- open seating and/or highly sound-reflective surfaces
- unfixable A/C and/or drafts and/or allergens
- all methods of transportation to the place where the office is are unsupported (e.g. Cambridge, MA)
- jerks cruising the office
- unwanted attention not or only pretentiously connected to work
Each floor also has an area where you can relax with a cup of tea or coffee and read the newspaper.
Desks are all motorised so you can adjust the height and use them standing if you like, the desks are not personal although those who work most of the time in the office do use the same desk all the time.
The environment is quiet, the temperature is pleasant, there are automatic blinds on the windows shut out the sun when it is too strong.
For me it works really well. If I have a meeting then I go in early, find a desk and work, go to the meeting, back to the desk and do some work, then finish the day just as though it was an ordinary office day.
But I agree, there are plenty of places (I've worked in some) where all of your negative office conditions apply.
Anyway, Norway is a very transparent society with a well integrated government web site so you should be able to find the details here: https://www.udi.no/en/want-to-apply/work-immigration/