Norwegian language travel guide

For everyone with or without previous knowledge who has to do business in Norway for professional or private reasons
By Martin Schmidt and Yvonne Moutoux

266 pages. Paperback. 19 x 12 cm.

This practical language travel guide offers everyone who plans to visit Norway or stay there for an extended period of time the opportunity to communicate during their stay, even without profound language skills, and to understand the country's special features right from the start.

– Target group: Travellers, exchange students, holiday workers and anyone without prior knowledge who has business or pleasure in Norway.
– Linguistic focus: Numerous example sentences and word lists with phonetic transcriptions simplify communication. Short texts in German also provide background information on culture and insider tips.
– Companion through the country: Whether on arrival, in the accommodation, in the restaurant, while hiking and camping, in the sauna, while skiing or in the event of a car breakdown with the motorhome, at the doctor and in the pharmacy – this language travel guide will help you to find your way in a wide variety of situations.
– Visually appealing: Numerous beautiful pictures illustrate the travel experience.

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Contents:

• Cover U1
• Front Page 1
• Junk title 1
• Main title 3
• Imprint 4
• Contents 5
• To Book 8
• We made the book 11
• Introduction 12
• Then and now 12
• The Country 20
• The People 27
• The Culture 30
• The Language 36
• Explanations of phonetic transcription 38
• First words and phrases 42
• Word list: Short answers 42
• Word list: Greetings and farewells 42
• First Sentences 42
• Word list: Question words 44
• Word list: Small but useful words 44
• The numbers 45
• Time information 48
• Years and centuries 48
• Seasons 49
• Months 49
• Days 50
• Holidays 51
• Date 52
• Wordlist: Times of Day 53
• Time 53
• At a glance 55
• Safe in wind and weather 59
• Important information about the weather 59
• Word list: Weather conditions 62
• Word list: Cloudiness 63
• Word list: Precipitation 64
• Word list: Temperature 64
• Word list: Wind 64
• Correct behavior in nature 65
• Arrival and departure 66
• General 66
• Arrival by car and ship 67
• Word list: Ship 69
• Arriving by plane 69
• Word list: Flying 70
• Arrival in Norway 71
• Financial matters 72
• Word list: Money 73
• In the city 74
• First orientation 74
• Word list: Orientation in the city 75
• Word list: Buildings on a city map 77
• Accommodation 77
• Room search 78
• At the reception 78
• In Hotel 80
• Complaints 81
• Departure 82
• Word list: Accommodation 83
• Traveling by public transport 86
• Word list: Public transport 87
• On the road with the taxi 88
• Managing everyday life 89
• On the bench 89
• Word list: Bank 91
• At Post 91
• Word list: Post 93
• Telephony and Internet 93
• Word list: Telephony and Internet 95
• Police and emergency number 95
• Shopping 97
• Word list: Opening hours 99
• Shops 99
• Wordlist: Business Orientation 101
• Shopping 101
• Word List: Food 103
• Word List: Clothing 104
• Word list: Colors 108
• Souvenirs and Jewelry 108
• Word list: Cosmetics 110
• Hearing aids and opticians 111
• Word list: Hearing aids and opticians 112
• Books and Stationery 113
• Experience culture 117
• Places worth seeing 118
• Word list: Walk through the city 126
• Cinema, Music and Theater 127
• Word list: cinema, concert, theater, etc. 130
• Museums and exhibitions 131
• Word list: Museums and exhibitions 133
• Traveling through the country 134
• On the road by car 134
• Word list: Important information on the journey 136
• Rent a car 137
• Word list: rental car 138
• Word list: Journey 139
• Refueling 142
• Word list: refueling 142
• A word about fines 143
• A word about parking 144
• Word list: Parking 145
• A word about motorhomes and caravans 146
• Breakdown and accident 147
• Word list: car repair shop 150
• On the way with train 151
• Word list: Train travel 154
• On the way with the Hurtigruten 155
• Wordlist: Hurtigruten 157
• Sights in the country 157
• Oslo and surroundings 159
• Eastlandet 162
• Southern Norway 164
• Western Norway 166
• Trøndelag 169
• North Norway 170
• Word list: Topographical terms on maps 173
• Active outdoors 173
• Outdoor activities 173
• Word list: Basic equipment 175
• Word list: Photographing 175
• Fishing 176
• Word list: Angler's Latin 177
• Word list: Fish species 178
• Skiing 178
• Word list: Skiing 181
• Hiking and Trekking 182
• Word list: Hiking 186
• Basic equipment 186
• Clothing 186
• Cooking utensils 187
• General 187
• Other outdoor activities 188
• Ball sports 188
• Word list: Ball sports 189
• Cycling 189
• Word list: Cycling 191
• Glacier hiking 192
• Word list: Glacier hiking 193
• Riding 194
• Word list: Riding 195
• Sauna 196
• Word list: Sauna 197
• Birdwatching 198
• Word list: Birdwatching 199
• Word list: Bird species (selection) 199
• Whale Safari 199
• Word list: Whales 200
• Accommodation 201
• Camping / Motorhome 203
• Word list: Camping / Motorhome 204
• Campsite cabins 205
• Holiday homes 207
• Youth Hostels / Hiking Huts / Hotel 207
• Traveling with children 208
• Word list: (Toddlers) 211
• Food and Drink 212
• In Restaurant 214
• Complaints 216
• Pay 216
• From the menu 217
• Word list: Appetizers 217
• Word list: Main courses 217
• Word list: Fish and seafood 218
• Word list: Vegetables 219
• Word list: Supplements 220
• Word list: Spices 220
• Word list: Preparation methods 221
• Word list: Desserts 221
• Brunch, coffee and cake 222
• Word list: Brunch, coffee and cake 222
• Word list: Fruit 224
• Drinks 225
• Wordlist: Alcoholic Beverages 225
• Wordlist: Non-alcoholic beverages 225
• Typical local dishes 225
• Traveling with physical limitations 228
• General 228
• Wordlist: Traveling with physical limitations 229
• Sick or injured 231
• Word list: Specialists 238
• At the dentist 238
• Word list: Dentist 238
• In the pharmacy 240
• Wordlist: Medications 242
• Study and work 242
• Studying in Norway 242
• Word list: Study 245
• Word list: Subject areas (selection) 246
• Working in Norway 247
• Professions 251
• Small Talk 252
• Welcome and Farewell 253
• Getting to know each other better 255
• Appointments 257
• Attempts at Approach 259
• Harassment 260
• Reading tips 262
• Textbooks, grammar books and dictionaries 262
• Literature and Language History 263
• Travel guides and more 264
• Illustration credits 265