Grano Group · Trondheim
What the job is, how work and tax function in Norway, and what life in Trondheim actually costs. Read this before you fill in the questionnaire.
Grano Group is a family of Italian restaurants in Trondheim. We run three venues: Grano Midbyen in the city centre, Grano Tiller, and Osteria Moderna. Each has its own character, but they share the same approach — real Italian cooking, made properly, at pace.
Working with us means working in a busy kitchen and dining room. The volume is high, the standards are set, and the team is small enough that what each person does matters. Most of our kitchen team are Italian, and Italian is spoken daily in the kitchen alongside English and Norwegian.
We are not a hotel kitchen and not a tourist restaurant. Service is intense and then it is over, and the people who enjoy working here tend to be the ones who like that rhythm.
Norway has a well-regulated labour market. Working hours, overtime, holiday and sick leave are all governed by law, and every employee has a written contract setting out their position, pay and working percentage.
If you are an EU or EEA citizen you do not need a work permit to take a job in Norway, though you must register after arriving. Candidates from outside the EU/EEA will normally need a residence permit for work, arranged before moving.
Tax for foreign workers usually starts under a simplified flat-rate scheme for an initial period, after which you move to the ordinary progressive system with an annual settlement. Holiday pay, called feriepenger, is earned during one year and paid out the following year.
Trondheim is Norway's third-largest city, on the coast in the middle of the country. It is a university city, which keeps it younger and livelier than its size suggests, and small enough that most people cycle or walk to work.
Wages in Norway are higher than in Italy, and so are prices. The honest way to think about it is not to convert your salary into euros and compare it to Italian costs, but to compare a Norwegian salary against Norwegian prices. Rent and eating out cost noticeably more than in Naples; groceries and transport are closer than people expect.
Winter is dark and long, and summer has very long days. Most people who stay say the first winter is the hardest.
We can offer a room in a shared staff apartment for people relocating, at a fixed monthly rate deducted from your payslip, with no deposit, for a limited initial period.