Starting from today I will try to write some entries about some Norway particularities, which could be surprising or funny for a French.

Today, I'll talk about vacation.

July is the warmer month is Norway. That's why most of companies are almost empty in July; sometimes closed. To sum up, July in Norway is what August is to France.
Moreover, I was surprised to meet so many Norwegian leaving Norway for vacation. In general, citizens of Norway travel a lot, or at least more than French. That's why, like Paris in August, Oslo seems to be empty in July. In Bergen it was even more striking, as the city seemed to be owned by tourists. Perhaps, you can even feel in France when you meet a ferry full of French, along shops which accept euros; fortunately, we didn't stay more than half a day in Bergen :-)