FAQs

You can read more about oslo soup on our About Us page.

We hold our events at different locations.  Check out Our Next Event page for the latest details.

No, we do not take reservations but it's important to be on time.  It is first come, first served.

Yes, at the moment our events have limited capacity to keep people safely socially distanced, so all tickets must be purchased in advance via Vipps so we can monitor attendance.

It depends on the venue.  Please be sure to read the details of each event on Our Next Event page.

We open the doors at 13:00 and stop admitting people at 13:30, when we start with the pitching. After hearing all four pitches around 14:15 we serve delicious soup and cake. During this time audience members vote on what project they believe would best benefit from the collected money. Around 14:45 voting closes and we have a raffle while ballots are being counted. We also hear from a previous winner. The winner is announced and the event ends at approximately 15:30.

There are only two main rules and they go for the presenters. The first is you can not use technology to present and the second is that the idea presented must benefit Oslo and it's surrounding area. The rest of the oslo soup event is completely public.

You will hear a presentation no longer than 4 minutes from each potential grantee. The floor is then opened up to 4 questions from diners.

You can submit online right now for our next event!  Just visit our Submit Proposal page. 🙂

Of course! The oslo soup event is public and so you are more than welcome to take photos, write about it for your local paper, video the dinner and put it online, vine, instagram, friendster, myspace, youtube, blog, vimeo, facebook, tweet, tap dance, party page it, talk about it on an AOL chat room, etc. I think you get it! If you are looking to participate, be our guest!  #oslosoup

We have the deadline a week before the oslo soup event to ensure that the executive committee votes on the project. This is a small group of active participants who help put on the dinner.  Whatever proposals have the most votes, get the stage to share at the oslo soup dinner. If you don’t make it the first time, we ask that you submit again for the next dinner!

Awesome! Thank you so much for thinking about this. Please message us through the Contact Us page and let us know what you want to donate.

Flott! Awesome! YES YES YES!!! Please message us through the Contact Us page and let us know how you can volunteer.

No. Your ideas must support Oslo, Norway or the surrounding area.

You do not have to be a resident to submit an idea.  We want to hear from all!

Absolutely!  You can submit your idea more than once! If your idea doesn’t get selected for the most recent oslo soup event, please submit again!

While technology is helpful in many of our daily lives, those involved in oslo soup believe you can share your proposal without it.  You are more than welcome to bring in visuals to enhance your idea.

Think through what kind of project you are submitting.  If you don’t think you can pull together the idea, be able to implement this with the community, or be able to share (whether it succeeds or not) how the progress of the idea is coming along, than please wait a few months. We don’t like telling some groups yes and then having them drop out at the last minute. It’s a fairness thing. The idea doesn’t need to be super polished ether. We just want to make sure that you are available to present after submitting.

We only have time for four proposals per oslo soup event. Much more than that, it is hard to have a constructive dialogue about each proposal as we are eating, as well as having short attention spans!

Typically 2 weeks prior to the event.  Please check Our Next Event page for the specific due date.

Two main rules:

(1) Your idea must benefit Oslo city or the surrounding suburbs.

(2) You cannot use PowerPoint (or other technology medium) to present at the event.

All presentations should be in English.  We have decided to use English to include many demographics in the Oslo area.

If selected, your presentation should be up to 4 minutes.  Please also be prepared for up to 4 questions from the crowd as well.