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"Natural Earth 5.1", "level": "city", "retrieved": "2026-10-27", "method": "source", "sources": [ { "id": "natural-earth", "name": "Natural Earth (coastline, land, countries and populated places)", "publisher": "Natural Earth", "url": "https://www.naturalearthdata.com/", "licence": "Public domain", "licenceUrl": "https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/" } ], "note": "straight line from the centre to the open-sea coastline (lakes excluded)", "levelText": "city" }, { "metric": "mountain_km", "label": "Distance to the mountains", "description": "Straight-line distance from the centre to ground that rises 1,000 m above it; 300 means none within 300 km.", "value": 75, "text": "75 km", "unit": "km", "period": "terrain tiles 2017", "level": "city", "retrieved": "2026-10-27", "method": "source", "sources": [ { "id": "terrain-tiles", "name": "Terrain Tiles (Terrarium) on AWS Open Data", "publisher": "Mapzen / AWS Open Data", "url": "https://registry.opendata.aws/terrain-tiles/", 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passenger flights within 100 km of the centre.", "value": 2, "text": "2 airports", "unit": "airports", "period": "2026-10-27", "level": "city", "retrieved": "2026-10-27", "method": "source", "sources": [ { "id": "ourairports", "name": "OurAirports airports", "publisher": "OurAirports", "url": "https://ourairports.com/data/", "licence": "Public domain", "licenceUrl": "https://ourairports.com/data/" } ], "note": "OSL, TRF", "levelText": "city" }, { "metric": "road_deaths", "label": "Road deaths", "description": "People killed in road accidents per 10,000 residents a year.", "value": 0.13, "text": "0.13 per 10,000", "unit": "per 10,000", "period": "2012", "level": "city", "retrieved": "2026-11-05", "method": "source", "sources": [ { "id": "eurostat-urban", "name": "Urban Audit: cities and greater cities", "publisher": "Eurostat", "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/cities/database", "licence": "Eurostat reuse with acknowledgement (Decision 2011/833/EU)", "licenceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/main/help/copyright-notice" } ], "note": "Oslo (greater city): the city and its contiguous urban area", "levelText": "city" }, { "metric": "foreign_born_share", "label": "Born abroad", "description": "Share of residents born in another country: a measure of how international the city is.", "value": 27.6, "text": "27.6 % of residents", "unit": "% of residents", "period": "2022", "level": "city", "retrieved": "2026-11-05", "method": "source", "sources": [ { "id": "eurostat-urban", "name": "Urban Audit: cities and greater cities", "publisher": "Eurostat", "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/cities/database", "licence": "Eurostat reuse with acknowledgement (Decision 2011/833/EU)", "licenceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/main/help/copyright-notice" } ], "note": "Oslo (greater city): the city and its contiguous urban area", "levelText": "city" }, { "metric": "english_official", "label": "English is official", "description": "Whether English is an official or de facto official language of the country.", "value": 0, "text": "no", "unit": "1 = yes", "period": "CLDR 49", "level": "country", "retrieved": "2026-10-27", "method": "source", "sources": [ { "id": "cldr", "name": "CLDR territory information", "publisher": "Unicode Consortium", "url": "https://cldr.unicode.org/", "licence": "Unicode-3.0", "licenceUrl": "https://www.unicode.org/license.txt" } ], "note": "English is not an official language", "levelText": "Norway-wide" }, { "metric": "download_mbps", "label": "Internet speed", "description": "Typical download speed of home and mobile connections in speed tests (M-Lab NDT, one TCP stream, so lower than commercial tests); compare cities with each other.", "value": 56.3, "text": "56 Mbit/s", "unit": "Mbit/s", "period": "2023", "level": "city", "retrieved": "2026-10-27", "method": "source", "sources": [ { "id": "mlab", "name": "M-Lab NDT statistics (daily city aggregates)", "publisher": "Measurement Lab", "url": "https://www.measurementlab.net/data/", "licence": "CC0-1.0", "licenceUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/" } ], "note": "median of daily median NDT download speeds, 336 days, 211,598 tests (Oslo, NO-03)", "levelText": "city" }, { "metric": "degree_share", "label": "Adults with a degree", "description": "Share of adults whose highest qualification is tertiary, a university degree or a vocational diploma above school level (ISCED levels 5 to 8), counting people aged 25 to 64 for a city or region and 25 or older for a country.", "value": 56.5, "text": "56.5 % of adults", "unit": "% of adults", "period": "2025", "level": "region", "retrieved": "2026-11-05", "method": "source", "sources": [ { "id": "eurostat-regions", "name": "Population by educational attainment and NUTS 2 region (edat_lfse_04)", "publisher": "Eurostat (EU Labour Force Survey)", "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_04/default/table", "licence": "Eurostat reuse with acknowledgement (Decision 2011/833/EU)", "licenceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/main/help/copyright-notice" } ], "note": "Oslo og Viken (NO08), aged 25 to 64", "levelText": "region" }, { "metric": "github_developers", "label": "Developers on GitHub", "description": "GitHub accounts whose profile names the city as their location, per 1,000 residents: a rough count of people who write software there, since many leave the field empty and some name a city they only live near.", "value": 15.9, "text": "15.9 per 1,000 residents", "unit": "per 1,000 residents", "period": "2026-11-05", "level": "city", "retrieved": "2026-11-05", "method": "source", "sources": [ { "id": "github", "name": "GitHub user search", "publisher": "GitHub", "url": "https://docs.github.com/en/rest/search/search#search-users", "licence": "No data licence: only total counts of profiles are stored (GitHub Acceptable Use Policies, section 7)", "licenceUrl": "https://docs.github.com/en/site-policy/acceptable-use-policies/github-acceptable-use-policies#7-information-usage-restrictions" } ], "note": "17,254 accounts whose location names \"Oslo\", over 1,082,575 residents", "levelText": "city" }, { "metric": "city_edge_km", "label": "Out of the dense city", "description": "Straight-line distance from the centre to the nearest edge of the dense city (the GHSL urban centre: touching 1 km squares with at least 1,500 residents per km²) in a direction that leads on over land, so roughly what a cyclist rides before the dense city gives way to suburbs, farmland, hills or a large park.", "value": 5.5, "text": "5.5 km", "unit": "km", "period": "2025", "level": "city", "retrieved": "2026-11-05", "method": "source", "sources": [ { "id": "ghsl-ucdb", "name": "GHS Urban Centre Database 2025 (R2024A), general characteristics", "publisher": "European Commission, Joint Research Centre (GHSL)", "url": "https://human-settlement.emergency.copernicus.eu/ghs_ucdb_2024.php", "licence": "CC-BY-4.0", "licenceUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" } ], "note": "Oslo urban centre (889,573 people, 2025): nearest edge 5.5 km to the north; half the directions over land end within 7.6 km", "levelText": "city" }, { "metric": "politics_lr", "label": "Politics, left to right", "description": "An estimate of where the place voted at its latest national lower-house election (a Swiss canton, Canadian province or Australian state at its own count), on a scale from 0, left, to 10, right: each party's ParlGov position (the mean of expert surveys, or of its party family where no survey covers it), averaged by its share of the official result.", "value": 5.3, "text": "centre, 5.3 of 10", "unit": "0 to 10", "period": "2025-09-08", "level": "country", "retrieved": "2026-11-05", "method": "source", "sources": [ { "id": "politics", "name": "Political position from election results", "publisher": "Borgo contributors", "url": "https://github.com/ABCastor/borgo/blob/main/pipeline/inputs/politics.json", "licence": "CC-BY-4.0", "licenceUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" } ], "note": "Estimate from the official result of Storting, 8 Sept 2025, with ParlGov party positions: Labour 28% (3.4), Progress Party 23.8% (8.8), Conservatives 14.6% (7.9), Socialist Left 5.6% (1.6), Centre Party 5.6% (4.7), Red Party 5.3% (0.4). Parties with a position took 96% of the vote.", "levelText": "Norway-wide" }, { "metric": "abortion_law", "label": "Abortion in law", "description": "On what grounds the law allows a pregnancy to be ended: 0 not at all or only to save the woman's life, 1 also to protect her health or after rape or incest, 2 also on broad social or economic grounds, 3 on request but only in the first weeks (under 10), 4 on request to 10 weeks or later.", "value": 4, "text": "on request, 10 weeks or later", "unit": "0 to 4", "period": "2026-11-05", "level": "country", "retrieved": "2026-11-05", "method": "source", "sources": [ { "id": "abortion-law", "name": "Abortion in law, from the statutes cited", "publisher": "Borgo contributors", "url": "https://github.com/ABCastor/borgo/blob/main/src/fetch/rights-law.ts", "licence": "CC-BY-4.0", "licenceUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" } ], "note": "On request to the end of week 18 (Abortloven (lov 20. desember 2024 nr. 96), § 3, in force 1 June 2025; checked against the source linked on 2026-11-05)", "levelText": "Norway-wide" }, { "metric": "doctors", "label": "Doctors", "description": "Practising physicians per 1,000 people in the country, generalists and specialists (WHO figures).", "value": 4.97, "text": "5.0 per 1,000 people", "unit": "per 1,000 people", "period": "2023", "level": "country", "retrieved": "2026-11-05", "method": "source", "sources": [ { "id": "worldbank-wdi", "name": "World Development Indicators", "publisher": "World Bank", "url": "https://databank.worldbank.org/source/world-development-indicators", "licence": "CC-BY-4.0", "licenceUrl": "https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/public-licenses" } ], "note": "Physicians per 1,000 people (WHO Global Health Workforce Statistics via World Bank)", "levelText": "Norway-wide" }, { "metric": "unemployment", "label": "Unemployment", "description": "Share of people who want work and are looking for it but have none, in the country (ILO modelled estimate).", "value": 4.6, "text": "4.6 % of the labour force", "unit": "% of the labour force", "period": "2025", "level": "country", "retrieved": "2026-11-05", "method": "source", "sources": [ { "id": "worldbank-wdi", "name": "World Development Indicators", "publisher": "World Bank", "url": "https://databank.worldbank.org/source/world-development-indicators", "licence": "CC-BY-4.0", "licenceUrl": "https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/public-licenses" } ], "note": "Unemployment, % of the labour force, ILO modelled estimate (via World Bank)", "levelText": "Norway-wide" }, { "metric": "clean_government", "label": "Control of corruption", "description": "How far public power is kept from private gain, petty and grand corruption alike, as experts, firms and households perceive it in the country: the World Bank's governance estimate, roughly -2.5 (weak) to 2.5 (strong).", "value": 1.93, "text": "1.93 -2.5 to 2.5", "unit": "-2.5 to 2.5", "period": "2025", "level": "country", "retrieved": "2026-11-05", "method": "source", "sources": [ { "id": "worldbank-wgi", "name": "Worldwide Governance Indicators", "publisher": "World Bank", "url": "https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/worldwide-governance-indicators", "licence": "CC-BY-4.0", "licenceUrl": "https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/search/dataset/0038026/worldwide-governance-indicators" } ], "note": "Control of corruption, governance estimate (Worldwide Governance Indicators)", "levelText": "Norway-wide" }, { "metric": "same_sex_couples", "label": "Same-sex couples in law", "description": "What the law offers same-sex couples: 0 sexual relations between people of the same sex are a crime, 1 legal but national law offers no union, 2 civil union or registered partnership, 3 marriage.", "value": 3, "text": "marriage", "unit": "0 to 3", "period": "2026", "level": "country", "retrieved": "2026-11-05", "method": "source", "sources": [ { "id": "couples-law", "name": "Same-sex couples in law, from the statutes cited", "publisher": "Borgo contributors", "url": "https://github.com/ABCastor/borgo/blob/main/src/fetch/rights-law.ts", "licence": "CC-BY-4.0", "licenceUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" } ], "note": "Marriage: Ekteskapsloven § 1, since 1 January 2009 (checked against the source linked on 2026-11-05)", "levelText": "Norway-wide" } ], "gaps": [ { "metric": "childcare_cost", "label": "Your childcare cost" }, { "metric": "health_premium", "label": "Health insurance premium" }, { "metric": "pm25", "label": "Fine dust (PM2.5)" }, { "metric": "coworking", "label": "Coworking spaces" }, { "metric": "climbing_gyms", "label": "Climbing gyms" }, { "metric": "swimming_pools", "label": "Public swimming pools" }, { "metric": "public_pools", "label": "Public swimming pools (official)" }, { "metric": "hackerspaces", "label": "Hackerspaces and makerspaces" }, { "metric": "green_space_10km", "label": "Green space" }, { "metric": "green_share", "label": "Green urban areas (official)" }, { "metric": "rail_stations", "label": "Rail and metro stations" }, { "metric": "cycle_paths_km", "label": "Cycle paths" }, { "metric": "transit_commute_share", "label": "Commuting by public transport" }, { "metric": "commute_minutes", "label": "Commute time" }, { "metric": "transit_pass", "label": "Monthly transit pass" }, { "metric": "english_share", "label": "English speakers" }, { "metric": "walkable_share", "label": "Everyday needs on foot" }, { "metric": "bike_network", "label": "Cycle network" }, { "metric": "active_commute_share", "label": "Walking or cycling to work" } ], "climate": { "months": [ "Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec" ], "tempHighC": [ -1.2, 0.9, 5.6, 10.3, 16.5, 20.6, 21.4, 19.9, 16.3, 10, 4.1, -0.3 ], "tempLowC": [ -6.6, -5.3, -2.5, 1.1, 6.8, 11.7, 13.6, 12.4, 9.6, 4.8, 0.2, -4.6 ], "wetDays": [ 9.6, 10.4, 8, 7.8, 11.2, 11, 13.8, 11.6, 10.6, 11.8, 11, 10.8 ], "daylightHours": [ 6.68, 8.97, 11.72, 14.55, 17.2, 18.79, 17.97, 15.53, 12.72, 9.92, 7.39, 5.93 ], "period": "2021-2025", "source": { "id": "open-meteo-era5", "name": "Historical weather (ERA5 reanalysis)", "publisher": "Open-Meteo, Copernicus Climate Change Service (ECMWF)", "url": "https://open-meteo.com/en/docs/historical-weather-api", "licence": "CC-BY-4.0", "licenceUrl": "https://open-meteo.com/en/license" } }, "daylight": { "shortestDayHours": 5.9, "longestDayHours": 18.83, "method": "computed from latitude" }, "takeHome": { "currency": "NOK", "year": 2026, "scope": "Employee aged 17-69 outside Troms and Finnmark: 22% tax on ordinary income, bracket tax and national insurance contribution.", "sources": [ { "label": "Skatteetaten: tax on ordinary income 2026", "url": "https://www.skatteetaten.no/satser/alminnelig-inntekt/" }, { "label": "Skatteetaten: bracket tax (trinnskatt) 2026", "url": "https://www.skatteetaten.no/satser/trinnskatt/" }, { "label": "Skatteetaten: national insurance contribution (trygdeavgift) 2026", "url": "https://www.skatteetaten.no/satser/trygdeavgift/" }, { "label": "Skatteetaten: standard deduction (minstefradrag) 2026", "url": "https://www.skatteetaten.no/satser/minstefradrag/" }, { "label": "Skatteetaten: personal allowance (personfradrag) 2026", "url": "https://www.skatteetaten.no/satser/personfradrag/" } ], "caveats": [ "Standard deduction only; actual expenses and interest on loans are not deducted. IPS pension savings set as your pension share get their 22% relief.", "Troms and Finnmark residents pay 18.5% on ordinary income and lower bracket tax; not modelled.", "Newcomers: the PAYE scheme for foreign workers (a flat withholding rate on gross pay for the first years, within an income cap) is not applied; set a flat rate to model it; the PAYE rate already includes national insurance, which this model still lists, so use the PAYE rate less 7.6 points (rate not checked here)." ], "local": [], "rows": [ { "gross": 310000, "net": 263066.5, "effectiveRate": 0.1513983870967742 }, { "gross": 630000, "net": 475737.4, "effectiveRate": 0.24486126984126985 }, { "gross": 1000000, "net": 694130.35, "effectiveRate": 0.30586965000000005 } ], "completeness": { "status": "complete", "missing": [], "approximations": [] } }, "freeMovement": { "citizensOf": "NO", "areas": [ { "id": "EEA", "name": "EU and EEA free movement", "members": [ "AT", "BE", "BG", "HR", "CY", "CZ", "DK", "EE", "FI", "FR", "DE", "GR", "HU", "IE", "IT", "LV", "LT", "LU", "MT", "NL", "PL", "PT", "RO", "SK", "SI", "ES", "SE", "IS", "LI" ], "note": "Directive 2004/38/EC, extended to Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway by the EEA Agreement. Beyond three months a registration is usually required, but no visa or permit to work.", "source": { "id": "eu-free-movement", "name": "Directive 2004/38/EC and the EEA Agreement", "publisher": "European Union", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2004/38/oj", "licence": "Borgo's summary of the official text (CC BY 4.0)", "licenceUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" } }, { "id": "CH-IN-EU", "name": "Swiss-EU free movement", "members": [ "CH" ], "source": { "id": "ch-afmp", "name": "Agreement on the Free Movement of Persons (EU-Switzerland)", "publisher": "Swiss State Secretariat for Migration", "url": "https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/fza_schweiz-eu-efta.html", "licence": "Borgo's summary of the official text (CC BY 4.0)", "licenceUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" } } ] }, "defaultProfile": { "assumptions": "one person, €60,000 gross a year, a one-bedroom home, everyday spending of €1,200 a month in Lisbon scaled by each country's 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"source": "couples-law", "retrieved": "2026-11-05", "url": "https://lovdata.no/dokument/NL/lov/1991-07-04-47", "note": "Marriage: Ekteskapsloven § 1, since 1 January 2009 (checked against the source linked on 2026-11-05)", "sourceName": "Same-sex couples in law, from the statutes cited", "licence": "CC-BY-4.0" }, { "metric": "degree_share", "value": 56.5, "period": "2025", "level": "region", "source": "eurostat-regions", "retrieved": "2026-11-05", "note": "Oslo og Viken (NO08), aged 25 to 64", "sourceName": "Population by educational attainment and NUTS 2 region (edat_lfse_04)", "licence": "Eurostat reuse with acknowledgement (Decision 2011/833/EU)" }, { "metric": "road_deaths", "value": 0.13, "period": "2012", "level": "city", "note": "Oslo (greater city): the city and its contiguous urban area", "source": "eurostat-urban", "retrieved": "2026-11-05", "sourceName": "Urban Audit: cities and greater cities", "licence": "Eurostat reuse with acknowledgement (Decision 2011/833/EU)" }, { 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Name the original source of any figure you quote." }