Norway: all about this country and its main places!

General Information About Norway

Economy

The sign for the local currency is kr (NOK). You need to pay 62.00kr (corresponding to $6.26 USD) for a Big Mac at McDonald's ©. In 2021 the GDP was $482,174,854,481 USD, which ranks it number 28 in the world.

Education

This nation has a number of interesting universities, including University of Oslo, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, University of Bergen, University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway, Norwegian University of Life Sciences. The average length of time residents spend in school is 18 years (including tertiary education).

Geography

Oslo serves as this nation's capital and the country shares a border with Finland, Sweden, Russia. The inhabitants speak the following languages: Norwegian Nynorsk, Bokmål, Norwegian, Sami languages. The country has a 323,802 km² area, they use a postcode system and the primary cities are: Oslo, Stavanger, Trondheim, Skien, Sandnes.

Population

In this country, the median age is 39.50 years and the birth growth rate is around 0.79%. This country represents 0.07% of the world's population with about 5,236,826 individuals.

Culture

There are UNESCO listed sites: Røros Mining Town and the Circumference, Urnes Stave Church, Bryggen, Rock Art of Alta, Vegaøyan -- The Vega Archipelago. Interesting food you need to try here: Fårikål.

Good to know

Visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway to learn more about this nation. The ISO code is NO, phone numbers start with +47, the domain name ".no" is used by the country's websites

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