Reading E-mails in the Snow
This night temperatures dropped in Oslo and finally there is some real snow.
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Oslo University
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It is now -9°C during the day and -15°C in the night. At the University campus, snow plows were deployed to remove the snow a bit. Today, February 6th, is the Sami National Day and as a result I could see a lot of Sami and Norwegian flags on the campus.
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Baby change facility at the men's toilet
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Another very interesting "feature" of Scandinavia is that they are very child-friendly. You see a lot of young couples with their children walking around; in the student area where I live there are special student kindergartens (for the children of the students that is). Child-care is not only seen as a task for the mothers, but also for the fathers. As a result, I spotted this sign of a baby change facility at the men's toilet in our library.
Communication
Since GPRS data transfer is free in the network of Teletopia, I installed Google's Gmail for Mobile and Google Maps for Mobile on my mobile phone.
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Gmail
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The programs are running perfectly fast and answering emails goes as quickly as writing text messages.
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Google Maps for Mobile
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On Google Maps for Mobile, Oslo was directly displayed when I started it (so now Google not only has all my emails, but also knows where I am!). The picture above shows a map of Maastricht.
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Satellite view
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You can even switch to a satellite view, which basically looks like Google Earth on your phone. In total, I transferred about 1 Megabyte of data, which would have cost me around 19 euros in Germany - in Oslo it is for free.