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Here's some basic information for you when it comes to travel to Norway...
OFFICIAL NAME
Kingdom of Norway
CAPITAL
Oslo
LANGUAGES
Bokmaal Norwegian (official), Nynorsk Norwegian (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities, English is widely spoken.
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TIME
Norway is 1 hour ahead of GMT/UTC; thus when it's noon in Andorra, it's 11am in London, 6am in New York, 3am in San Francisco,
6am in Toronto, 9pm in Sydney and 11pm in Auckland.
RELIGION
Evangelical Lutheran, 86%; other Christian, 4%; Muslim, 1.5%; other, none, and unknown, 8.5%.
WEIGHTS & MEASURES
Norway uses the metric system of measurements. Petrol is bought in litres and food is
weighed in kilos.
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