Category: Featured
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This week at the NCQ
I thought it might be a good idea to start a small weekly blog where I can give you lovely readers an update on what’s been happening with me and the Norwegian Club every week – so welcome to our first post on the topic. This week has been pretty hectic – we’re working hard…
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Unveiling the mystery…. the 2018 Scandinavian Festival prize list
So we’ve been talking about the Scandinavian Festival now for months – and we’ve been asking our members and facebook followers to purchase raffle tickets for the annual Scandinavian Festival raffle – but until yesterday’s email to Club members*, we hadn’t released a list of potential prizes. But that’s changing today. With tickets only $2…
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Exploring the Akerselva River
Here at the NCQ, we figured it’s time to add in a travel section – for those of us who go places in planes – and those of us who want to! Our first piece comes care of TheLocal.No. Let us know what you think! A popular recreation area with a vibrant history, the Akerselva…
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Norway’s beerfully hot summer
Warm weather has coincided with record sales of beer and bottled water in Norway, but fewer soft drinks are being consumed. Sales of beer increased by just over three percent in the first half of 2018, Nettavisen reports. The most recent months in particular have brought figures up, resulting in “all time high” beer sales beating…
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The great (porridge) debate
It was this morning as I was listening to one of my lectures for a subject I’m studying at UNE (Europe and the New World) while scarfing down a bowl of steaming porridge (instant – but there’s no stovetops at work, so judge not!) that I started to wonder…there were so many, many foods that…
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Creating the Viking apron dress – stage 2
So you’re back for part 2! The drawing, cutting and pinning stage. In our last post about the dress, I talked about taking your measurements to make sure the size of the material you ended up with was right. I’ll start by correcting myself now with the estimates I put on the size of the…
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Creating the Viking apron dress – stage 1
Hi everyone… so this post will be the first in a series detailing my progress as I undertake the journey of creating a (slightly) stylised version of the commonly accepted viking apron dress. While there’s some disagreement as to the exact style of the apron dress (given that archaeological finds aren’t exactly able to provide…
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Volvo Scandinavian Film Festival 2018 – latest news
Ladies and gentlemen, tickets are finally available for the Volvo Scandinavian Film Festival showing at the Palace Barracks Cinemas from July 19-August 5. If you haven’t attended before, the Volvo Scandinavian Film Festival is an incredible showcase of some of the latest and best Nordic films out there. The opening night film this year is…
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MANDATORY – all NCQ members to participate in the Scandinavian Festival.
Not really…. but now that we have your attention….. This year’s Scandinavian Festival is shaping up to be a pretty grand affair, with Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Estonia (and newcomers Latvia) attending…. this year we’re also adding in a Cultural Tent so you can sit and have a listen to some interesting facts and stories…
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Edvard Munch’s “The Scream”…artworks of passion and loss.
While it comes as no real surprise to anyone that there are more than 4 versions of Munch’s “The Scream” given that there are already 4 completed and well-known versions using different media types (oils, pastels, tempera and crayon); when over 7,600 sketches of Munch’s work were made available freely to the public in March,…