Leasing a Car in Norway
To buy or to lease? Economically speaking, it is usually better to own your car than to lease it. However, there are other benefits to leasing a car which this article will explore. In fact, some locals prefer to lease rather than own as well. Benefits to leasing a car Leasing a car can be...
Importing a Vehicle to Norway
This topic has been brought up recently on our Facebook page. This is especially pertinent to expats who live in Europe and want to consider importing their cars to Norway for the duration of their stay here. If you are temporarily residing in Norway You may import a foreign-registered vehicle to Norway duty-free and tax-free...
Interviews with Expats – Lisa Parmenter
This article is one in a series of interviews with expats in Stavanger. Its purpose is to share with everyone what your fellow expats are doing and also to help advertise the businesses/services/events that these expats are involved in. If you would like to or know of a business/enterprise to be interviewed, feel free to...
Expatriate Workshop – Special Christmas Offer
Randi Mannsåker is a professionally qualified life/personal and corporate coach, NLP Practitioner, Small Business and Youth Coach. She is a graduate protègè student from the Coaching Academy in London, Europe’s largest and most experienced coach training school. Randi has a Diploma in Business Management from the Association of Business Executives UK. She has worked in...
Interviews with Expats – Karin Burke of Yoga For Kids
This article is one in a series of interviews with expats in Stavanger. Its purpose is to share with everyone what your fellow expats are doing and also to help advertise the businesses/services/events that these expats are involved in. If you would like to or know of a business/enterprise to be interviewed, feel free to...
Online Shopping – Working Out How Much Tax You Need to Pay
When you shop online from Norwegian websites, you have absolutely nothing to think about except what you want to purchase and how much your goods and shipping costs. However, once you shop from a foreign website, you will need to include possible import duties and VAT (value added tax – or MVA in Norway) in...
Stavanger Dialect – Making Sense of What You Hear
When I started learning Norwegian in Johanes Læringssenter, I found that I could not understand what was being spoken on the streets. As the lessons went on, I learnt that what was taught in school was Bokmål (textbook Norwegian) and in Stavanger, a variant of Bokmål mixed with Nynorsk is spoken. This article aims to...
Interviews with Expats – Randi Mannsåker of Consensio Coaching
This article is one in a series of interviews with expats in Stavanger. Its purpose is to share with everyone what your fellow expats are doing and also to help advertise the businesses/services/events that these expats are involved in. If you would like to or know of a business/enterprise to be interviewed, feel free to...
How To Get Accepted To A U.S. College: The Inside Scoop
Want to know the inside scoop on how to get accepted to a US college or university? Admissions expert Kent Fernandez will be holding an information seminar for students interested in getting their college degree in the US on September 14th (16:30-18:30) at the International School of Stavanger (Treskeveien 3, 4043 Hafrsfjord). He will share...
Interviews with Expats – Wendy Pagler of Stavanger Birth and Baby
This article is one in a series of interviews with expats in Stavanger. Its purpose is to share with everyone what your fellow expats are doing and also to help advertise the businesses/services/events that these expats are involved in. If you would like to or know of a business/enterprise to be interviewed, feel free to...
Interviews with Expats – Emma Chiappinelli of EC Physiotherapy Services
This article is one in a series of interviews with expats in Stavanger. Its purpose is to share with everyone what your fellow expats are doing and also to help advertise the businesses/services/events that these expats are involved in. If you would like to or know of a business/enterprise to be interviewed, feel free to...
Wednesday 22nd June 2011 – Guided Walking City Tour
One of our expats, Saskia Daniels-de Regt, a tour guide for tourists to Stavanger, has very kindly agreed to do a guided walking tour specially for Stavanger Expats
