#norwayfacts — Public Fediverse posts

Today, 17 May, Norway celebrates itself with a ginormous, hyper-nationalistic orgy. Everything in excess is the unofficial motto of the day. Big speeches about the Founding Fathers (or Constitution Daddies), the Uniquely Democratic Constitution they forged, and Norwegian exceptionalism in general. Ice cream and hot dogs for the children until they beg for mercy, and booze for the folk-costume-wearing grown-ups until they're too drunk to fight. Gratulerer med dagen! #AltforNorge #NorwayFacts

The Norwegian railway has a "signal error" code, a daily occurence in the Oslo metropolitan area these days. The error does not, however, as one might assume, mean there's something wrong with the railway signalling itself. It just means there's *something* wrong *somewhere*, and you're not getting the green light until it's sorted. It's the error code that indicates there's been an error. #NorwayFacts #Trainstodon

Did you know that Norway is, at least partially, a settler colonial state? From a bit into the 1800s, the young nation set out to properly colonize the North, and a 100-years-long official program of forceful and violent assimilation of the native Sami populations was embarked upon. Generations of children were taken away from their parents and sent to "Norwegianizing" boarding schools to have their Sami cultures and languages beaten out of them. :sami: #NorwayFacts #SamiNationalDay

A group of Norwegians is called an awkwardness. #CollectiveNouns #NorwayFacts

I want to inform the public. My heroes are the ancient thinkers and how they shared timeless knowledge. Thus, I have tasked myself, in English, to warn all travelers coming to Norway of cultural specialities we offer here. First one is that beer is not for sale after 18.00 on saturdays, and 20.00 on weekdays. This due to a christian cult called KrF and some EEC negotiations back in the 90’s. Pubs are open, but expensive. #ThruthOfNorway #NorwegianCulture #NorwayFacts #warnings