Norway for enthusiasts of the Krone and money

**Norwegians **get certain questions when they travel around and also when somebody is visiting our *sumptuous *country. It could be ''How much is the average wage in Norway?'', ''Do you have a minimum wage?'', ''What is the inflation rate of the Krone?'', ''Why don't you change to the Euro?''.

Because of this interest in our **money **from the foreigners that we encounter on our soul-searching journey, it is time to go through where to find out more about the history of money, and some theories why **Norway **is doing fine right now.

If I haven't ''sold'' you this idea yet, because economics might be boring and it is for people who are searching a predictable income. The typical **economist **might say it comes from the state which is printing money and it represents the value of something else. Then you meet the **economist **which is truly interested in **money **and who constantly asks weird questions that we don't think about during every *transaction *that we make.

To see if you would enjoy these places and if you like economics, see if you ask yourself questions similar to these:

1. ''How is this restaurant still standing with only 5 customers a day?''

2. ''Why do they **harvest **their own **vegetables **instead of **buying **from a **producer **which will save them time?''

3. ''Did god put them on this earth to sell food that 5 people a day buys and they choose this life instead of a stable accounting job in the big city?''

1. Norwegian mining museum

This museum is managing the coin collection of the** Norwegian central bank**. You will learn how the **mining operations **work by going into the **mountain **with a **train **and you can see the beginning process of how a **coin **is made!

There is also different sections of the museum. The royal coin section, Kongsberg Weapon Factory, and Kongsberg Ski Museum. You will see figures of workers, the** train line **with the *wagons *full of material, and also be bombarded with tons of facts about the Norwegian mining history.

2. Oslo coin gallery

This is a gallery of coins which held auctions and sells coins to you. The prices of the coins range from around 10€ to 10 482€. They have** Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Greek, Roman money**. You can even find coins from before Christ!

4. Norwegian oil and petroleum museum Stavanger

The popular explanation for **Norwegian **success is the oil. Of course, we made an oil museum to share the inventions and work habits of the people on the oil rinks. In **1999, it was set up and located in Stavanger, which is the oil capital of Norway. **Stavanger **became the oil capital instead of **Oslo **since it was politically impossible in **Oslo **according to a guy called Finn Lied.

5. Museum of Cultural history Oslo

Inside this museum, you will find a place called the coin cabinet. In 1817, this place was created! Here you can find large collections of** Viking coins**! You will also find **medals **and the like collected by **Polar explorers such as Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen. There's also a special section which is a collection of Norwegian coins *found under church floors *around Norway.