Author Archives: noruegaenargentina

May 17th in Buenos Aires

As mentioned earlier, there were a few celebrations for Norway’s Constitution Day here in Buenos Aires. On Friday, May 16th I attended a reception in Recoleta organized by the embassy. It was at lunch time and was really pretty boring, … Continue reading

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On the radio

I mentioned that on May 15th I was interviewed on the radio, as part of a weekly segment on different countries represented in Buenos Aires. (I wrote a short post in Spanish here.) It was a lot of fun, the … Continue reading

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Estrella de radio :)

Hoy tuve el gusto de salir en un programa de radio! Me llamaron de Metro 95.1, del programa “Su atención por favor”, donde el locutor Jason Mayne hace un segmento sobre extranjeros en Buenos Aires. Fui al bar Olsen con … Continue reading

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Dupont Circle vs. Villa Crespo

This headline may not make a lot of sense to you, but I figured I’d do a very non-scientific comparison of my previous and current city neighborhoods. I lived for many years in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, DC, … Continue reading

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Big changes, big city

So, some big changes have taken place: I moved to Buenos Aires! After a year and a half in the countryside, I am now living in la Reina del Plata. It has just been a couple of weeks so the … Continue reading

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La Feria del Libro

La Feria del Libro (the Book Fair) in Buenos Aires is a huge event. It takes place in La Rural, the agricultural fair in Palermo that is of course home to the big livestock/animal exhibition in July, and more than … Continue reading

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Film review: El crítico

I went to see “El crítico“, an Argentinian film released this month, directed by Hernán Gerschuny and starring Rafael Spregelburd as Victor Tellez. From the synopsis: Tellez is a strict and prestigious film critic, totally weary of Hollywood romantic comedies … Continue reading

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Montevideo!

I had the chance to go Montevideo, Uruguay a few weeks ago, and I loved it! It totally is Buenos Aires for Norwegians – small, manageable, clean, easy to get around. You can feel that it is an up and … Continue reading

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17. mai i Buenos Aires – 17 de mayo en Buenos Aires

For nordmenn i Buenos Aires som titter innom bloggen, eller andre som er interesserte i å feire 17. mai: Det arrangeres 17. mai-feiring i Den nordiske kirken (Azopardo 1422, 1107 Buenos Aires) sondag 18. mai klokken 11:30. Arrangementet er åpent … Continue reading

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Caminito, La Boca

There are certain tourist spots that are a must, but not somewhere one would return to over and over. Caminito in La Boca is one of those places – it was really fun to see the first time, it was … Continue reading

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