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Catalans Abroad
1 September 2014 2.00 h

Marta Prats

Lillehammer (Norway)

Lillehammer: cold city, warm people

Why did you leave Cat­alo­nia?
–I was work­ing in a travel agency, where I met Arve, now my hus­band. We mar­ried here but he re­ally missed his home­town, Lille­ham­mer, and we de­cided to give it a try. We moved in 2004 and we're very happy.
Are you happy with the job op­por­tu­ni­ties you found in your adop­tive coun­try?
–Yes, I am. It was quite easy to find a job here in Lille­ham­mer, be­cause it's a hot touris­tic spot for Nor­we­gians and vis­i­tors from the neigh­bour coun­tries.
What do you think is the best thing about liv­ing here?
–If you like ski­ing (and I do) this is a per­fect place to live in! The 1994 Win­ter Olympic Games left a great in­fra­struc­ture here, and peo­ple is very open-minded. They are used to re­ceiv­ing hun­dreds of vis­i­tors on a daily basis, so they are very wel­com­ing.
What would you most like to change?
–Well, I love the win­ter, the snow and the cold weather, but I have to admit that some­times I miss the sum­mer in Cat­alo­nia, the beach, to go out with friends for some tapes...
What do you con­sider the high­lights for any brief visit for the first time?   
–If you can choose when to come, I'd rec­om­mend you to do it for the Birke­bein­erren­net, a Viking-ori­gin, long-dis­tance cross-coun­try ski marathon held an­nu­ally here in Lille­ham­mer. More than 6.000 skiers take part!
Marta Prats is from Barcelona, and 10 years ago married a Norwegian. Since then they have lived in Lillehammer with their two children, and their dog.
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