Northern Europe
Video Chat with People from Norway
Norway's towns are strung along a long, fjord-cut coastline, so a video chat could connect you with someone in Oslo, in colorful harbor-front Bergen, in Trondheim, in Stavanger on the southwest coast, or in Tromsø, well above the Arctic Circle. Norwegian has two written standards, Bokmål and Nynorsk, and spoken dialects vary a lot from region to region; people use their own dialect everywhere, from family dinners to national TV. Sami languages are spoken in the north, and English is understood almost everywhere and spoken with confidence.
Norway uses Central European Time, so 9 PM in Oslo is mid-afternoon in New York and around noon in Los Angeles. Ask about friluftsliv, the love of outdoor life that gets people hiking and skiing in all weather, plus the northern lights, the midnight sun, weekends at a mountain hytte (cabin), brown cheese on waffles, and winter sports, which many Norwegians follow closely. Want to surprise someone in their own language? Start with our Norwegian page.
Norway at a glance
| Flag | 🇳🇴 |
|---|---|
| Official name | Kingdom of Norway |
| Capital | Oslo |
| Region | Europe · Northern Europe |
| Official languages | Norwegian Nynorsk, Norwegian Bokmål and Sami |
| Currency | Norwegian krone (kr, NOK) |
| Calling code | +47 |
| Time zone | Central European Time (Europe/Oslo) |
How to say hello
A few words of Norwegian Nynorsk make a great first impression, even if you switch to English right after.
| Language | Phrase | Say it | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norwegian | Hei! | hay | Hi! |
| Norwegian | Hvordan har du det? | VOOR-dahn har doo deh | How are you? |
| Norwegian | God kveld! | goo KVELL | Good evening! |
| Northern Sami | Bures! | BOO-res | Hello! |
Tips for chatting with people from Norway
- Keep it simple: a relaxed "Hei" and your first name is all you need, since everyday Norwegian has almost no formal way of addressing people.
- Ask what they did last weekend. The answer might be a hike, a ski trip or a cabin visit, and any of those opens up plenty to talk about.
- If you know Swedish or Danish, give it a try; Scandinavians can often follow each other's languages, especially in writing.
- Northern Norway has weeks of polar night in midwinter and the midnight sun in summer, so asking how they adapt makes a memorable conversation.
Only meet people from Norway
Omlet matches you Worldwide by default. To meet only people from Norway, use the country filter, the only filter Omlet has:
- Open Omlet and press Country on the control panel.
- Search for Norway and select it.
- Press Start. Press Next to meet someone else from Norway, or switch back to Worldwide any time.
Your first day is free: you add a card through Stripe to start it, and nothing is charged that day. When the 24 hours end, the country filter costs $3 one time, charged to that card, unless you cancel before then in Settings (if you cancel, you can still pick a country until the day ends). It's not a subscription, and it stays unlocked on that device and browser. It doesn't carry over to other devices or browsers, and clearing your browser data removes it. There's one free day per device, home network and card. Payment goes through Stripe, so Omlet never sees your card number.
The filter works both ways, and matching can be slower when fewer people from Norway are online. Chatting itself is free, and Worldwide matching never costs anything.
Your own country is detected automatically and shown to the people you meet as a flag.
Neighboring countries
Norway borders 3 countries. Curious about the people next door? Meet them too: