Breakfast 6am. Work starts 7am. Lunch 11am. Coffee break 1pm. work ends 3.30pm. Dinner around 4pm. Outdoor activities 5pm-7pm and have some snacks. Meeting friends 7-9pm. Eveningfood /kveldsmat) around 8-9-10-pm. Then off to bed around 11pm.
You should be asleep long before 2300 to get your 8 hours. Less than 7 hours of quality sleep is damaging to your brain and affects everything from speech to memory to balance to hearing to breath to pain tolerance to eeeeeeeverything. There's a reason why 0000 is called "midnight", it's in the middle of the night, you should be halfway into your sleep.
14:25 Stores will accept cash, but you are then forced to use the registers that accept cash, which isn't exactly a problem in most stores, but some stores will have only one register open that accepts both cash and card, then when the line gets long, they'll open another register that often only accepts card. Not to mention that self-checkout registers also only accept cards. You can give people cash, but chances are that they'll put it into their account with an ATM that has a Deposit option before they use the money you gave them in cash, because most Norwegians don't really like having a lot of coins weighing down their pockets. Also, occasionally when paying with cash, you have the rare situation where you get too little money back if you paid with a bill that's more than what your stuff cost to pay for, i.e. paying with a 500nok bill when you only have stuff that cost 136nok. Then there's also the fact that store registers only carry so much cash in them, and when they run dry of 50nok, 100nok, 200nok, and 500nok bills, you might end up getting back 344nok in 1nok, 5nok, 10nok, and 20nok coins. All that aside, you end up taking longer paying because you paid with cash, so now you're holding up the line for longer than a person paying with a card would.
Will accept cash, no. They are required by law to accept up to and including 25 of the same currency. Not following this law is punishable by up to 3 months of jail. It's called Loven om tvungne betalingsmiddler, or in English it's the law of forced currency payment, roughly. Paying with cash doesn't "holy up the line" or anything, that's a new-age "everything needs to be instant" mentality. We live in the age of instant access where everything needs to happen NOW. We need to slow down a little.
Normal workday in Norway is 07.30-04.00 more or less. Some go home earlyer on friday. Where i work we have 15 min break 09.30 and 30 min at 12.00. Lunch at 11 is early for americans because they often start later. In Norway we start 07.00 or 07.30
@@mjrdainbramage they dont understand 16.00 in usa, they call it military time 🤣 many dont understand itmany dont atleast. Guess people could use their brain and understand people dont work 19 hour days..
There's a debate going on whether businesses should be allowed to deny physical money or not. In grocery stores, kiosks 7-11, gas stations and such still accept cash, but my garage where I had service on my car don't accept cash. Several orher businesses do the same, like Cutters, a series of hair saloons. Even though the guidelines from the gouvernment states that it should be mandatory to accept cash.
However, Norway's shift to becoming a fully cashless society has concerned some senior government officials. In 2021, the Finance Ministry requested that Oslo's Financial Supervisory Authority establish a plan that guarantees banks will still offer physical cash to customers. An increasing trend for stores in Norway is to refuse to accept cash, with the government hoping to reverse that. This is some stuff that I read on the internet, and I do understand that ppl want to pay with cash, that they have laying around, but you get your payment (salary) digitally, so there is no use of physical money! Here in Bergen, you can´t use physical money ANYWHERE, and its been like that since 2018, It started back in 2011 and then went over to fully use of digital money (credit cards) in 2021. Its not that they just refuse to take it here, its that the cash register is "non existence" if you can say, there is only card "cash registers" so even tho, they would accept physical money, we have already removed the storing space!
@@DraslyThe1 Wait seriously, so if lets say my dad who don't have debit or credit card goes to Bergen he won't be able to go to a store?? Living on a farm in a small town really cuts you off from how digitalized the bigger cities have become. I know there are some stores with signs that says they only take card, but not a whole city.
@@elinb It is annoying yea, I have older parents and seeing them have to struggle for no reason with things that should be easy to make happen like bank stuff suddenly just becoming digital and not having options is annoying
Nothing is more difficult than to be respected as one who is much more than he appears to be. Life will give you opportunities to prove who you are, but you can't force it. You have to be the real deal. Over time you will earn your respect, but there are no shortcuts, except one; go on a guided hike in the mountains. That will teach you how insignificant you are and that will make it much easier to make friends in Norway. But I think it's like this in other countries as well, that you have to respect their religion in order to gain respect. In Norway, that religion is the awe of Nature.
it is not difficult to make friends here in Norway. But shure the people in the south and southWest are not easy to get to know. But in the Northen halv of Norway the peope is much more sosial and open minded than the southerns. I know i Movet from north to south and it took me 6 months find/get "friends"
When they say it's hard to make friends. Have the thought ever crossed their mind that maybe you are hard to be friends with. This goes for any situation. Foreigner or not. Some introspection at times doesn't hurt.
There are other reasons for Norway being wealthy than oil and gas. Because all Scandinavian countries are wealthy. Scandinavian's work hard and smart. We are very effective and modern in our work places. We trust our governments and business leaders. And they trust their employees. That goes for all Scandinavian countries.
Yeah, we pretty much don't use physical money anymore. It's all electronic now, yes there genuinely are quite a few places that don't take cash anymore lol. Also yes, moving somewhere "for love" means that you've met someone from that country and decide to move to their country to live with them.
There are zero places that don't take cash. They are required to accept up to and including 25 of the same currency, otherwise they face penalty up to 3 months in jail. Loven om tvungne betalingsmiddler er klar, og nei, det er ikke lov å nekte å ta i mot kontanter, selv om de setter opp en million skilt over hele butikken.
16:00 is late.. very late, to leave work on ANY day of the week. Most people don't leave at 14:00 on a Friday, but if you have an office job then you probably can. The health sector for example gets none of the work/life balance.
The food in Norway is pretty tasteless, especially if you are used to a lot of spices. Of course, food is just a product of our environment. The people who eat milder-tasting food also get more from simple food as they are more sensitive to it. And that makes it so more spicy foods and foods with strong flavors can be easily overwhelming for the tastebuds😅 And the people who are used to more intense and varied tastes will not be able to appreciate the simpler food simply because it will probably taste like paper to them
Being able to take off early only applies to some jobs. 'Glide time' we used to call it. My son will work extra hours during the week so he can knock off early on a day of his choosing. He's a technician in a lab. I could not do this when I worked at barnehage. The lack of 'friendliness' has been the hardest part for me coming from New Zealand. Norwegians are 'distantly polite'. And the food. Not having an avocado trees or citrus tree in the back yard is sad for me. Living at 63N and its extremes of light and dark in the seasons knocks your moods and sleep around. When I am grumpy, I just tell people I don't have a bad attitude, I have a bad latitude.
What he said about not withdrawing money from an ATM is partially true. Many places do not accept physical money, but they are breaking the law by not doing so. A short time ago, there was an article in one of the online newspapers about this, and it was mentioned that the legislation dictates that shops and others who sell/provide services over the counter must accept physical money as payment. However, it is no longer a significant problem since most people use cards or phone apps to pay anyway. I don't even remember what a money note looks like anymore, and I am surprised when I see someone pay with them in the stores.
True. I've always been a fan of electronic payment. It's so much more convenient, safe and easy. I think it's been years since I held physical Norwegian currency in my hand actually.
In order to make Norwegian friends, register to join a club in any way. Your choice, Red cross, a bridge club. Painting, local history. Any club of your interreset.
Like the Danes, Norwegians work 37 hours a week. When exactly you leave work on Friday is up to your line of work. I work in a Danish company. If i start work at 6 AM Friday i can go home at 12 o'clock. If i start at 7, i can go home at 1 o'clock. Working for another Danish company years ago i could call it a weekend Thursday afternoon. 3 or 4. O'clock. Doesnt matter as long as you work 37 hours a week. In Denmark we have six weeks of payed vacation. In Norway only five, i think?
@@More_Row It is taxes paid back in the summer time every year, around 20th of June everyone get a fat salary (if they worked up the rights the year prior) - and also tax returns often come at the same time. Most people take vacation days during summer and christmas. Some spread out more. We call it "feriepenger" but we actually have earned the money, they are not given for free, no :)
@@More_Row in Denmark we get six weeks of vacations every year. Say every day you make one or one hundred dollars per hour, you also get some percentage (approximately,20.percrnt) for pension and annual ,holiday on top. The part of that money, 12 percent will be given you in times of holiday. Usually it is a little bit more than your normal monthly income. Holidays or health care or education is not "free" in scandiland. It is more like "pre-paid". Trough taxes and agreements with employers. For disabled or real pour people.everything really is free. We dont get money for nothing and Chicks for free in scandiland. We work for every cent, and share. Thats all.
I'm a Norwegian, and I have friends from Holland, Brazil etc. (They also live in Norway) Lifelong friends...... And they became real friends of mine from the first day we met..... So I think it depends on what Norwegian you meet..... I'm very outgoing and it's not difficult to get to know me, and become my friend..... So I hope and believe that there are more people like me here in Norway, that make friends quickly..... 😊 Another thing....... I don't understand all the talk about Norwegian food lacking spices...... When i cook, i make food with a lot of spices. I use spices from all over the world. My favourite spices are from Turkey. And I have friends that also cook with a lot of spices..... So I don't understand all the talk about lack of spice. I'm sure people can get spiced food in restaurants as well, if they just ask for it...... 😊
Same thing here. I'm baffled and clueless as to what people mean when they say that about the food. Bazaar is my main "oriental" food place. But why even go oriental when we have amazing meat shops and general high quality meat, seafood, berries and dairy products. I think people who say these things don't know how to cook at all and are talking about microwave food or something. But even that kind of food you can get spicy. Just don't go to Kiwi and buy Mr. Lee noodles lol, they taste like air and sawdust mixed with plastics.
I'm Norwegian, and have never had the "Norwegian" work/life experience until I worked for the muncipality for a couple or years. Try working for a global conglomerate, even in Norway, and you'll soon experience that it's pretty much all the same all over this globe of ours. We still have unions, though.
The work hours that let you leave at 2(pm)/14.00 might be shift work. I work shifts, so I have one week of 6.00 to 14.00 and one week with 14.00 to 22.30 (20.00 on Friday). Sure, it's nice to leave work at 14.00, but hoo boy, I'm not a morning person who loves getting up at 5.00 to get ready for work. >_< And yeah, during winter, it gets dark QUICK! That's what we get for living so far north on the globe. Buuuuut on the flipside, if you love daylight, you'll REALLY love our summers. The sun rises before 6am and doesn't really set until around 11am, and it doesn't even get properly dark at night. Just kinda twilight-y for a couple of hours until the sun rises again.
* Yes, the sun sets early in winter (around 3 PM), and rises late (around 9 AM). The further north you go the more extreme it gets, until it doesn't rise at all. In summer it is the exact opposite, where it rises early (around 4 AM), and sets late (around 11 PM). Again this gets more extreme further north, until the point that it doesn't set at all. This fluctuation is ongoing throughout the year, so it shifts gradually. * Alcohol is expensive. * Getting off work work early on Friday is common, but it is not something everyone does. It depends on your employer, the type of work you do, and the respective employees. My typical workday is around 9 to 10 hours, and I work an office job. Remember that we usually start work at 7 - 8 AM, so going home at 4 PM is not early, it is a full day (no 9 to 5 in Norway). * Norwegian food is traditionally not well seasoned. This is a result of us not having the climate to grow spicy, or even very flavorful fruits/vegetables, as they often require a lot of sun, and a mild/warm climate. Salt has always been plentiful as we have a lot of access to the ocean, and thus it is used a lot. Historically both Sweden, and Denmark have been much richer, and more globally oriented than Norway, and as such their import of goods has been more extensive. This has possibly had some influence on their adaptation to new flavors. That said, I believe that lady's experience with the Swedish food was more of a coincidence as she probably ate at restaurants in Stockholm, which doesn't compare to traditional homemade food in the Nordics in general. * I don't believe anyone goes to Norway for love without already being involved with a Norwegian (as you briefly touched on), as that would represent a hell of an investment for something as unreliable as love. I believe they were all using the "for love" expression as a way to say "I fell in love with a Norwegian". * Norwegian natives naturally speak with a variation in pitch, and it is considered as a sing songy language. Going up in pitch at the end of sentences is common, but it is also subject to factors like personal preference, excitement/engagement, if you're asking a question, and multiple other factors. * There is likely a multitude of reasons why it is difficult to get close to Norwegians, but a few stand out to me: - Norway has always had a small population consisting of even smaller isolated communities, which meant that it would be out of the ordinary to meet strangers. Although the world has changed dramatically, it is likely still ingrained in our collective mentality that new people represent change, and humans naturally resist change. That resistance would also work the other way for someone who comes from a culture where speaking to strangers is normal. - The Jante law (Law of Jante) resonates with practically all Norwegians, and quite simplified it states that you shouldn't believe that you are special in any way. This can be viewed as a way to keep new people away from the "us" mentioned in the law, but what is often overlooked is that it tells everyone that "you have nothing special to offer", and as such you shouldn't expect anyone else to want what you bring to the table. Although the law is a work of fiction, and things are slowly changing, it isn't that difficult to see how this mentality affects us. For a Norwegian it would be presumptuous, and rude to assume that anyone else would like you meddle in their affairs, so we primarily leave each other alone. This is why people don't sit next to strangers, waiters don't constantly nag you about the food, and store clerks don't constantly offer assistance. Giving others space is respectful, and it is considered good customer service. * Cash is legal tender pretty much everywhere, BUT it is quickly going out of fashion as the electronic payment options are so good. Even kids selling raffle tickets to raise money for their sports teams can easily accept digital payment. Both stores, and customers prefer electronic payment, so that's the way it is.
12:32 Cultural differences, you've covered that in previous videos, where you even explained it to yourself and your viewers that that viewpoint is probably because an American is very used to being able to talk to and befriend anyone, so when they travel to Norway not being aware of how things are done in Norway, they take it as a sign of Norwegians being closed off and hard to become friends with. That last part is true, but I wouldn't say that Norwegians are closed off, we just appreciate our own and other's privacy more than Americans do, so we don't go around talking to anyone and everyone as if they're already our friends.
For me, Friday is my overtime day. Because people leave relatively early (but not at 2 o’clock-that’s the exception that proves the rule), the office becomes wonderfully quiet and serene. It’s the perfect time for me to focus and get a lot done, haha. I work at a place with flexible working hours, where we can somewhat structure our own days and meetings. Essentially, we regulate our own work hours. We have a 37.5-40-hour workweek (depending if you've payed lunch time or not). Those who leave early either started working early in the morning or have accumulated time off from previous work. Now, if you’re in a different field where physical presence is required (like the service industry, hospitals, or daycare centers), it’s not as simple as just leaving early. Saying that Norwegians leave work early would be quite an exaggeration and might unintentionally offend many shift workers. Even though it's illegal by law for shops, restaurants, hair dressers etc not to accept cash, we absolutely prefer using cards or "Vipps" (an app for transfering money through your phone). A neighbor owed me some money and repayed me by cash a couple of years ago. I still have that money laying around somewhere. I don't even own a real wallet anymore, just my mobile cover where I can put a couple of cards. I gave icecream money to my niece the other day and asked her if she remembered what those metal things called coins were for. She didn't, so I had to explain. She got a couple of bills from me last year, and that was her first interaction with cash. She was four. She had a fun time spinning the coins and making them roll, though, lol
My experience is that both Norwegians and Swedes find it strange to become either acquaintences or good neighbours very quickly. But, once you begin to know one another better (after a year or so), they are friends for life. I think it's down to the long, cold winters when many stay indoors, and when the sun comes out everyone rushes to their country cottage.
This guy was a swede, living on Norway.. its not that differens! But yes those that moved to Scandinavia is either becuse of "love" or students! Those with "love", they have a spouse that alredy have a friend comunity! One thing to consider is at dark months, 6 monhts a year, many people kinda cocone, keeping to old friends family or for students dorm friends!
Training is big in Norway. Gym business is big in Norway. If the sun is out..everyone will be outside in Norway. People love to out for walk and jogging. Myself had went out jog -20C and i were not alone either. Norway made roads for people can go for walk. Many Norwegian also love to go for nature walk in the woods and it's safe. I still stress for the beginning of winter for the dark...but you get used to it when it come.
Physical money is necessary in a society, and most Norwegians do not see the problems associated with a cashless society. I pay electronically myself, but I am at least aware that we must never accept that physical money is considered an invalid means of payment, as many companies in Norway are trying to do. Even if healthy adults do not use cash, it is important that children and people with various mental disorders have the opportunity to pay in cash. Money is also one of the most effective ways to teach children about the number system and arithmetic (The number system is complicated, and not something that necessarily comes easily). Some people have trouble controlling their spending, and for them it's easier to stay in control if they can withdraw physical money at regular intervals and spend it until it's empty. We should also not forget that even if we live in a civilized country, we can never know if the authorities will one day decide to punish people by taking control of their money (which is very easy if physical money has become extinct). After the pandemic, it has unfortunately become apparent that both the Norwegian authorities and the Norwegian people have little principled regard for human rights.
Norwegians don’t show their feelings as much in public. Meaning less shouting and wooooh and yeaaaah on a bus/out in the city etc. Also people don’t like crying in public, both genders. Doesn’t mean people don’t have feelings😂. We have similarities with the Japanese culture.
Never had issue paying with cash, I've been to grocery stores, convenience stores, the wine monopoly, hair dressers, retail stores of all types and I've never been denied, unless explicitly stated on a sign or something.
Why would you have a lot of "friends"? In the US, it's all so shallow. I get that it's harder to make friends in Norway, but would you rather have true friends you can trust completely? Or someone you just hang out with once in a while and barely say hi to on the street? To get a friend in Norway, you have to work for it and put in a lot of time and attention. Anyone can grab a coffee with people. To be a true friend means that you can share anything, meet at any time, and always feel good after meeting up. Look to Norway for actual true friendships!
14:19 Nah, physical money can still be given to beggars and stuff. 😊 And last time I bought firewood I did so with physical money. But yeah, I use physical money perhaps 8-9 times pr year...
I think people who say this are shy and «inadvent». It might be more difficult for them, but it would be starting new in any country I think. Some may be a bit easier though.
I work in Norway, but I moved to Sweden. So I only work Monday to Thursday. And then go home to the familly. Its like 3 and a half day of every weekend. And still I make 60k a year. For just putting up solar blinds. 😄
11:31 She hasn't been here long enough or her boyfriend is a bit... uh, "conservative". It's super easy to get spicy and good food here you just have to know where to look, or just do a tiny wee bit of research or asking or exploring. You can easily - in Oslo at least - get more spicy food than she has ever eaten. And you have an absolute metric ton of different restaurants and eating places. I'm guessing she goes to Kiwi or Spar or something or a small store and buys just the basics. I currently have 3 different fresh peppers stored and 2 different Siracha sauces and my best friend has massive jars of Turkish bibers (fefferonis) etc. etc. You can also easily get any other "oriental" stuff and making a proper thai noodle soup is also super easy for instance. You can even get bamboo here and whatnot.... I'm sorry, but anyone complaining about the food here has no idea what they're talking about or they're from some small remote place. They only have themselves to blame. If your friends make "tame" food then just ask them if they can make something spicy. I really don't get it 😅 I'm ethnic Norwegian by the way. But yeah it's not hard. We also have amazing meat, as well as seafood and dairy products. I genuinely do not understand what people base such claims on or where or what they refer to. We also have better berries than pretty much the entire world except maybe Sweden or Finland. Can she cook?
A friend likes to withdraw cash from an ATM and use that everywhere. He doesn't drive a car, and I like to drive him back to the train station when he visits. Often, he insists that he pay for me driving him and wants to give me cash. I always refuse because I do not need cash, which becomes a problem for me. What am I going to do with a 100 KR bill? When I go shopping, it always costs more than that, so I pay with my phone. If I were to buy a soda can, I really don't want to spend 23 NOK and then pay with a 100 KR bill and get a bunch of coins in exchange. It's better to just avoid the cash completely.
Let's be very clear. Norwegian stores or any physical store, where you purchase bus tickets, gas stations and so on are required by law to accept up to and including 25 of the same currency. So, if you were to purchase candy for 25 NOK and you give them 25 1's, they are required to accept it. If you buy candy for 30 NOK and you give them 30 1's they can say no. At some point you have to say no otherwise it would take too much time to count. Breaking this law, meaning denying a person the right to pay with physical Norwegian currency is punishable by up to 3 months in jail.
Norwegian is more related to German that French. The modern Norwegian language is Germanic in nature. "Sjåfør" is more of a modern loan word. In old-fashioned times there used to be plaques on the buses saying "Forstyrr ikke føreren" (Don't interrupt the driver). But "Føreren" is also what you would call Der Führer. Sooo... it kinda got out of style. The bearnaise sauce is fun, because usually they are called after their colors, like brunsaus, hvitsaus but for some reason we don't call bearnaise sauce gulsaus.
If you are a foreigner moving to Norway, it is a huge advantage to be highly extroverted and social, because social life in Norway can be very excluding!
strange to complain about norwegian pronounciations of adopted words. How many words from old norse have been adopted and changed by the french and english. We must talk our way, like everyone else. Only snobby people try to say these words like bernaise in french, in my opinion.
Remember this silly statement came from a French! = snobby by definition. Every language have imported word and phrases from other languages; English being one example, packed with latin (and most often pronounced very differently from the origin!).
There's 2 Eurovision songs you can react to. 1 is Subwolfer - Give that wolf a banana. It was our 2022 contestants. We got 10th place. But the notable thing here is that we didnt know who the artists were. They didnt publicly take of their masks untill Eurovision 2023! It was Ben Adams from A1, and Norwegian artist named Gaute Ormåsen 2 is our 2023 contestant. Alessandra Mele - Queen of Kings. Whats notable here is that the Public vote put her at 3rd, but the Jury voted her at 17th place. Same with Finland. The public gave him the win by a landslide, but the Jury gave Sweden a ridiculous amount of points, pushing Sweden past Finland. This caused an outrage and people started saying the Jury should be removed, and only the public votes should be counted!
My stepmother moved from Canada to Norway for love. She diden’t came here becouse of my dad. But she stayed becouse of him. Even with the horrible stepson😂
3:36 Simple answer. No! Only the entitled ones. The rest have to work extra to get their work done. 4:52 Workday is 7 1/2 hour. Many do lunch at 11:00 after 3 hour work, the work 4 1/2 hour more after lunch. Equal many have lunch 11:30. This makes lunch more in the middle. lunch is not that early, considering breakfast for most is 6:00 (am for americans) or earlier. 7:27 Not sure on the connection, but few words is inspired. Tho most Norwegians say it wrong. And think they are right. Truth is that this girl is right. 7:46 Yes, as Norwegian. I find it easier to make friends with foreigner than other Norwegians. 11:26 Agree, our food is not the greatest. Its mostly everyday workers food. Then some weird shit. 11:50 Stockholm is a great place, and fantastic long weekend trip. (It do have some big city issues tho). 14:08 He is right, but stores are not legally allowed to deny cash. (Many still do). 15:11 Feelings are private.
when i was in setermoen in the army in winter it was 24 hours of no sun and minus 40,and in summer it was plus 35 and 24 hours of sun,and the mosquitos was huge.
Yikes...! We Norwegians hardly experience any summer heat at all compared to the outside world... I'm in interior southern Norway and we hardly see temps above 25 deg C
I'm norwegian and I haven't seen norwegian money in years . Everything is electronic here. Haven't been to the grocery store for years either. Get my groceries delivered to my door. Have used money on vacation to other countries though
@@Merete86You live on a thin veneer is all I'm saying. if your digital money were to collapse in value or your food delivery personnel wasn't available suddenly. You'd be like, wheres the food ? You are also paying a lot more for your grocers having it delivered.
I have no idea what real money looks like tbh, because we use card or cellphone all the time. It's much faster and easier, and cash is just for criminals... Many shops want to stop cash for good, for security reasons, as accepting cash cost them A LOT of money...and nobody uses them anyway 😊
Why do you find it difficult to understand that people move for love. My friend met a Norwegian then moved to Oslo and has lived in Oslo for 40 years. You have a preconception that people must only move for work because Americans live to work not work to live. Norwegians are not superficial like Americans with reference to friendship you really have to get to know them before you become a trusted friend.
It is not difficult to get friends in Norway. Just say something nice about Norway to a Norwegian, and you have a friend for life. The Norwi will lick your hand like a puppy 😊.
2pm at friday has become more and more normal since we have become richer people (it's not to brag, but it's the facts - it gives us more possiblities), but many jobs you can't be leaving at 2pm, but for those kinda job you can leave. It's mostly okay. Many of us would go too the cabin or take the weekend early because we can. There has been some discussion about it that we should perhaps be having three days weekend for lowering or maybe even keep it the salaries, become more productive (it's been tested) and getting even more happier people. I'm sorry, but norwegian food is terrible. There are only three big companies in Norway and every stores has about the same food. It has too be the worst the food price and quality in the world. The cash are more or less gone in Norway, yeah. Some stores will accept it, but if you have the exact amount they would most likely accept it. Food stores can accept it, but two of them are time consuming spending be spending coins because the small coin machine. Rema 1000 would accept cash, though. But with the Vipps it's become a rare thing too use cash. That's a instant transfer app for Norwegians.
Well, cash literally IS dirty money. That's why it has such a distinctive smell. After I got a transplant the doctors at Riksen told me I should avoid handling cash at all costs. They compared handling cash to sticking a wounded hand into a trash can. I was also told to never shake hands, which suits me perfectly fine. I'm not a germophobe, but people cam be such filthy animals...
We use card instead of money. We do not prefer it, but it changed maybe 20 years ago. The coin desapper more and more. Now they are going to take away the 1000,- bill also, because the Government is afraid of whitewashing. I always have some bills, but nearly all i buy is with a card
Cécile Moroni, the French lady being interviewed there, is actually a standup comic in Norway who was nominated for "Humorprisen" in 2023.
Breakfast 6am. Work starts 7am. Lunch 11am. Coffee break 1pm. work ends 3.30pm. Dinner around 4pm. Outdoor activities 5pm-7pm and have some snacks. Meeting friends 7-9pm. Eveningfood /kveldsmat) around 8-9-10-pm. Then off to bed around 11pm.
supper* not eveningfood
Most people starts at work at 8-9 am. At least in Oslo. I start at different times and the busses is definitely on their fullest between 7.30 and 9
@@88Wern3r Not in industries where you work "on the floor". Like in Ullevaal Hospital. I started 7. I've always started 7 at my jobs.
I'm talking about the average. I start at 7 sometimes too and the busses I take is almost empty
You should be asleep long before 2300 to get your 8 hours.
Less than 7 hours of quality sleep is damaging to your brain and affects everything from speech to memory to balance to hearing to breath to pain tolerance to eeeeeeeverything.
There's a reason why 0000 is called "midnight", it's in the middle of the night, you should be halfway into your sleep.
14:25 Stores will accept cash, but you are then forced to use the registers that accept cash, which isn't exactly a problem in most stores, but some stores will have only one register open that accepts both cash and card, then when the line gets long, they'll open another register that often only accepts card. Not to mention that self-checkout registers also only accept cards.
You can give people cash, but chances are that they'll put it into their account with an ATM that has a Deposit option before they use the money you gave them in cash, because most Norwegians don't really like having a lot of coins weighing down their pockets. Also, occasionally when paying with cash, you have the rare situation where you get too little money back if you paid with a bill that's more than what your stuff cost to pay for, i.e. paying with a 500nok bill when you only have stuff that cost 136nok. Then there's also the fact that store registers only carry so much cash in them, and when they run dry of 50nok, 100nok, 200nok, and 500nok bills, you might end up getting back 344nok in 1nok, 5nok, 10nok, and 20nok coins. All that aside, you end up taking longer paying because you paid with cash, so now you're holding up the line for longer than a person paying with a card would.
Will accept cash, no.
They are required by law to accept up to and including 25 of the same currency.
Not following this law is punishable by up to 3 months of jail.
It's called Loven om tvungne betalingsmiddler, or in English it's the law of forced currency payment, roughly.
Paying with cash doesn't "holy up the line" or anything, that's a new-age "everything needs to be instant" mentality.
We live in the age of instant access where everything needs to happen NOW. We need to slow down a little.
Normal workday in Norway is 07.30-04.00 more or less. Some go home earlyer on friday.
Where i work we have 15 min break 09.30 and 30 min at 12.00.
Lunch at 11 is early for americans because they often start later. In Norway we start 07.00 or 07.30
when i worked as a welder,i started at 07.00 to 15.00 (7am to 3 pm)
I think you mean 16:00, not 04:00 as that would mean a very long day. 🙂
@@mjrdainbramage they dont understand 16.00 in usa, they call it military time 🤣 many dont understand itmany dont atleast. Guess people could use their brain and understand people dont work 19 hour days..
There's a debate going on whether businesses should be allowed to deny physical money or not.
In grocery stores, kiosks 7-11, gas stations and such still accept cash, but my garage where I had service on my car don't accept cash. Several orher businesses do the same, like Cutters, a series of hair saloons. Even though the guidelines from the gouvernment states that it should be mandatory to accept cash.
However, Norway's shift to becoming a fully cashless society has concerned some senior government officials. In 2021, the Finance Ministry requested that Oslo's Financial Supervisory Authority establish a plan that guarantees banks will still offer physical cash to customers. An increasing trend for stores in Norway is to refuse to accept cash, with the government hoping to reverse that.
This is some stuff that I read on the internet, and I do understand that ppl want to pay with cash, that they have laying around, but you get your payment (salary) digitally, so there is no use of physical money! Here in Bergen, you can´t use physical money ANYWHERE, and its been like that since 2018, It started back in 2011 and then went over to fully use of digital money (credit cards) in 2021. Its not that they just refuse to take it here, its that the cash register is "non existence" if you can say, there is only card "cash registers" so even tho, they would accept physical money, we have already removed the storing space!
@@DraslyThe1Ofc there is use. And positives to physical cash.
@@DraslyThe1 Wait seriously, so if lets say my dad who don't have debit or credit card goes to Bergen he won't be able to go to a store?? Living on a farm in a small town really cuts you off from how digitalized the bigger cities have become. I know there are some stores with signs that says they only take card, but not a whole city.
Depends, there is very hard to find a place where you can pay manually, but in rural areas you can i guess! its just hard to find one @@elinb
@@elinb It is annoying yea, I have older parents and seeing them have to struggle for no reason with things that should be easy to make happen like bank stuff suddenly just becoming digital and not having options is annoying
Nothing is more difficult than to be respected as one who is much more than he appears to be. Life will give you opportunities to prove who you are, but you can't force it. You have to be the real deal. Over time you will earn your respect, but there are no shortcuts, except one; go on a guided hike in the mountains. That will teach you how insignificant you are and that will make it much easier to make friends in Norway. But I think it's like this in other countries as well, that you have to respect their religion in order to gain respect. In Norway, that religion is the awe of Nature.
it is not difficult to make friends here in Norway. But shure the people in the south and southWest are not easy to get to know. But in the Northen halv of Norway the peope is much more sosial and open minded than the southerns. I know i Movet from north to south and it took me 6 months find/get "friends"
When they say it's hard to make friends. Have the thought ever crossed their mind that maybe you are hard to be friends with. This goes for any situation. Foreigner or not. Some introspection at times doesn't hurt.
There are other reasons for Norway being wealthy than oil and gas. Because all Scandinavian countries are wealthy. Scandinavian's work hard and smart. We are very effective and modern in our work places. We trust our governments and business leaders. And they trust their employees. That goes for all Scandinavian countries.
Yeah, we pretty much don't use physical money anymore. It's all electronic now, yes there genuinely are quite a few places that don't take cash anymore lol.
Also yes, moving somewhere "for love" means that you've met someone from that country and decide to move to their country to live with them.
They do legally have to take physical money unless they have like a sign or something that says they don't.
There are zero places that don't take cash.
They are required to accept up to and including 25 of the same currency, otherwise they face penalty up to 3 months in jail.
Loven om tvungne betalingsmiddler er klar, og nei, det er ikke lov å nekte å ta i mot kontanter, selv om de setter opp en million skilt over hele butikken.
16:00 is late.. very late, to leave work on ANY day of the week. Most people don't leave at 14:00 on a Friday, but if you have an office job then you probably can.
The health sector for example gets none of the work/life balance.
The food in Norway is pretty tasteless, especially if you are used to a lot of spices.
Of course, food is just a product of our environment. The people who eat milder-tasting food also get more from simple food as they are more sensitive to it. And that makes it so more spicy foods and foods with strong flavors can be easily overwhelming for the tastebuds😅
And the people who are used to more intense and varied tastes will not be able to appreciate the simpler food simply because it will probably taste like paper to them
Tabasco! 🤤
🥵😝🥴@@civroger
@@civroger I could never😂
@@kunilsen2519
On pizza and spaghetti. It's a must 😜
nah
@@civroger
Being able to take off early only applies to some jobs. 'Glide time' we used to call it. My son will work extra hours during the week so he can knock off early on a day of his choosing. He's a technician in a lab. I could not do this when I worked at barnehage. The lack of 'friendliness' has been the hardest part for me coming from New Zealand. Norwegians are 'distantly polite'. And the food. Not having an avocado trees or citrus tree in the back yard is sad for me. Living at 63N and its extremes of light and dark in the seasons knocks your moods and sleep around. When I am grumpy, I just tell people I don't have a bad attitude, I have a bad latitude.
I guess that we *all* have a bad latitude occasionally...
What he said about not withdrawing money from an ATM is partially true. Many places do not accept physical money, but they are breaking the law by not doing so. A short time ago, there was an article in one of the online newspapers about this, and it was mentioned that the legislation dictates that shops and others who sell/provide services over the counter must accept physical money as payment. However, it is no longer a significant problem since most people use cards or phone apps to pay anyway. I don't even remember what a money note looks like anymore, and I am surprised when I see someone pay with them in the stores.
True. I've always been a fan of electronic payment. It's so much more convenient, safe and easy.
I think it's been years since I held physical Norwegian currency in my hand actually.
In order to make Norwegian friends, register to join a club in any way. Your choice, Red cross, a bridge club. Painting, local history. Any club of your interreset.
Like the Danes, Norwegians work 37 hours a week. When exactly you leave work on Friday is up to your line of work. I work in a Danish company. If i start work at 6 AM Friday i can go home at 12 o'clock. If i start at 7, i can go home at 1 o'clock. Working for another Danish company years ago i could call it a weekend Thursday afternoon. 3 or 4. O'clock. Doesnt matter as long as you work 37 hours a week. In Denmark we have six weeks of payed vacation. In Norway only five, i think?
37.5 at least i did.
@@runeingebretsen8378 And still they say Norwi's are lazy. In Denmark it is 37. Got you😉
Wait you guys are getting payed vacations?
@@More_Row It is taxes paid back in the summer time every year, around 20th of June everyone get a fat salary (if they worked up the rights the year prior) - and also tax returns often come at the same time. Most people take vacation days during summer and christmas. Some spread out more. We call it "feriepenger" but we actually have earned the money, they are not given for free, no :)
@@More_Row in Denmark we get six weeks of vacations every year. Say every day you make one or one hundred dollars per hour, you also get some percentage (approximately,20.percrnt) for pension and annual ,holiday on top. The part of that money, 12 percent will be given you in times of holiday. Usually it is a little bit more than your normal monthly income. Holidays or health care or education is not "free" in scandiland. It is more like "pre-paid". Trough taxes and agreements with employers. For disabled or real pour people.everything really is free. We dont get money for nothing and Chicks for free in scandiland. We work for every cent, and share. Thats all.
I'm a Norwegian, and I have friends from Holland, Brazil etc. (They also live in Norway) Lifelong friends......
And they became real friends of mine from the first day we met.....
So I think it depends on what Norwegian you meet..... I'm very outgoing and it's not difficult to get to know me, and become my friend..... So I hope and believe that there are more people like me here in Norway, that make friends quickly..... 😊
Another thing....... I don't understand all the talk about Norwegian food lacking spices...... When i cook, i make food with a lot of spices. I use spices from all over the world. My favourite spices are from Turkey.
And I have friends that also cook with a lot of spices..... So I don't understand all the talk about lack of spice. I'm sure people can get spiced food in restaurants as well, if they just ask for it...... 😊
Same thing here. I'm baffled and clueless as to what people mean when they say that about the food.
Bazaar is my main "oriental" food place.
But why even go oriental when we have amazing meat shops and general high quality meat, seafood, berries and dairy products.
I think people who say these things don't know how to cook at all and are talking about microwave food or something.
But even that kind of food you can get spicy. Just don't go to Kiwi and buy Mr. Lee noodles lol, they taste like air and sawdust mixed with plastics.
Right LOL...😂😂 I agree 😄
I'm Norwegian, and have never had the "Norwegian" work/life experience until I worked for the muncipality for a couple or years. Try working for a global conglomerate, even in Norway, and you'll soon experience that it's pretty much all the same all over this globe of ours. We still have unions, though.
I'd be happy with ANY work. I moved here from a country I had a very well paid professional job and all I could get here was washing toilets.
Oslo in the winter time - sunrise at 09 and then sunset a little before 15. Regarding money - we usually pay with debet or credit cards.
Even as far south as Stavanger (south of Oslo, we only have 6 hours sunlight in mid winter, and of course 18 hours i summer.
The work hours that let you leave at 2(pm)/14.00 might be shift work. I work shifts, so I have one week of 6.00 to 14.00 and one week with 14.00 to 22.30 (20.00 on Friday). Sure, it's nice to leave work at 14.00, but hoo boy, I'm not a morning person who loves getting up at 5.00 to get ready for work. >_<
And yeah, during winter, it gets dark QUICK! That's what we get for living so far north on the globe. Buuuuut on the flipside, if you love daylight, you'll REALLY love our summers. The sun rises before 6am and doesn't really set until around 11am, and it doesn't even get properly dark at night. Just kinda twilight-y for a couple of hours until the sun rises again.
Here in Sweden in some stores there are signs that says we take no Cash
* Yes, the sun sets early in winter (around 3 PM), and rises late (around 9 AM). The further north you go the more extreme it gets, until it doesn't rise at all. In summer it is the exact opposite, where it rises early (around 4 AM), and sets late (around 11 PM). Again this gets more extreme further north, until the point that it doesn't set at all. This fluctuation is ongoing throughout the year, so it shifts gradually.
* Alcohol is expensive.
* Getting off work work early on Friday is common, but it is not something everyone does. It depends on your employer, the type of work you do, and the respective employees. My typical workday is around 9 to 10 hours, and I work an office job. Remember that we usually start work at 7 - 8 AM, so going home at 4 PM is not early, it is a full day (no 9 to 5 in Norway).
* Norwegian food is traditionally not well seasoned. This is a result of us not having the climate to grow spicy, or even very flavorful fruits/vegetables, as they often require a lot of sun, and a mild/warm climate. Salt has always been plentiful as we have a lot of access to the ocean, and thus it is used a lot. Historically both Sweden, and Denmark have been much richer, and more globally oriented than Norway, and as such their import of goods has been more extensive. This has possibly had some influence on their adaptation to new flavors. That said, I believe that lady's experience with the Swedish food was more of a coincidence as she probably ate at restaurants in Stockholm, which doesn't compare to traditional homemade food in the Nordics in general.
* I don't believe anyone goes to Norway for love without already being involved with a Norwegian (as you briefly touched on), as that would represent a hell of an investment for something as unreliable as love. I believe they were all using the "for love" expression as a way to say "I fell in love with a Norwegian".
* Norwegian natives naturally speak with a variation in pitch, and it is considered as a sing songy language. Going up in pitch at the end of sentences is common, but it is also subject to factors like personal preference, excitement/engagement, if you're asking a question, and multiple other factors.
* There is likely a multitude of reasons why it is difficult to get close to Norwegians, but a few stand out to me:
- Norway has always had a small population consisting of even smaller isolated communities, which meant that it would be out of the ordinary to meet strangers. Although the world has changed dramatically, it is likely still ingrained in our collective mentality that new people represent change, and humans naturally resist change. That resistance would also work the other way for someone who comes from a culture where speaking to strangers is normal.
- The Jante law (Law of Jante) resonates with practically all Norwegians, and quite simplified it states that you shouldn't believe that you are special in any way. This can be viewed as a way to keep new people away from the "us" mentioned in the law, but what is often overlooked is that it tells everyone that "you have nothing special to offer", and as such you shouldn't expect anyone else to want what you bring to the table. Although the law is a work of fiction, and things are slowly changing, it isn't that difficult to see how this mentality affects us. For a Norwegian it would be presumptuous, and rude to assume that anyone else would like you meddle in their affairs, so we primarily leave each other alone. This is why people don't sit next to strangers, waiters don't constantly nag you about the food, and store clerks don't constantly offer assistance. Giving others space is respectful, and it is considered good customer service.
* Cash is legal tender pretty much everywhere, BUT it is quickly going out of fashion as the electronic payment options are so good. Even kids selling raffle tickets to raise money for their sports teams can easily accept digital payment. Both stores, and customers prefer electronic payment, so that's the way it is.
12:32 Cultural differences, you've covered that in previous videos, where you even explained it to yourself and your viewers that that viewpoint is probably because an American is very used to being able to talk to and befriend anyone, so when they travel to Norway not being aware of how things are done in Norway, they take it as a sign of Norwegians being closed off and hard to become friends with. That last part is true, but I wouldn't say that Norwegians are closed off, we just appreciate our own and other's privacy more than Americans do, so we don't go around talking to anyone and everyone as if they're already our friends.
At four, people are home every day. Many starts early, like 7 or 730 in the morning.
For me, Friday is my overtime day. Because people leave relatively early (but not at 2 o’clock-that’s the exception that proves the rule), the office becomes wonderfully quiet and serene. It’s the perfect time for me to focus and get a lot done, haha. I work at a place with flexible working hours, where we can somewhat structure our own days and meetings. Essentially, we regulate our own work hours. We have a 37.5-40-hour workweek (depending if you've payed lunch time or not). Those who leave early either started working early in the morning or have accumulated time off from previous work. Now, if you’re in a different field where physical presence is required (like the service industry, hospitals, or daycare centers), it’s not as simple as just leaving early. Saying that Norwegians leave work early would be quite an exaggeration and might unintentionally offend many shift workers.
Even though it's illegal by law for shops, restaurants, hair dressers etc not to accept cash, we absolutely prefer using cards or "Vipps" (an app for transfering money through your phone). A neighbor owed me some money and repayed me by cash a couple of years ago. I still have that money laying around somewhere. I don't even own a real wallet anymore, just my mobile cover where I can put a couple of cards. I gave icecream money to my niece the other day and asked her if she remembered what those metal things called coins were for. She didn't, so I had to explain. She got a couple of bills from me last year, and that was her first interaction with cash. She was four. She had a fun time spinning the coins and making them roll, though, lol
My experience is that both Norwegians and Swedes find it strange to become either acquaintences or good neighbours very quickly. But, once you begin to know one another better (after a year or so), they are friends for life. I think it's down to the long, cold winters when many stay indoors, and when the sun comes out everyone rushes to their country cottage.
This guy was a swede, living on Norway.. its not that differens!
But yes those that moved to Scandinavia is either becuse of "love" or students!
Those with "love", they have a spouse that alredy have a friend comunity!
One thing to consider is at dark months, 6 monhts a year, many people kinda cocone, keeping to old friends family or for students dorm friends!
Training is big in Norway. Gym business is big in Norway. If the sun is out..everyone will be outside in Norway. People love to out for walk and jogging. Myself had went out jog -20C and i were not alone either. Norway made roads for people can go for walk. Many Norwegian also love to go for nature walk in the woods and it's safe. I still stress for the beginning of winter for the dark...but you get used to it when it come.
Physical money is necessary in a society, and most Norwegians do not see the problems associated with a cashless society. I pay electronically myself, but I am at least aware that we must never accept that physical money is considered an invalid means of payment, as many companies in Norway are trying to do.
Even if healthy adults do not use cash, it is important that children and people with various mental disorders have the opportunity to pay in cash. Money is also one of the most effective ways to teach children about the number system and arithmetic (The number system is complicated, and not something that necessarily comes easily).
Some people have trouble controlling their spending, and for them it's easier to stay in control if they can withdraw physical money at regular intervals and spend it until it's empty.
We should also not forget that even if we live in a civilized country, we can never know if the authorities will one day decide to punish people by taking control of their money (which is very easy if physical money has become extinct). After the pandemic, it has unfortunately become apparent that both the Norwegian authorities and the Norwegian people have little principled regard for human rights.
Norwegians don’t show their feelings as much in public. Meaning less shouting and wooooh and yeaaaah on a bus/out in the city etc. Also people don’t like crying in public, both genders.
Doesn’t mean people don’t have feelings😂. We have similarities with the Japanese culture.
Exactly! "Norw. don´t have feelings...". Give me a break!
Never had issue paying with cash, I've been to grocery stores, convenience stores, the wine monopoly, hair dressers, retail stores of all types and I've never been denied,
unless explicitly stated on a sign or something.
Why would you have a lot of "friends"? In the US, it's all so shallow. I get that it's harder to make friends in Norway, but would you rather have true friends you can trust completely? Or someone you just hang out with once in a while and barely say hi to on the street?
To get a friend in Norway, you have to work for it and put in a lot of time and attention. Anyone can grab a coffee with people. To be a true friend means that you can share anything, meet at any time, and always feel good after meeting up. Look to Norway for actual true friendships!
14:19
Nah, physical money can still be given to beggars and stuff. 😊
And last time I bought firewood I did so with physical money.
But yeah, I use physical money perhaps 8-9 times pr year...
Some companies have flexi time - I would work from 07 to 15, so then lunch at 11 is ok.
It not a problem to be friend with me ,and many others i know to. They lay on to thick .Many Norwegians are very social with foreigners
I think people who say this are shy and «inadvent». It might be more difficult for them, but it would be starting new in any country I think. Some may be a bit easier though.
Norwegian is a Germanic language so not related to French at all. But we do in fact have some loanwords from French.
I work in Norway, but I moved to Sweden. So I only work Monday to Thursday. And then go home to the familly. Its like 3 and a half day of every weekend. And still I make 60k a year. For just putting up solar blinds. 😄
11:31 She hasn't been here long enough or her boyfriend is a bit... uh, "conservative".
It's super easy to get spicy and good food here you just have to know where to look, or just do a tiny wee bit of research or asking or exploring.
You can easily - in Oslo at least - get more spicy food than she has ever eaten. And you have an absolute metric ton of different restaurants and eating places.
I'm guessing she goes to Kiwi or Spar or something or a small store and buys just the basics.
I currently have 3 different fresh peppers stored and 2 different Siracha sauces and my best friend has massive jars of Turkish bibers (fefferonis) etc. etc.
You can also easily get any other "oriental" stuff and making a proper thai noodle soup is also super easy for instance. You can even get bamboo here and whatnot....
I'm sorry, but anyone complaining about the food here has no idea what they're talking about or they're from some small remote place. They only have themselves to blame.
If your friends make "tame" food then just ask them if they can make something spicy.
I really don't get it 😅
I'm ethnic Norwegian by the way. But yeah it's not hard.
We also have amazing meat, as well as seafood and dairy products.
I genuinely do not understand what people base such claims on or where or what they refer to. We also have better berries than pretty much the entire world except maybe Sweden or Finland.
Can she cook?
Here in Portugal i leave work at 12h at Fridays , and unlimited paid sick days
A friend likes to withdraw cash from an ATM and use that everywhere. He doesn't drive a car, and I like to drive him back to the train station when he visits. Often, he insists that he pay for me driving him and wants to give me cash. I always refuse because I do not need cash, which becomes a problem for me. What am I going to do with a 100 KR bill? When I go shopping, it always costs more than that, so I pay with my phone. If I were to buy a soda can, I really don't want to spend 23 NOK and then pay with a 100 KR bill and get a bunch of coins in exchange. It's better to just avoid the cash completely.
New friends will have to fit in to your existing friend group here in Scandinavia. Thats why we will measure you for a while.
I moved here for love too. My wonderful husband is Norwegian. ❤️
Let's be very clear.
Norwegian stores or any physical store, where you purchase bus tickets, gas stations and so on are required by law to accept up to and including 25 of the same currency.
So, if you were to purchase candy for 25 NOK and you give them 25 1's, they are required to accept it.
If you buy candy for 30 NOK and you give them 30 1's they can say no. At some point you have to say no otherwise it would take too much time to count.
Breaking this law, meaning denying a person the right to pay with physical Norwegian currency is punishable by up to 3 months in jail.
Norwegian is more related to German that French. The modern Norwegian language is Germanic in nature. "Sjåfør" is more of a modern loan word. In old-fashioned times there used to be plaques on the buses saying "Forstyrr ikke føreren" (Don't interrupt the driver). But "Føreren" is also what you would call Der Führer. Sooo... it kinda got out of style. The bearnaise sauce is fun, because usually they are called after their colors, like brunsaus, hvitsaus but for some reason we don't call bearnaise sauce gulsaus.
They moved here because they have fallen in love with a Norwegian.
Silly them. Norwegians are Mercurial.
@@TheAccidentalVikingMercurial? Yes We are all full of Mercury after The clot shot. Blame The norwegian government
@@maniac577 🤡
If you are a foreigner moving to Norway, it is a huge advantage to be highly extroverted and social, because social life in Norway can be very excluding!
Norwegian is a tone language - the pitch makes a difference in meaning.
I'm in house carpentry and on fridays we work until one o clock
Good video Mr.Rumpel/Bucket/Walker/Buger...etc.
No one can actually refuse to take cash, though majority prefer electronic payment
Normal work hours are 08-16, so leaving at 14 on Fridays is normal.
strange to complain about norwegian pronounciations of adopted words. How many words from old norse have been adopted and changed by the french and english. We must talk our way, like everyone else. Only snobby people try to say these words like bernaise in french, in my opinion.
Remember this silly statement came from a French! = snobby by definition. Every language have imported word and phrases from other languages; English being one example, packed with latin (and most often pronounced very differently from the origin!).
There's 2 Eurovision songs you can react to.
1 is Subwolfer - Give that wolf a banana. It was our 2022 contestants. We got 10th place. But the notable thing here is that we didnt know who the artists were. They didnt publicly take of their masks untill Eurovision 2023! It was Ben Adams from A1, and Norwegian artist named Gaute Ormåsen
2 is our 2023 contestant. Alessandra Mele - Queen of Kings. Whats notable here is that the Public vote put her at 3rd, but the Jury voted her at 17th place. Same with Finland. The public gave him the win by a landslide, but the Jury gave Sweden a ridiculous amount of points, pushing Sweden past Finland. This caused an outrage and people started saying the Jury should be removed, and only the public votes should be counted!
I'm Norwegian and it is really hard to make friends, and it's sad. Honest truth
Could we get some Norwegian movie reactions from you? Would like to see your reaction to Max Manus: Man of War.
leaving at 2 on a friday.... he must have been working overtime ...
14:19 do not take out money from an ATM
in the summer we have sun 24/7
We eat 0615 before work. Then at 11-12 o clock
Work to 4 is normal. Friday i work 7 to 12 😂 normal are 1-3.
My stepmother moved from Canada to Norway for love. She diden’t came here becouse of my dad. But she stayed becouse of him. Even with the horrible stepson😂
I wake up 6:30am, lunch 11am is my first meal.
3:36 Simple answer. No! Only the entitled ones. The rest have to work extra to get their work done.
4:52 Workday is 7 1/2 hour. Many do lunch at 11:00 after 3 hour work, the work 4 1/2 hour more after lunch. Equal many have lunch 11:30. This makes lunch more in the middle.
lunch is not that early, considering breakfast for most is 6:00 (am for americans) or earlier.
7:27 Not sure on the connection, but few words is inspired. Tho most Norwegians say it wrong. And think they are right. Truth is that this girl is right.
7:46 Yes, as Norwegian. I find it easier to make friends with foreigner than other Norwegians.
11:26 Agree, our food is not the greatest. Its mostly everyday workers food. Then some weird shit.
11:50 Stockholm is a great place, and fantastic long weekend trip. (It do have some big city issues tho).
14:08 He is right, but stores are not legally allowed to deny cash. (Many still do).
15:11 Feelings are private.
it's awesome in Norway, except for the heat in summer 😮💨
when i was in setermoen in the army in winter it was 24 hours of no sun and minus 40,and in summer it was plus 35 and 24 hours of sun,and the mosquitos was huge.
@@runeingebretsen8378 cool
I guess you're being ironic here...
@@localsheriff no, it burns
Yikes...! We Norwegians hardly experience any summer heat at all compared to the outside world... I'm in interior southern Norway and we hardly see temps above 25 deg C
gang I go with have been friends for 20 years or more.
Love it 😂❤
Some just should just go home. Make your own food and go dancing🎉
Yeah, a cashless society. Pay is electronic via card, phone, or just a chip in your bracelet
Morn fra Halden 🤘
morn morn fra födt i Halden men tvangsforflytta til %()/Y)(`(
Hællæ as they say in Fredrikstad
Hællæ.
I'm norwegian and I haven't seen norwegian money in years . Everything is electronic here. Haven't been to the grocery store for years either. Get my groceries delivered to my door. Have used money on vacation to other countries though
You are probably in oslo then. They don’t have Oda everywhere
You think you are actually living more in the future. But you are actually just depriving yourself not getting your own groceries.
@@More_Row depriving myself 🤣
@@Merete86You live on a thin veneer is all I'm saying. if your digital money were to collapse in value or your food delivery personnel wasn't available suddenly. You'd be like, wheres the food ?
You are also paying a lot more for your grocers having it delivered.
@@More_Row omg. 😅 could you be any more negative. Live your best life, honey. And maybe do it a little better and easier for yourself.
I am from norway! Lets collab!
I live inNorwY
I have no idea what real money looks like tbh, because we use card or cellphone all the time. It's much faster and easier, and cash is just for criminals... Many shops want to stop cash for good, for security reasons, as accepting cash cost them A LOT of money...and nobody uses them anyway 😊
Norway is definitely in the world lead when it comes to transitioning to a cashless society.
The way he said "ye i hate sweden" was fucking gold😂
Very interesting to hear forreigners thaught of norwegian
I from Norway
No you can use Real money now request this filmnet in the winter so therefore dark at 3pm
Why do you find it difficult to understand that people move for love. My friend met a Norwegian then moved to Oslo and has lived in Oslo for 40 years. You have a preconception that people must only move for work because Americans live to work not work to live. Norwegians are not superficial like Americans with reference to friendship you really have to get to know them before you become a trusted friend.
Some places it’s not even possible to pay with cash 💰
did you know that there are more gun holders in norway then in the us on average
It is not difficult to get friends in Norway. Just say something nice about Norway to a Norwegian, and you have a friend for life. The Norwi will lick your hand like a puppy 😊.
Here in Sweden we stopt working at 3 o'Clock on Fridays
2pm at friday has become more and more normal since we have become richer people (it's not to brag, but it's the facts - it gives us more possiblities), but many jobs you can't be leaving at 2pm, but for those kinda job you can leave. It's mostly okay. Many of us would go too the cabin or take the weekend early because we can. There has been some discussion about it that we should perhaps be having three days weekend for lowering or maybe even keep it the salaries, become more productive (it's been tested) and getting even more happier people.
I'm sorry, but norwegian food is terrible. There are only three big companies in Norway and every stores has about the same food.
It has too be the worst the food price and quality in the world.
The cash are more or less gone in Norway, yeah. Some stores will accept it, but if you have the exact amount they would most likely accept it.
Food stores can accept it, but two of them are time consuming spending be spending coins because the small coin machine. Rema 1000 would accept cash, though.
But with the Vipps it's become a rare thing too use cash. That's a instant transfer app for Norwegians.
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No you can take out cash, but eveyone will think it`s dirty money right away haha
Well, cash literally IS dirty money. That's why it has such a distinctive smell. After I got a transplant the doctors at Riksen told me I should avoid handling cash at all costs. They compared handling cash to sticking a wounded hand into a trash can.
I was also told to never shake hands, which suits me perfectly fine. I'm not a germophobe, but people cam be such filthy animals...
I’ve had a 200-kroner bill in my wallet for five years now, untouched.
Physical cash? Do you mean debit? I only use Vipps
I can’t remember the last time I payed for anything with real money.
Just move to Norway already Tyler, we know you want to haha
Lol - how to Norway hehehe
Ikkje tenk på det… 😂
We use card instead of money. We do not prefer it, but it changed maybe 20 years ago. The coin desapper more and more. Now they are going to take away the 1000,- bill also, because the Government is afraid of whitewashing. I always have some bills, but nearly all i buy is with a card
The pronunciation is typical for people living in Oslo. The rest of Norway cringes when they hear that.
Yes we can feel. The thing is that people from the south just feel tooo much all of the time. Annoying people.
Hei fra Norge 🇳🇴
The only choice is to hibernate
Norway
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