Weird Norwegian city names: Christiania, Bjørgvin, Nidaros ...

Have you every heard of the cities of Christiania, Bjørgvin, or Nidaros?
Norwegian city names can be quite a mystery, but they tell us something about Norwegian language history. Find out more in this video.
0:00 Historical vs. current city names
0:25 Norwegian language fight
1:17 Nidaros
4:02 Bjørgvin
6:22 Christiania
9:08 A weird street in Oslo ...
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[@TheNorwegianSchool]

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[@Spherefull]

Great vid, loved hearing about the history of these names spoken all the time

[@TheNorwegianSchool]

Nice to hear you've enjoyed it.

[@ThSkBj]

I mean, people in Bergen protested and forced BaneNOR to take down the new sign at the Bergen Train Station when they renamed it to just "Bergen Station". They are fairly consistent if anything. Lol.

[@TheNorwegianSchool]

... they are ;-)

[@mimirsvision9929]

Veldig interessant, takk for videoen lærer.

[@TheNorwegianSchool]

bare hyggelig

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