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Nina's Blog - Saturday 17th May 2025

Saturday 17th May 2025, 17:25

Today is Constitution Day, always referred to simply by the date 17. mai. Pronounced something like this

This was the first time for many years that I have walked alongside the procession. I found it very emotional, almost to the point of tears. I just wish the rest of the world could be like this. We celebrate Constitution Day with a children's procession not a military one. The message is inclusion not power. People dress as they please, most in some kind of finery but some in very everyday clothes. Some women wore very short dresses and others floor length and everything in between And of course many wore bunad which is a kind of national dress that varies from valley to valley in the details of the colours and decoration.
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Thinkerbell · 41-45, F
And I bet the akvavit flows freely after the parade. Skoal !

ninalanyon · 70-79, T
@Thinkerbell It's not really an occasion for a lot of drinking although of course people do. There was some controversy in Oslo this year as bars were given permission to open at 10:00 instead of the previous 12:00. A lot of people are of the opinion that extended drinking hours are inappropriate as the focus is on the children's procession.

The procession in most towns starts at 10:00 and it's all over by 12:00 and people either return home or attend some sort of family event in the local sports hall or sometimes out in the open.
Thinkerbell · 41-45, F
@ninalanyon

I agree that they should have held off on the Oslo bar openings until after the procession finished at noon.