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  • @KathyMort
    @KathyMort 5 років тому +733

    This guy haven't been outside of any cities by the way he talks about public transportation and cars. Cars are required to live on a daily basis in most areas, especially the coast.

    • @dyrepoliti
      @dyrepoliti 5 років тому +22

      Yes. I grew up in a village about 4000 +/- a few hundred. In Northern Norway.

  • @emil.........
    @emil......... 5 років тому +296

    There are actually relatively many rich people there, Norway has more billionaires per capita than the US

  • @kristoffervatshelle1418
    @kristoffervatshelle1418 5 років тому +380

    The way he says «takk for maten» is very very good considering he’s not norwegian

  • @DocProctor
    @DocProctor 5 років тому +289

    We don't call it the state church anymore, we've separated state and church because more than 50% of the population isn't religious.

  • @София-д3р7д
    @София-д3р7д 5 років тому +151

    Most of us actually own cars but not In big cities, kind of like it is in Newyork. For big cities public transports are prefered more.

  • @homla8116
    @homla8116 5 років тому +226

    I in Norwegian by city;
    Oslo: jeg
    Bergen: eg
    Sandnessjøen: æg
    Narvik: æ
    Toten: je
    There's about 400 different dialects (some are so different from each other natives struggle and have to switch to "Oslo/bokmål" to communicate) and two written forms of Norwegian (yes we have to learn both).
    Have fun!

    • @DocProctor
      @DocProctor 5 років тому +32

      Ålesund: E
      The small villages and islands surrounding Ålesund: Ej
      Molde: I
      Etc.

  • @fredmidtgaard5487
    @fredmidtgaard5487 5 років тому +102

    I'm happy he got a good impression. Norway is quite nice actually. The prices are high but so are the salaries.

  • @Telegon_
    @Telegon_ 5 років тому +50

    Thank you for this beautiful country🇳🇴 we call it a second home. From 🇵🇭

  • @AdaKitten
    @AdaKitten 5 років тому +186

    2 month vacation? No, 5 weeks, and most can only spend 4 of them in a row, so to speak. Listening to this man, and another one from this same channel, I have to say Im struck by how nice they are, and polite. We, as Norwegians, are as good or bad as everyone else, I think.

    • @kristoffervatshelle1418
      @kristoffervatshelle1418 5 років тому +14

      Katharina Kolbjørnsen i think thats because we are too god at critisizing ourselves in norway

    • @buleulek5153
      @buleulek5153 5 років тому +3

      You are not helpful but selfish catching hitchhiking is a miracle and this is an example

  • @WolfFireheart
    @WolfFireheart 5 років тому +50

    Never realised "saft" was something anyone would consider strange xD
    But I guess it kinda is? xD
    "Sing-song language" Cheers mate, I like that one, I'm taking it as compliment xD
    And thank you for all the kind words about my home.

  • @espekelu3460
    @espekelu3460 5 років тому +56

    You forgot to tell that people pay taxes in Norway! Many pay 35% of their wages in taxes! That is why we have little poverty, as these are assisted by the Social Office. And we get help in hospitals without having to pay for it! Due to tax.+++

  • @jorgenfischer
    @jorgenfischer 5 років тому +42

    Man, his norwegian is on point! Glad you enjoyed it here!

  • @DavidHansson1978
    @DavidHansson1978 4 роки тому +30

    According to the United Nations, the 10 happiest countries in 2019 are:
    Finland
    Denmark
    Norway
    Iceland
    The Netherlands
    Switzerland
    Sweden
    New Zealand
    Canada
    Austria
    The United States did not make the list.

  • @yaminitowolf1699
    @yaminitowolf1699 4 роки тому +45

    He said “takk for maten” better than me and i’m from Norway

  • @MrFlaten92
    @MrFlaten92 5 років тому +17

    Stores are usually open from 27th-31st of december, if 24th of december ( christmas eve) is on a friday, Monday-Thursday is normal (27th-30th). Stores on New Years eve closes earlier, the same is on Christmas Eve.

  • @gurosneve5384
    @gurosneve5384 5 років тому +18

    In the city the bus and subway goes every 6 minutes but on the countryside the bus goes every 6 HOURS and if you miss the last one you have to walk 7 miles home.

  • @ottoolsen9676
    @ottoolsen9676 4 роки тому +9

    There are actually more weapons per capita in Norway, than there are in the US, we just do not use them to shoot at each other. and all weapons must be registered with the police, and one must have a hunting license, or be a member of a weapons / gun club, to be able to buy them. there are of course exceptions, here like all other places. the police, as he says, do not use weapons unless it is a serious incident.

  • @MrGeirPaulsen
    @MrGeirPaulsen 5 років тому +47

    His norwegian was really good! :)

  • @pizzaisyourlife
    @pizzaisyourlife 5 років тому +23

    We appreciate the kind words! Your Norwegian is really good! You’re pronunciation is very good as well! Håper du får et fint liv videre, kamerat!

  • @simenhasselberg5864
    @simenhasselberg5864 5 років тому +19

    Thanks for the kind words🇧🇻🇺🇸

  • @Toreld52
    @Toreld52 4 роки тому +5

    We only have 5 weeks holiday during the year.
    But one can only do 3 or 4 weeks in one go during summer. The rest you can do whenever you want during the year.
    But then we have also xmas holiday, easter holiday and more shorter holidays.
    So . well it adds up nicely.

  • @anemarieh.a6456
    @anemarieh.a6456 5 років тому +35

    So... I’m from Norway, and this made me laugh so hard and I don’t know why😂

  • @pederharila3243
    @pederharila3243 5 років тому +96

    Norwegians are outgoing 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @allpinguinsmustdie
    @allpinguinsmustdie 5 років тому +28

    I'm gonna correct you on the church thingy, Norway doesn't have a state church anymore. It's more secular now.

  • @Bjorn2055
    @Bjorn2055 5 років тому +15

    OECD: middle class
    US 50%
    Norway 70%
    EU Poverty rate (below 60% net median):
    US 30% (less welfare)
    Norway 15% (rent, utilities, food)
    Shopping area: pedestrian area
    Most important thing though:
    Prices are high bc avg wages are twice that of US, taxation similar (payroll, soc sec + health ins)
    Norwegians have 5 weeks vacation by law, paid sick leave and paid parental leave.
    Home ownership:
    US 63%
    Norway: 81%

  • @daniel71626
    @daniel71626 5 років тому +20

    You really picked up a lot. Im from Norway and im impressed. I only tried whale 2 times. It is very expencive i think. And it is more like eating meat with a little bit of fish oli.

  • @geirsolemdal
    @geirsolemdal 4 роки тому +3

    love the video! and true, Norway are real safe

  • @endrebusethhelland1040
    @endrebusethhelland1040 5 років тому +7

    thank you for those kind words about my beautiful country

  • @lisataylor4882
    @lisataylor4882 4 роки тому +4

    Discovered your video and would love to visit when Covid is over. Ohio USA

  • @SURFpal
    @SURFpal 5 років тому +6

    These Christian ambassadors are super polite, with an extremely positive attitude. Also his colleagues. Smart to re-edit an old series.

    • @saxojon
      @saxojon 5 років тому +1

      I've seen a couple of these interviews and they all seem like really nice people who accepts our way of living despite this being a very secularised society. I like that.

  • @mortenb3606
    @mortenb3606 5 років тому +13

    3:45 shot thats good norwegian man

  • @louiselunde2348
    @louiselunde2348 5 років тому +25

    noen norske her eller?

  • @ovehall6359
    @ovehall6359 5 років тому +16

    Norway has developed some in the later years. There is Sunday open shops now, and shops who delivers food products. And yes I love fish, but lutefisk is no good :~)

  • @ahatjallabaisen8413
    @ahatjallabaisen8413 5 років тому +9

    Han var glad i norge gitt 🇳🇴

  • @youdontknow4264
    @youdontknow4264 4 роки тому +1

    4:53 thats few store open but the stores are just open 3/4 of the shop.

  • @richardnelson3227
    @richardnelson3227 4 роки тому +4

    Norway is the best! Wonderful country

  • @k.a.stensson
    @k.a.stensson 5 років тому +5

    Thank you for the kind words =)

  • @oddsmith5872
    @oddsmith5872 5 років тому +20

    And that guys, is a fella who see what he wants to see. Best regards, Norwegian

  • @Slothlodge
    @Slothlodge 5 років тому +14

    We have 5 weeks vacation. Not «months» 😅

  • @erna-karinpolden6331
    @erna-karinpolden6331 4 роки тому +3

    Where in Norway did this person live?

  • @losnm1ckj4gger52
    @losnm1ckj4gger52 5 років тому +10

    btw I live in the North-west part of the country and there we say e or eg

  • @dinisianturi
    @dinisianturi 5 років тому +4

    i think i met him in gamle (old city ) in stavanger ..! perhaps .. :D

  • @Vidar.m
    @Vidar.m 5 років тому +12

    Everything cost several times more in norway then neighbour countrys. Grocery stores have overpriced food and lousy selection.

  • @Newcards4u
    @Newcards4u 5 років тому +23

    We are just better at shaming the poor from showing.. Doesn't mean we don't have them, just that nobody sees them.
    Even the old has difficult to live, as they have less than the lowest income to live off..

  • @bluegintaro2745
    @bluegintaro2745 5 років тому +3

    Gas stations and some grocerystores are open on sundays!

  • @torgunvaldh.thorsen4291
    @torgunvaldh.thorsen4291 5 років тому +7

    It's always funny to see from their views :)

  • @kikoff88
    @kikoff88 5 років тому +24

    Well... I guess we have it pretty good. 😊
    Also. Other countries. Get on the felles ferie program.

  • @HalvorJ
    @HalvorJ 5 років тому +5

    I am form Norway!!! 😀😀

  • @oh515
    @oh515 5 років тому +7

    Nice words 👍😊 But the most of us do have.cars. We are not so many people so you don’t get quite the same traffic you are used to. The shops are open from December 26. to 31. if none of this days falls on a Sunday. The most of us is secular or none believers. We automatically become members of the church when we still had state church.a decade ago. What ever. The most of it was spot on.

  • @Surdeigt
    @Surdeigt 4 роки тому +2

    Your pronunciation is great! Rarely hear Americans with such a good pronunciation ☺️

  • @jespernjaa8990
    @jespernjaa8990 5 років тому +4

    IT is a tradition in Norway to eat Brown chees i am from norway

  • @withoutwarningwow
    @withoutwarningwow 4 роки тому

    + rep 4 a good report from Norway.. love from a norwegian

  • @dyrepoliti
    @dyrepoliti 5 років тому +7

    As a native Norwegian🤣

  • @kilipaki87oritahiti
    @kilipaki87oritahiti 5 років тому +9

    Lol there are tons of poor people in Norway, and poverty is a growing problem, as the difference between rich and poir only gets bigger. It’s just not as noticeable as in 3rd world countries...most people here can afford the same things, so on the outside they may not appear like the struggle, but behind closed doors...it’s more visible in other areas like vacation, activities outside of school etc. Also unless you live in Oslo like me, and rarely go outside the city border, then you may not meed a car, but everywhere else, you do. Unless you wanna walk in the cold, and rain, or take public transportation which outside the big cities is shite. I grew up in the suburbs/country side, where the bus comes once every hour. Not fun...you have to plan everything when it comes to time management and transportation unless you don’t wanna be able to get back home at night lol. Sure there are taxis/cabs, but expensive. Like in most countries, it’s one thing to just come here for a short period of time, vacay etc, than to actually live here permanently. Most of these people has not lived in Oslo, but on the west coast of Norway like cities like Bergen/Stavanger which is quite different to Oslo.

  • @tebpixels3409
    @tebpixels3409 4 роки тому +4

    Only those working in education have two months summer vacation, the rest have about one month.

  • @noisette82kapo49
    @noisette82kapo49 3 роки тому

    You have an extremely positive and quiet way of talking. 👍🏻💕

  • @CatsrielDreemurr
    @CatsrielDreemurr 4 роки тому +1

    So i live in norway, so this was fun to watch :D

  • @TomBartram-b1c
    @TomBartram-b1c 4 роки тому +2

    The number of refugees is in fact very low. It just appears like a lot because it's a tiny country. It has fewer people than a normal size city in the USA.

  • @Larservik
    @Larservik 5 років тому +3

    Great job explaining Norway :-) I recognized something true from my life in every theme you mentioned !

  • @Pebba
    @Pebba 4 роки тому +4

    Not even norwegians like "lutefisk" 😄

  • @gullfeber
    @gullfeber 4 роки тому +2

    "public transportation works very well there"

  • @Franni1996
    @Franni1996 5 років тому +5

    We just have 5 weeks of vecation a year.

  • @nicklasdotsetsveen7845
    @nicklasdotsetsveen7845 5 років тому +8

    This guy is werry good at speaking norweagin...

  • @christopherjullumkise8630
    @christopherjullumkise8630 4 роки тому +2

    There is some awesome stuff over here - - but this is a bit to romantic.
    I am glad he had a good time, but it's not really this golden over here.
    Thanks for all the compliments though.

  • @veo1960
    @veo1960 4 роки тому +2

    Dear mr. ? Come wisiting and I PROMISE You the "lutefisk" will not remotely remind You of anything "jellyish"! If it does, I don't eat it! "Lutefisk" shall have the texture like well cooked cod! The extra that should come with "lutefisk" is the concentrated flavour. And then some.... :-) Extras should be fried bacon, green pea purée, bechamel sauce with plenty of nutmeg, real norwegian goat's cheese and the one You don't miss: The legendary Almond potato, which is the potato that is mainly grown in the regions of Norway where the dish originally came from. Bon appetite!

  • @TJ-po9ol
    @TJ-po9ol 5 років тому +9

    Take a shot everytime he says "a lot of people", I dare you

  • @sindretorstenson8154
    @sindretorstenson8154 5 років тому +5

    Almost no one i know takes long vacations. Its to expensive even for us Norwegians. It only the really rich that take long holidays. Most people just travel around localy in norway

    • @hanfrekkejveln4111
      @hanfrekkejveln4111 5 років тому +5

      Traveling anywhere else than locally in Norway costs you more than a flight ticket to Spain + hotel for a week 😂

  • @Nordbish
    @Nordbish 5 років тому +25

    To be fair, we ain't anything special - Norway

  • @philsnorway
    @philsnorway 5 років тому +3

    NORWAY IS ONE OF THE RICHES COUNTRY OF THE WORLD. THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALWAYS HAVE A HELPING HANDS TO HELP US.

  • @turids.mjatveit9203
    @turids.mjatveit9203 4 роки тому +1

    Wery good to speak Norwegian.

  • @Rainy_Day12234
    @Rainy_Day12234 2 роки тому

    Norway won the lottery with its large oil reserves.

  • @MrDalgard
    @MrDalgard 5 років тому +5

    We do have Homeless people, but you rarely see them, we are too proud and humble to sit an beg for money.

    • @hanfrekkejveln4111
      @hanfrekkejveln4111 5 років тому +2

      You rarely see homeless people in Norway because you can't see if he/she's homeless. They don't look like the ones you see on TV you know.

  • @nordby1000
    @nordby1000 5 років тому +6

    Lutefisk is realy good... And walesteak is mayby the best we have in Norway

  • @00Sunburn00
    @00Sunburn00 5 років тому +4

    A lot of Norwegians don't like Lutefisk either...

  • @tanfer2003
    @tanfer2003 Рік тому

    Norway is amazing but about public transportation away from cities really need to improve. If you compare for eg Switzerland, where there are public transportation even at the top of the mountains..

  • @olven7142
    @olven7142 4 роки тому +3

    Takk for maten
    Tanks for the food

  • @larsmonsen88
    @larsmonsen88 4 роки тому +1

    Hvor er baderommet?

  • @leonomholt5623
    @leonomholt5623 5 років тому +4

    We norwegians dont always eat with fork and knife we dont eat taco, pizza, chiken wings and muche more with fork and knife

  • @richardrosebealprestonjohn3144
    @richardrosebealprestonjohn3144 5 років тому +3

    What about fiskeballe and goats milk cheese?

  • @sofiestorliolsen6808
    @sofiestorliolsen6808 4 роки тому +3

    I feel like 90% of People Who Watch this is Norwegian. I am🍠

  • @youdontknow4264
    @youdontknow4264 4 роки тому +2

    Riskrem is the best ever!!

  • @entity9835
    @entity9835 5 років тому +2

    I live in Norway

  • @jopelynamadcarmelotes9204
    @jopelynamadcarmelotes9204 5 років тому +17

    I preferred a Norwegian guy ❤️

  • @torgunvaldh.thorsen4291
    @torgunvaldh.thorsen4291 5 років тому +3

    Yes some eats lutefisk but pinne kjøtt and ribbe

  • @gorantanko9849
    @gorantanko9849 5 років тому +3

    ELSKER NORGE💪❤

  • @ErgoDog
    @ErgoDog Рік тому

  • @hansmarius9038
    @hansmarius9038 4 роки тому +2

    I'm Norwegian

  • @Splitfoot
    @Splitfoot 4 роки тому +3

    I would love to live in your Norway.... no, wait, I do... 😲 Some small errors but still fun to watch😅😅

  • @larsa2417
    @larsa2417 4 роки тому +2

    A lot is diffrent in the countryside

  • @klauslunde
    @klauslunde 5 років тому +4

    I AM FROM NORWAY ITS VERY NICE OF YOU THATH YOU ARE NICE TO OUR CONTRY I AM FROM OSLO BUT I LIVE IN GLOOPEN

  • @adilkami
    @adilkami 4 роки тому

    Holy shit his norwegian was fucking perfect

  • @pelleplatou
    @pelleplatou 4 роки тому +1

    When he talks about the hello fish (lutefisk) it's like something everybody has to eat but nobody really likes it.

  • @mrsporty9669
    @mrsporty9669 4 роки тому +3

    Social democracy

  • @sirihailee
    @sirihailee 5 років тому +1

    It’s not that expensive here it’s just that 1 dollar is 8kroners here🌹

  • @H0lyChristmas
    @H0lyChristmas 4 роки тому +1

    Did he say his favoritt fish food was *kjøttboller*

  • @manne9866
    @manne9866 5 років тому +5

    hvem er norsk

  • @adrianvangsmo3477
    @adrianvangsmo3477 4 роки тому

    Is this a ad for Norway?

  • @larsi4139
    @larsi4139 5 років тому +3

    The biggest group that are coming to Norway is Polish people

    • @Skillica
      @Skillica 5 років тому

      @Rxx x they take our jobs

    • @saxojon
      @saxojon 5 років тому +1

      I believe that the largest concentration of foreigns that we have are in fact Swedes, the Polish coming in second.

    • @larsi4139
      @larsi4139 5 років тому

      Cheap work is good. Some of them, work and take the money back home

  • @aulieance8003
    @aulieance8003 5 років тому +3

    Only norwegians in the comments xD takes one to know one -_-

  • @gardini100
    @gardini100 5 років тому +4

    well it looked like he loved Norway just as much as i loved the US :)