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Living conditions

Health and safety

Health precautions

No.

International hospitals

No.

For further information on sanitary conditions

The World Health Organization webpages devoted to Norway
Ministry of Health and Care Services

For further information on safety conditions

US Travelling information about Norway
Official info website.

For more information:

The travel advice of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Emergency numbers

Fire Department	110
Police	112
Ambulance	113

Time difference and climate

Time and time difference

It is %T:%M %A in Oslo (GMT+1 in the winter, GMT+2 in the summer)

Summer time period

Summer time (Daylight Savings Time) is from March until October.

Map of the time zone

Type of climate

Warmer and damper climate than might be expected because of the North Atlantic Current and the Westerlies. Norway spans 13 degrees of latitude and its climate shows great variations. Even local differences in weather can be large due to the rugged topography.

Summers are generally hot and winters cold. Inlands and the northern parts are cooler than coastal areas, which experience more rain. The northernmost part has a maritime subarctic climate. The Svalbard archipelago has an arctic thundra climate. The hottest month is usually July with average temperature 17,3°C in Oslo. The coldest month is January, when the average falls to −4.7°C.

From Novermber to late January, the sun never rises above the horizon in the northern areas, and daylight hours are short in the rest of the country. Conversely, during the summertime there can be 20 hours of daylight per day, except in the north where the sun never descends beneath the horizon.

The best time to visit is from May to September. The winter is cold and dark, but offers possibilities for skiing and watching the aurora borealis.

For further information

The Norwegian Meteorological Institute

To know the weather in Norway, consult the website of Metoffice.

Average annual temperatures and rainfall

Useful resources

To find an accommodation

Visit Norway - Hotels Visit Norway - Bed & Breakfast Visit Norway - Youth Hostels Visit Norway - Camping Visit Norway Visit Norway

To find an apartment

Oslo Apartments

Finn.no (in Norwegian)
Craigslist Oslo

To find a job

The Public Employment Service
Manpower Norway
Finn.no jobb
Monster Norway
Adecco Norway
Norges Vikar
Corridor

Communications

Telephone codes

To call in Norway from the United Kingdom, dial 00 (or +) +47.
To call the United Kingdom fromNorway, dial 00 (ou +) 44.

Mobile telephone standards

GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS and HSDPA.
To know if you can use your mobile phone in Norway, just click on the name of your provider: O², T-mobile, Orange, Vodafone or 3 Mobile .

Internet suffix

.no

Zip codes

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Last updates: September 2010