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As late as March, Paweł and Patrycja Macioszczyk announced a new concept in Sandnes. Today more is known — Drivhuset is expanding its operations, and one of the elements of the new venue will be food sold by weight.
Are you starting work in Norway? Don’t leave your skattekort for later. Without an available tax card, the employer must withhold 50% of the salary. Check how to submit an application, when an ID-kontroll is required and what to check before your first payday.
Police, Skatteetaten, tax card, EU/EEA registration, change-of-address notification. Instead of traveling from office to office, you can combine some matters at SUA. Check when it makes sense and how to prepare for the visit.
Are you staying in Norway for at least 6 months? Check when you need to report your move to the Folkeregisteret, which documents to prepare, where to book an ID-kontroll and when you will receive a fødselsnummer.
Some will call it contact with the world of the dead, others intuition, a spiritual experience or the workings of the human mind. Dominika "Domi" from Sarpsborg says she sees and feels the presence of deceased people. Before we ask her in an interview what it looks like from her perspective, we examine what mediumship actually is, what science has managed to investigate, and why experiencing something extraordinary does not necessarily amount to proof of the existence of ghosts or to illness.
Construction, cleaning, caregiving, warehouse work, many hours of driving or a whole day in front of a computer. Different jobs, but often the same outcome: a stiff neck, tight shoulders and back pain. Natalia Gołębiowska, a massage technician working in Norway, talks about the problems people most often come to her with and where a massage ends and a situation that should be evaluated by a doctor begins.
Sometimes the greatest strength is not to keep fighting, but the decision that you don't have to control, fix and carry everything yourself. Magdalena Feminine Movement writes about letting go, relationships, the fatigue of constant readiness, and the freedom that appears when you can say: I did my part, now I let life do its thing.
Are you a citizen of Poland or another EU/EEA country and moving to Norway? Check step by step when you can start working, when you must register with the police and which formalities to handle at Skatteetaten.
D-nummer and fødselsnummer are two Norwegian identification numbers, but they do not mean the same thing. Check when you can receive each of them, who issues them and what to do if you are just starting work or moving to Norway.
Have you arrived in Norway and don’t know where to start? See the order of the most important matters in the first 30 days — from residency rights and an identification number to skattekort, Folkeregister, a doctor and the first steps in the Norwegian system.
On Saturday, 19 September at 12:00, Icons Restaurant will open at Sam Eydes gate 97. The project is led by Vladyslav Krasnovskyi together with his family and friends. It is a restaurant created by Ukrainians, but not exclusively for Ukrainians – the menu brings together Ukrainian flavors, Norwegian products and cuisine familiar to guests from various parts of the world.
Are you renting an apartment in Norway and assume that the owner's insurance also protects your belongings? Do you own a house but don't know where husforsikring ends and innboforsikring begins? Monika Roza from Grind Forsikring explains in plain language what exactly we insure and what is worth doing before a claim occurs.
