Norway
Bergen
A smaller international in the west of Norway. Do not assume Oslo’s map applies here.
School portraits in this city
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Bergen schools, a Sandsli campus that stops at 16
Bergen is not a suburb of Bekkestua. The portrait we have is a PYP and MYP house in Sandsli that stops at Grade 10. Time the 15 km, not Oslo’s dark Tuesday.
15 minIB, A-Levels, Bac, Abitur: a friendly decoder
The letters on the leaver’s certificate matter. They are not the whole child. Here is how to tell them apart without a headache, and without pretending every door stays open.
16 minHow to choose a school without losing the plot
You do not need a perfect algorithm. You need a few true things about your child, a boring list on the fridge, and the courage to ignore a beautiful campus that does not fit.
15 minHow to read a European school fee PDF without being sold
Tuition is the number on the homepage. The PDF is the number that arrives in March. Here is how to read the second one, without inventing a euro, a krona, or a deadline.
Other cities nearby
Oslo
Three official climates: an IB campus in Bærum, a French AEFE house on two central sites, and a German-Norwegian school on the Akerselva. Ask which paper, and which dark Tuesday.
Flekke
A two-year IB residential college on a Vestland fjord, not Bekkestua and not Sandsli. National committees select most students. The college does not publish a GSP full-fee table.
Stavanger
Energy-town postings and a long-standing international. Housing and the fjord road decide more than a league table.
Trondheim
A Cambridge-and-IPC house by the cathedral, state-supported monthly kroner, ending at 16. Do not treat Oslo’s IB map as a Trondheim commute.