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[[User:QueerAmann|QueerAmann]]
I hitchiked from [[Oslo]] to [[Bergen]] in May 2022. I would say that hitching through Norway is quite easy, but getting out of Oslo is a nightmare, I waited almost three hours until a very nice person drove me to a small city to the periphery, from where I was able to hitch a ride that let me leave the surroundings of Oslo. After that it was quite easy and I found a direct ride from [[Hønefoss]] to Bergen. I think the people here were quite friendly, they would smile to me even if they could not take me with them. In general the Norwegians speak really good English, but I would suggest to learn a bit of any scandinavian language (I knew some rough swedish) because the refugees sometimes will happily help you but might not speak English.
Be careful to check the altitude of the cities you go to and go through because the temperatures can be quite freezing in the mountains Norway even in the summer!
And to finish, I think it is worth it to hitchhike through Norway because the sceneries are breathtaking.
==Another counter note to negative feedback...==
[[User:Fedecicco|Fede]] doesn't really agree with what said here up and found Norway. in the 3 weeks he hitched around it from north to south (more than 2000 km), a paradise for hitchhikers. The dumpsters always full of amazing fresh and good food, the security attention inside supermarket very low, an incredible amount of money busking in the streets and a lot of very cool people ready to help you as they can made his stay one of the best of his nomadic life. Of course is not a very easy country as of course you have to be lucky, but it's definitely worth doing it and the reward for that, a free amazing nature and life is so big that he couldn't even imagine. He was able to save more money and spend less than any other place. Go there for hitchin, dumpster diving and busking! (well maybe of course in summer, for winter sees other experiences)
==Echoing the above statement==
--- In my humble opinion, there are some great information on this Talk side, some of them despite generalization about the character of people from Norway maybe even better than what you can find written on the normal site. Why not adding it there? I think a lot of user looking for information do not use the Talk page. [[User:dorfdisco|dorfdisco]], 19.01.2013. 22.38 (CET)
[[User:Ex_ball|ex_ball]] I would like to share a small piece of experience about hitchhiking from Oslo to Sandnes in autumn 2016. The worst part was leaving Oslo. I spent more than 1.5h on a roundabout in Sandvika not far from Ikea and finally was picked up by a guy who drove me to Drammen. The things got better then. I had about 7 lifts on my way to Kristiansand and maybe 4 next day to Sandnes. People are curious and very friendly. Most of them were Norwegians and it took 5 mins to get a lift sometimes (not more than 30 mins), so hitchhiking in Norway seemed to me pretty smooth. And a lot of fun :) A good hint I think is finding a large foldable piece of carton and writing next town names on it instead of keeping a sing of the endpoint of your trip like Stavanger or Krisitansand. People usually go 30-100 km and are much more open to pick you up if you're going to the same place (capt. Obvious is my second name). Anyway you can always tell them what is your final destination, maybe they'll take you farther. I'm not sure but it can be connected with Norwegian mentality or habits, so just accept it and don't get mad.
I also asked two girls traveling around Norway with a tent and such stuff this summer. They had no problem at all and it was even easier to hitchhike in the North ("because there are much less people living there and they're more helpful").
Good luck and come to Norway :)
ex_ball
== About going South / North Norway in winter ==
