diff --git a/src/content/blog/images/oslo.jpg b/src/content/blog/images/oslo.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b92413c Binary files /dev/null and b/src/content/blog/images/oslo.jpg differ diff --git a/src/content/blog/little-things-in-oslo.mdx b/src/content/blog/little-things-in-oslo.mdx new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b3f0981 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/content/blog/little-things-in-oslo.mdx @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +--- +pubDate: '2025-01-01' +title: "Little Things I noticed in Oslo" +description: 'A collection of small things I noticed during my stay in Oslo.' +keywords: + - travel + - oslo + - norway +hidden: false +heroImage: ./images/oslo.jpg +--- + +When I wondered through Ekeberg in Oslo, Norway, I noticed a few things that I found interesting. As a German, some of these things came to me as a surprise, others make a lot of sense. + +### 1. No underground power lines +Most of the power and utility lines are above ground. I would assume this is due to added cost burying them underground. + +### 2. Rocky ground +The ground is very rocky. When walking through the forrest, there's barely any soil, mostly just huge rocks. + +### 3. Big Mailboxes +I did not see a single mailbox that could not fit a package. They are all huge and can fit a package of 3-4 books easily. Meanwhile, in Germany, a mailbox can at most fit a single book. Is there some sort of regulation for this? + +### 4. Great busses and trams, icky subways +How are your busses and trams so clean, new and modern, but the subways are old and dirty? + +### 5. Degraded streets +Many streets in the suburbs are in bad shape. Something like that is not common in Germany. Have winters something to do with this? + +### 6. Colorful plates +There seems to be multiple types of license plates. I saw a lot of green plates on larger cars. Probably related to company cars. + +### 7. Lots of secondary apartments +It seems like that legislation is more permissive when it comes to renting out a basement or attic as a secondary apartment. I saw a lot of these in the suburbs. In Germany, there is so much red tape and law around renting that barely anyone bothers with it. + +### 8. Old houses with chargers for EVs +There is this stark contrast between old wooden houses with a Tesla or some other modern EV parked in front and hooked up to a charger. It's funny.