Episode 40
Éric Viudès
Dancing to leave. Building a life to stay.
At 14, Éric leaves Biarritz for the Paris Conservatoire. At 21, he arrives in Oslo on a three-month contract. Forty years later, Norway is still home.
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Episode 39
Silje Moss
Returning to Norway after eleven years in France
At 19, Silje (@norskmedsilje) leaves Bergen to spend a year in Montpellier. She ends up staying in France for more than a decade.
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Episode 38
Anaïs
From Dublin to Bodø: falling in love with a country
Years later, a relationship takes her to Bodø in northern Norway. When it ends, Anaïs returns to Ireland for a while. But she soon realises something: Norway…
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Episode 36
Ambre
Leaving a V.I.E. placement for a different life
Ambre arrives in Oslo in May 2024 through V.I.E., France’s international business placement programme.
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Episode 35
Christine Bazalgette Holst
Leaving for six months. Staying forty-five years.
She expects to stay a few months. Then comes work, a sense of familiarity, children, everyday life… and six months turn into forty-five years.
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Episode 34
Magalie
From Ethiopia to Norway: a new country and a new career
Magalie has lived in Norway since September 2025. Before Oslo, she spent five years in Ethiopia, which she describes as “five dream years”.
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Episode 33 · Part 2
Jean-Briac & Alua
Leaving Oslo to build a life in Sandefjord
In this second part with Jean-Briac and Alua, we move from the story of leaving to the realities of settling in.
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Jean-Briac & Alua
Leaving Thailand and starting again in Norway
After living in Thailand, Alua chooses Norway for a master’s degree taught in English. Jean-Briac joins her in Ålesund without a job lined up. They describe the…
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Episode 32
Claudie Pellerin
Moving to Norway alone: hopes and unexpected turns
Claudie Pellerin shares an unexpected journey: from Normandy to hair salons in Oslo, with a change of career into horse racing along the way… until a moment…
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Episode 31
Olga
Growing up in France, returning to Norway
She tells us about her life between two countries, two languages and two ways of living.
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Episode 30 · Part 2
Jonathan Spaggiari
Selling and buying a home in Norway
Jonathan shares his experience as an estate agent: preparing a property, gathering documents, arranging the condition survey and photography, then listing it and taking bids. He also…
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Jonathan Spaggiari
Growing up between cultures
In this first part, we talk about identity, language, family and a less familiar side of Norway: the north, its traditions, everyday habits and unexpected details.
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