The wooden cup is typically something you take with you when hiking. Especially if wilderness camping. It's light, it doesn't easily break and it's environmentally friendly. The string makes it easy to tie to your backpack for storage and so it's easily available.
It's commonly known as a snyltekopp in Norwegian or a scrounge cup in English. You attach it to your backpack when hiking and use it to grab a cup of water from a stream in the mountains or for a shot of schnapps around the camp fire or for coffee in the morning. It's called a scrounge cup since you just hold it out if someone has something to drink to get a little cup of it.
@@slashdotism I just call it "turkopp". Pretty self-explanatory. Feel like it's one of those names of things that varies depending on region, and therefore dialect too. I'm from Sunnmøre in norway btw
As a Swede I have to say that all of these things are quite common in Sweden as well. But okay we are next door neighbours to the east. So not that strange that we are similar.
Tjänare, søta bror. We also have a lot of shared history, from various political unions, so it definitely makes sense that our cultures (and languages) have many similarities.
Scandinavia has a specific type of blueberries, that is different from the ones you get in stores, as these can't be farmed really, they only grow wild, these aren't white on the inside, and they have a lot of flavor compared to the farmed blueberries, so it's why the picker exists pretty much.
I would never use a picker for blueberries... They would end up like a squished pulp. Lingonberries on the other hand is perfect to be picked with a picker.
The only times I have used or seen the picker used, is when you are picking a lot of blueberries for Jam/cooking/wine otherwise I never really see it being used.
Norwegian/European blueberries is 100 times better and more tasty than the blueberry that is white inside. And I never would use a Blueberry scupper. They destroy the berries really fast. But yes it is made to be used for that. A lot of Norwegians are really fan of hiking in the weekend or in holidays. In the weekend we hike normally for a few ours or a day but in holidays surprisingly many are hiking with a tent and for days.
A friend of a friend attended a course in the US. When walking back to the hotel one night, he flipped out his reflective piece he had in his pocket, attached to a string. Soon after he was cut off by a patrol car and the police officer jumped out and shouted. WHAT HAVE YOU GOT THERE? THAT IS AMAZING!! I SAW YOU SO CLEARLY!!
That’s so funny. And I agree I got my licent a year ago and yeah u see people that have then good. My grandpa has a bunch of them in his car so when he see someone that don’t have one in vinter he yells at them and give them reflecters😂
Cheese slicer: invented in Norway and every single household has at least one. I have five. Berry picking is a common late summer activity. We also use them to pick mountain Cranberries. Makes the process super fast compared to picking with your hands. You just card it through the heather and get like 30 berries in a single scoop!
Yes, blueberry pickers are very common in Norway. Blueberry, lingonberry, and mushroom “hikes” (”tur” in Norwegian) are widespread outdoor activities. The wooden cup is mainly used for all kinds of drinking but also soups when hiking. Many of us don't like to bring plastic when hiking or, for some reason, working in nature. We call it “turkopp,” or hiking cup in English. There are all kinds of sleds in Norway.
@@trancillion They are not the same as huckleberry. Huckleberry (Gaylussacia baccata) plants bear small berries with large seeds. They range in color from red to dark blue. They are growing in the north western parts of America. Blueberries are any number of small, sweet, dark blue berries that come from plants in the genus Vaccinium. (The European variety Vaccinium myrtillus also goes by the name “bilberry.”) What we call "Amerikanske blåbær/American blueberries" in Norway belongs to the same family as European blueberries. In America they have the highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum), shich is native to the eastern coast from Canada down to Florida, and the lowbush blueberries (Vaccinium angustifolium), also native to North America, are a creeping variety that prefers colder climates.
The Swedish word is kåsa (probably a loan word from Finnish). I still have the plastic ones I used as a child in the 80:s. I feel like the wooden ones are mostly used by hipsters?
@@kajsan760 probably depends on the region. In the north of norway, and most of norway really, the wooden turkopp is used, and we are often given them as children. The sami people definetly all use them, and i wouldn’t describe ant of my 60+ relatives as hipsters. 😂 But in more urban settings i can see it being a more hipster «thing» to use them.
The wooden cup is called a kåsa in swedish and nowadays they are mostly used for coffee och hot chocolate when you're out in nature. My dad used to make them from knobs on trees and I think people use the strap to hang them on their belt. The wooden ones are probably just decorative now since the plastic ones are easier to stack and weigh less. The blueberry scooper is very common, we have wild blueberries (bilberry) that anyone can go out and pick even in privately owned forests we also pick lingonberries with it
As a finn, all these things are really Finnish also, there wasn't anything we wouldn't have commonly here. It was interesting to hear that some of those objects are not common in United States, like cheese slider, I thought that almost every country has it.🤔😅
Greetings from Finland! First of all, all those objects are very common in Nordic countries. Some even in whole Europe in general. 1. Cheese slicer is invented in Norway in that form by norwegian carpenter Thor Bjørklund in 1925. It is handy object to slice thin cucumber slices as well. 2. Actualy General Electric made first electric woffel irons in US 1911. Before that non elecric versions are used at least from the 1300s in Germany and Netherland. That 5 heart model is common in Nordic countries. I don´t know about rest of the Europe. 3. Wooden butter knife and wooden spatula starts to be rare these days becouse there are plastic wersions available. Wooden kichen tools can not be washed in dishwasher so plastic has taken the place from wooden ones. 4. That wooden cup has name "Kuksa" and it´s originated in Lapland area. Originaly those were mede from wood burl from birch tree. Burl is much stronger than birch wood it self. These days at least in Finland burls are protected and you need special permit to cut it out of the tree so most of those modern kuksa cups are made of normal birch wood. 5. I have no idea who invented those spikes to put in shoes, but we have also aluminium spikes in our car wheels in winter tyres and those have common elments for the ice climbers shoes also. 6. Reflectors are actualy finnish invention. Finnish farmer Arvi Lehti invented somewhere late forties / begining of fifties. They patented it in snowflake form (i still remember that those were really popular at 1980s as i was born) and the color was white. Later came different shapes and colours as well. In bicycle wheels are mostly orange reflectors and back of the bike red so it is easy to spot bicycle at winter time in the dark. Those are recomented to all bikes to have. In dark time in Finland you can also get ticket if you don´t have front light in your cycle. 7. The sledge with wooden bench is actualy swedish invention. Those are quite common in Nordic countries at wintertime. Elder people and kids mostly uses those at least here in Finland. 8. Sled was very common in Lapland for ages and there is different shapes and materials used to make those. Depends how you use it. You can use those with reindeers or huskyes. And some models are for downhill ride designed for children. These days most of those are made of plastic. 9. No idea who or where those carries are invented but very common in Finland too. We usually have long white rod on those and triangle orange reflector flag on top of them that cars can see if cycler has one of those intouched with the bike. 10. No idea who or what timeperiod those are from, but i´ve seen the oldest ones from 70s. At that time those were made from thin metal and are good help to pick up blueberries and lingonberries. I´ve even seen some that have made partly from wood and metal (in Italy) to pick some other berries as well.
All of those things are pretty common in Nordic countries not just Norway. But yeah berry picking in here Finland is massive thing and we use those berry picker things a lot in here. Greetings from Finland, nice video ones again.
The Norwegian right to roam also gives you the right to pick wild berries. It’s a fairly common activity late in the summer. Most nature loving households will have a berry picker tucked away somewhere.
11:07 I have lived in the North where Sparks are used almost like bikes during the winter. When I went to school I had my own, and lots of other kids had their own. There were kids sized ones, and adult sized ones. The seat on the front allows a second person to catch a ride. The name Spark translates to Kick, and that's how you move, by kicking like with a skateboard or like a 2 wheel scooter. The spark is like a mini sled with two skids (or runners like on planes that are suppose to land on snow/ice).
Reflectors and reflector vest are really common all over Norway. I live all the way south and currently it's pitch black at 4.30 pm. The sled chair is called a spark, meaning kick basically. One person kicks from behind standing up, and there's a seat in front. We also have bæremeis, which is a rucksack especially for kids to sit in when going hiking🙃 Scandinavian blueberries aren't called blueberries in the us, but I can't remember the name. They're smaller, blue all the way through and taste 10x more intense 🙂
5:35 this is often referred to as Kuksa. Proper Kuksa are hand carved and used to drink either spring water during hikes or coffe when sitting around the campfire.
The wooden cup is very nice to bring with you on a hike. Tie it to your backpack or in your belt, so it's easy to reach when to stop and drink some realy good, fresh water from the waterfalls, rivers etc.
I think pretty much all Nordic countries have these things. Pretty much all the stuff was familiar for me, but it was cool to see these. Hello from Finland :)
As a Dane, I can attest that most of these items are also common in Denmark :) I have 3-4 cheese slicers, but the best ones are made of plastic because they're non-stick. We buy our cheese in blocks about 4x4x2 inches or something along those lines :)
Wait plastic for non-stick? But plastic is _extremely_ more sticky than metal. In general, at least, or depending on the metal I guess. Edit: Oh maybe you're talking harder cheeses and not softer Edit again : 🤔🤔 Can't wrap my head around this. I'm pretty sure most metals in general has a less rough surface chemically but a lot must depend on the production. I'm none the wiser.
@@SebHaarfagre if you want a softer chess not to stick a very flat shiny surface is actually worse than a rougher surface. Think about suction cups. The work on smooth surfaces. The idea is that a smothe surface doesn’t allow air to flow back into that space you just punched out when pushing down on the suction cup, and the suction this creates makes the suction cup stick. This is kinda the same effect with a smooth vs rougher plastic cheese slicer.
@@SebHaarfagre Well, when I cut a semi-soft Danish cheese, it sticks to the metal until it has a "coating" of cheese, and then it's non-stick, whereas the one made from plastic is nonstick from the first slice. Metal is not very non-stick until it's had a non-stick coating attached (think unseasoned cast iron vs. seasoned cast iron) :)
I have a wooden cup in our family cabin here in Norway and it's a must have when we go on hikes in the surrounding wilderness. Nothing tastes as pure and delicious as Norwegian mountain water straight from the streams and rivers and when you go for long walks that can last for hours, the wooden cups comes in very handy for staying hydrated during those long walks.
Many other countries buys ready sliced cheese or grated cheese in the store. We also do that, but if you need a slice or grated cheese, nothing beats the freshness of doing it yourself from a block of cheese. It requires some consumption ofc, but a block of cheese can easily be stored in refrigerator for some weeks.
I don't know how common going blueberry picking is for people growing up in the cities. However, it is a widespread family tradition to go picking during the autumn for us that live around some woods. It was even a standardized kindergarten activity where the staff would send notices to our parents to remember bringing such blueberry picking devices from home. I think we had like 5 of them, one for each family member.
I live in Oslo, and blueberry picking is something we do too. I work part-time at after-school activities and blueberry picking is something the kids do, it helps teach them about what berries are safe, tasty etc. I haven´t seen the blueberry picker a lot but it's still used for those who want a lot.
Most of these things are really common in Scandinavia... Here in Sweden we have all of these (obviously) and we use the blueberry picker for lingonberries too! And by 'we' I mean the dorks who wanders off into the wilderness for these things because I'm far too lazy for that! I get my blueberries and lingonberries in the supermarket, lol! 😄
It’s just a berry picker (not called «bluberry picker»). It works especially well on lingonberries, since it can be a bit too rough on blueberries. But if you’re going to cook jam or juice from them anyway, who cares if you smash some berries… ☺️ Saves you soooo much time! Sadly the blueberries in the stores mostly are farmed American blueberries, which don’t even begin to compare to wild Nordic blueberries! Lingonberries however are great to buy in stores. I often get a few bags of frozen ones and make a few liters of homemade jam, soooo yummy! ☺️🤗
Yes. All that stuff is Norwegian (and some common in Sweden and Finland too) I have at least 4 cheeseslicers in my kitchen drawer. Everybody has a waffle maker at home. A double one.
The wooden cup is just a cup for whatever you want but is mainly used on hikes if people want water from streams etc. but also for hot coco, coffee, soup etc.
The cheese slicer is a Norwegian invention and just about every Norwegian household has one. But it's become fairly common many other places in the world too. The one I have is a Brabantia so it's made in the Nethherlands and not specifically for the Norwegian market. It's a really handy kitchen utensil that can be useful for slicing other things too, not just cheese.
True, but you have to understand that we have between 2 and 4 of them in our kitchens. I don’t know why we have so many of them, but we tend to for some reason. I think part of it is that they sometimes are used instead of cake servers or pie servers, so multiple purposes, bliss needing to have at least one available while the other is in the dishwasher. That or we all collectively decided to collect them.
the "sledge" she talks about is called Spark in Norwegian or Kicker or Kicksledge in English, it is a sort of sledge but it have metal runners with a seat on and a handlebar for the kicker. So there can be sitting a "passenger" on it if you like, like a kid or spouce or a friend, also it can be used to carry stuff so if you have a package you can have that on the seat. Useful in the wintertime ofcourse... the Metal Runners can be having a plastic coating or part so it slide better on the snow, especially if they sand the street .. it can be more useful.
Kicksledges was how I got around in the winter as a kid. Nowadays, though, they are impossible to use since every road is salted into a brine sludge as soon as the first snowflakes lands.
As a Norwegian we use the cup for hiking in the woods. We often drink hot chocolate😝 And it is not called a «Spark Snø»! It is called a «Spark»😂 Snø means snow❄️
My Grandma had Norwegian heritage and my Grandpa immigrated to Canada. I have, or have seen most of those objects. Sadly we never had the fancy heart shaped waffle maker but making waffles regularly was common.
Yeah, i grew up with all of theese items. Essentials for every norwegian, at least for those who live outside of the biggest citites. Gotta pick the wild blueberries, 100x better than farmed.
The item at 05:02 is called a _Kåsa_ here in Sweden. They are usually used by scouts and on hiking trips. And Yes, it is a cup. They are common in plastic, and there is some versions that you can fold (almost) flat. Now adays, thanks to the environment aspects, it may be that wooden onec are more common than the plastic.
The reflectors that are placed so they move a lot are the type that works the best. A small reflector on a string is much more effective than a huge one on your chest or back, because of the movement. Something on a back or chest might look very stationary and we have a lot of stationary reflective road signs also, so moving reflectors gets a drivers attention in a different way.
I'm in the UK, and had never considered how important it is in Scandinavia to be 'seen' due to the long, darker hours etc. And certainly you made me 'think' about how a 'static' reflector could be mistaken for a fixed road sign (for instance!), so a 'hanging' one is more likely to bring attention through movement. Thanks for that, 'food for thought' and much appreciated... 👍🤔😃
@@stewedfishproductions7959 Hi-Vis clothing is better. If it's raining hard, dark, and with on-coming traffic, noticing a moving reflector is really hard. Consider Hi-Vis clothing, for your own safety.
If you live nearby any forests it's fairly common that you'll go out foraging for various berries or mushrooms during the warmer seasons of the year. This year alone I've probably picked something like 10kg of chantrelles whilst going for walks with my parents and their dog.
The cheese slicer was invented in 1925 by carpenter Thor Bjørklund from Lillehammer, who wanted a better tool for slicing cheese. He modeled it after the regular carpenter tool called hand planer.
Hey Tyler, glad to see you enjoying yet again another video about Norwegian culture and iconic / unique objects. I've been freeloading for quite some time now, and I wanted to help answering some of your unanswered questions. 1. Cheese slice ("Ostehøvel") is standard kitchen equipment and easy to obtain. Invented in Norway. Quite commonly used on Brown Cheese ("Brunost") and normal cheese. 2. Waffle iron ("Vaffeljern") is quite common in every household. Used to make delicious waffles, which are enjoyed with Brown Cheese, Jam (Strawberry/Raspberry), Sugar or even ice cream. The waffles are around 1 CM in thickness (0.3 inches). Norwegians usually make waffles during celebrations such Constitution Day, birthdays, when guests are staying over, etc. 3. Butter knifes are not uncommon, but maybe not THAT normal anymore. Of course still accessible in shops, and perhaps more used at the cabins, but in a normal house I'd say it's more common to use a normal knife made out of steel. 4. The wooden cups have been mentioned before by others, but it's usually used during hikes and trips where it would be natural to enjoy a cup of coffee brought with you on a thermos, but also to enjoy a quick cup of water from a stream running along the path. It's easy to keep clean, is quite practical in terms of enjoying hot beverages such as coffee as I mentioned, but also to enjoy alcohol when outside camping. 5. Shoe spikes ("Brodder" as in Stingers) are used when it's really icy on the ground. Quite handy for the elderly, but also adults and children are using them as well. 6. Reflectors (just simply "Refleks") comes on many sizes, shapes and colors. Some are blinking as she said, and it's also quite common to use like the reflectors vests too. It's quite dark during fall, winter and early spring, so people are using these to stay safe on the sidewalks etc. 7. "Spark" or "Sparkestøtte" (Spark = Kick, støtte = support, so basically something that you can lean and sit on, and kick yourself away with) are used during winter when there's hard snow on the ground or even ice (advanced skill). It's kinda like ice-skating but this device can be used to transport yourself, goods, and other people with it. I'd say they are less common today, but still a thing. Here is a video from NRK (The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) (ua-cam.com/video/WmpxegQSN8E/v-deo.html) It has no English subtitles, but it shows in general how it's used. 8. "Akebrett" (toboggan according to Google) are sleds used by kids, which comes in all shapes and sizes. Some are more traditionally build so you can sit and steer with a wheel ("Rattkjelke" more common for older kids), and others might almost remind you of a very short surfing board. Used to slide down a hill for fun, but also quite handy if you have your child with you on a trip and they get tired, you can just straight up pull them around with you. 9. Blueberry pickers ("Blåbærplukker") are more common instruments to have at the cabin, or owned by people who enjoy wild life, nature and hikes. They are easy to get in a nature/sports shop, and used as the name suggest to pick blueberries in the forest. Typically used if you're out gathering large quantity of blueberries in a short amount of time. Feel free to ask me other questions if you have any here or on discord etc, I'm more than happy to help out :) Best regards, Sondre from Norway
@@SekurusTheProudViking Nei, kaller det spark ja, men det fulle navnet er sparkestøtte. Kommentaren er kun for å utdanne/opplyse. Litt på samme måte som at man kaller tilhenger for hengern. :)
@@rogeriopenna9014 A Norwegian cabinet maker and inventor, Thor Bjørklund (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor_Bj%C3%B8rklund), patented the cheese slicer in 1925. It's cool to hear that you have them in Brazil too. Do yours look the same as in the one in the video?
In Sweden we call those mugs kåsor (singular kåsa); they’re popular among outdoorsy people as convenient mugs for anything. Nowadays they’re usually made of injection-moulded plastic. There’s also a folding version known as a snyltarkåsa (“scrounging mug”) that I was told in the military was to be carried in the thigh pocket at all times “in case of chance encounter with a pleasant beverage”…
The cheese slicer is not only a Scandinavian thing. We have them in the Netherlands also. And more European countries. How do you slice your cheese in the USA? Or do you only have pre sliced cheese?
Watching person that has never walked on ice actually trying to do so is hilarious - a real "Bambi-on-ice" moment. They are literally helpless! The snap-in spikes are a MUST for such individuals (and the elderly that have slower reflexes than they used to).
Maybe «Kick Sledge» would be a usable English word for a «spark»/«sparkstøtting»? They’re such a fun way to get around and though it’s not that common you can (at least could) get wheels to mount on them for the rest of the year, so you can use them even in summer (though most use a bike then).
Spikes for shoes are mostly used by senior citizens. The cheese cutter you'll find in every home. Reflectors are neccessary in the dark months, especially if you live in the country side where many roads dont have sidewalks. The wooden cup is something some people take on hiked. Norwegian bluberries are not like American bluberries. The berries grow wild, on low brushes, they are much smaller than the American bluberries, and they stain your teeth purple and yes many people pick their own berries, take them home and make jam, or simply freeze them to put in smoothies throughout the year. The kick sled is surprisingly fast, and a lot of fun
Are the reflectors a legal requirement in Norway? All of these items are common in Estonia, but for us, the reflectors are a legal requirement in the dark (including summer even though the sun doesn't even fully set)... you will get fined when caught without one.
@@Krompskont it’s very common to find them on jackets, backpacks as part Of the object not something you can remove. It’s especially common on childrens clothing. Every winter there are commercials or campaigns reminding everyone to wear one. I live in a rural area. We have streetlights, but it’s much darker than in the cities. I wear click on bands around my wrists
Wikipedia: Ostehøvel, a modern cheese slicer or cheese plane, was invented by Thor Bjørklund in 1925 in Norway.Mass production of the ostehøvel started during 1927 in Lillehammer, Norway. The design was based on the carpenter's plane. This style of slicer is very common in the Nordic countries, and in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.
Many norwegians do pick berries during the autumn, the berry picker (I think I would call it), its called Bærplukker in norwegian and it just simply make it easier or faster to pick berries, it can be used to many type of berries not only blueberries. But Blueberreis, crowberries or lingonberries are quite common (atleast up here in the north), also cloudberries are like the golden ones but you don't use these berry pickers on cloudberreis they are more squishy so they would be destroyed faster, and they are not growing so close to eachother that you would not save time picking with a berry picker. Cloudberries I know people collects several kilos of it, some over 100 kilo (some sell it too, its the berry you get paid best from if you choose to sell it), people do all sort of things with the berries. Also some pick mushroms ... how common that is I don't know, I know a few very valuble ones I see when I am out biking ... aparently they can cost several 1000 of nok for a kilo when it is dried... don't think I have seen that many at one spot, but seen quite alot of these. But for Mushrooms it is so hard to find the edible ones I think, or be sure if it is edible... there are a few poisonous ones.
The sledge for pulling kids (also used for food\gear etc) while skiing is called a "Pulk" and can be customized for different needs. The wooden sledge called "spark" (snø?) is often used by kids for racing\transport but also used for stability for elderly people on icy roads, often accompanied with the "Hot-swappable" spikes. Spikes get really slippery while wet on tiles though, so its practical to remove just the spikes for shopping malls, doctors appointment etc
5:24 We usually take these wooden cups if we're going on trips to the mountains or just into the forest. We often drink hot chocolate out of them. ANND we just call them tripcup = turkopp. You can also find them foldable in rubber.
I have a "Spark" (It means literally "kick"). Its not a sledge for fun, but kinda "winter bicycle" so people use that instead of a bike in the winter. But as she said. Not in Oslo, because there really aren't any streets with ice/snow enough. Up north, where I grew up (Lofoten Island) we used the spark all the time in the wintertime. As a means of transport, not (only) for fun. We had SOME races, thogh.
the wooden cup is often used to drink hot chocolate (or other warm drinks) when you are on hikes in the forest in the winter or a cabin trip or that type of things, not for wine😅 I am from Norway btw😉
we have most or all of those items in Finland, since its kinda the same.... dark winters and stuff like that. The wooden cups appear more in the north, same with the goofy chair thing that you can scoot around with. The chair scooters are actually very fun, i have 2 of them in Lapland where i sometimes go in the holidays and such.
For the darkness thing, keep in mind that the southernmost point of Norway is almost 10 degrees further north than the northernmost point of the 48 contiguous states of the US. The northernmost point of both Alaska and Norway are at 71 degrees north. Just to put it into perspective for a bit so people understand why it gets dark so early.
The wooden " sledge chair" is, here in Sweden, called a " kick" since you stand with one foot on one of the two rails and kick/ push( on the road) the " vehicle" forward with the other foot. You hold your hands on the handles on top of " the chair" to keep your balance. A really fast, fun and effctive way to travel on icy roads. The blue berry thing is called a " picker" in Swedish. Really common in areas of the country where people still collect/ plock a lot of blue berries in order to make their own jam. Plocking one berry at a time takes for ever. The picker gets many, many in one go. But it also gets some leaves and stuff ...
Many Norwegians pick berries and make different things like jams, juices etc. Enough of us that you wouldn't react when seeing one doing it, but rare enough that you're not guaranteed to know someone who does it. The same people often pick mushrooms and other plants as well
Nice to see all these familiar things for me as a Swede. Norway, thanks for the cheese grater! I was so happy that she mentioned kicks (spark in Swedish). I've wanted one my whole life!
Blueberry scoopers are much used because in this northern area we have so much this type forest where the wild blueberries grow in the mossy underlayment. At least in Estonia - people are allowed to go almost any forest (sometimes there's private land signs up when landlord don't wanna have strangers in their forest, but usually ppl are welcome) to gather berries and mushrooms. It's really helpful device wich makes berry picking easier and faster to gather so much more berries with same time.
@@kjellg6532 Hvem lagde den første bindersen? Johan Vaaler (1866-1910) fra Aurskog i Akershus (flyttet siden til Kristiania) har tidligere fått æren av å finne opp bindersen. Han søkte patent på en liknende papirklemme i Tyskland i 1899 og fikk det i 1901. Samme år fikk han også patent i USA.
@@sebastianflesjandersen939Jepp. Johan Vaaler lagde en helt ubrukelig binders og fikk denne patentert lenge etter at paper gem var oppfunnet av andre. Minnesmerket i Aurskog er revet for flere år siden. Se no.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Vaaler
You should try to learn Norwegian. i tried the Norwegian course on duolingo as a Norwegian and it was pretty good. I am currently learning Spanish on Duolingo with a 300+ day streak. I totally recommend duolingo if you want to learn Norwegian
I did the exact same, I did some of the norwegian course to stay in the diamond league, I had to get lots of points on a sunday and I was a bit behind points wise😂. And since its so easy it’s faster. I have a 500 day streak or so in the spanish course:) it’s pretty good, the Norwegian too, except theres a few words they pronounce strangely, robotic. I did report it though so I hope they figure it out:)
heck yeah this video actually captures so many typical norwegian traits, i have a personal connection to all of these items, and i havent seen many of them commonly other places. The thing you bring your kids in while skiing, i have sat in one of those, its for very young kids so families can still go skiing even if they have a 2-3 year old that cant actually ski very well (yet). This is for common ski paths that are very common. The blueberrypicker too, i have been foraging berries and shrooms in the mountains and also in neighbourhoods many times before. She does a very good job of portraying common parts of norwegian culture. Better than I could, and she is not even originally from here!
11.15 These sledges are similar to dog sledges, but instead of dogs pulling it, you kick off the ground. Edit: 15.20 What we call Blueberries are actually Billberries in other countries, and yes, we love going forraging for berries in the summer, especially if we live near forests. I grew up just picking and eating berries while playing outside.
Most households have two or three cheese slicers. The wooden cups are for drinking whatever you bring on a hike or trip. I have two, because I don't want the soup cup to be used for coffee and vice verse, since you don't really stop to wash them every time you take a break. The kicksleds are only used where the roads or pavements aren't salted or sanded. You need compacted snow or ice to use them. Yes, the berry picker is very common, there are even small models made for children. It's mostly used for lingonberries. We pick a lot of berries and mushroom here. It's part of our outdoorsy ways.
Its 5 hearts in the waffle iron (not 4 as mentioned) The wooden cups are most used for water, coffee, tea, and hot cocoa The shoe thing she explains is to avoid especially elders to fall and break legs/hips during winter. 1 thing not mention tho: mall and store owners HATES them because it destroys tiles and floors She's talking about Snap bracelet, the reflective thing and high vis vest are very common. It to be visible for carowners etc The spark she's talking about: you are standing on 2 long metal (almost like the metal part on the hockey skates just 2m long. You can run in-between them for speed, have 1 foot on it and kick with the other like those scooters for children and stay on both in a downhill. Yes you can have a person sitting in front (or your backpack) They are/was used mostly where there was few bus options, few cars expecially the 1980s and earlier (to much traffic so the snow melts in the big cities like Oslo)
Born in 89 and growing up in a more rural part of norway, the "snow sledges" were very nice for quickly getting around on snowy and icy streets. We mostly put our stuff on the seat when riding individually, but switching places was very common - one person sits one way, the other sits on the way home. Theyre also extremely fun when you get a little bit of speed, which you can do pretty quickly. In the right conditions they just keep gliding across the ground basically effortlessly. Theyre like big kickscooters for winter. Going downhill gets your heart working. Now I live in Oslo and due to the different climate here I havent ridden one for years. I do kind of miss them though.
That wooden cup is called Kuksa in Finnish and as L4r5man said it can be take with you when hiking or if you're going to cabin and you can drink water or coffee, mostly coffee on it. I don't know what kind of wood that Kuksa is made of, but I do know that some Kuksa's are made of what we call "Pahka". And that is a spherical formation in the trunks, branches or roots of trees. :D That berry scoop can be used to other berries too, like strawberry, lingonberry, cloudberry, etc. Not only do you not get your hands dirty, it also helps you not to hurt yourself on any sharp branches etc. And yes I'm from Finland so almost all of those things she showed are familiar to me.
The berry and mushroom season is tied to Allemannsretten, remember that right or freedom we have to roam. Since we are already out there roaming in wonderful nature, we enjoy the fruits of the forrest at the same time so to speak. Actually we conserve a lot of it for later.
The wooden butter knife is so common that I, who have lived in Norway for 28 years since my mom moved back to Norway, have never seen anyone use them. The same goes for the wooden cup, honestly. 07:04 That's because you guys prefer to save the few hundred $ by not buying things like these or winter tires for your vehicles, so you can instead invest those few hundred into the inevitable few to multiple thousand $ in insurance and hospital bills after an accident xD 16:36 It depends on where you are, some people may have huts/cabins or summer houses in areas where there are berries a-plenty, or even have their own garden of berry bushes and stuff, so having one of those would speed things up quite a bit if you are about to do your yearly pickings of the bush(es) that could have hundreds of them. I'm specifically not mentioning any berry in particular here, because that thing can be used to harvest multiple type of berries, not just blueberries.
Hi Tyler. I know it is swedish, but you have to see "Living with the dark winthers in Sweden - polarnights and the midnightsun" by Jonna Jinton. It will explain about the light/dark conditions, and visualise it, and you will see the "sparkstøtting" (the sledge) and the the "blåbærplukker" (the bluberrydevice) in use.
Hi. The wooden cup is called a kåsa (i think the English word for it is guksi, but it originates from the Sami) . As others have already said it is mostly used when outside, like camping 🏕 It's not used to drink a specific drink, you can use it for anything that's liquid, water, thè, coffee, soup... Well you get it! 😊
Have to add that all the items mentioned are just as comment here in Sweden 🇸🇪 so I would say more than beeing Norwegian 🇳🇴 it's a Scandinavian thing 🇸🇪🇳🇴🇫🇮 🇩🇰
The cup is a "turkopp" its used for hikes yes, commonly it was used for drinking water out of the clean streams and creaks we har in the mountains. Back in the old days wood workings was something many ppl knew, it was easy to make or cheap to buy compared to other materials. Now a day its a traditional cup. You can drink what ever u like from it
@Tyler Walker the wooden cup is called kuksa here in Finland. Its main use is to drink water from streams. It is wooden, cause in the olden times you could not make stainless steel cups, so you had only ceramic or wood to make your cups from, and ceramic cups can shatter easily. So the wooden cup can handle travel better.
Reflection is very important in Norway, especially in winter. we are very good at remembering children but forget the adults. as a driver, I have experienced that children save their parents, see children before they grow up, give me time to slow down in good time.
The wooden cup is called Kuksa in Finland. It is made out of polypore/fungus. We normally drink water, coffee, tea, hot cocoa, glogg or anything you like from it, mostly hot drinks. You use boiled coffee dust to keep Kuksa quality better. And never leave any drink in it standing, that will make it break eventually. Kuksa is cup we take with us, when we go to hiking or camping or at our summer cottage. It´s also handy cup for picking some berries for short trip in to the wood near the cottage. (I´m from Finland) I have those things you put on your shoes, which has the spikes. Their not that handy. More handy is to have shoes, which has spikes inserted in them, so you don´t have to put on and take off them all the time. Reflectors are so common and must used in Finland as well. Some people still don´t use them, but we are always reminded of using them. Potkukelkka in Finnish. In English they are called kicksled. Very fun to ride, kick and slide in the snow. Baby sled is what she had in the picture. That type of sled is used for babies and toddlers. There is also sled (pulkka as we call them) for kids and adults. Marjanpoimija (berry picker in english) some use it some don´t. To me it´s not handy, because I have always picked with my hands very clean. And these might break the berry bush, if your not careful with them.
Blueberry picker is just called "berry picker" And the blue berry here is wildly grown, pretty much anywhere where there is some rocky ground, with just a thin layer of dirt, where it's harder for grass and other plants to grow. The bushes almost never get taller than a feet tall (30cm) and the perries are plentiful and the branches soft, so with the berry picker you can just jab it anywhere into a berry bush and pull it out and you will get loads of berries and you won't get the thing stuck, since the berry bursh has soft branches that don't break that easily. they act kinda like some of those plastic decorative plants you might get for your house.
That sled ( the "spark" ) brings out some memories. One person can sit in front, while another push you and can stand on the back, you can fit two on the back no problem actually. Its on skates, which are actually quite flexible, so you can use it on ice as well. They aren't as common anymore. I remember them being everywhere in the 90's growing up.
Yes! Brings me grate memories from my childhood. Had my own little "spark". So nice to use to get around with your friends. I used it with my dog, he loved pulling me around, but down hill he wanted to sit on the sled. So much fun and really lovely memories.
Wooden cup s are awesome fit trips in the wild, as others have mentioned, but specially for hunters drinking coffee on post, because the sound of the cup is natural and won't scare the game away if it flips over while taking the aim, as a metal or pladtic cup would, it is also not as flimsy as a rubber cup. They are also popular in the viking reenactment groups, as it is easy to hang on the belt.
05:21 its a trip cup, in norway when you goes trips in forest or mountains and if we find a stream and its not dirty water we acly use it to get water and drink
Cheese slicer is from Thor Bjørklund a designer that produce his own cheese slicer since 1925. The wood-cup, is a cup you can make buy some wood and a knife. They are perfect for drinking water, or to drink a warm soup from if you are out in nature. I know my grandparents use cups like this, and also in metal, to drink water from. I guess they make the cups from Bakelitt . Today the cup is made smaller and are used as snaps/drink glasses
Spark, or sparkstøtting ( the standing sledge-thing) is fairly common where the roads are good for the use. We had 3 of them, and used them a lot when I was younger. We used them to go to school, shops and for play. So shorter trips or play is most common. But these days most good roads are salted in winter, and then the ice doesnt work for the Spark. There is a well known commercial on yt with a spark in use ."Vossafår reklame: Pirattaxi på Voss" Blueberriepicker- blåbærplukker. Yes, it is common many places. All my relatives have one each, at least. We love picking berries and mushrooms. When I lived in Ålesund we picked at least 10 liters of berries every summer. Mom would make jam or juice or freeze it for later. Now that I live in Oslo, I dont know where to find loads of raspberries anymore, but blueberries and mushrooms are still easy pickings in summer and fall. Wooden cup- Used for hikes, so that you can get fresh water from all the small rivers you will cross.
Was about to say the exact same thing about the sledge, Used it a lot when I was a kid in the 80s and 90s, but now I haven't seen one in use for years.
Regarding the reflectors, in the Nordic countries it gets really dark in the winter. I live in Sweden and for the winter months we only get a few hours of sun in the middle of the day, so I walk to work before the sun rises and walk home after it sets. You really need a reflector so that people driving will see you. I can also confirm the sledge thing ("spark" in Swedish), is quite common in rural parts of the country (doesn't work as well in the cities as they put gravel on the roads). It's used on icy roads as it both prevents you from falling and it's faster than walking. I still see old people use it quite frequently. Picking berries (and mushrooms) is more common here because of "allemansrätten", a law that stats that you can hike through any forest in the country, even privately owned. So you are literally allowed to walk into any forest and pick berries if you like.
A berry picker is a tool used to pick wild berries, such as lingonberries and blueberries. A berry picker has a grid of steel wire that is passed under the berries and tears them loose when the berry picker is passed over the heather. The berries fall into a collection box that takes from 1/2 to one litre. As berries are collected in the picker, they are emptied into a bucket. In the past, the box on berry pickers was made of wood or metal, but today it is common for it to be made of plastic.
The Berry-scoop is very common in lots of families outside the big cities. Even in my older years we have scoops from childhood going back 30-40 years, looking good as ever. The wooden cup is usually brought on hikes & long walks, it weighs almost nothing and is easy to tie to your backpack. The "Spark" or sled used to be common when I was young, but I haven't really seen a lot of them the last 10 years.
spark, or sparkstøtting has skates in stead of wheels. the akebrett she showed a picture of is meant for the youngest kids (toddlers), and gives support for the back. it also has a string to pull it by. we start using reflectors befor it gets dark, because the walkers will be more visable in dim light (when colors blend out). our blueberries are like american huckelberries.. it makes for easier picking since the berry is smaller and leaves your hands purple..
The wooden cup is typically something you take with you when hiking. Especially if wilderness camping. It's light, it doesn't easily break and it's environmentally friendly. The string makes it easy to tie to your backpack for storage and so it's easily available.
I second this
It's commonly known as a snyltekopp in Norwegian or a scrounge cup in English. You attach it to your backpack when hiking and use it to grab a cup of water from a stream in the mountains or for a shot of schnapps around the camp fire or for coffee in the morning. It's called a scrounge cup since you just hold it out if someone has something to drink to get a little cup of it.
Kåsa in Swedish (the cup)
@@slashdotism I just call it "turkopp". Pretty self-explanatory. Feel like it's one of those names of things that varies depending on region, and therefore dialect too. I'm from Sunnmøre in norway btw
@@ricmatify687 Never considered if our neighbors also used these things regularly, glad to hear they do.
As a Swede I have to say that all of these things are quite common in Sweden as well. But okay we are next door neighbours to the east. So not that strange that we are similar.
Tjänare, søta bror. We also have a lot of shared history, from various political unions, so it definitely makes sense that our cultures (and languages) have many similarities.
Also in Finland so Nodic/Scandinavian 😂
Yeah also Denmark of course😁
Except the shue spikes and the blueberry scooper
I agree, common in ALL countries in Europe that consume REAL cheese and not already sliced one in package...
@@y03y133 u mean processed cheese?🤔 (Individual slices wrapped in plastic)
Scandinavia has a specific type of blueberries, that is different from the ones you get in stores, as these can't be farmed really, they only grow wild, these aren't white on the inside, and they have a lot of flavor compared to the farmed blueberries, so it's why the picker exists pretty much.
Bilberry / european blueberry
I would never use a picker for blueberries... They would end up like a squished pulp. Lingonberries on the other hand is perfect to be picked with a picker.
The only times I have used or seen the picker used, is when you are picking a lot of blueberries for Jam/cooking/wine otherwise I never really see it being used.
Norwegian/European blueberries is 100 times better and more tasty than the blueberry that is white inside. And I never would use a Blueberry scupper. They destroy the berries really fast. But yes it is made to be used for that. A lot of Norwegians are really fan of hiking in the weekend or in holidays. In the weekend we hike normally for a few ours or a day but in holidays surprisingly many are hiking with a tent and for days.
Lingonberry
The wooden cups are usually used to drink water out of streams while hiking. Or coffee
Hot chocolate is also a common one.
I would love to find a stream of coffee when I am out hiking, lol.
Those cups are amazing, though I have never owned one myself.
I use mine for water at home too.. makes water taste fresher
You wear it tied to your belt when hiking.
Eller kakao
A friend of a friend attended a course in the US. When walking back to the hotel one night, he flipped out his reflective piece he had in his pocket, attached to a string. Soon after he was cut off by a patrol car and the police officer jumped out and shouted. WHAT HAVE YOU GOT THERE? THAT IS AMAZING!! I SAW YOU SO CLEARLY!!
That’s so funny. And I agree I got my licent a year ago and yeah u see people that have then good. My grandpa has a bunch of them in his car so when he see someone that don’t have one in vinter he yells at them and give them reflecters😂
Even better is reflective ankle bands. A driver will spot you at even grater distance.
Cheese slicer: invented in Norway and every single household has at least one. I have five.
Berry picking is a common late summer activity. We also use them to pick mountain Cranberries. Makes the process super fast compared to picking with your hands. You just card it through the heather and get like 30 berries in a single scoop!
i would say every household have atleast 3 lol we have maybe 10 or something
@@jegermeg321plays shit youre right, i grossly underestimated
Ostehøvel is a funny thing. I never actually bought one but i have like 5 - 6 of them. Lol
Yes, blueberry pickers are very common in Norway. Blueberry, lingonberry, and mushroom “hikes” (”tur” in Norwegian) are widespread outdoor activities.
The wooden cup is mainly used for all kinds of drinking but also soups when hiking. Many of us don't like to bring plastic when hiking or, for some reason, working in nature. We call it “turkopp,” or hiking cup in English.
There are all kinds of sleds in Norway.
So, as info, i think you call it huckleberries in the US
@@trancillion They are not the same as huckleberry. Huckleberry (Gaylussacia baccata) plants bear small berries with large seeds. They range in color from red to dark blue. They are growing in the north western parts of America.
Blueberries are any number of small, sweet, dark blue berries that come from plants in the genus Vaccinium. (The European variety Vaccinium myrtillus also goes by the name “bilberry.”) What we call "Amerikanske blåbær/American blueberries" in Norway belongs to the same family as European blueberries. In America they have the highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum), shich is native to the eastern coast from Canada down to Florida, and the lowbush blueberries (Vaccinium angustifolium), also native to North America, are a creeping variety that prefers colder climates.
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OK! Thanks!
Don’t forget the cloudberry hikes (moltetur)!😅 Probably the most common berry people go out to collect here in Trøndelag, at least in my area.
@@ludicolo378 Trodde vi plukket mere blåbær enn molter i Trøndelag?
In Finland the wooden cup is called kuksa. It is used by hikers. The leather strip is for portability.
Do the Finns use it to drink Koskenkorva?
The Swedish word is kåsa (probably a loan word from Finnish).
I still have the plastic ones I used as a child in the 80:s. I feel like the wooden ones are mostly used by hipsters?
@@kajsan760 probably depends on the region. In the north of norway, and most of norway really, the wooden turkopp is used, and we are often given them as children. The sami people definetly all use them, and i wouldn’t describe ant of my 60+ relatives as hipsters. 😂
But in more urban settings i can see it being a more hipster «thing» to use them.
@@erwaldox Tea, Coffee, Kossua kans, maybe some kind of juice idk
In sami its called Guksi. :D
The wooden cup is called a kåsa in swedish and nowadays they are mostly used for coffee och hot chocolate when you're out in nature. My dad used to make them from knobs on trees and I think people use the strap to hang them on their belt. The wooden ones are probably just decorative now since the plastic ones are easier to stack and weigh less.
The blueberry scooper is very common, we have wild blueberries (bilberry) that anyone can go out and pick even in privately owned forests we also pick lingonberries with it
Lots of people still use wooden cups while hiking, plastic sure hasn’t taken over completely… 🤗☺️
As a finn, all these things are really Finnish also, there wasn't anything we wouldn't have commonly here. It was interesting to hear that some of those objects are not common in United States, like cheese slider, I thought that almost every country has it.🤔😅
The slicer isn't super old, just 100 years almost since it was invented by Norwegian Thor Bjørklund, so it has spread slowly 😅
same for swedeN! maybe its a scandinavian thing!
@@LuxicCardinal Yeah, actually nordic countries thing, because Finland is not part of scandinavian somehow.😅
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Greetings from Finland!
First of all, all those objects are very common in Nordic countries. Some even in whole Europe in general.
1. Cheese slicer is invented in Norway in that form by norwegian carpenter Thor Bjørklund in 1925. It is handy object to slice thin cucumber slices as well.
2. Actualy General Electric made first electric woffel irons in US 1911. Before that non elecric versions are used at least from the 1300s in Germany and Netherland. That 5 heart model is common in Nordic countries. I don´t know about rest of the Europe.
3. Wooden butter knife and wooden spatula starts to be rare these days becouse there are plastic wersions available. Wooden kichen tools can not be washed in dishwasher so plastic has taken the place from wooden ones.
4. That wooden cup has name "Kuksa" and it´s originated in Lapland area. Originaly those were mede from wood burl from birch tree. Burl is much stronger than birch wood it self. These days at least in Finland burls are protected and you need special permit to cut it out of the tree so most of those modern kuksa cups are made of normal birch wood.
5. I have no idea who invented those spikes to put in shoes, but we have also aluminium spikes in our car wheels in winter tyres and those have common elments for the ice climbers shoes also.
6. Reflectors are actualy finnish invention. Finnish farmer Arvi Lehti invented somewhere late forties / begining of fifties. They patented it in snowflake form (i still remember that those were really popular at 1980s as i was born) and the color was white. Later came different shapes and colours as well. In bicycle wheels are mostly orange reflectors and back of the bike red so it is easy to spot bicycle at winter time in the dark. Those are recomented to all bikes to have. In dark time in Finland you can also get ticket if you don´t have front light in your cycle.
7. The sledge with wooden bench is actualy swedish invention. Those are quite common in Nordic countries at wintertime. Elder people and kids mostly uses those at least here in Finland.
8. Sled was very common in Lapland for ages and there is different shapes and materials used to make those. Depends how you use it. You can use those with reindeers or huskyes. And some models are for downhill ride designed for children. These days most of those are made of plastic.
9. No idea who or where those carries are invented but very common in Finland too. We usually have long white rod on those and triangle orange reflector flag on top of them that cars can see if cycler has one of those intouched with the bike.
10. No idea who or what timeperiod those are from, but i´ve seen the oldest ones from 70s. At that time those were made from thin metal and are good help to pick up blueberries and lingonberries. I´ve even seen some that have made partly from wood and metal (in Italy) to pick some other berries as well.
Kiva nähdä, etten ole ainoa Suomalainen täällä. :D
6:23 those cups are usually used to take water out of a water stream or river.
All of those things are pretty common in Nordic countries not just Norway. But yeah berry picking in here Finland is massive thing and we use those berry picker things a lot in here. Greetings from Finland, nice video ones again.
«…once again» 🤗💓
The Norwegian right to roam also gives you the right to pick wild berries. It’s a fairly common activity late in the summer. Most nature loving households will have a berry picker tucked away somewhere.
11:07 I have lived in the North where Sparks are used almost like bikes during the winter. When I went to school I had my own, and lots of other kids had their own. There were kids sized ones, and adult sized ones. The seat on the front allows a second person to catch a ride. The name Spark translates to Kick, and that's how you move, by kicking like with a skateboard or like a 2 wheel scooter. The spark is like a mini sled with two skids (or runners like on planes that are suppose to land on snow/ice).
Reflectors and reflector vest are really common all over Norway. I live all the way south and currently it's pitch black at 4.30 pm.
The sled chair is called a spark, meaning kick basically. One person kicks from behind standing up, and there's a seat in front.
We also have bæremeis, which is a rucksack especially for kids to sit in when going hiking🙃
Scandinavian blueberries aren't called blueberries in the us, but I can't remember the name. They're smaller, blue all the way through and taste 10x more intense 🙂
I think bilberry or whortleberry.
5:35 this is often referred to as Kuksa. Proper Kuksa are hand carved and used to drink either spring water during hikes or coffe when sitting around the campfire.
The wooden cup is very nice to bring with you on a hike. Tie it to your backpack or in your belt, so it's easy to reach when to stop and drink some realy good, fresh water from the waterfalls, rivers etc.
I think pretty much all Nordic countries have these things. Pretty much all the stuff was familiar for me, but it was cool to see these. Hello from Finland :)
As a Dane, I can attest that most of these items are also common in Denmark :) I have 3-4 cheese slicers, but the best ones are made of plastic because they're non-stick. We buy our cheese in blocks about 4x4x2 inches or something along those lines :)
That’s just because Denmark has stickier cheeses than Norway does. Higher moisture content I think.
@@MissCaraMint True. We like our smelly, sticky cheeses 😂
Wait plastic for non-stick? But plastic is _extremely_ more sticky than metal. In general, at least, or depending on the metal I guess.
Edit: Oh maybe you're talking harder cheeses and not softer
Edit again : 🤔🤔 Can't wrap my head around this. I'm pretty sure most metals in general has a less rough surface chemically but a lot must depend on the production. I'm none the wiser.
@@SebHaarfagre if you want a softer chess not to stick a very flat shiny surface is actually worse than a rougher surface. Think about suction cups. The work on smooth surfaces. The idea is that a smothe surface doesn’t allow air to flow back into that space you just punched out when pushing down on the suction cup, and the suction this creates makes the suction cup stick. This is kinda the same effect with a smooth vs rougher plastic cheese slicer.
@@SebHaarfagre Well, when I cut a semi-soft Danish cheese, it sticks to the metal until it has a "coating" of cheese, and then it's non-stick, whereas the one made from plastic is nonstick from the first slice. Metal is not very non-stick until it's had a non-stick coating attached (think unseasoned cast iron vs. seasoned cast iron) :)
I have a wooden cup in our family cabin here in Norway and it's a must have when we go on hikes in the surrounding wilderness. Nothing tastes as pure and delicious as Norwegian mountain water straight from the streams and rivers and when you go for long walks that can last for hours, the wooden cups comes in very handy for staying hydrated during those long walks.
Du har helt rett men vann er ikke så super godt ut av den koppen da kanskje fordi i ikke har prøvd d men i lik mer kakao ut av den når i e på fjelltur
If you wanna get an inexpensive Scandinavian cheese slicer, you can get one at IKEA. =)
Many other countries buys ready sliced cheese or grated cheese in the store. We also do that, but if you need a slice or grated cheese, nothing beats the freshness of doing it yourself from a block of cheese. It requires some consumption ofc, but a block of cheese can easily be stored in refrigerator for some weeks.
I don't know how common going blueberry picking is for people growing up in the cities. However, it is a widespread family tradition to go picking during the autumn for us that live around some woods. It was even a standardized kindergarten activity where the staff would send notices to our parents to remember bringing such blueberry picking devices from home. I think we had like 5 of them, one for each family member.
I live in Oslo, and blueberry picking is something we do too. I work part-time at after-school activities and blueberry picking is something the kids do, it helps teach them about what berries are safe, tasty etc. I haven´t seen the blueberry picker a lot but it's still used for those who want a lot.
Most of these things are really common in Scandinavia... Here in Sweden we have all of these (obviously) and we use the blueberry picker for lingonberries too! And by 'we' I mean the dorks who wanders off into the wilderness for these things because I'm far too lazy for that! I get my blueberries and lingonberries in the supermarket, lol! 😄
In that case I'm a proud dork cuz I prefer to pick my own berries. It's fun and alot cheaper. Berries in stores are expensive. 😅
It’s just a berry picker (not called «bluberry picker»). It works especially well on lingonberries, since it can be a bit too rough on blueberries. But if you’re going to cook jam or juice from them anyway, who cares if you smash some berries… ☺️ Saves you soooo much time! Sadly the blueberries in the stores mostly are farmed American blueberries, which don’t even begin to compare to wild Nordic blueberries! Lingonberries however are great to buy in stores. I often get a few bags of frozen ones and make a few liters of homemade jam, soooo yummy! ☺️🤗
Yes. All that stuff is Norwegian (and some common in Sweden and Finland too) I have at least 4 cheeseslicers in my kitchen drawer. Everybody has a waffle maker at home. A double one.
I’m finnish and I can 100% relate to all of these😂
Same here! 😁
I’m Norwegian and I have realised that Norway and Finland are surprisingly similar 🇳🇴🤝🇫🇮
The cheese slicer is a pretty common thing all over Europe, but it was invented by a norwegian guy.
When I was in Czech Republic no one had cheese slicers there
I'm not sure about that one
@@RakneJulio Thor Bjørklund, 1925.
I doubt there is a Dutch household without them.
I have seen them in different countries in Europe but not as much as in Scandinavia where every house has them.
The wooden cup is just a cup for whatever you want but is mainly used on hikes if people want water from streams etc. but also for hot coco, coffee, soup etc.
The cheese slicer is a Norwegian invention and just about every Norwegian household has one. But it's become fairly common many other places in the world too. The one I have is a Brabantia so it's made in the Nethherlands and not specifically for the Norwegian market. It's a really handy kitchen utensil that can be useful for slicing other things too, not just cheese.
True, but you have to understand that we have between 2 and 4 of them in our kitchens. I don’t know why we have so many of them, but we tend to for some reason. I think part of it is that they sometimes are used instead of cake servers or pie servers, so multiple purposes, bliss needing to have at least one available while the other is in the dishwasher. That or we all collectively decided to collect them.
@@MissCaraMint I know how it is and it's not just cheese slicers. All kitchen utensils breed if you keep them in a dark drawer!
@@tessjuel I live in fear of coming home one day and finding that the Cheese slicers have overtaken and replaced my other kitchen utencils.
I have exactly the same cheese slicer as shown and I'm sure you'll find one in just about every Dutch household
the "sledge" she talks about is called Spark in Norwegian or Kicker or Kicksledge in English, it is a sort of sledge but it have metal runners with a seat on and a handlebar for the kicker. So there can be sitting a "passenger" on it if you like, like a kid or spouce or a friend, also it can be used to carry stuff so if you have a package you can have that on the seat.
Useful in the wintertime ofcourse... the Metal Runners can be having a plastic coating or part so it slide better on the snow, especially if they sand the street .. it can be more useful.
Kicksledges was how I got around in the winter as a kid. Nowadays, though, they are impossible to use since every road is salted into a brine sludge as soon as the first snowflakes lands.
@@DivineFalcon Right. Or the roads are strewn with sand, and the kicker is therefore useless. You can still use it on frozen lakes, though.
As a Norwegian we use the cup for hiking in the woods. We often drink hot chocolate😝
And it is not called a «Spark Snø»! It is called a «Spark»😂 Snø means snow❄️
My Grandma had Norwegian heritage and my Grandpa immigrated to Canada. I have, or have seen most of those objects. Sadly we never had the fancy heart shaped waffle maker but making waffles regularly was common.
1:48 the cheese slicer is a Norwegian invention
Yeah, i grew up with all of theese items. Essentials for every norwegian, at least for those who live outside of the biggest citites. Gotta pick the wild blueberries, 100x better than farmed.
The item at 05:02 is called a _Kåsa_ here in Sweden.
They are usually used by scouts and on hiking trips. And Yes, it is a cup.
They are common in plastic, and there is some versions that you can fold (almost) flat.
Now adays, thanks to the environment aspects, it may be that wooden onec are more common than the plastic.
I think most wooden cups, Kåsor are made of plastic now.
@@hkkbs Aaah OK. I thought it was the other way around 😄
The reflectors that are placed so they move a lot are the type that works the best. A small reflector on a string is much more effective than a huge one on your chest or back, because of the movement. Something on a back or chest might look very stationary and we have a lot of stationary reflective road signs also, so moving reflectors gets a drivers attention in a different way.
It is better to use Hi-Vis clothing, or at least a Hi-Vis vest, if you're faffing about in the dark, near traffic.
I'm in the UK, and had never considered how important it is in Scandinavia to be 'seen' due to the long, darker hours etc. And certainly you made me 'think' about how a 'static' reflector could be mistaken for a fixed road sign (for instance!), so a 'hanging' one is more likely to bring attention through movement. Thanks for that, 'food for thought' and much appreciated... 👍🤔😃
@@stewedfishproductions7959 Hi-Vis clothing is better. If it's raining hard, dark, and with on-coming traffic, noticing a moving reflector is really hard. Consider Hi-Vis clothing, for your own safety.
If you live nearby any forests it's fairly common that you'll go out foraging for various berries or mushrooms during the warmer seasons of the year. This year alone I've probably picked something like 10kg of chantrelles whilst going for walks with my parents and their dog.
The cheese slicer was invented in 1925 by carpenter Thor Bjørklund from Lillehammer, who wanted a better tool for slicing cheese. He modeled it after the regular carpenter tool called hand planer.
Hey Tyler, glad to see you enjoying yet again another video about Norwegian culture and iconic / unique objects. I've been freeloading for quite some time now, and I wanted to help answering some of your unanswered questions.
1. Cheese slice ("Ostehøvel") is standard kitchen equipment and easy to obtain. Invented in Norway. Quite commonly used on Brown Cheese ("Brunost") and normal cheese.
2. Waffle iron ("Vaffeljern") is quite common in every household. Used to make delicious waffles, which are enjoyed with Brown Cheese, Jam (Strawberry/Raspberry), Sugar or even ice cream. The waffles are around 1 CM in thickness (0.3 inches). Norwegians usually make waffles during celebrations such Constitution Day, birthdays, when guests are staying over, etc.
3. Butter knifes are not uncommon, but maybe not THAT normal anymore. Of course still accessible in shops, and perhaps more used at the cabins, but in a normal house I'd say it's more common to use a normal knife made out of steel.
4. The wooden cups have been mentioned before by others, but it's usually used during hikes and trips where it would be natural to enjoy a cup of coffee brought with you on a thermos, but also to enjoy a quick cup of water from a stream running along the path. It's easy to keep clean, is quite practical in terms of enjoying hot beverages such as coffee as I mentioned, but also to enjoy alcohol when outside camping.
5. Shoe spikes ("Brodder" as in Stingers) are used when it's really icy on the ground. Quite handy for the elderly, but also adults and children are using them as well.
6. Reflectors (just simply "Refleks") comes on many sizes, shapes and colors. Some are blinking as she said, and it's also quite common to use like the reflectors vests too. It's quite dark during fall, winter and early spring, so people are using these to stay safe on the sidewalks etc.
7. "Spark" or "Sparkestøtte" (Spark = Kick, støtte = support, so basically something that you can lean and sit on, and kick yourself away with) are used during winter when there's hard snow on the ground or even ice (advanced skill). It's kinda like ice-skating but this device can be used to transport yourself, goods, and other people with it. I'd say they are less common today, but still a thing. Here is a video from NRK (The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) (ua-cam.com/video/WmpxegQSN8E/v-deo.html) It has no English subtitles, but it shows in general how it's used.
8. "Akebrett" (toboggan according to Google) are sleds used by kids, which comes in all shapes and sizes. Some are more traditionally build so you can sit and steer with a wheel ("Rattkjelke" more common for older kids), and others might almost remind you of a very short surfing board. Used to slide down a hill for fun, but also quite handy if you have your child with you on a trip and they get tired, you can just straight up pull them around with you.
9. Blueberry pickers ("Blåbærplukker") are more common instruments to have at the cabin, or owned by people who enjoy wild life, nature and hikes. They are easy to get in a nature/sports shop, and used as the name suggest to pick blueberries in the forest. Typically used if you're out gathering large quantity of blueberries in a short amount of time.
Feel free to ask me other questions if you have any here or on discord etc, I'm more than happy to help out :)
Best regards,
Sondre from Norway
Sondre plis si at du ikke kalle spark "sparkestøtte"
@@SekurusTheProudViking Nei, kaller det spark ja, men det fulle navnet er sparkestøtte. Kommentaren er kun for å utdanne/opplyse. Litt på samme måte som at man kaller tilhenger for hengern. :)
Any source that Cheese slicers were invented in Norway??
Have seen them for decades here in Brazil. I have two in my home.
All those items are just as common in Sweden, so I imagine it's all a part of the Scandinavian culture moreso than specifically Norwegian? 🤷🏻♂️
@@rogeriopenna9014 A Norwegian cabinet maker and inventor, Thor Bjørklund (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor_Bj%C3%B8rklund), patented the cheese slicer in 1925. It's cool to hear that you have them in Brazil too. Do yours look the same as in the one in the video?
In Sweden we call those mugs kåsor (singular kåsa); they’re popular among outdoorsy people as convenient mugs for anything. Nowadays they’re usually made of injection-moulded plastic. There’s also a folding version known as a snyltarkåsa (“scrounging mug”) that I was told in the military was to be carried in the thigh pocket at all times “in case of chance encounter with a pleasant beverage”…
The cheese slicer is not only a Scandinavian thing. We have them in the Netherlands also. And more European countries. How do you slice your cheese in the USA? Or do you only have pre sliced cheese?
Watching person that has never walked on ice actually trying to do so is hilarious - a real "Bambi-on-ice" moment. They are literally helpless!
The snap-in spikes are a MUST for such individuals (and the elderly that have slower reflexes than they used to).
The standing sledge is also used to carry groceries when sledging home😁
Maybe «Kick Sledge» would be a usable English word for a «spark»/«sparkstøtting»? They’re such a fun way to get around and though it’s not that common you can (at least could) get wheels to mount on them for the rest of the year, so you can use them even in summer (though most use a bike then).
this stuff are very common in finland too. she brought up stuff that's nordic stuff like everything I saw we do have in Finland that is really common
Sweden too.
Spikes for shoes are mostly used by senior citizens. The cheese cutter you'll find in every home. Reflectors are neccessary in the dark months, especially if you live in the country side where many roads dont have sidewalks. The wooden cup is something some people take on hiked. Norwegian bluberries are not like American bluberries. The berries grow wild, on low brushes, they are much smaller than the American bluberries, and they stain your teeth purple and yes many people pick their own berries, take them home and make jam, or simply freeze them to put in smoothies throughout the year. The kick sled is surprisingly fast, and a lot of fun
Are the reflectors a legal requirement in Norway? All of these items are common in Estonia, but for us, the reflectors are a legal requirement in the dark (including summer even though the sun doesn't even fully set)... you will get fined when caught without one.
@@Krompskont no, only recommended
@@Krompskont it’s very common to find them on jackets, backpacks as part Of the object not something you can remove. It’s especially common on childrens clothing. Every winter there are commercials or campaigns reminding everyone to wear one. I live in a rural area. We have streetlights, but it’s much darker than in the cities. I wear click on bands around my wrists
Wikipedia:
Ostehøvel, a modern cheese slicer or cheese plane, was invented by Thor Bjørklund in 1925 in Norway.Mass production of the ostehøvel started during 1927 in Lillehammer, Norway. The design was based on the carpenter's plane. This style of slicer is very common in the Nordic countries, and in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.
Norway has about 5.4 million people, if we all were able to find this video, your video would have 5.4 million views. Norwegians in a nutshell!
Here in Sweden, if you don’t have a “cheese slicer” you are very odd. It’s one of the first things you buy when you move out. 😊
Many norwegians do pick berries during the autumn, the berry picker (I think I would call it), its called Bærplukker in norwegian and it just simply make it easier or faster to pick berries, it can be used to many type of berries not only blueberries.
But Blueberreis, crowberries or lingonberries are quite common (atleast up here in the north), also cloudberries are like the golden ones but you don't use these berry pickers on cloudberreis they are more squishy so they would be destroyed faster, and they are not growing so close to eachother that you would not save time picking with a berry picker.
Cloudberries I know people collects several kilos of it, some over 100 kilo (some sell it too, its the berry you get paid best from if you choose to sell it), people do all sort of things with the berries.
Also some pick mushroms ... how common that is I don't know, I know a few very valuble ones I see when I am out biking ... aparently they can cost several 1000 of nok for a kilo when it is dried... don't think I have seen that many at one spot, but seen quite alot of these. But for Mushrooms it is so hard to find the edible ones I think, or be sure if it is edible... there are a few poisonous ones.
The sledge for pulling kids (also used for food\gear etc) while skiing is called a "Pulk" and can be customized for different needs. The wooden sledge called "spark" (snø?) is often used by kids for racing\transport but also used for stability for elderly people on icy roads, often accompanied with the "Hot-swappable" spikes. Spikes get really slippery while wet on tiles though, so its practical to remove just the spikes for shopping malls, doctors appointment etc
Same things we have in Sweden and Finland.
5:24 We usually take these wooden cups if we're going on trips to the mountains or just into the forest. We often drink hot chocolate out of them. ANND we just call them tripcup = turkopp. You can also find them foldable in rubber.
I have a "Spark" (It means literally "kick"). Its not a sledge for fun, but kinda "winter bicycle" so people use that instead of a bike in the winter. But as she said. Not in Oslo, because there really aren't any streets with ice/snow enough.
Up north, where I grew up (Lofoten Island) we used the spark all the time in the wintertime. As a means of transport, not (only) for fun. We had SOME races, thogh.
the wooden cup is often used to drink hot chocolate (or other warm drinks) when you are on hikes in the forest in the winter or a cabin trip or that type of things, not for wine😅 I am from Norway btw😉
we have most or all of those items in Finland, since its kinda the same.... dark winters and stuff like that.
The wooden cups appear more in the north, same with the goofy chair thing that you can scoot around with.
The chair scooters are actually very fun, i have 2 of them in Lapland where i sometimes go in the holidays and such.
For the darkness thing, keep in mind that the southernmost point of Norway is almost 10 degrees further north than the northernmost point of the 48 contiguous states of the US. The northernmost point of both Alaska and Norway are at 71 degrees north. Just to put it into perspective for a bit so people understand why it gets dark so early.
If Norway didn't have golf stream, it would most likely don't look that different to sibera
The wooden " sledge chair" is, here in Sweden, called a " kick" since you stand with one foot on one of the two rails and kick/ push( on the road) the " vehicle" forward with the other foot. You hold your hands on the handles on top of " the chair" to keep your balance. A really fast, fun and effctive way to travel on icy roads. The blue berry thing is called a " picker" in Swedish. Really common in areas of the country where people still collect/ plock a lot of blue berries in order to make their own jam. Plocking one berry at a time takes for ever. The picker gets many, many in one go. But it also gets some leaves and stuff ...
Many Norwegians pick berries and make different things like jams, juices etc. Enough of us that you wouldn't react when seeing one doing it, but rare enough that you're not guaranteed to know someone who does it. The same people often pick mushrooms and other plants as well
Nice to see all these familiar things for me as a Swede. Norway, thanks for the cheese grater! I was so happy that she mentioned kicks (spark in Swedish). I've wanted one my whole life!
I love using the spark during winter
My grandfather gave me one when i was a child 👌
@@VulcanM61 Congrats.
Blueberry scoopers are much used because in this northern area we have so much this type forest where the wild blueberries grow in the mossy underlayment. At least in Estonia - people are allowed to go almost any forest (sometimes there's private land signs up when landlord don't wanna have strangers in their forest, but usually ppl are welcome) to gather berries and mushrooms. It's really helpful device wich makes berry picking easier and faster to gather so much more berries with same time.
Famous Norwegian inventions:
Cheese slicer.
Skibinding.
Paper Clip.
Aerosol Spraycan.
😁
And Wenche Foss. 😊😊
@@steinarhaugen7617 🤣🤣🤣
Not the paper clip! There is a Norwegian paper clip, but “invented” later than others. The Norwegian version was totally useless and never produced.
@@kjellg6532 Hvem lagde den første bindersen?
Johan Vaaler (1866-1910) fra Aurskog i Akershus (flyttet siden til Kristiania) har tidligere fått æren av å finne opp bindersen. Han søkte patent på en liknende papirklemme i Tyskland i 1899 og fikk det i 1901. Samme år fikk han også patent i USA.
@@sebastianflesjandersen939Jepp. Johan Vaaler lagde en helt ubrukelig binders og fikk denne patentert lenge etter at paper gem var oppfunnet av andre. Minnesmerket i Aurskog er revet for flere år siden. Se
no.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Vaaler
The name of the wooden mug is Kåsa and it is used when camping or skiing mostly for any drink and soups, they come in different sizes and some are.
You should try to learn Norwegian. i tried the Norwegian course on duolingo as a Norwegian and it was pretty good. I am currently learning Spanish on Duolingo with a 300+ day streak. I totally recommend duolingo if you want to learn Norwegian
I did the exact same, I did some of the norwegian course to stay in the diamond league, I had to get lots of points on a sunday and I was a bit behind points wise😂. And since its so easy it’s faster. I have a 500 day streak or so in the spanish course:) it’s pretty good, the Norwegian too, except theres a few words they pronounce strangely, robotic. I did report it though so I hope they figure it out:)
I prøvde norsk på skolen faila me en gang kanskje fordi i komme fra Aukra i jendem men bor i molde så har litt mixa dialekt
heck yeah this video actually captures so many typical norwegian traits, i have a personal connection to all of these items, and i havent seen many of them commonly other places. The thing you bring your kids in while skiing, i have sat in one of those, its for very young kids so families can still go skiing even if they have a 2-3 year old that cant actually ski very well (yet). This is for common ski paths that are very common. The blueberrypicker too, i have been foraging berries and shrooms in the mountains and also in neighbourhoods many times before. She does a very good job of portraying common parts of norwegian culture. Better than I could, and she is not even originally from here!
11.15 These sledges are similar to dog sledges, but instead of dogs pulling it, you kick off the ground.
Edit: 15.20 What we call Blueberries are actually Billberries in other countries, and yes, we love going forraging for berries in the summer, especially if we live near forests. I grew up just picking and eating berries while playing outside.
Most households have two or three cheese slicers.
The wooden cups are for drinking whatever you bring on a hike or trip. I have two, because I don't want the soup cup to be used for coffee and vice verse, since you don't really stop to wash them every time you take a break.
The kicksleds are only used where the roads or pavements aren't salted or sanded. You need compacted snow or ice to use them.
Yes, the berry picker is very common, there are even small models made for children. It's mostly used for lingonberries. We pick a lot of berries and mushroom here. It's part of our outdoorsy ways.
Its 5 hearts in the waffle iron (not 4 as mentioned)
The wooden cups are most used for water, coffee, tea, and hot cocoa
The shoe thing she explains is to avoid especially elders to fall and break legs/hips during winter.
1 thing not mention tho: mall and store owners HATES them because it destroys tiles and floors
She's talking about Snap bracelet, the reflective thing and high vis vest are very common. It to be visible for carowners etc
The spark she's talking about: you are standing on 2 long metal (almost like the metal part on the hockey skates just 2m long. You can run in-between them for speed, have 1 foot on it and kick with the other like those scooters for children and stay on both in a downhill.
Yes you can have a person sitting in front (or your backpack)
They are/was used mostly where there was few bus options, few cars expecially the 1980s and earlier (to much traffic so the snow melts in the big cities like Oslo)
The waffle irons have anywhere from 4-6 hearts
5 is a common number of hearts on a waffle iron, but so are 4 hearts. I think some waffle irons have 6, but I haven’t seen many.
@Tyler Walker The cup is a drinking cup, for water, soup or other things like that, out in the wild, hiking and so on...
These are all common in Sweden too. I would guess in all Nordic countries.
Born in 89 and growing up in a more rural part of norway, the "snow sledges" were very nice for quickly getting around on snowy and icy streets. We mostly put our stuff on the seat when riding individually, but switching places was very common - one person sits one way, the other sits on the way home. Theyre also extremely fun when you get a little bit of speed, which you can do pretty quickly. In the right conditions they just keep gliding across the ground basically effortlessly. Theyre like big kickscooters for winter. Going downhill gets your heart working.
Now I live in Oslo and due to the different climate here I havent ridden one for years. I do kind of miss them though.
Other than being proud of my first comment, the cheese slicer is as elementary as having shoes for us.
yes
That wooden cup is called Kåsa in swedish. its used for drinking mostly coffee and is used mostly by people hiking in the outdoors.
Cheese slicer's are everywhere, i got 4 in my cutlery drawer
I have 6.
That wooden cup is called Kuksa in Finnish and as L4r5man said it can be take with you when hiking or if you're going to cabin and you can drink water or coffee, mostly coffee on it. I don't know what kind of wood that Kuksa is made of, but I do know that some Kuksa's are made of what we call "Pahka". And that is a spherical formation in the trunks, branches or roots of trees. :D
That berry scoop can be used to other berries too, like strawberry, lingonberry, cloudberry, etc. Not only do you not get your hands dirty, it also helps you not to hurt yourself on any sharp branches etc. And yes I'm from Finland so almost all of those things she showed are familiar to me.
The berry and mushroom season is tied to Allemannsretten, remember that right or freedom we have to roam. Since we are already out there roaming in wonderful nature, we enjoy the fruits of the forrest at the same time so to speak. Actually we conserve a lot of it for later.
The wooden butter knife is so common that I, who have lived in Norway for 28 years since my mom moved back to Norway, have never seen anyone use them.
The same goes for the wooden cup, honestly.
07:04 That's because you guys prefer to save the few hundred $ by not buying things like these or winter tires for your vehicles, so you can instead invest those few hundred into the inevitable few to multiple thousand $ in insurance and hospital bills after an accident xD
16:36 It depends on where you are, some people may have huts/cabins or summer houses in areas where there are berries a-plenty, or even have their own garden of berry bushes and stuff, so having one of those would speed things up quite a bit if you are about to do your yearly pickings of the bush(es) that could have hundreds of them. I'm specifically not mentioning any berry in particular here, because that thing can be used to harvest multiple type of berries, not just blueberries.
Hi Tyler.
I know it is swedish, but you have to see "Living with the dark winthers in Sweden - polarnights and the midnightsun" by Jonna Jinton. It will explain about the light/dark conditions, and visualise it, and you will see the "sparkstøtting" (the sledge) and the the "blåbærplukker" (the bluberrydevice) in use.
Hi.
The wooden cup is called a kåsa (i think the English word for it is guksi, but it originates from the Sami) . As others have already said it is mostly used when outside, like camping 🏕 It's not used to drink a specific drink, you can use it for anything that's liquid, water, thè, coffee, soup... Well you get it! 😊
Have to add that all the items mentioned are just as comment here in Sweden 🇸🇪 so I would say more than beeing Norwegian 🇳🇴 it's a Scandinavian thing 🇸🇪🇳🇴🇫🇮 🇩🇰
The cup is a "turkopp" its used for hikes yes, commonly it was used for drinking water out of the clean streams and creaks we har in the mountains. Back in the old days wood workings was something many ppl knew, it was easy to make or cheap to buy compared to other materials. Now a day its a traditional cup. You can drink what ever u like from it
Would be nice if you demonstrated how Norwegian things work. The cheese slicer is genius. Show it❤
@Tyler Walker the wooden cup is called kuksa here in Finland. Its main use is to drink water from streams. It is wooden, cause in the olden times you could not make stainless steel cups, so you had only ceramic or wood to make your cups from, and ceramic cups can shatter easily. So the wooden cup can handle travel better.
its a coffie cup ;)
Yap, indeed.
Reflection is very important in Norway, especially in winter. we are very good at remembering children but forget the adults. as a driver, I have experienced that children save their parents, see children before they grow up, give me time to slow down in good time.
First comment, and ofc, a norwegian one.
The wooden cup is called Kuksa in Finland. It is made out of polypore/fungus. We normally drink water, coffee, tea, hot cocoa, glogg or anything you like from it, mostly hot drinks. You use boiled coffee dust to keep Kuksa quality better. And never leave any drink in it standing, that will make it break eventually. Kuksa is cup we take with us, when we go to hiking or camping or at our summer cottage. It´s also handy cup for picking some berries for short trip in to the wood near the cottage. (I´m from Finland)
I have those things you put on your shoes, which has the spikes. Their not that handy. More handy is to have shoes, which has spikes inserted in them, so you don´t have to put on and take off them all the time.
Reflectors are so common and must used in Finland as well. Some people still don´t use them, but we are always reminded of using them.
Potkukelkka in Finnish. In English they are called kicksled. Very fun to ride, kick and slide in the snow.
Baby sled is what she had in the picture. That type of sled is used for babies and toddlers. There is also sled (pulkka as we call them) for kids and adults.
Marjanpoimija (berry picker in english) some use it some don´t. To me it´s not handy, because I have always picked with my hands very clean. And these might break the berry bush, if your not careful with them.
Blueberry picker is just called "berry picker" And the blue berry here is wildly grown, pretty much anywhere where there is some rocky ground, with just a thin layer of dirt, where it's harder for grass and other plants to grow. The bushes almost never get taller than a feet tall (30cm) and the perries are plentiful and the branches soft, so with the berry picker you can just jab it anywhere into a berry bush and pull it out and you will get loads of berries and you won't get the thing stuck, since the berry bursh has soft branches that don't break that easily. they act kinda like some of those plastic decorative plants you might get for your house.
That sled ( the "spark" ) brings out some memories. One person can sit in front, while another push you and can stand on the back, you can fit two on the back no problem actually. Its on skates, which are actually quite flexible, so you can use it on ice as well. They aren't as common anymore. I remember them being everywhere in the 90's growing up.
My great grandmother put me in warm blankets and put me on a spark. It was in the late 70's/early 80's. It's not as common anymore.
Yes! Brings me grate memories from my childhood. Had my own little "spark". So nice to use to get around with your friends. I used it with my dog, he loved pulling me around, but down hill he wanted to sit on the sled. So much fun and really lovely memories.
Wooden cup s are awesome fit trips in the wild, as others have mentioned, but specially for hunters drinking coffee on post, because the sound of the cup is natural and won't scare the game away if it flips over while taking the aim, as a metal or pladtic cup would, it is also not as flimsy as a rubber cup.
They are also popular in the viking reenactment groups, as it is easy to hang on the belt.
05:21 its a trip cup, in norway when you goes trips in forest or mountains and if we find a stream and its not dirty water we acly use it to get water and drink
The cheese slicer is fairly normal in all of Scandinavia. Don't know about the rest of europe :)
Cheese slicer is from Thor Bjørklund a designer that produce his own cheese slicer since 1925. The wood-cup, is a cup you can make buy some wood and a knife. They are perfect for drinking water, or to drink a warm soup from if you are out in nature. I know my grandparents use cups like this, and also in metal, to drink water from. I guess they make the cups from Bakelitt . Today the cup is made smaller and are used as snaps/drink glasses
Spark, or sparkstøtting ( the standing sledge-thing) is fairly common where the roads are good for the use. We had 3 of them, and used them a lot when I was younger. We used them to go to school, shops and for play. So shorter trips or play is most common. But these days most good roads are salted in winter, and then the ice doesnt work for the Spark.
There is a well known commercial on yt with a spark in use ."Vossafår reklame: Pirattaxi på Voss"
Blueberriepicker- blåbærplukker. Yes, it is common many places. All my relatives have one each, at least. We love picking berries and mushrooms. When I lived in Ålesund we picked at least 10 liters of berries every summer. Mom would make jam or juice or freeze it for later. Now that I live in Oslo, I dont know where to find loads of raspberries anymore, but blueberries and mushrooms are still easy pickings in summer and fall.
Wooden cup- Used for hikes, so that you can get fresh water from all the small rivers you will cross.
Was about to say the exact same thing about the sledge, Used it a lot when I was a kid in the 80s and 90s, but now I haven't seen one in use for years.
6:16 the wooden cups is fore when you hike you can drink
Hot cocolate,tea,coffee(etc)
Regarding the reflectors, in the Nordic countries it gets really dark in the winter. I live in Sweden and for the winter months we only get a few hours of sun in the middle of the day, so I walk to work before the sun rises and walk home after it sets. You really need a reflector so that people driving will see you.
I can also confirm the sledge thing ("spark" in Swedish), is quite common in rural parts of the country (doesn't work as well in the cities as they put gravel on the roads). It's used on icy roads as it both prevents you from falling and it's faster than walking. I still see old people use it quite frequently.
Picking berries (and mushrooms) is more common here because of "allemansrätten", a law that stats that you can hike through any forest in the country, even privately owned. So you are literally allowed to walk into any forest and pick berries if you like.
A berry picker is a tool used to pick wild berries, such as lingonberries and blueberries.
A berry picker has a grid of steel wire that is passed under the berries and tears them loose when the berry picker is passed over the heather. The berries fall into a collection box that takes from 1/2 to one litre. As berries are collected in the picker, they are emptied into a bucket.
In the past, the box on berry pickers was made of wood or metal, but today it is common for it to be made of plastic.
The Berry-scoop is very common in lots of families outside the big cities. Even in my older years we have scoops from childhood going back 30-40 years, looking good as ever.
The wooden cup is usually brought on hikes & long walks, it weighs almost nothing and is easy to tie to your backpack.
The "Spark" or sled used to be common when I was young, but I haven't really seen a lot of them the last 10 years.
spark, or sparkstøtting has skates in stead of wheels. the akebrett she showed a picture of is meant for the youngest kids (toddlers), and gives support for the back. it also has a string to pull it by. we start using reflectors befor it gets dark, because the walkers will be more visable in dim light (when colors blend out). our blueberries are like american huckelberries.. it makes for easier picking since the berry is smaller and leaves your hands purple..
Going hikes in fall is perfect, you can pick, rasberry, blueberry, River berry, mushroom, nuts etc etc.