How do you find friends?

I've usually met people through work/school or from other friends. But now that I'm in a country where I don't speak the language well and have no legal clearance to work yet, I'm pretty stumped.

I joined a stitch and bitch group started by a group of Americans on Facebook.  It's nice but I don't want to hang out with Americans all the time!  There is one Norwegian lady in the group, though but I don't really enjoy her company.  When I told her I moved here because I got married to a Norwegian she said, "ugh, of course" and then told us how she hated living in a building from the 1930s because it wasn't modern enough (and she wasn't talking about the plumbing.)

Oslo doesn't seem to have a large vintage community and the vintage clothing stores focus on the 1960s and later.  And while I've gotten used to the weird looks, it would be so much easier to handle if I had some likeminded friends here.

So, how have you found friends?