Sadly, we have our share of poverty-stricken people in Oslo. The social services in Norway are quite good, and although not perfect they are mostly able to offer at least a decent level of living for our citizens. But on the pavements you´ll also encounter a noticeable amount of Romanies who have come here to scrape up a living by begging on the streets. It´s not my intention to spark the discussion of how to treat these people, but no matter what one’s opinion there´s no discussion they being extremely poor.
The lady to the right had stationed herself at one of several entrances to Jernbanetorget Underground Station, one of the city’s most central transport hubs. And as you can see she experiences rather a challenging time, trying to get the attention from people hastening to the station.
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