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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Moving & settling in
Leaving, returning and finding your feet. Conversations about moving to Norway, taking the first steps and building a life abroad.
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26 conversations
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 28
Amélie
Three children, and time to live
After more than ten years in London, Amélie moves to Oslo with her family. She talks about looking for work, making connections and finding a balance between…
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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…
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