What are the entry requirements ?

Passport and visa service

Consult the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration website
Visa Fact Sheet at the website

For further information

All Norwegian Embassies and Consulates can be found here.

Contact your embassy

What time is it ?

Current local time

It is %T:%M %A in Oslo

Summer time

Summer time (Daylight Savings Time) is from March until October.

What is the spoken language ?

Official language

Nearly all Norwegians speak the official language, Norwegian. It has two written forms, Bokmål and Nynorsk. Bokmål is more common of the two. In some districts Sami (spoken by the Sami minority) is also an official language.

Other languages spoken

Official language : Norwegian
Business languages: Norwegian & English.

Business language

Most Norwegians speak at least some English. Business people speak excellent English.

Getting some knowledge

Basics of Norwegian language.

Free translation tools

Dicts - Basic word / sentence translator
Free Translation - Basic word / sentence translator
TV5 - Free translation arabic-norwegian-arabic
lexicool - Free dictionary arabic-norwegian-arabic

What is the local currency ?

Domestic currency

Norwegian Krone

ISO Code

NOK

To obtain domestic currency

You can exchange currencies in airports and in town centers. Post offices and banks exchange major foreign currencies and accept travellers cheques. ATMs are widely available and give local currency.

Possible means of payment

All major credit cards are widely accepted.

Exchange rate on

Automatic Teller Machines (ATM)

To find out the locations of ATMs in in Norway, click on the link to your credit card: Visa, Mastercard or American Express

What is the climate ?

Type of climate

Warmer and damper climate than might be expected because of the North Atlantic Current and the Westerlies. Norway spans 13 degrees of latitude and its climate shows great variations. Even local differences in weather can be large due to the rugged topography.

Summers are generally hot and winters cold. Inlands and the northern parts are cooler than coastal areas, which experience more rain. The northernmost part has a maritime subarctic climate. The Svalbard archipelago has an arctic thundra climate. The hottest month is usually July with average temperature 17,3°C in Oslo. The coldest month is January, when the average falls to −4.7°C.

From Novermber to late January, the sun never rises above the horizon in the northern areas, and daylight hours are short in the rest of the country. Conversely, during the summertime there can be 20 hours of daylight per day, except in the north where the sun never descends beneath the horizon.

The best time to visit is from May to September. The winter is cold and dark, but offers possibilities for skiing and watching the aurora borealis.

For further information

The Norwegian Meteorological Institute

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