. Clearly, Martinsens weather broadcasts

have not gone unnoticed by Norwegians, particu-larly the readers of Mann magazine, who votedher Norways Most Sexy Woman ahead of a hostof minor Norwegian celebrities many foreigners particularly international students - have neverheard of.

ose Moose readers interestedin learning more about Martinsencan always check out the Decem-ber 2010 issue of Mann maga-zine, or watch out for a photogra-phy exhibition which will include

her work, scheduled to go publicsometime this spring.

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14Guided tour of the OperaHouse (Eng.)@ Den NorskeOpera & Ballett (www.operaen.no)Open ship: MS Trollord@Sndre Akershuskai (www.

hurtigruten.no)

15Winter Walk (No./Eng.): NewDesign and Architecture @Start: Oslo City Hall (www.winter-walks.no)Norway Int. Meeting and Travel

Fair 2011@ Lillestrm (www.messe.no)

Club in the Pub: Get Ready!@John Dee (www.rockefeller.no)

16Winter Walk (No./Eng.): eOpera House & Akershus

Fortress@ Start: on Hotel Opera(www.winterwalks.no)Frank Znort Quartet@Bl (www.

blaaoslo.no)

17Special Events & Hiking inNorway Meeting @GeorgSverdrup Auditorium 1 (www.uio.no/english/student-life/)

18Winter Walk (No./Eng.):e National Gallery@Start:National Gallery(www.win-terwalks.no)

19Winter Walk (No./Eng.): Ak-erselva & Old Aker Church

@Start: Anker Hotel (www.winter-walks.no)Disney on Ice: Disneyland Ad-

venture @ Oslo Spektrum (www.oslospektrum.no)

20Winter Walk (No./Eng.):Henrik Ibsen and His 289Steps @Start: Ibsen Museum (www.winterwalks.no)Hockey: Vlerenga Stavanger

Oilers@ Jordal Am (www.vif-hockey.no)

Question Mark (Music quiz)@

Internasjonalen (www.interna-sjonalen.no)

21International Coee Hour @Chateau Neuf (www.uio.no/english/student-life)

22Tour of Old Christiania @Christiania Torv (www.uio.no/english/student-life)

Inferno Metal Festival Kick-O@John Dee (www.rockefeller.no)

Djangofestival@Cosmopolite(www.cosmopolite.no)

23ESN Cheesy trip to Sweden@TBA*e world of Edvard Munch@

Munch museet (www.uio.no/english/student-life)

24Endelig Mandag Band (FinalyMonday Band)@ Alexandria Adresse Kristiania Univer-sitetsjubileet i 1911@ GalleriSverdrup (www.uio..no)

25Lunch concert at the Nor-wegian Academy of Music@Norges Musikkhgskole (www.nmh.no)

26ESN Country presentation@TBA*

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e Sta Band of the Nor-wegian Armed Forces@

Ridehuset,Akershus Festning(www.fsmk.no)Carnival and Grand Opening@

Cosmopolite (www.cosmopolite.no)

28International Coee Hour @Chateau Neuf (www.uio.no/english/student-life)Muscial: We Will Rock You@

Folketeateret (www.folketeat-eret.com)

29A Walk Along Akerselva Riv-er - Lower part @ Bensebru(www.uio.no/english/student-life)ESN Latin Party@ TBA*30Treasures of the National Gal-

lery @ e National Gallery(www.uio.no/english/student-life)

A BusAbout Oslo @ Lucy SmithsHouse (www.uio.no/english/stu-dent-life)

31Meditation@ Rudra Medtia-tion (www.rudrameditation.org)

1Kiting (introduction course)@

Maridalsvannet (www.oslokites-kole.no)

2Master students concert@Norges Musikkhgskole (www.nmh.no)

3Oslo Winter Night Festival,Oslo Chamber Orchestra@ OsloDomkirke(www.detnorskekammer-orkester.no)

M u s i c a l :e Produ-cers@ Oslo NyeHovedsc en en(www.oslonye.no)

4Rock AgainstC a n c e r @John Dee (www.rockefeller.no)

Live Club Sessions: Koju@Bl(www.blaaoslo.no)

5Book ea market@ Ila skole(www.loppemarked.info)Tour of the Heart of Oslo@Main

entrance to City Hall (www.uio.no/english/student-life)

Holmenkollen Ski Marathon@Skansebakken, Srkedalen(www.skiforeningen.no)

6e World of Edvard Munch@e Munch Museum (www.uio.no/english/student-life)7Human Rights Week @ Facultyof Law (www.menneskerettig-hetsuka.no)

8 forme en telefon@ Norsk Te-lemuseum (www.telemuseum.no)

9Cross-Country Skiing Course@ Georg Sverdrup Library /Sognsvann (www.uio.no/english/student-life)ESN Country presentation@

TBA*

10European Jazz Nights@ Nas- jonal Jazzscene (www.nas-jonaljazzscene.no)

11ESN Skii trip@ TBA*Raballder Cup 2011@NHI & Eke-

berghallen (www.raballdercup.no)

12Norways CD and record fair@Rockefeller (www.rockefeller.no)Eurovision Song Contest -

Norwegian nal@Oslo Spektrum(www.oslospektrum.no)

Oslo Oriental Dance Festival@Belleville (www.cosmopolite.no)

13Parksprint@Frognerparken(http://parksprint.blogspot.com/)

Text: Ria Tobing

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Bread:Creperie de Mari. Finding a cheap placeto eat in the center of Oslo can be challenge. How-ever, sometimes you do not need to go far awayfrom Karl Johan to get a good oer. Moreover, youcan end up in Little Paris, also known as a teeny-

tiny pancake caf Creperie de Mari, all lined upwith miniatures of Paris, an Amelie lookalike as awaitress, French music and air lled with the smell

of fresh crepes.e crispy, at, porous pancakes are served with

a variety of llings, both sour and sweet. Amongthe ingredients you will nd potatoes, salmon,chestnut jam, coconuts, boiled eggs - not necessar-ily in this combination. e crepe from Trndelag(with Norwegian brown cheese, goat cream cheese

and blueberries) is a must-have for an intrepid ex-plorer of Norway, while the gourmands can caresstheir taste-buds with Mamma Mia a concupis-

cent combination of pesto, tomatoes, chicken andcheese.

e creperie is situated in Torgata 7 next toFolkeuniversitet and opposite Clas Ohlson. eprices are very moderate (from 40 to 90 NOK) anda student discount of 15% applies. Even thoughthe place is tiny, the crepes are easily eaten on the

go. Open on weekdays: 7.30am-8pm, weekends:10am-7pm.Bon apptit!

Games:Korketrekkeren(The Cork Screw)Are you in need for speed? While Oslo remains

snowy, you should try out your bob-sledding skillson the 2 km long natural track, Korketrekkerenor Korken. It starts close to the Frognerseteren

metro station. Sleds and helmets can be rented outfor 100 NOK per day at e Sledding Organization[Akeforeningen] close to the restaurant. However,

it is best to buy a membership card for 80 NOK,which is valid throughout the season (sled rentalis included in the price). Keep in mind that onlydebit cards and cash are accepted.

Do not underestimate the importance of water-proof and warm clothes and shoes. Goggles canbe helpful too. e theory behind controlling the

sleds is clear-cut, but you will need a bit of practicebefore you can go full speed. e track has manydangerous turns and the presence of other people

contributes to the thrill, so be careful.While you are dashing through the snow in a

rented open sleigh, you neednt worry about hav-ing to drag your sled back up, since you can take asubway back to Frognerseteren eortlessly and doit all over again! at is, if you dare!

For opening times and other information check:

http://www.akeforeningen.no/Marija Cabuskina

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Cooking allItalianoPasta alla norma

Hi Monthly Moose readers! I am Francesco Spi-nali, do you remember me from the last issue?

I hope so. is time I am also glad to give youanother delicious and appetizing Sicilian pasta re-cipe, called Pasta alla Norma. It is originally Sici-

lian, but nowadays you can easily order and eat itin every restaurant both in Italy and abroad. is

is true even in Norway - and not only in my at.It is essentially very simple to make, so you

dont need to buy a lot of expensive food, only an

aubergine, olive

oil, salt, garlic,basil, a litre of to-mato sauce, 100grams of ricottasalata salty

ground Italian cot-tage cheese, anda kilo of pennerigate (an Italiankind of pasta) for

four people.

First you haveto brown garlicand olive oil together in a large frying pan and thetomato sauce must be cooked in another pot with

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If most public places names are a mouthful for re-cently arrived foreigners, you can get a couple of

minutes of free language training every day by us-ing the public transport system. Every time youare in the train, repeat the announcements afterthe T-Bane lady. It is fairly easy as she does speakclearly, and you have the text in shiny red lettersto read from.

Repeating after the Trikk guy might be considered

as a level 2 exercise, because he speaks somehow

faster. For eager students, a ride on the T-Banelines radiating away from the city center makes fora good pronunciation practice. You even get bonuspoints for venturing outside the ring and discover-ing Oslos suburbs.

Within a few days of public transit language train-ing, youll be less scared of the consonant combi-nations and never get loss again in the city. Re-

quired textbook: Get your free copy of Rutebok forOslo at Trakanten for detailed transport mapsand schedules.

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Learn Norwegian on your own, with a little help from the Moose.

salt, basil and olive oil.en you have to cut the

aubergine in cubes with all thepeel and later you can also brownit with the olive oil and garlic.

When the aubergine is friedenough and the tomato saucealso cooked, you can put some

water with a spoon of salt in apot and wait for it to boil. Afterthat, you can add the penne ri-gate or another kind of pastayou like better.

When the pasta is well cooked,you can put all the food in thesame large frying pan and let itcook for about ve minutes, ta-king care to mix all the food well.

Finally, you can add fresh basil and ground ri-

cotta salata. I personally advise you to also drinka very full-bodied red wine, pos-sibly Sicilian, like for exampleNero dAvola, Syrah or NerelloMascalese. I hope that everyonecan try and taste this deliciousrecipe preferably with wine!

If you need more informationor advice for cooking it better,you can contact me by e-mail:f.l@l..

I will be waiting for all of youin the next Monthly Moose is-sue. See you soon!

Text: Francesco SpinalliPoto: Marija Cabuskina

Ingredients and prices: 1 aubergine: Kr. 15- 1 kg of pasta penne rigate (or

similar): Kr. 10- 1 l of tomato sauce: Kr. 70- 100 gr of ground ricotta

salata, ground cottage cheese*:Kr. 30- .

olive oil salt garlic basil

_______________________*I didnt nd the right one in someshops in Oslo, so I can suggest you touse ground parmigiano,parmesancheese or ground mozzarella cheese.**An equivalent of 1/5 dish in aNorwegian restaurant.

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