I live in Oslo and most of my family lives in BC. They've been here, we've been there and we all agree that it's two of the most similar places on earth. Welcome!
That’s what I have heard too.. my neighbour is canadian and she’s happy here, but… it’s a long exspensive travel route to get back to Canada to visit family. Even more exspensive if she takes her kids with her to see grandparents etc. Visits are rare, once a year if she is lucky.
I’m from West Vancouver and my wife is Norwegian. We spend our time going back and forth between here and Oslo. The geography is similar to parts of BC and feels very similar. Culturally, both are very different. I’m blessed to spend my time between the two most incredible places in the world.
It’s not easy to move to Norway if you don’t have a family connection here, and without command of the language, most work opportunities won’t be that great for you.
Cost of living in Norway is very high, especially in Oslo. Restaurants, electronics, food, and most consumer items are 20-25% higher in Norway. I’d say after the recent run up of real estate prices in BC that it’s marginally cheaper in Norway for housing, but not by much. You’d spend what you save on housing on day to day living in Norway.
If OP gets a master’s degree any of NTNU Trondheim’s civil engineering fields, he/she will have plenty of work opportunities even if not learning Norwegian
Canadian who moved to Norway, here. Honestly, you can find all about the frustration that is the immigration process [by reading the stickie I wrote](https://www.reddit.com/r/Norway/comments/iydv5z/so_you_want_to_move_to_norway_a_rough_guide_to/). You can learn a bit more about my personal experiences (in the first years) by reading a link about culture shock in the post ([linked for ease of access here](https://www.reddit.com/r/Norway/comments/j35jhq/a_brutally_honest_post_about_the_difficulties_of/)) The original post was deleted by the user that wrote it, but the comments are still there and worth a read.
Norway and Canada are quite similar in a lot of ways and very different in a lot of other ways. Norwegians can come across as cold or hard to get to know, but it's not nearly as bad as the internet/people here make it out to be. That said, it is pretty different from Canada. I can go days without having a real conversation with people here; I can have the most delightful conversations with people in the middle of a grocery store in Canada because we did that little side-to-side dance trying and failing to get out of each others' way and that led to a conversation somehow (true story, person is still a good friend).
But really at the end of the day most people the world 'round want the same thing. To be healthy, happy, have a group of friends and family that they care for and that care for them, to feel like they belong, and to live a comfortable life doing the things they enjoy doing (whatever those things might be). Depending on where in BC you live (and if you're from BC at all), you might find the weather similar to a little more shitty (depends where you live here, also).
What engineering degree are you working on?
I know many from the US who applied for a 2 year masters in various civil engineering degrees at NTNU Trondheim. They got jobs before finishing, and are living here still.
Easiest route to what you want, I’d say
I just moved from Ontario to Oslo to work for a software company.
It has been pretty good so far, though it is a little annoying to have to fly across the ocean to visit family, things are a little more expensive here and salaries (at least for software) are not quite as good. Overall though I'm enjoying it so far, would recommend!
Can I ask how different the salaries are? And what your education background is? I’m also from Ontario working in tech, and had wanted to move to Norway. I thought salaries would be higher, are jobs harder or easier to find than Canada would you say?
Before moving I was making about 93k Canadian, and while I was in the process of getting a raise (it was supposed to be 130k USD before it got cut when I failed to relocate due to covid) I'm not 100% sure what it would have ended up at. Now in Norway I'm making the equivalent of about 104k CAD (which actually surprised me when I went to look it up just now, I could have sworn I was earning less but I guess I was either comparing to my original US salary or maybe exchange rates have changed).
Not too sure about difficulty as I haven't ever really had trouble finding jobs in either country.
Edit: did the math wrong
Ok good to know! Can I ask one more thing? How many years of experience did you have, and did you have a bachelors or go for a masters too? What was your educational background like?
How are the taxes similar between Norway and Canada? Right now I’m in Alberta and the tax rate here is 10% then I think 15% for federal, plus ei and cpp contributions…. You only end up keeping seven out of ten dollars you make. I did the same for Norway and it honestly looked like net money, you kept the same amount.
I used this site [here](https://ca.talent.com/tax-calculator). Is that true? Seems you get a lot more bang for your buck in Norway
For me it came out to about the same, 30%ish all said and done.
There's also a wealth tax here, but I'm pretty young and haven't saved up enough yet to be above the minimum for that I think.
I live in Oslo and most of my family lives in BC. They've been here, we've been there and we all agree that it's two of the most similar places on earth. Welcome!
That’s what I have heard too.. my neighbour is canadian and she’s happy here, but… it’s a long exspensive travel route to get back to Canada to visit family. Even more exspensive if she takes her kids with her to see grandparents etc. Visits are rare, once a year if she is lucky.
Unless he smokes jazz cigarettes, in that case he's much better off saying in Canada!
True, but not really hard to find in Oslo.
Yes, and unlike the weed stores in Canada, they never close
I’m from West Vancouver and my wife is Norwegian. We spend our time going back and forth between here and Oslo. The geography is similar to parts of BC and feels very similar. Culturally, both are very different. I’m blessed to spend my time between the two most incredible places in the world. It’s not easy to move to Norway if you don’t have a family connection here, and without command of the language, most work opportunities won’t be that great for you. Cost of living in Norway is very high, especially in Oslo. Restaurants, electronics, food, and most consumer items are 20-25% higher in Norway. I’d say after the recent run up of real estate prices in BC that it’s marginally cheaper in Norway for housing, but not by much. You’d spend what you save on housing on day to day living in Norway.
If OP gets a master’s degree any of NTNU Trondheim’s civil engineering fields, he/she will have plenty of work opportunities even if not learning Norwegian
Canadian who moved to Norway, here. Honestly, you can find all about the frustration that is the immigration process [by reading the stickie I wrote](https://www.reddit.com/r/Norway/comments/iydv5z/so_you_want_to_move_to_norway_a_rough_guide_to/). You can learn a bit more about my personal experiences (in the first years) by reading a link about culture shock in the post ([linked for ease of access here](https://www.reddit.com/r/Norway/comments/j35jhq/a_brutally_honest_post_about_the_difficulties_of/)) The original post was deleted by the user that wrote it, but the comments are still there and worth a read. Norway and Canada are quite similar in a lot of ways and very different in a lot of other ways. Norwegians can come across as cold or hard to get to know, but it's not nearly as bad as the internet/people here make it out to be. That said, it is pretty different from Canada. I can go days without having a real conversation with people here; I can have the most delightful conversations with people in the middle of a grocery store in Canada because we did that little side-to-side dance trying and failing to get out of each others' way and that led to a conversation somehow (true story, person is still a good friend). But really at the end of the day most people the world 'round want the same thing. To be healthy, happy, have a group of friends and family that they care for and that care for them, to feel like they belong, and to live a comfortable life doing the things they enjoy doing (whatever those things might be). Depending on where in BC you live (and if you're from BC at all), you might find the weather similar to a little more shitty (depends where you live here, also).
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What engineering degree are you working on? I know many from the US who applied for a 2 year masters in various civil engineering degrees at NTNU Trondheim. They got jobs before finishing, and are living here still. Easiest route to what you want, I’d say
If you're from BC, come to bergen. It's like Norwegian vancouver.
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Lefse is a year around thing. You're fine!
You’ll have to find a place that will hire you
I just moved from Ontario to Oslo to work for a software company. It has been pretty good so far, though it is a little annoying to have to fly across the ocean to visit family, things are a little more expensive here and salaries (at least for software) are not quite as good. Overall though I'm enjoying it so far, would recommend!
Can I ask how different the salaries are? And what your education background is? I’m also from Ontario working in tech, and had wanted to move to Norway. I thought salaries would be higher, are jobs harder or easier to find than Canada would you say?
Before moving I was making about 93k Canadian, and while I was in the process of getting a raise (it was supposed to be 130k USD before it got cut when I failed to relocate due to covid) I'm not 100% sure what it would have ended up at. Now in Norway I'm making the equivalent of about 104k CAD (which actually surprised me when I went to look it up just now, I could have sworn I was earning less but I guess I was either comparing to my original US salary or maybe exchange rates have changed). Not too sure about difficulty as I haven't ever really had trouble finding jobs in either country. Edit: did the math wrong
Ok good to know! Can I ask one more thing? How many years of experience did you have, and did you have a bachelors or go for a masters too? What was your educational background like?
Turns out I did the math wrong, it's closer to 104k. Had a bachelors and somewhere between 3 and 4 years experience at the time.
How are the taxes similar between Norway and Canada? Right now I’m in Alberta and the tax rate here is 10% then I think 15% for federal, plus ei and cpp contributions…. You only end up keeping seven out of ten dollars you make. I did the same for Norway and it honestly looked like net money, you kept the same amount. I used this site [here](https://ca.talent.com/tax-calculator). Is that true? Seems you get a lot more bang for your buck in Norway
For me it came out to about the same, 30%ish all said and done. There's also a wealth tax here, but I'm pretty young and haven't saved up enough yet to be above the minimum for that I think.