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Episode 25

Ilys

From school anxiety to a new life

We meet Ilys, who was 25 when we recorded this conversation. French-Norwegian at heart, she is an entrepreneur and creates content about learning Norwegian. She shares her…

Episode 23 · Part 1

Mélanie & Thomas

Moving to Norway: hopes and unexpected turns

Mélanie, who is French-Norwegian and grew up in France, and Thomas, an animation producer, tell us how they met and moved to Norway. They describe job hunting,…

Episode 23 · Part 2

Mélanie & Thomas

Giving birth, creating and learning to trust

Mélanie talks about pregnancy and birth in Norway: unfamiliar approaches, worries and the trust she gradually developed. Thomas shares his experience of animation production and the differences…

Episode 20 · Part 1

Céline

Leaving Norway to find a way back

In this first part, Céline remembers arriving in Norway in 2005. With a tiny flat, a great love and seemingly endless winters, she discovers the sometimes difficult,…

Episode 20 · Part 2

Céline

Burnout: leaving, returning, rebuilding

In this second part, Céline talks about the more difficult chapters of her life in Norway: burnout, needing to leave to catch her breath, and coming back…

Episode 16

Anne-Sophie Drouet

Une Blonde en Norvège: from blogging to television

Anne-Sophie, creator of Une Blonde en Norvège, shares her journey from falling for Norway’s landscapes to actually moving here: early financial setbacks, the difficulty of finding work…

Episode 17

Anne-Sophie Drouet

Building a business and exploring Norway

Anne-Sophie, who created Une Blonde en Norvège, returns for the second part of her story. Starting as an editor, she learned to film, worked on live broadcasts…

Episode 14

Timo

Timo, an Arctic guide in Svalbard

We head north with Timo, an Arctic guide and photographer living in Svalbard, Norway’s northernmost archipelago.

Episode 11

Cécile Moroni

From business executive to comedian: taking the leap

What if you stepped on stage to talk about your life… in a language that is not your own?

Episode 5

Lorelou Desjardins

Lorelou Desjardins: from moving abroad to writing

Lucie and Alban meet Lorelou Desjardins, also known as A Frog in the Fjord. Originally from Marseille, she has lived in Norway for fifteen years at the…

Episode 3

A day in Oslo: work and family life

We share a day in our Oslo life: work, commuting, two young children and Alba, our dog. We talk about the flexibility we have experienced at work,…