April and the Russ celebration

 










Here comes the next entry of my stay in Norway. It has been really long time since I wrote here, but many things have happened in these past months. I had to move back to Denmark, and actually my things are just getting organized now, so I can spare some time occasionally to update this blog.

So, back in april, the snow has disappeared, and the warmer days has arrived with longer day time. After the cold and dark winter, it was evident not to stay in the room, but go out for a walk, take some pictures and enjoy the weather.
The usual place, the opera house, but in a different lighting situation.

There is a Norwegian tradition, called 'Russefeiring', which is a kind of ceremony of the highschool graduation. Last year students (russ) are wearing overalls in specific colors, reflecting their area of study. As you can see on the pictures the red uniforms (rødruss) are the most common, which is worn by those who had general studies. This celebration happens in the end of April and beginning of May, right before their final exams. During these weeks they get different assignments to do which are often realted with drinking and having sex or doing embarassing things in public. /You can read more about this on Wikipedia/






























And here are some more, taken on the streets of Oslo, which I thought worth to upload.





There's only one episode left: May. Hopefully coming soon.