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Hurra for Lånekassen (og 17. mai)!!!
Og gratulerer med dagen!!! :o) Today was Norway Day... Brisbane celebrated along with the rest of the world!!! :p
First off, thanks must go out - as was loudly pointed out in the 17-mai parade - to Lånekassen, the Norwegian Educational Loan Fund. Without it, there wouldn't be 1500 Norwegian students in Brisbane celebrating Norway's centennary as an independent country.
As usual, QUT's Kidney Lawn (where did they come up with that name???) played host to the day-time festivities, including the parade.
With a bit of help from Unca Police, hundreds of Norwegians - screaming, singing, waving big flags - ruled the streets of Brisbane's business district, drawing puzzled looks from onlookers - many of whom probably think Norway is the capital of Sweden! :o)
(No, really... Australians aren't that bad at geography! But still... If you've never heard about Norway Day before, the parade would be quite a mindboggling sight. Kind of like an ANZAC-day on steroids, just without any military involvement. :o)
The parade rounded up at the steps of the make-shift Royal Palace, where the Royal Family waved to the people. And after the royals had exercised their wrists for a while, everybody moved on to gorge on locally made Norwegian hot-dogs, waffles with Ski Queen cheese (brunost) and other Norwegian goodies.
Happy Norway Day, everybody! :o)
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Posted by Marius Berg Askildsen
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