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I've been talking with my mum and I've made up my mind, when I graduated high school I want to go to Norway. My mum wants me to go to uni there, I just want to go there, live there, and never return to Australia. I still have 2 years until I can go but I think it will be worth it, I don't have a clue what to do once I get there though. It's gonna be hard signing up for a uni course over the Internet and I wont no anyone etc. but I just want to leave this fucking place. I came back from Italy yesterday and being there made me think of how boring and horrible Australia is. It's full of bogans, racists and people who hate me. Someone help me devise a plan for going to uni in Oslo.
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1. Save money
2. Buy tickets to [city], Norway
3. Wait until last year before college
4. Leave abruptly without notice during a long weekend/spring break/summer break
5. ?????
6. PROFIT
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SoulRiser
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I'm thinking you'll probably need some sort of student visa for that... right? And then actually being able to stay there afterwards may depend on you getting a work permit or something. I dunno, I'm thinking of how the UK works. I know nothing about Norway. But it's pretty cold there 
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SoulRiser Wrote:I'm thinking you'll probably need some sort of student visa for that... right? And then actually being able to stay there afterwards may depend on you getting a work permit or something. I dunno, I'm thinking of how the UK works. I know nothing about Norway. But it's pretty cold there
Norway is part of the European Union I'm sure, and I have duel citizenship, Australian and Italian so I can legally go live in any country in the European Union.
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great, just found out Norway isn't part of the European Union...but Sweden is, what the fuck is that shit?! they share a fucking border, I could walk to Norway from Sweden. WHy do countries always have to be bitchy about not wanting to join forces? fuck fuck fuck, all that planning was for nothing.
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awwww... damn technicalities!
I know how that feels. I might have had dual citizenship for the Netherlands if I could find out if my dad gave up his citizenship before or after I was born.
Damn technicalities.
Still, you're lucky you have that. Europe is a big place.
How different is Sweden from Norway anyway?
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That sucks.
Had to move on. Account is dead.
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