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AditionallyAdditionally, the consonant J and the combination GJ is pronounsed pronounced the same way you would pronounce Y (young). For instance, "jobb" (work) would be pronounced "yobb".
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|capital = [[Oslo]]
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'''Norway''' is a good country to hitch in, of course depending on location! It is a member state of the [[Schengen Agreement]], but is not part of the [[European Union]]. Its neighbouring countries are [[Sweden]], [[Finland]] and [[Russia]].
Even though ''haike'' is not too common in Norway, Norwegians are very likely to pick you up and can be very friendly and helpful. People have a tendency to always be in a rush on weekdays. The main thing to be aware of is the rapidly shifting weather, so be prepared for anything, as they say in '''Norway''': ''There is nothing called bad weather, only bad clothing''. Most people speak [[England|English]] well enough for reasonable communication. One thing that makes hitching easy in '''Norway''' is that almost all of the population lives near the [[E6]] road, which extends from the [[ItalySweden|Swedish]] border in the south to almost all the way north, so it's pretty hard to get lost, as long as you are headed the right way. Hithing Hitching is ''much'' easier in the beautiful north (at least in the summer), where many locals hitch regularly to commute. Be aware that traffic may be very light at times.
It is illegal to hitch on the expressway in '''Norway''', but not illegal from [[rest stop]]s or at [[on-ramp]]s. It is legal to camp out almost anywhere if it is a good distance from a private house, but not permanently.
Norwegians will often offer to take you so many Norwegian miles. One Norwegian mile is 10km. Recently there have been some Roma / Romanian people faking broken down cars and then robbing people who stop to help, police confirm this as so, so try not waiting near cars. Also asking people directly at service stations is morelikely more likely to get a result than just thumbing as result of this.
=== Cities ===
* Å pronounsed "o" as in hockey
== User Experiences ==
: ''[[User:markus|markus]] is a dude and hitched from Stavangar to Mandal (1 day), Mandal to Oslo (1 day) Oslo to Trondheim (1 day) Trondheim to Mor e Rana (1 day) and Mor e Rana to Karlsøya (1 day) sequentially. Long rides and easy hitching, some big waits outside Oslo. English speaking was seen as a good thing and several drivers told me they dropped silent, drunk or drugged people quickly.
: ''[[User:ReZz|ReZz]] is a dude, and he has found that [[Trondheim]] one of the worst places to hitch from. Still, he has done it, even in the winter, all the way to [[Oslo]] in the South and [[Hammerfest]]/[[North Cape]] in the extreme North. Sadly, I must say that one steadfast rule of hitchhiking has to be amended. Although I am a polyglot and love language, I must say that if you are not white, speak English to people. Norwegians are extremely wary of foreigners and any nonwhite non-white who speaks English is assumed to be a refugee. Still, a lot of white women tell me that truckers are very friendly and that the hitching is great if you go out to the shipping areas around Dyre Halsels Gate and north of Stradveien. This has not worked for me. They love foreign tourists, though, as long as you keep telling them that you love Norway.''
: ''[[User:abstorz|abstorz]] is a dude, and hitched from Trondheim to Oslo and back in March/April. Both trips took one day. From Oslo he was able to hitch a ride onto the motorway behind the tunnel in the area of Etterstad, from Trondheim he took the bus to Heimdal and walked another couple of miles to a bus stop. Once on the motorway everything went fine. He took the route over Oppdal/Dombås. Check [[Liftershalte]] for exact locations, or find better ones!
