Actually they're other countries that do the same, in Belgium we take of our shoes immediately when get home, it's more respectful, less dirty and SO COMFORTABLE!
in America (not talking only about the United States, I'm talking about the continent) at least in my country (a tropical one near to Panama) we don't do that (excuse me for my bad grammar)
I'm Norwegian, so I recognise many of the things you mentioned. You mentioned that we are shy and closed off. Well, I think it's not just that people are shy. I think that it also has to do with the concept of personal space and not "intruding" on someone. Norwegians are careful to not be intrusive, so we may see it as polite to not talk to strangers in public, for instance. This is probably a strange concept for a Portuguese person. You also mentioned that people are careful to say anything negative about others. I think this too is about being polite and "unintrusive", meaning people don't want to judge you. I've never had a problem with giving my opinions even though I'm Norwegian, but I think culturally Norwegians tend to emphasise social harmony and cooperation. Alcohol is something that historically has been a big part of everyday life in Norway. In the Viking Age every big occasion was celebrated with beer, like births, weddings, winster solstice and deaths of loved ones. In the 1800's a lot of people died as a result of disease, murder or simply freezing to death due to alcohol consumption, so the government started implimenting strict regulations on alcohol, like creating monopolies and only selling alcohol at certain hours. It seems to be a trend in the "beer belt" (countries where more beer than wine is consumed) of Europe to drink a lot during a short amount of time (usually weekends), also called binge drinking. Portugal would be a "wine county" so I suspect your drinking culture is different. By the way, I thought I should mention that since you're from Portugal, there is a dish called bacalhau (we spell it "bacalao"), which has a very long history with Norway. Spanish and Norwegian mechants have bought Norwegian dried fish for centuries, and for at least 500 years they've used Norwegian dried fish to make bacalhau. The dish is even popular here in Norway. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacalhau
+Erik The Dread Thanks for your comment! I agree with you! I also think Norwegians are very polite and have a different "type" of personal space than mine. At the beginning was very confusing but now I'm quite used to it and I like it! :) I already tried Bacalao and I really like it :) For us portuguese Bacalhau is the name of the fish, so Bacalhau means Torsk / cod fish, and we make several dishes with it. I think it's nice you had invented your own dish with torsk and called it Bacalao Hahah :) Thanks so much for watching!
+Erik The Dread I.m afraid your not ”intruding” attitude is not just native, is also cultivated by your society in order to make you more obedient. I.m not intruding with the other, even if he cries out for help.The whole Europe speaks about the latest scandal with Barnavernet, but not your media. Why is that? Ok, you have faith in yours institutions, very nice, but your media should present facts, without interpretation or bad reference.
Ruxy Rux Excuse me? Whom am I obedient to? You know NOTHING about me yet presume to lecture me about my behaviour? Not only that, but you want to lecture me about the behaviour of my fellow Norwegians? How DARE you? I don't care about some manufactured story sold by abusive parents to excuse their abuses. Either respect our laws or leave our country!
+Patriot'e Kurd Tesla im from Mexico and we NEVER take our shoes off when we walk inside the house, but in the other hand, we eat bacalao too!! that's crazy, usually on Christmas or New Year's Eve
+Patriot'e Kurd Tesla In Bulgaria we take our shoes off inside the house as well, so I was thinking like you. But when I went to Portugal I understood that people there walk with their shoes inside the house. To be honest, for me this is strange and I don't like it, cuz it leaves dirt all around plus it's uncomfortable. :D
+Patriot'e Kurd Tesla that doesnt make much sense since someone can steal your shoes or it can snow in your shoes lol. you walk in and leave the shoes inside near the door, hang your coat and go in.
Hi. I liked it. I am Norwegian, lived many years in Australia. I was concidered rude just after I moved to Australia, because of my Norwegian way of talking to people, or rather not talking. Now I am back in Norway, almost scaring people I meet, because I adapted Aussie way of talking to strangers. I prefere the Aussie way
Well you posted this two years ago, so I don't know if you'll answer but I'll try: How do Norwegians get to know each other when they like... don't talk at first? I feel like this question is super weird, but I'm genuinely wondering. How do you become friends? I'm asking because I'll be going to Norway for half a year. I don't want to scare people off by getting too close into their personal space too fast, but I also really want to get to know natives and if possible make a friend or two...
@@11karotte 1. Norwegians gets extremely friendly and extroverted when they are drunk 2. We don't really mind when someone else is taking the initiative to get to know us, but most of us don´t like to be the one who "start the conversation" with a stranger, so don't be afraid to approach someone. 3. Avoid small talk,I think i can speak for almost every norwegian when I say that small talk is boring, awkward and that we want to avoid it. ;)
@@Mari-ru2lk hey thanks! :) This is a huge relief. Starting a conversation is something I have absolutely no problem with. And if I'm allowed to pass the tedious bit that is smalltalk quickly, I'm happy to do so :D
@@ikkirr Yes I went and it was awesome! I don't know where you are from. But I am German and I realised that Germans have the same mindset as Norwegians (generally speaking of course) when it comes to superficial friendship. So basically when you befriend someone, they are friends for life. But what that also means is that you are not part of the group right away. I have also lived in the US, Spain and Chile and there it is the other way around. Newcomers are taken in right away, which makes you feel at home much faster, but as soon as you are gone, you are forgotten. Obviously these countries also have deep friendship. That's not what I want to say. Just that in general you have many superficial friends. Whereas in Norway and Germany you have few but good friends. What I recommend deeply is going to one of the many clubs UiO has. There are always newcomers there so the friend structures are not as set in stone. Also one version of becoming friends is just being around each other a lot. And if your club has let's say three meetings a week you will be seeing these people a lot. I was at the Capoeira (martial arts dance kind of thing... search it on UA-cam) and it was super cool and the people so friendly! Also I don't know if you are learning Norwegian or not. But I strongly recommend it. It is my favorite language right now and that means something^^ It has a really nice flow and is very metaphoric. Also if you learn Norwegian, Norway will become accessible to you in a completely different way. And the advanced Norwegian courses at UiO are SO cool! Because all you do is talking and read interesting literature and then talk about that. And you will be people from all over the world so talking is really fun^^ Well that was quite some spam. But if you read through this and still want to know more feel free to ask! :D
This is by far the best "typical Norway" video compared to others I've seen. The fact that you are not norwegian makes it better 😁 I hope you stay in Norway and get to experience the little things as well. 😊
I've been to Oslo last fall for a few days, and my first impression was that Norwegians are friendly, openminded people. Many had a smile on their face, and some were even singing and dancing to street music. I have read about the clichee of the reserved Norwegian, and there surely is truth in it, but I personally and as a tourist didn't experience it :)!
I lived in Spain for 9 years and were accustomed to drinking a glass of wine or a beer in the afternoon on a weekday. But when I moved to Bergen (to study nursing) and told my friends and others that I liked to drink a glass of wine (after a tiring day) they acted kind of shocked. I guess drinking (even a glass) on a weekday is associated with alcoholism? Which is strange considering they (now I’m generalizing) often wait to drink in huge amounts on the weekend.
Come on.. Drinking alone is nice. I am Portuguese and one of the things I love the most is to get home after a working day and drink a few beers without no one to break my balls.
Matpakke is any meal you prepare, pack, and take with you to eat on job, school, or hikes. That slice of bread is called smørbrød. Such packed meals often contain those slices of bread, but not necessarily.
Do you assemble the Smøbrød at school/work? In Australia we usually have sandwiches in our packed lunches but we use two slices of bread so you can make it at home and just wrap it up and take it like that.
+Lindsay May It's up to that certain person! When you're attending school it's normal to prepare it at home, and I guess it just depends on the job you have. My mum works at a school so she prepares it at the kitchen there, my dad delivers stuff so he prepares it at home, while I work at a library and I prepare it at home as well.
Big workplaces in Norway use to have cafeterias where you can buy whole meals or ingredients to assemble a meal, including slices of bread and sit down comfortably to eat. A typical pattern for many Norwegians is to take some packed food with you and add something from the cafeteria. Some big schools might have the same service, but most schools do not. In elementary schools cooking is a part of the curriculum. The kids use to sit down afterwards and eat the things they have made in the cooking class. Sometimes this is a whole dinner.
The problem with "typical things about Norway", in my opinion, is that it's such a "long" (not big) country, so both the weather, landscape, how people feel about the enviornment, how people socialize etc. varies quite a lot from where in Norway you're staying. For example I believe people from Northern Norway are quite different from people that lives in Oslo for example, both in good and bad ways.
+elinawesome It,s wariations inside the country and people are quite different from plase to plase. You know this go to a cabin trip etc. Not all do that, i newer go on such trips otherwise if we have something with the worc etc and ewen then i just leave in the same moment the day is over.Also the people from inside the country. Telemark and all theese plases play on their culture to "sell" their region.Bergen where i,m from is a typical Norwegian west coast city. Quite something for itself with similarityes to other hanseatic cityes=)
I can not live in Oslo. It's not Norway for me anymore and way too international for me. In Bergan there is a junkie around every corner. One can kick syringes in the streets of Oslo. Big drug problem and my son is a Kings guard. We have a BIG drug problem that is in one's face.
Thank you. I love this. I am Norwegian descent. I have been born and raised in America and am so surprised at how Norwegian my family acts even though I've never been to Norway! I had no idea how very Norwegian I am.
Great video. Thanks for the info. I'm planning to visit Norway in the future. As I live in Portugal now, information from someone who knows both realities is particularly useful. Obrigado pelas informações
I love your hairstyle in this! So cute!! I found this video so interesting and educational, I love learning more about the world in such a personal way like this!
+Makayla Samountry I'm really glad you like it! I also like to learn more about other people experience in moving to other countries and all that so I enjoy making these myself too :P
Americans don't for cultural reasons that i really don't want to bother explaining in depth. But a simple reason is because it's rude if your a guest, and annoying if you're a busy person and can't bother with messing with your shoes cause you're always in and out so much
I LOVED this video. It's always so funny hearing what people from other countries think about Norway and this has too be the best video I'v seen so far!
I've never been but would love to go. I'm from Northumberland, England and have a Viking background (because you guys invaded us) so I feel like I would feel at home.
Very nice and true presentation of Norway and the Norwegian people, you definitively included the most important. Just one small correction concerning the Northern Light (Aurora Borealis) it's actually also active in the summer time but because of the light summer nights it's not so easy to see it, at least not in the northern part of the country. It's sounded like you had a great time here :-)
+la3dna Thank you for you're lovely comment! I do love living in Norway :) And you're completely right about the northern lights, I should have mention that :)
I'm Dutch, and we also have those machines with which you can exchange empty bottles for money (in some supermarkets), cheese slicers and eating bread with SOMETHING on top xD that's the most normal thing to eat for breakfast and lunch. Chocolate spread / sprinkles, peanut butter, cheese... anything ;)
I know right, I was thinking the same thing. Also saying "mhm" when listening to someone talking, that's not weird to me either. I do it all the time :"D
Norwegians are so fucking cool and progressive. I was in Oslo during their national day, 17th of may, and there were parties everywhere and I and my gay partner became really drunk, so we had hard sex in the middle of the street and the Norwegians did not mind at all, they just cheered on. And they are super non-racist. Many of the girls had sex with different ethnic minorities in the park just outside the kings castle, and the Norwegian men did not mind at all, so I believe there are no prejudice, sexism and racism in Norway. They really enjoy and support multiculturalism and sexual freedom/experimentation. Coolest nation on earthy of you ask me!!!!
My friend from Oslo came to visit me this week. I remember her asking if I wanted her to take her shoes off at the door. I told her she didn't have to. I was so happy to meet her finally after knowing her online for 13 years. Her and her mom are so sweet and so beautiful.
I just stumbled upon your channel, and I'm glad I did. It's always interesting, fun, and sometimes very revealing seeing your own country's social customs and traditions, your way of life and way of interacting with those around you, while looking in a "cultural mirror" provided by someone from another country. Loved hearing about your experiences, and I have to say, not just based on this video, that you absolutely nailed a lot of it. Can't wait to visit Portugal one day, and definitely learn some Portuguese. IMO it's one of the most beautiful languages for singing, along with Italian. I listen to quite a few Poruguese and Brazilian artists, but unlike Italian, I can't understand more than a word here or there. Just love how it flows with music!
I LOVED that you mentioned that in winter whenever we go inside anywhere it is insanely hot. I absolutely hate it. I wish they kept the temperatures in shops a bit cooler in winter, but I understand it sucks for the people working there if it is too cold.
+Hayley Jeffs It's such a big temperature different sometimes xD And it's really annoying having to take off my coat, put it on, take it off..... hahah xD
It is not only the coat though; there are your gloves, scarf and hat, and in the really cold weather I wear wool-undergarments. So if I am going to be inside a long time I have to find a bathroom and take off those too! When I get a car it will not be as troublesome.
Such an excellent video. I learned something new . Beautiful pictures ! Canada and Norway have somethings in common like the sound they make when they agree on something , cold and northern lights . By the way I like your flannel .
+Lauren Basamot Canada sounds great! I've never been there. That's so funny that they also make the sound :P My flannel it's from H&M. I love it too ;)
Cute video :) Nice editing and nice choice of BGM. The "matpakke" is a general term though in the most literal sene. Matpakke directly translated means food packet and can contain everything from the more mondaine stuff like a slice of bread with a slice of brunost to more elaborate stuff like panini or other fingerfood.
Much is right, but the midnight sun only occurs in the northernmost part of Norway that is very far away from the southernmost parts. This lice of bread width additions is called "smørbrød". "Matpakke" is packed ready made food you take with you to school, work, hikes and whereever. Those packages typically contain "smørbrød", but can contain anything.
A hotel guest in Chicago stopped at the front desk. "I'm supposed to meet someone at the airport. How should I get there?" tHE DESK CLERK SAID, "yOU'RE sWEDISH, AREN'T YOU? i CAN TELL BY YOUR ACCENT." tHE FOREINER SAID, "nO, i'M nORWEGIAN. bUT i"VE NEEN SICK."
I accidentally clicked into this video, and I'm glad it happened! I heard about Norway by the name itself, but never get in depth with it. I thought the cabin experience is very interesting. Thank you for sharing your insight about it. Keep up the good work!
+Cellar Door Actually, the part in the mountains in the lord of the rings were supposed to be from Norway, but because the government didn't allow for the equipment to be driven up in the mountains, but had to be flown by helicopter (due to preservation of nature), it was too expensive and they had to find another country with nature just like ours ----> New Zealand. :D
Highly appreciated the time taken here. Time and introspection has made abundantly clear I should have been born across the pond, and whilst living on the eastern coast of the U.S., I mean to rectify this error in geological placement within a couple of years. Norway is high on the list, as well France, Scotland, Ireland, and others. This bit has been informative and uplifting in motivation. Cheers~
"Just a precaution I guess", I like that. Know this video is ancient now, but I'll comment anyway. First of, we only sell beer in the store, nothing with an alcohol level above 5%, for that you have to go to a liquor store, we call them polet, from monopolet, which means monopoly, because traditionally our government has a monopoly on the sale of alcohol. This changed a few year ago so now we can at least buy beer like normal people, but wine or spirits you still need to go to polet. I think they stop the sale so early to give pubs a chance to survive. Alcohol is heavily taxed here, they say it's to prevent us from drinking, but in reality it's just to make extra tax money, before the oil we used to be really poor. And because alcohol is so expensive, especially in pubs, most people will avoid pubs, or at the very least drink a bunch before they go to one. I think these heavy restrictions on alcohol actually make the drinking culture a lot worse, it's like peoples logic is "if I'm going to spend this much on something I better at least get shitfaced or it will have been a waste". I think that if alcohol was cheaper and more easily accessible we'd have a more normal drinking culture. This is also why Norwegians on vacation are always drunk out of their minds, because alcohol is so cheep everywhere else so it seems like a total waste to not drink as much as you possibly can while you're there. We're also very repressed, like you pointed out, so we need loads of alcohol to reproduce, it's the only way we meet new people.
Norwegian here. :) Probably mentioned already, but the bread in matpakke is called "skive" like a slice. Matpakke is traditionally a slice/skive or more, but these days a matpakke could consist of youghur, musli, a saladbowl, flatbread etc. As long as you brought it from home and is homemade, it usually is considered a matpakke. So if bread is not your style and you want to call your brought stuff matpakke, be my guest. :)
Matpakke translates to "food package". While it usually will contain sliced bread with spreads or toppings, it doesn't have to. "Lunch box" is a close translation, but of course, the Norwegian way is usually to wrap the bread in paper - thus the name "matpakke".
The Norwegian 'shyness' stereotype is funny and is sometimes true, but over the last 60 years we have really opened up to the world and it isn't that prevalent anymore. You have to remember that before the modern age of transportation it was really difficult to get around and since Norway is traditionally a land where people survived living off the land (agriculture/farming) there was huge distances often between you and your nearest neighbor. Which explains where this culture of being a bit withdrawn maybe comes from.
I am french living in Paris but I lived in Trondheim for five months in the context of an Erasmus. Best five months of my life. This country is awesome and people in Norway are really kind and seems pretty happy. Love the language too. And well, norwegian girls are absolutely wonderful and many young people are so sporty ! PS : Brunost is the worst cheese I have ever tasted. And I am french so I am supposed to have good references xD Sorry Norwegian friends :D But I love every thing else in your country :)
+Flyout91 Haha I am Norwegian, and I have to agree with you. Brunost really is the worst cheese, but I guess it's one of those things you have to try many times to make 'em good. I just don't want to eat it enough times for it to be good haha :)
I’m from Minnesota in the US, and it’s amazing how many cultural things in MN probably started in Norway. Minnesota was settled by mostly Scandinavians.
+LSogE3 I guess it depends on where in the country you stay. The stretch between Oslo and Kristiansand usually have summers in the 25c range but they also have cold snowy winters. The Bergen area usually have summers in the 20c range and winters with little to no snow and temperatures between 0c to 5c, so mild winters and mild summers there.
123biffer Dude, i spend the entire summer in a town called Mandal at the very southern tip of Norway, and there it is only between 18 and 24 degrees maximum in the summer.
+LSogE3 Two years ago I was in a small place south of Kristiansand, stayed there for 7 days. It was between 30c and 32c every day. I asked a local if it was common temperature there during summer, he answered that it was more common with temperatures around 25c.
I'm from Canada and we have Northern Lights - multicolored, take our shoes off at door, go camping in tents in winter with no water etc, we ski, snowboard, snowmobile, and go sleding. BUT we are very friendly and probably talk to much and apoligise to often... lol. We say "eh" instead of "hmm". I am half norwiegn but have never been to norway so your video was very very interesting. Canada sounds similar in many ways, especially in N. Alberta, Canada where we also have long darker winters and light at midnight in summer. Wonderful video... keep it up I have subbed.
Many things, like the one about the sounds they make to agree or show that they are listening, are the same in Germany. :D To me their summers sound perfect actually, haha. I don't like it's when it's too hot, though I guess to many people tempretures over that wouldn't be hot at all. :)
+DarkChiasa I also really like the summer here in Norway! For me it's not hot at all (I come from Portugal and we have really hot temperatures). But I really like Norwegian summer :D
Very similar to Iceland, where I am living :D except it's not very cold there, at least in Reykjavík. This year we had a minimum of -6°c but just for one day.
Weather and seasons varies grately from part to part of Norway. I have lived both up north as well as in the southwest, and the climate is totally different - no surprise. The distance from Oslo to Hammerfest is the same as Oslo to Rome. Also, here in the southwest, we hardly ever have snow at winter. I normally have a bowl of müesli and some sort of plant milk for lunch. Northern lights are around the whole year, but you need darkness to see it. I have seen northern lights in September. I know more Norwegians without a cabin than with one...
+Olav Wiik Moland To be honest, at the beginning I didn't quite liked it. But then it kinda grew in me. I love it especially with some strawberry jam :D
I know right. And there are so many different types of brunost. The Christmas ones are delicious. You should try it on Norwegian waffles with strawberry jam and suor creme. Yum. When I go abroad i "smuggle" it with me once I was asked if it were some kind of drug...
Olav Wiik Moland Hahaha I tried with the waffles already and it's delicious! But I never tried other types of brunost besides the "most common one". I have to investigate that xD
Matpakke is more like when you have packed the lunch, a slice of bread is just called that, a slice of bread(brødskive) But what is interesting is that we have a name for whatever we put on top of the bread, pålegg, which basicly means something to put on top.
for some odd reason, once you passed the middle going upp, the ditance between two places becomes exponantely longer, as she sais, its takes you seven houers to get from oslo and like half way upp, but from there, it takes you 10 houers to get 3/4ths upp, and after that, it takes you 15 houers to get to the top, its just an odd experience.
+Torben Skylstad The top Third of Norway is the 2 counties Finnmark and Troms. That gets you from Nordkapp to Narvik. The middle Third is Nordland and Nord-Trøndelag. That gets you to Trondheim. And the bottom Third are the other 15 counties.
HEY! I'm from Norway. One, we often sat goodbye in norway at partyes, it's just in the big night clubs we dont say goodbye. Two, the highway is actually pretty good. Three, -15 celsius is not cold at all, we usually have about -20. Just that you know
Im living in Northern germany, Schleswig-Holstein and i need to say Norway and Northern Germany are very similar to each other. Most of my family living in Norway, I was raised here in Germany and when you can speak German ist very easy to learn Norwegian.
so there was this american that came to norway and wanted to see the midnight sun. so at midnight she went out, but all she found was the regular sun...
"Matpakke" is not only a slice of bread with something on. It is a lunch (any kind of food) that you bring to your work/school/trip. It is therefor not a kind of food, but a way that you bring your food so you can eat it where you are going so you don't need too buy your food. ;) :-)
we in sweden make fun of norwegian people for eating a sandwich for lunch, in swedish we say "jäkla norrbagge som bara äter ostmacka till lunch" which translates roughly to "damn norwegian bug that only eats cheese sandwiches for lunch" we say it in love so no worry
Loved this. Cute and sometimes quite accurate observations. From your photos it looks like you have seen great parts of our country. I am Norwegian, but I have lived in Brasil and Portugal too. Portugal for 5 years, so I believe I know where you are coming from regarding your observations. Norwegians need to hear how other people perceive us. Love your country and go back whenever I can. I think it is great that you have chosen Norway to practice your education, we need you!
Well in the western part of norway we are lucky just to have a sunny day. The last years there has been raining most of the time and almost no snow. The water here is freezing all the time and many stormy days. I am norwegian but have only Bern on the rasering side of norway 1 time. And it was pretty different from where i live. It Rauma a lot more in the west norway and theres a lot of sun in the other side. But thus to the rain we have a big and beautiful landscape that is unbelievable to watch from the top of the mountains.
+Nerflover10097 Its expensive for turists and visitors, but if you live in Norway and have a normal Norwegian job you wont notice a big difference. Everything here costs a shit ton of money, but it makes up for our huge pay checks. The only things that are super expensive even for a Norwegian is unhealthy products like tobacco and alcohol, and also cars that pollute a lot etc.
Even for us, Norway feels very expensive. Like I am not willing to pay 50 krone just for chocolate, or 100 krone for a normal-sized block of Norvegia cheese. It's fucking crazy
+Nerflover10097 we use krone, kroner in plural. The reason its expensive is bc we make so much money for normal norwegian jobs, so we can afford it. But like mentioned in the comments: unhealthy products are more expensive and many Norwegians is not comfortable using much money on those things. We also have high taxes to Pay for our general public healthcare, schools and things like that. So... If YouRe gonna move here: Get a Job fast. Then you wont notice that much of a shock when shopping.
you can buy weak beer and cider almost at every food store and you can buy it 24/7 if that shop is open 24/7. and the bottle thingy is you pay 2.5 kroner or 1.5 kroner more for the bottle and you get that back when you put it in the machine, so you are more likely to use that instead of throwing the bottle away
I'm Norwegian, and i didn't know that people in other countries take their shoes inside the house! Also, as u mentioned, we have A little "shoeplace" beside the frontdoor. It was fun to watch a portugese talking about their experiences in Norway! :-)
+amanda chen I'm glad you like it! I definitely learned something from Norway and one of those is taking the shoes to walk inside the house! And I will do that forever xD
Regarding the Northern Lights: they can happen any time of the year, it's just that unless it is winter the sun is usually too bright for you to see them. Therefore it feels like they only happen in winter, but it's actually that you can only _see_ them in winter. There are exceptions of course, but I'm generalizing.
I don't get why other countries doesn't take their shoes off before entering your home, like it gets dirty and it's way more comfortable without shoes
Actually they're other countries that do the same, in Belgium we take of our shoes immediately when get home, it's more respectful, less dirty and SO COMFORTABLE!
Lina Mortrier i know there are a few countries but there is more that doesn't take off their shoes
where you dont take your shoes off then?
in America (not talking only about the United States, I'm talking about the continent) at least in my country (a tropical one near to Panama) we don't do that (excuse me for my bad grammar)
maybe because you have less rain :)
I'm Norwegian, so I recognise many of the things you mentioned. You mentioned that we are shy and closed off. Well, I think it's not just that people are shy. I think that it also has to do with the concept of personal space and not "intruding" on someone. Norwegians are careful to not be intrusive, so we may see it as polite to not talk to strangers in public, for instance.
This is probably a strange concept for a Portuguese person.
You also mentioned that people are careful to say anything negative about others. I think this too is about being polite and "unintrusive", meaning people don't want to judge you. I've never had a problem with giving my opinions even though I'm Norwegian, but I think culturally Norwegians tend to emphasise social harmony and cooperation.
Alcohol is something that historically has been a big part of everyday life in Norway. In the Viking Age every big occasion was celebrated with beer, like births, weddings, winster solstice and deaths of loved ones. In the 1800's a lot of people died as a result of disease, murder or simply freezing to death due to alcohol consumption, so the government started implimenting strict regulations on alcohol, like creating monopolies and only selling alcohol at certain hours. It seems to be a trend in the "beer belt" (countries where more beer than wine is consumed) of Europe to drink a lot during a short amount of time (usually weekends), also called binge drinking. Portugal would be a "wine county" so I suspect your drinking culture is different.
By the way, I thought I should mention that since you're from Portugal, there is a dish called bacalhau (we spell it "bacalao"), which has a very long history with Norway. Spanish and Norwegian mechants have bought Norwegian dried fish for centuries, and for at least 500 years they've used Norwegian dried fish to make bacalhau. The dish is even popular here in Norway.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacalhau
+Erik The Dread Thanks for your comment! I agree with you! I also think Norwegians are very polite and have a different "type" of personal space than mine. At the beginning was very confusing but now I'm quite used to it and I like it! :)
I already tried Bacalao and I really like it :) For us portuguese Bacalhau is the name of the fish, so Bacalhau means Torsk / cod fish, and we make several dishes with it. I think it's nice you had invented your own dish with torsk and called it Bacalao Hahah :)
Thanks so much for watching!
+Erik The Dread I.m afraid your not ”intruding” attitude is not just native, is also cultivated by your society in order to make you more obedient. I.m not intruding with the other, even if he cries out for help.The whole Europe speaks about the latest scandal with Barnavernet, but not your media. Why is that? Ok, you have faith in yours institutions, very nice, but your media should present facts, without interpretation or bad reference.
Ruxy Rux Excuse me? Whom am I obedient to? You know NOTHING about me yet presume to lecture me about my behaviour? Not only that, but you want to lecture me about the behaviour of my fellow Norwegians? How DARE you?
I don't care about some manufactured story sold by abusive parents to excuse their abuses. Either respect our laws or leave our country!
+Erik The Dread let em know my viking brother ^^
+Erik The Dread We're cold people, just accept it. Every person I've met have told me, people from UK, US, etc
That's it, I'm going to Norway and live there forever.
Same.
I moved last April so far it's a great experience
You are welcome😁
Hi, I would really like to know everything about moving there, pls send me some tips!
@@alihijazi6660 hey Ali can I contact u somehow regarding Norway like my insta Id is abhimanyu_ss
I thought it was normal everywhere on the planet to take your shoes off before you walk inside the home? :S
+Patriot'e Kurd Tesla im from Mexico and we NEVER take our shoes off when we walk inside the house, but in the other hand, we eat bacalao too!! that's crazy, usually on Christmas or New Year's Eve
+Patriot'e Kurd Tesla In Bulgaria we take our shoes off inside the house as well, so I was thinking like you. But when I went to Portugal I understood that people there walk with their shoes inside the house. To be honest, for me this is strange and I don't like it, cuz it leaves dirt all around plus it's uncomfortable. :D
+Patriot'e Kurd Tesla that doesnt make much sense since someone can steal your shoes or it can snow in your shoes lol. you walk in and leave the shoes inside near the door, hang your coat and go in.
Me too. Or else your flood gets really dirty very fast :S
+Andrea West Hihi, flood.
Hi. I liked it. I am Norwegian, lived many years in Australia. I was concidered rude just after I moved to Australia, because of my Norwegian way of talking to people, or rather not talking. Now I am back in Norway, almost scaring people I meet, because I adapted Aussie way of talking to strangers. I prefere the Aussie way
Well you posted this two years ago, so I don't know if you'll answer but I'll try:
How do Norwegians get to know each other when they like... don't talk at first? I feel like this question is super weird, but I'm genuinely wondering. How do you become friends?
I'm asking because I'll be going to Norway for half a year. I don't want to scare people off by getting too close into their personal space too fast, but I also really want to get to know natives and if possible make a friend or two...
@@11karotte
1. Norwegians gets extremely friendly and extroverted when they are drunk
2. We don't really mind when someone else is taking the initiative to get to know us, but most of us don´t like to be the one who "start the conversation" with a stranger, so don't be afraid to approach someone.
3. Avoid small talk,I think i can speak for almost every norwegian when I say that small talk is boring, awkward and that we want to avoid it. ;)
@@Mari-ru2lk hey thanks! :) This is a huge relief. Starting a conversation is something I have absolutely no problem with. And if I'm allowed to pass the tedious bit that is smalltalk quickly, I'm happy to do so :D
@@11karotte Did you end up going? How was it? I'm preparing for potentially studying abroad at UiO next year.
@@ikkirr Yes I went and it was awesome!
I don't know where you are from. But I am German and I realised that Germans have the same mindset as Norwegians (generally speaking of course) when it comes to superficial friendship. So basically when you befriend someone, they are friends for life. But what that also means is that you are not part of the group right away.
I have also lived in the US, Spain and Chile and there it is the other way around. Newcomers are taken in right away, which makes you feel at home much faster, but as soon as you are gone, you are forgotten.
Obviously these countries also have deep friendship. That's not what I want to say. Just that in general you have many superficial friends. Whereas in Norway and Germany you have few but good friends.
What I recommend deeply is going to one of the many clubs UiO has. There are always newcomers there so the friend structures are not as set in stone. Also one version of becoming friends is just being around each other a lot. And if your club has let's say three meetings a week you will be seeing these people a lot.
I was at the Capoeira (martial arts dance kind of thing... search it on UA-cam) and it was super cool and the people so friendly!
Also I don't know if you are learning Norwegian or not. But I strongly recommend it. It is my favorite language right now and that means something^^ It has a really nice flow and is very metaphoric. Also if you learn Norwegian, Norway will become accessible to you in a completely different way. And the advanced Norwegian courses at UiO are SO cool! Because all you do is talking and read interesting literature and then talk about that. And you will be people from all over the world so talking is really fun^^
Well that was quite some spam.
But if you read through this and still want to know more feel free to ask! :D
you try to tell me mhm'ing is not normal
+Shubelu Nzeogwu It isn't. Not like Norwegians and Swedes does it. We use "mhm" in so many ways. When you start listening to it, you can't unhear it.
mhm
+Shubelu Nzeogwu We say more MmM than mHm actually. Hard to explain by writing. The woman in this video didn't quite nail it.
so it's just us then? I do it all the time, thought it was normal... wow... we are so lazy
There is so many types of mhm-ing
Mhm😒
Mhm🙂
Mhm=Yes
Mhm=no
Mhmhh=haha
And many more😜
This is by far the best "typical Norway" video compared to others I've seen. The fact that you are not norwegian makes it better 😁
I hope you stay in Norway and get to experience the little things as well. 😊
I've been to Oslo last fall for a few days, and my first impression was that Norwegians are friendly, openminded people. Many had a smile on their face, and some were even singing and dancing to street music. I have read about the clichee of the reserved Norwegian, and there surely is truth in it, but I personally and as a tourist didn't experience it :)!
I'm norwegian, and I approve this message :-P
YAY!! :D
Off course you take your shoes off. It gets dirty if you don't ;-)
We do..but others don`t..It get`s dirty, but they are more conserned about their feet than their flores.. ;-)
I thought everyone kept their shoes on until you enter the house and put them on the floor by the door?
I lived in Spain for 9 years and were accustomed to drinking a glass of wine or a beer in the afternoon on a weekday. But when I moved to Bergen (to study nursing) and told my friends and others that I liked to drink a glass of wine (after a tiring day) they acted kind of shocked. I guess drinking (even a glass) on a weekday is associated with alcoholism? Which is strange considering they (now I’m generalizing) often wait to drink in huge amounts on the weekend.
So true
Come on.. Drinking alone is nice. I am Portuguese and one of the things I love the most is to get home after a working day and drink a few beers without no one to break my balls.
They're just weird and antisocial
Matpakke is any meal you prepare, pack, and take with you to eat on job, school, or hikes. That slice of bread is called smørbrød. Such packed meals often contain those slices of bread, but not necessarily.
Do you assemble the Smøbrød at school/work? In Australia we usually have sandwiches in our packed lunches but we use two slices of bread so you can make it at home and just wrap it up and take it like that.
+Lindsay May It's up to that certain person! When you're attending school it's normal to prepare it at home, and I guess it just depends on the job you have. My mum works at a school so she prepares it at the kitchen there, my dad delivers stuff so he prepares it at home, while I work at a library and I prepare it at home as well.
Big workplaces in Norway use to have cafeterias where you can buy whole meals or ingredients to assemble a meal, including slices of bread and sit down comfortably to eat. A typical pattern for many Norwegians is to take some packed food with you and add something from the cafeteria. Some big schools might have the same service, but most schools do not. In elementary schools cooking is a part of the curriculum. The kids use to sit down afterwards and eat the things they have made in the cooking class. Sometimes this is a whole dinner.
The problem with "typical things about Norway", in my opinion, is that it's such a "long" (not big) country, so both the weather, landscape, how people feel about the enviornment, how people socialize etc. varies quite a lot from where in Norway you're staying. For example I believe people from Northern Norway are quite different from people that lives in Oslo for example, both in good and bad ways.
+elinawesome Also, I am curious to where in Norway you're staying?
+elinawesome It,s wariations inside the country and people are quite different from plase to plase. You know this go to a cabin trip etc. Not all do that, i newer go on such trips otherwise if we have something with the worc etc and ewen then i just leave in the same moment the day is over.Also the people from inside the country. Telemark and all theese plases play on their culture to "sell" their region.Bergen where i,m from is a typical Norwegian west coast city. Quite something for itself with similarityes to other hanseatic cityes=)
Only good ways
I can not live in Oslo. It's not Norway for me anymore and way too international for me. In Bergan there is a junkie around every corner. One can kick syringes in the streets of Oslo. Big drug problem and my son is a Kings guard. We have a BIG drug problem that is in one's face.
Thank you. I love this. I am Norwegian descent. I have been born and raised in America and am so surprised at how Norwegian my family acts even though I've never been to Norway! I had no idea how very Norwegian I am.
Great video. Thanks for the info. I'm planning to visit Norway in the future. As I live in Portugal now, information from someone who knows both realities is particularly useful. Obrigado pelas informações
+RafaChannel3001 De nada!! I'm glad I could help :) I think you will love Norway!
I'm from Mexico, and i will go to Norway the next week, thank you for your tips hermosa señorita!
No you won`t.. If you are not rich, you can not afford to go to Norway..Eveything is very expensive here..
What does that have to do ? there are some very rich people in Mexico, you'd be surprised
In Poland we eat sandwitches the same way. To be honest I thought it was a worldwide thing.
lol me 2 im from norway going to poland this summer^^
Im visiting Bergen in December
That is really cool Bergen is awsome And weat
Ragnar Szymanski just a little warning it rains a lot!
true.sant:P
I love your hairstyle in this! So cute!! I found this video so interesting and educational, I love learning more about the world in such a personal way like this!
+Makayla Samountry I'm really glad you like it! I also like to learn more about other people experience in moving to other countries and all that so I enjoy making these myself too :P
Taking shoes off at home is not a worldwide thing? ;-;
***** their socks must be swetty af xd
Thomas Nygård no. No heated floors, you get cold feet. Need slippers. Can keep shoes on.
Rainer Hofstedt i dont have heated floors and i live in norway, even on the winter i dont use shoes inside
No
Americans don't for cultural reasons that i really don't want to bother explaining in depth. But a simple reason is because it's rude if your a guest, and annoying if you're a busy person and can't bother with messing with your shoes cause you're always in and out so much
I LOVED this video. It's always so funny hearing what people from other countries think about Norway and this has too be the best video I'v seen so far!
+TheEmiliaWorld Aww :) Thank you!
OMG this girl is extremely beutiful.
Because she is from europe
Yes, she looks healthy and alive.
Hell yes she is
What a great video :D! I'm from Brazil and have dreamed about going to Norway since I was 15. I'll watch every video you release from now on!
Aww thank you! Just dont give up on your dream and who knows, maybe one day you'll be in Norway ;)
I've never been but would love to go. I'm from Northumberland, England and have a Viking background (because you guys invaded us) so I feel like I would feel at home.
Very nice and true presentation of Norway and the Norwegian people, you definitively included the most important. Just one small correction concerning the Northern Light (Aurora Borealis) it's actually also active in the summer time but because of the light summer nights it's not so easy to see it, at least not in the northern part of the country. It's sounded like you had a great time here :-)
+la3dna Thank you for you're lovely comment! I do love living in Norway :) And you're completely right about the northern lights, I should have mention that :)
I love getting to know more about other countries! Norway seems incredible! Great video, beautiful
+Fernanda Britto I love Norway. I don't regret at all moving here :P Thank you so much for all your lovely comments! :D
I'm Norwegian and I giggled while watching this! Pretty much spot on haha. I love hearing people's opinion on Norway :D
+Emilie Haugen Hahah I'm happy that you liked it ;)
de er interessant og se hvordan andre opplever landet du bor i fordi di ikke er vandt til de
+Torjus Skinnarland Digger det.
Så der er ikke bare meg som ser på slike videoer for gøy XD
lol
Hey guys speak english, trying to understand this language.. LoL
Nah, when yall speak hindi we dont "TRY" to understand it :)
I'm Dutch, and we also have those machines with which you can exchange empty bottles for money (in some supermarkets), cheese slicers and eating bread with SOMETHING on top xD that's the most normal thing to eat for breakfast and lunch. Chocolate spread / sprinkles, peanut butter, cheese... anything ;)
I know right, I was thinking the same thing. Also saying "mhm" when listening to someone talking, that's not weird to me either. I do it all the time :"D
Norwegians are so fucking cool and progressive. I was in Oslo during their national day, 17th of may, and there were parties everywhere and I and my gay partner became really drunk, so we had hard sex in the middle of the street and the Norwegians did not mind at all, they just cheered on. And they are super non-racist. Many of the girls had sex with different ethnic minorities in the park just outside the kings castle, and the Norwegian men did not mind at all, so I believe there are no prejudice, sexism and racism in Norway. They really enjoy and support multiculturalism and sexual freedom/experimentation. Coolest nation on earthy of you ask me!!!!
My friend from Oslo came to visit me this week. I remember her asking if I wanted her to take her shoes off at the door. I told her she didn't have to. I was so happy to meet her finally after knowing her online for 13 years. Her and her mom are so sweet and so beautiful.
I'm Norwegian xD This was funny to watch haha! Yes.. Norwegian culture is weird..
Ikke kødd med norge
+Benjamin Grønsveen oo
+Benjamin Grønsveen Kødder med Norge om jeg vil, så det så! ;)
+1337million jeezuz hva skjedde der...
Take two:
Kødder med Norge om jeg vil, så det så! ;)
+Sivert leinan Just watch at your little dumb brother Germany, every day here feels like in a cabin for people with a psychical disease xD
I just stumbled upon your channel, and I'm glad I did.
It's always interesting, fun, and sometimes very revealing seeing your own country's social customs and traditions, your way of life and way of interacting with those around you, while looking in a "cultural mirror" provided by someone from another country.
Loved hearing about your experiences, and I have to say, not just based on this video, that you absolutely nailed a lot of it.
Can't wait to visit Portugal one day, and definitely learn some Portuguese. IMO it's one of the most beautiful languages for singing, along with Italian. I listen to quite a few Poruguese and Brazilian artists, but unlike Italian, I can't understand more than a word here or there. Just love how it flows with music!
I did not know that sound was not normal x) haha
I LOVED that you mentioned that in winter whenever we go inside anywhere it is insanely hot. I absolutely hate it. I wish they kept the temperatures in shops a bit cooler in winter, but I understand it sucks for the people working there if it is too cold.
+Hayley Jeffs It's such a big temperature different sometimes xD And it's really annoying having to take off my coat, put it on, take it off..... hahah xD
It is not only the coat though; there are your gloves, scarf and hat, and in the really cold weather I wear wool-undergarments. So if I am going to be inside a long time I have to find a bathroom and take off those too! When I get a car it will not be as troublesome.
+Hayley Jeffs yup.. i know exactly what you are talking about :P
Such an excellent video. I learned something new . Beautiful pictures ! Canada and Norway have somethings in common like the sound they make when they agree on something , cold and northern lights . By the way I like your flannel .
+Lauren Basamot Canada sounds great! I've never been there. That's so funny that they also make the sound :P My flannel it's from H&M. I love it too ;)
Cute video :) Nice editing and nice choice of BGM. The "matpakke" is a general term though in the most literal sene. Matpakke directly translated means food packet and can contain everything from the more mondaine stuff like a slice of bread with a slice of brunost to more elaborate stuff like panini or other fingerfood.
Norwegian here, i approve this video!
Oh Dinkelberg same ;D
Watching this as a Norwegian was extremely funny. You did a good job explaining things and your observation is pretty much spot on.
+Camilla Rojas I'm glad you think that :P Thank you!
My mother tells me i must start saying ''yes'' instead of the ''mhmm'' sound, because she thinks it's ''rude''
Much is right, but the midnight sun only occurs in the northernmost part of Norway that is very far away from the southernmost parts. This lice of bread width additions is called "smørbrød". "Matpakke" is packed ready made food you take with you to school, work, hikes and whereever. Those packages typically contain "smørbrød", but can contain anything.
A hotel guest in Chicago stopped at the front desk. "I'm supposed to meet someone at the airport. How should I get there?" tHE DESK CLERK SAID, "yOU'RE sWEDISH, AREN'T YOU? i CAN TELL BY YOUR ACCENT." tHE FOREINER SAID, "nO, i'M nORWEGIAN. bUT i"VE NEEN SICK."
I accidentally clicked into this video, and I'm glad it happened! I heard about Norway by the name itself, but never get in depth with it. I thought the cabin experience is very interesting. Thank you for sharing your insight about it. Keep up the good work!
+Moniphal Bing Thank you! I'm glad you liked it :)
Well it seems Canada has a lot in common with Norway then.
+Poufkimashoula1 yeah, its a lot like norway, ;)
+Poufkimashoula1 Recognize since AD 1000
***** What? New Zealand has snow?
+Cellar Door Actually, the part in the mountains in the lord of the rings were supposed to be from Norway, but because the government didn't allow for the equipment to be driven up in the mountains, but had to be flown by helicopter (due to preservation of nature), it was too expensive and they had to find another country with nature just like ours ----> New Zealand. :D
*****
it is usually like -40 celsius in the northern part of norway in the winter.
The very cold weather probably led to a culture of not being very social. They don't want to hang out in a park all day in the cold.
shes fucking adorable af, Im dying
The slice of bread is just called brødskive, but a packed lunch is called matpakke. But us Norwegians usually just eat bread for lunch
Norwegians afraid of giving people criticism? What Norway was this? We're certainly better at that, than we are at compliments. :D
that agreeing noise we make is so on the spot! its so true
those eyes.... I just got myself lost in them
Probably the best description of Norway I've heard so far.
+T3n50r Awww! That is so nice of you to say! Thank you!
I love your accent. :D I'm watching tons of videos like this to try and learn about Norway. I hope to move there after I graduate high school.
Cloud25XD omg same! I wanna study in Norway and after that live there (:
Cloud25XD samee
Everything seemed on point, particularly the part about us being generally closed/reserved initially towards new people.
Johan, certified ninja!
hahaha
Highly appreciated the time taken here. Time and introspection has made abundantly clear I should have been born across the pond, and whilst living on the eastern coast of the U.S., I mean to rectify this error in geological placement within a couple of years.
Norway is high on the list, as well France, Scotland, Ireland, and others. This bit has been informative and uplifting in motivation. Cheers~
+Ryv Mutsu You're very welcome. I'm glad I could help :)
"Just a precaution I guess", I like that. Know this video is ancient now, but I'll comment anyway. First of, we only sell beer in the store, nothing with an alcohol level above 5%, for that you have to go to a liquor store, we call them polet, from monopolet, which means monopoly, because traditionally our government has a monopoly on the sale of alcohol. This changed a few year ago so now we can at least buy beer like normal people, but wine or spirits you still need to go to polet. I think they stop the sale so early to give pubs a chance to survive. Alcohol is heavily taxed here, they say it's to prevent us from drinking, but in reality it's just to make extra tax money, before the oil we used to be really poor. And because alcohol is so expensive, especially in pubs, most people will avoid pubs, or at the very least drink a bunch before they go to one. I think these heavy restrictions on alcohol actually make the drinking culture a lot worse, it's like peoples logic is "if I'm going to spend this much on something I better at least get shitfaced or it will have been a waste". I think that if alcohol was cheaper and more easily accessible we'd have a more normal drinking culture. This is also why Norwegians on vacation are always drunk out of their minds, because alcohol is so cheep everywhere else so it seems like a total waste to not drink as much as you possibly can while you're there. We're also very repressed, like you pointed out, so we need loads of alcohol to reproduce, it's the only way we meet new people.
I'm from Brazil and I have much interest in things of Norway. I loved your video ...
"Matpakke" means lunch and we call the slice of bread "brødskive" 🇳🇴👻
Matpakke = Packed lunch , Packed meal
We are not shy, we are reserved, we enjoy our personal space, and we assume you do too, that is it.
Give me a bottle of vodka and I'll talk for hours. :)
+Rebellen007 Or heimbrent ;)
+CrazyGamerZ4G u mean moonshine? kid
+Markus-Olsen0_0 no one calls it moonshine in norway you moron.
+Markus-Olsen0_0 Haha you two guys are funny stupid fuckers
+Rebellen007 well this escalated quickly....
Norwegian here. :) Probably mentioned already, but the bread in matpakke is called "skive" like a slice. Matpakke is traditionally a slice/skive or more, but these days a matpakke could consist of youghur, musli, a saladbowl, flatbread etc. As long as you brought it from home and is homemade, it usually is considered a matpakke. So if bread is not your style and you want to call your brought stuff matpakke, be my guest. :)
Wen we say "mmm" is just so the people ho speak understanding that we understand they.
Sorry my English 🤣😂
Matpakke translates to "food package". While it usually will contain sliced bread with spreads or toppings, it doesn't have to. "Lunch box" is a close translation, but of course, the Norwegian way is usually to wrap the bread in paper - thus the name "matpakke".
"norwegians just dissapear"
The Norwegian 'shyness' stereotype is funny and is sometimes true, but over the last 60 years we have really opened up to the world and it isn't that prevalent anymore. You have to remember that before the modern age of transportation it was really difficult to get around and since Norway is traditionally a land where people survived living off the land (agriculture/farming) there was huge distances often between you and your nearest neighbor. Which explains where this culture of being a bit withdrawn maybe comes from.
+UltraMato Very interesting! I have never really thought about this! thank you for your comment :)
I am french living in Paris but I lived in Trondheim for five months in the context of an Erasmus. Best five months of my life. This country is awesome and people in Norway are really kind and seems pretty happy. Love the language too. And well, norwegian girls are absolutely wonderful and many young people are so sporty !
PS : Brunost is the worst cheese I have ever tasted. And I am french so I am supposed to have good references xD Sorry Norwegian friends :D But I love every thing else in your country :)
+Flyout91 Two years ago I was also an Erasmus exchange student in Trondheim! :)
+Flyout91 Haha I am Norwegian, and I have to agree with you. Brunost really is the worst cheese, but I guess it's one of those things you have to try many times to make 'em good. I just don't want to eat it enough times for it to be good haha :)
+Flyout91 Objection! Brunost is awesome!
Well, in my opinion ;p
I am a norwegian and i eat brunost almost every day:))
Haha I also tasted something as weird as brunost : I think it was called fish oil. Amazingly awful x)
I’m from Minnesota in the US, and it’s amazing how many cultural things in MN probably started in Norway. Minnesota was settled by mostly Scandinavians.
Haha, it hardly reaches 20 degrees here in summer.
+LSogE3 I guess it depends on where in the country you stay. The stretch between Oslo and Kristiansand usually have summers in the 25c range but they also have cold snowy winters. The Bergen area usually have summers in the 20c range and winters with little to no snow and temperatures between 0c to 5c, so mild winters and mild summers there.
123biffer Dude, i spend the entire summer in a town called Mandal at the very southern tip of Norway, and there it is only between 18 and 24 degrees maximum in the summer.
+LSogE3 Two years ago I was in a small place south of Kristiansand, stayed there for 7 days. It was between 30c and 32c every day. I asked a local if it was common temperature there during summer, he answered that it was more common with temperatures around 25c.
+LSogE3 Mandal is a nice place to live.. (lived ther for 1 year, but now i live far north in Noray.. Sun 24/7 at the summer!!!
LS you lieing bitch lmao
I'm from Canada and we have Northern Lights - multicolored, take our shoes off at door, go camping in tents in winter with no water etc, we ski, snowboard, snowmobile, and go sleding. BUT we are very friendly and probably talk to much and apoligise to often... lol. We say "eh" instead of "hmm". I am half norwiegn but have never been to norway so your video was very very interesting. Canada sounds similar in many ways, especially in N. Alberta, Canada where we also have long darker winters and light at midnight in summer. Wonderful video... keep it up I have subbed.
Many things, like the one about the sounds they make to agree or show that they are listening, are the same in Germany. :D
To me their summers sound perfect actually, haha.
I don't like it's when it's too hot, though I guess to many people tempretures over that wouldn't be hot at all. :)
+DarkChiasa I also really like the summer here in Norway! For me it's not hot at all (I come from Portugal and we have really hot temperatures). But I really like Norwegian summer :D
Very similar to Iceland, where I am living :D except it's not very cold there, at least in Reykjavík. This year we had a minimum of -6°c but just for one day.
I approve of this message 😄
The tunnels... So many tunnels... But then again, half of Norway is made of rocks and mountains.
+Anne Lise True :P
I really enjoyed their bathroom, with a warm floor.
+roucoupse Oh yes!!! I love that! :D
And the down bed and comforter! So nice
Weather and seasons varies grately from part to part of Norway. I have lived both up north as well as in the southwest, and the climate is totally different - no surprise. The distance from Oslo to Hammerfest is the same as Oslo to Rome. Also, here in the southwest, we hardly ever have snow at winter.
I normally have a bowl of müesli and some sort of plant milk for lunch.
Northern lights are around the whole year, but you need darkness to see it. I have seen northern lights in September.
I know more Norwegians without a cabin than with one...
you like brunost. thank you. I like you. and i totally agree with all of this
+Olav Wiik Moland To be honest, at the beginning I didn't quite liked it. But then it kinda grew in me. I love it especially with some strawberry jam :D
I know right. And there are so many different types of brunost. The Christmas ones are delicious. You should try it on Norwegian waffles with strawberry jam and suor creme. Yum.
When I go abroad i "smuggle" it with me once I was asked if it were some kind of drug...
Olav Wiik Moland Hahaha I tried with the waffles already and it's delicious! But I never tried other types of brunost besides the "most common one". I have to investigate that xD
Do that my favorite is the one called bestemorost (I think) and it's much sweeter
I will definitely try it! :D
Matpakke is more like when you have packed the lunch, a slice of bread is just called that, a slice of bread(brødskive)
But what is interesting is that we have a name for whatever we put on top of the bread, pålegg, which basicly means something to put on top.
for some odd reason, once you passed the middle going upp, the ditance between two places becomes exponantely longer, as she sais, its takes you seven houers to get from oslo and like half way upp, but from there, it takes you 10 houers to get 3/4ths upp, and after that, it takes you 15 houers to get to the top, its just an odd experience.
+Torben Skylstad The top Third of Norway is the 2 counties Finnmark and Troms. That gets you from Nordkapp to Narvik. The middle Third is Nordland and Nord-Trøndelag. That gets you to Trondheim. And the bottom Third are the other 15 counties.
+Fixti0n Takes 7 hours with what? Car? Because with airplane you can get from Oslo all the way to Kirkenes in just 2-3 hours
Maane Ulv oh, im sorry for not specefying, i was talking about riding a unicycle.
+Maane Ulv yeah but its 3 hours to Italy with plane from Oslo aswell so that says something
LH11 welp, when i lived down in Vestagder, i used less time to go to china then i used to go back home upp in the north.
HEY! I'm from Norway. One, we often sat goodbye in norway at partyes, it's just in the big night clubs we dont say goodbye. Two, the highway is actually pretty good. Three, -15 celsius is not cold at all, we usually have about -20. Just that you know
A really great video! I'm not offended at all :)
+Marte J.R. YAY! :D
Da er du ikke norsk
Im living in Northern germany, Schleswig-Holstein and i need to say Norway and Northern Germany are very similar to each other. Most of my family living in Norway, I was raised here in Germany and when you can speak German ist very easy to learn Norwegian.
Midnight sun, must be so romantic
+Alex Torres midnight sun means midnight seagulls sex. "helps" you sleep. and then the other little tweeters start singing their songs as well.
so there was this american that came to norway and wanted to see the midnight sun. so at midnight she went out, but all she found was the regular sun...
"Matpakke" is not only a slice of bread with something on. It is a lunch (any kind of food) that you bring to your work/school/trip. It is therefor not a kind of food, but a way that you bring your food so you can eat it where you are going so you don't need too buy your food. ;) :-)
Where in Norway do you live? The snow, weather and especially the midnight sun varies on which place you live.
we in sweden make fun of norwegian people for eating a sandwich for lunch, in swedish we say "jäkla norrbagge som bara äter ostmacka till lunch" which translates roughly to "damn norwegian bug that only eats cheese sandwiches for lunch" we say it in love so no worry
+bafdfd Hahah I actually thought that you also eat those in Sweden! I guess I was wrong hehe :)
I've never been to Oslo, so I can't really compare it properly to Sandnes where I live, it sounds very different tho :o
+UnexcitingChris ok tenk stavanger bare med ekstremt mange narkomaner
martin eike :s
+martin eike Haha:)
Koss e det forskjellig d e jo snø i vinter her i Stavanger og skjønneche ka du meine for å være heilt ærlige??
leste sandnes som "sadness", men å bo i sandnes er jo ganske trist da
Loved this. Cute and sometimes quite accurate observations. From your photos it looks like you have seen great parts of our country. I am Norwegian, but I have lived in Brasil and Portugal too. Portugal for 5 years, so I believe I know where you are coming from regarding your observations. Norwegians need to hear how other people perceive us. Love your country and go back whenever I can. I think it is great that you have chosen Norway to practice your education, we need you!
I am Norwegian and this was pretty funny to see😆👍.
More like middle eastern
Well in the western part of norway we are lucky just to have a sunny day. The last years there has been raining most of the time and almost no snow. The water here is freezing all the time and many stormy days. I am norwegian but have only Bern on the rasering side of norway 1 time. And it was pretty different from where i live. It Rauma a lot more in the west norway and theres a lot of sun in the other side.
But thus to the rain we have a big and beautiful landscape that is unbelievable to watch from the top of the mountains.
haha, fin og informerende video! :D
+ali ayazoglu Haha takk! :D
Its called a brødskive, but if you bring it somewhere its called a matpakke. So you if you bring the brødskive at work, its called a matpakke
Is Norway expensive? That's the one I hear often.
+Nerflover10097 Its expensive for turists and visitors, but if you live in Norway and have a normal Norwegian job you wont notice a big difference.
Everything here costs a shit ton of money, but it makes up for our huge pay checks.
The only things that are super expensive even for a Norwegian is unhealthy products like tobacco and alcohol, and also cars that pollute a lot etc.
Do you still use krone or have you switched to euros? Is that why its expensive?
Even for us, Norway feels very expensive. Like I am not willing to pay 50 krone just for chocolate, or 100 krone for a normal-sized block of Norvegia cheese. It's fucking crazy
+Nerflover10097 we use krone, kroner in plural. The reason its expensive is bc we make so much money for normal norwegian jobs, so we can afford it. But like mentioned in the comments: unhealthy products are more expensive and many Norwegians is not comfortable using much money on those things. We also have high taxes to Pay for our general public healthcare, schools and things like that. So... If YouRe gonna move here: Get a Job fast. Then you wont notice that much of a shock when shopping.
I am Norwegian Not a lot of job opportunities for foreign workers though.
you can buy weak beer and cider almost at every food store and you can buy it 24/7 if that shop is open 24/7.
and the bottle thingy is you pay 2.5 kroner or 1.5 kroner more for the bottle and you get that back when you put it in the machine, so you are more likely to use that instead of throwing the bottle away
My reaction to entire video : mhhmmm mhmmm mhmmm mhmmm mhmmmm
Thank you for the frank review of my country, it's nice to see that other peoples can enjoy our culture. :)
off course! you are very welcome! I think It would be real fun for me to hear what other people have to say about Portugal too haha
Kul video! :) stå på!
+KimKewl Takk! :D
Alcohol sale closes at 8 PM on weekdays, 6 PM on Saturdays.
Great video.You look beautifull😊
Thank you!
I'm Norwegian, and i didn't know that people in other countries take their shoes inside the house! Also, as u mentioned, we have A little "shoeplace" beside the frontdoor.
It was fun to watch a portugese talking about their experiences in Norway! :-)
+amanda chen I'm glad you like it! I definitely learned something from Norway and one of those is taking the shoes to walk inside the house! And I will do that forever xD
Hahaah we Germans have the same Style of living :-)
+xHatorx1 That's really nice! Maybe that is why there are so many Germans in Norway. You can adapt better than me :P Heheh
I have heard that they learn German easy in Norway, Denmark and Hungary.
Regarding the Northern Lights: they can happen any time of the year, it's just that unless it is winter the sun is usually too bright for you to see them. Therefore it feels like they only happen in winter, but it's actually that you can only _see_ them in winter. There are exceptions of course, but I'm generalizing.