INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF NORWAY Oslo Chamber of Commerce WEEKEND SUGGESTIONS Week 1 HI EVERYBODY! Happy New Year! We hope you all had a great holiday season with family and friends. The year has just started and things are still quiet, so why not take the chance and enjoy some quiet time at home after the season’s rush? Enjoy your weekend! Photo: pixabay.com OSLO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EVENTS Both Oslo Chamber of Commerce and INN members are welcome to thIs event: International Forum, February 4 at 17.00 Emirates has grown from a small airline with a few leased aircraft and 3 destinations in October 1985, to becoming one of the world’s largest international airlines and largest operator of both Airbus 380 and Boeing 777. With an ambitious and welcoming slogan - “Hello Tomorrow”- Emirates continues to grow, continuously investing in new aircraft and new routes. Come and join us for an exciting presentation by Emirates Norway CEO, Terje Grue. Click here for more information and registration. Address: Bygdøy allé 2 How to get there: Buses 30/31 to Skovveien INN MEMBER EVENTS International Potluck Dinner, January 13 at 17.30 We challenge you to gather at our premises for an international potluck! A potluck is a gathering of people where each person contributes with a dish of food to be shared among the group. You may bring any form of food, ranging from starters to desserts. INN will provide the drinks. Let us enjoy some time together with good international food! Click here for more information and registration. Remember to check out our calendar for upcoming INNEvents Follow INN on and INN WELCOME TO NORWAY SEMINAR New in Norway and curious about the country and its people? Sign up here for our popular «Welcome to Norway» Seminar, a one-day practical introduction to living and working in Norway and Oslo. The next seminar will take place on January 19. Free of charge for all INN Individual Members. For INN Corporate Members/ OCC Members the price per person is NOK 4000 and non-members NOK 5000, including a welcome package and lunch. EXHIBITIONS Targets, Nobels Fredssenter, until April 24 Targets is a photo exhibition that shows how images of the enemy are created. The German photographer Herlinde Koelbl has visited military training camps in 27 countries, and photographed the targets that the soldiers use when they are training to kill. She has been to Europe, the USA, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, China, Russia, Turkey and Israel. Only North Korea denied her access. Herlinde Koelbl has also portrayed those who may end up as living targets: the soldiers. A video installation and excerpts from Koelbl’s conversations with the soldiers accompany the exhibition’s photographs. They provide a glimpse of the challenging position the soldiers face. Click here for more information, send an email to [email protected] or call 48 30 10 00. Address: Brynjulf Bulls plass 1 How to get there: Tram 12 to Aker Brygge Photo: nobelpeacecenter.org Fiona Tan: Geography of Time, Museet for Samtidskunst, until January 31 Fiona Tan expresses herself in a richly visual language at the intersection between the documentary and literary genres. This exhibition explores fundamental questions about the nature of identity and how individuals live with the past and memories in everyday life. With her Australian-Indonesian roots, the Dutch artist Fiona Tan describes herself as a “professional foreigner ”. Shortly after her birth in 1966 in Indonesia, her family had to flee from the military regime of Suharto. They settled in Australia. After studying in Germany and in the Netherlands at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie and the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunst, Tan made Amsterdam her home. Memories and identity have since emerged as the central preoccupations of her art. Click here for more information, send an email to [email protected] or call 21 98 20 00. Address: Bankplassen How to get there: Trams 12/13/19 to Kongens gate Photo: nasjonalmuseet.no CONCERTS Nyttårskonsert, Oslo Konserthus, January 7 at 19.00 Oslo Philharmonic’s New Year’s concert featuring Estancia (Ginastera), The three cornered hat, suite no. 2 (De Falla), Concierto de Aranjuez (Rodrigo), Cuban overture (Gershwin) and Danzon no. 2 (Marquez). Click here for more information (in Norwegian) and here for tickets, send an email to [email protected] or call 23 11 31 00. Address: Munkedamsveien 14 How to get there: All public transportation to National Theatre Photo: oslokonserthus.no Erlend Skomsvoll: The Blues & the Abstract Youth, Norges Musikkhøgskole, January 8 at 19.00 One of Norway’s most interesting and expansive jazz musicians, Erlend Skomsvoll, meets the jazz stars of tomorrow at the Norwegian Academy of Music. For this project, Skomsvoll has arranged a wide spectre of music, ranging from Krzysztof Komeda to Skomsvolls’s own band “What If” and his rich catalogue of arrangements written for different pop artists. The ensemble will include at least five strings, five wind players, four pianists, three percussionists, two bassists and one vocalist. Tickets at the door. Click here for more information (in Norwegian), send an email to post@ nmh.no or call 23 36 70 00. Address: Slemdalsveien 11 How to get there: All metro lines to Majorstuen Photo: nmh.no Aftenpostens Nyttårskonsert 2016, Oslo Konserthus, January 8 at 19.00 and January 9 at 18.00 Aftenposten’s annual New Year’s concert in Oslo Concert Hall. This year’s edition features The Norwegian Radio Orchestra, along with some of Norway’s most prominent musical talents. Click here for more information (in Norwegian) and here for tickets. Address: Munkedamsveien 14 Photo: oslokonserthus.no How to get there: All public transportation to National Theatre Gentle Groove - A Tribute to Led Zeppelin, Gamla, January 9 at 21.00 The Led Zeppelin tribute band Gentle Groove has played Zeppelin songs since the late 90s. On Saturday evening, they will perform classics such as “Whole Lotta Love”, “Communication Breakdown” and “Rock and Roll”, as well as epic masterpieces like “Kashmir ”, “No Quarter”, “Dazed and Confused” and of course, Led Zeppelin’s signature song “Stairway To Heaven”. Tickets at the door. Click here for more information (in Norwegian), send an email to [email protected] or call 90 10 38 46. Address: Grensen 1 Photo: gamla.no How to get there: Trams 11/17/18 to Stortorvet Lady Hardanger, Café Mono, January 9 at 20.00 Lady Hardanger left the Norwegian west coast, fell in a pot of jambalaya in Louisiana, and discovered beautiful pop songs in the Berlin underground. Thus, they ended up playing a free spirited blend of Cajun music, old time, calypso, pop and traditional Norwegian tunes. Tickets at the door. Click here for more information (in Norwegian), send an email to hallo@ cafemono.no or call 22 41 41 66. Address: Pløens gate 4 How to get there: Trams 11/12/13 to Kirkeristen Photo: cafemono.no THEATRE & SHOW The Oslo Comedy Club, The Star Pub, January 9 at 20.30 The Oslo Comedy Club was started by comedians Paul B. Edwards and Simon Emanuel, who began performing comedy in Oslo in early 2012 after spending years on the UK comedy circuit and performing internationally on three different continents. The first edition of 2016 features British comedians Mark Maier and Ben Van Der Velde. Tickets at the door (cash only). Click here for more information, send an email to [email protected] or call 90 14 54 16. Address: Lille Grensen 7 How to get there: All metro lines to Stortinget Photo: hyenalounge.com PARTY Elvis Rockhouse Party 2016, Gamla, January 8 at 20.00 Annual birthday celebration for Elvis Presley with concerts, DJ and video clips. Click here for more information (in Norwegian) and here for tickets, send an email to [email protected] or call 90 10 38 46. Address: Grensen 1 How to get there: Trams 11/17/18 to Stortorvet Photo: flickr.no FAMILY & CHILDREN Tonje Glimmerdal, Det Norske Teatret, until February 7 Tough girl Tonje Glimmerdal, who will soon be 10 years old is the only child living in Glimmerdal. Her best friend is Gunnvald, a stubborn old man who plays the violin and always has time for her. Click here for more information and tickets (in Norwegian), send an email to [email protected] / [email protected] or call 22 42 43 44. Address: Kristian IV’s gate 8 How to get there: Trams 11/17/18 to Tinghuset Photo: detnorsketeatret.no Molefonken, Annes Dukketeater, Frognerparken, January 10, 17, 24 and 31 Puppet show for children (in Norwegian). Click here for more information (in Norwegian), send an email to [email protected] or call 92 82 15 75. Address: Frognerparken, Kirkeveien, 0268 Oslo How to get there: Tram 12 to Frognerparken Photo: visitoslo.com SPORT Vålerenga - Frisk Asker, Jordal Amfi, January 9 at 16.00 Norwegian hockey league game between Vålerenga and Frisk Asker. Click here for tickets. Address: Jordalgata 12 How to get there: Bus 20 to Galgeberg or bus 37 to Galgeberg busstasjon Photo: vif.no FIRST NIGHT MOVIES The Hateful Eight (USA) In the dead of a Wyoming winter, a bounty hunter and his prisoner find shelter in a cabin currently inhabited by a collection of nefarious characters. With Samuel L. Jackson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kurt Russell, Tim Roth, Zoë Bell, Michael Madsen, Bruce Dern and Channing Tatum. Photo: nfkino.no Tale of Tales (ITA/FRA/UK) Matteo Garrone’s Tale of Tales is a freaky portmanteau film based on the folk myths collected and published by the 16th-century Neapolitan poet and scholar Giambattista Basile. With Salma Hayek, Vincent Cassel, John C.