Lofoten?

It'll be useful. Unless you're in maybe Oslo or Bergen, everything (signs, labels on all groceries, announcements, etc) is in Norsk and not everyone can/is willing to speak English, even Gen Y and younger.

No worries!

I hope you have a great time, and hopefully the rains will subside when you're here 😅

Sorry if this reply is too late. I got Singtel at the 7-11 convenience store.

I think you'll be offered Singtel or Starhub, the two major telcos. The other ones are just using their networks anyway.

Honestly SG is so well connected that any teleco will work, at most you'll maybe have some intermittent problems when taking the newest trains since they're so far underground.

Not an esim, but I found it easy to buy a physical sim card at the airport after touching down.

SGD12 for 100GB for 2 weeks, follow the instructions to register and you're good to go in a few minutes.

I personally liked this video and this WSJ video about it 20 years later

This isn't really the case in Norway (anymore?)

Here is an English summary of the government release.

If you're looking for small cozy magic anime, I suggest trying Frieren or Banished from the Hero's Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside. Studio Ghibli's The Cat Returns is also a good movie to watch 😊

Here's a Covid-era livestream if you decide not to go 😆

Penguin Parade at Phillip Island might be a bit far (you'll need a car) but I think it's worth visiting. The Little Penguin subspecies is only found around southern Australia, Tassie and maybe New Zealand ☺

Here's an article on it.

Maybe there was a picture of bears on the packaging and it thought that meant pet food for bears lol

It didn't work out well in this case