When Prohibition was repealed, it was left up to counties, townships, parishes, ect. to repeal or keep it as they saw fit. Some kept it, and are still keeping it yet.
@KingMacintosh In Wisconsin minors can drink if the parental guardian is present and allows it. This includes entering bars. It doesn't happen much however.
@@Mazotheman Nothing "pretty much" about it, modern countries or not! Countries, others in power, strangers, friends and family ALL try to exert their control on other people.
0 Subs 1k videos actually pretty popular thing, i love in norway and there’s always some people selling vodka, its very strict but we dont have many alcoholics here in Norway, which is good
@Kalzy Perhaps you could advertise somewhere on social media? Hell, I bet if you just did word-of-mouth advertisement you'd have a nice little side business after a couple weeks.
i can remember parts of Wales being "dry" on Sundays, rest of U.K being restricted to 12 - 2pm and 7 - 10pm. also, supermarkets never sold alcohol till around the late '60s, you had to go to a pub/bar or off-license.
If this happened in the USA. As in to what hours for what form of alcohol could be sold. As in say 3pm for wine, and then 4pm for beer. There would be an outrage here. Many folks here buy both at the same time up to closing hours.
@@mrLoftladder First time I saw a grocery store selling alcohol was in the late 90s. And I was down in Florida at the time. I was shocked. Then I realized that it made it easier to do it that way. One stop shopping. Stores up here now unlike the FL ones don't have it in the store. But in a part connected to the store. Whereas the FL ones had it IN the store.
I was on vacation recently in your beautiful country...you can't buy any form of alcohol (super market or pub) before 12pm and pubs close very early (in relation to what happens in most south european countries where we have booze flowing non stop) , or am I saying something not true??
@@stephencrompton4352 ....yup sorry before 10am and after 10pm...i just wanted my morning beer ...but still I live in a country where if a shop that sells is open it HAS to sell, fuck their judgment BUT it sells none the less ...however though your pubs are the best!!!! had the best time in Edinburgh , loved the city and one pub n particular ..Artisan's! :)
@@KostasTsou94 It's only like that in Scotland, in England you can buy it 24 hours a day in some supermarkets and whenever the pubs open. Very few pubs close at 10pm unless it's a Sunday, I'm not 100% sure about Scotland but doubt it's 10pm in most places. When I was in Edinburgh it was more or less like England apart from the 10am rule. In England a lot of Wetherspoons (which aren't really pubs, more like beer canteens and owned by a right bigoted ejit) open at 8am and you can buy a pint of beer there with your breakfast. Not so in Scotland.
@ Sorry to hear that. Not sure laws and limitations will help. Drugs are illegal in the US and its done nothing to stop drug use. It seems that the area's of our country with less opportunities have the worst drug problems. Mainly our rural area's.
@@YOURWAY2NORWAY No, not really! He's taking the piss. We used to have laws similar to Norway, then our neo-liberal government deregulated the alcohol industry. Now we have a massive national alcohol problem.
@@billynomates7347 Regulating and over taxing it doesn't change the fact that there are a lot of heavy drinkers in Norway. It just causes them to have less disposable income for other things.
As long as there is no cap on how much alcohol you can buy, i dont see a problem honestly. Just go there once a month, stock up and you are done. Problem solved. And it seems that you can still buy beer past the closing time in grocery stores, so even when you cant make it in time youre definitely not gonna die of thirst. In Germany most stores close at 8 pm and all of them are closed on sundays, but i dont see people getting angry or annoyed because of that. It closes when it closes, we know the time. But i can see foreigners not knowing that.
This is Norway man the alcohol prices are probably some of the highest in the world. If you try to stock up once a month it’ll cost you half your salary
@@toolcruise How is that an argument? If you drive 4 times to the store and get one bottle each week or if you drive once there and get 4 bottles it makes a difference! For the latter case you spend more gasoline.
bomber9912 It seems inconvenient to me to use such a large sum of money all at once. It’s probably easier to stock up when you have a proper stable income. My local vinmonopol is within walking distance so I save gas either way.
Come to Japan and you can buy any beer wine or liquor at any time of the day at convenience stores. Beer is in vending machines. So now you know why gaijin are lushes over here.
In Norway we have all the money in the world and very few problems, so the politicians mostly sit around wondering how best to micromanageit's population, which it is doing very well.
Zulay092 it can’t and until three years ago you could get cigarettes out of a vending machine with the same ease. Now the Taspo (タスポ) the card is necessary in order to purchase cigarettes from vending machines in Japan. The name "Taspo" is a portmanteau for "tobacco passport" (たばこのパスポート tabako no pasupōto). The stated aim is to reduce smoking by underaged people.
Not the days after Christmas; 25th and 26th of december. Not 1.januar. Not the two days after easter, whenever that is. Not 1.mai. Not 17.mai. Not not not not not... 🤣
@@christerjakobsen8107 In germany we only have a problem with idiots. They can be found in different categories. There are idiots amongst refugees, teachers, germans, turks, policemen, bouncers and so on. Idiots are really annoying and should be banned.
There are many ways for central government to control society other than "communism." The USSR was more dictatorship of one man, then later dictatorship by elite committees. Hardly the system of universal suffrage and free democracy of Marx. Bureaucratic rule by uniformity-loving central authorities is rampant all over the West. America, Britain, France, Australia, Germany etc. More Neo-Fascista than communism by far!
Please. Conservative states are far more restrictive because of Christian morals. In Colorado I can't sell lottery tickets until 8 am on Sunday. Yep. Sunday . and you can't buy alcohol between 12 am and 8 am daily. Check out Utah's alcohol laws. They are hardly socialist, and yet, have very restrictive laws. Huh imagine that. Maybe because they are conservative Mormons? Check out Blue laws that restricted alcohol sales in various states, all on Sunday! Yep. Then compare those states to how conservative they are. Yep....
@@bouncinbetty2032 That only happened in the 1980's. Capitalism has been dead in the USA for along time. What we have now isn't free market capitalism it's monopoly capitalism. Monopoly capitalism isn't any different from communism.
"It's like the Soviet Union??" - LOL In Soviet Union you would be lucky to find five different kinds of (strictly domestic) drinks in one store. And I know what I'm talking about.
I mean thats not the point, He was not talking about how many kinds of acohol you can find in a store but about how the state tries to controls the peoples day to day life.
@@sealking3838 Setting hours for wine and liquor sales is hardly unique and not controlling. Comparing it to the Soviet Union is just dumb. Stricter than most places, laxer than some. In return we have an insane selection and prices that are super low (unless you want bad vodka and cheap beer. Those are actually very expensive). Someone should tell him about restaurants in the US not being allowed to serve wine, but charging a small sum for opening a bottle you bring with you...
In Scotland it's not as strict but you can only buy alcohol from 10am til 10pm in shops whereas in England there are no time restrictions. Sure it's annoying sometimes but you can plan ahead.
Yeah, it was pretty easy to get alcohol when I was in Scotland; I didn't even notice the time restrictions, but maybe that's because I usually had a pretty good buzz going by 1pm... I miss Tenant's! (I tried Buckfast wine once in Lanarkshire, but I don't remember much of that day.)
There's a loophole for those living in Helsingborg (Sweden). They have the option to get on the ferry to Denmark and buy their alcohol on the ferry if they wish. The ferries are operational 24/7, every day of the year, a round trip is about 30 minutes and the ferry price is ~10$. Silly but true. Another strange thing about Sweden and alcohol is that you can legally drink and purchase alcohol at bars when you're 18. But if you want to buy it from Systembolaget (government owned and only source to buy alcohol outside of bars), you have to be 20.
I live in Baltimore and you can get alcohol from 6am til 2 am 7 days a week.Which means 20 hours a day you can purchase alcohol. Even some of the supermarkets sell alcohol. I could not imagine having this chaotic system.
@@brucethedruid I live in Sweden with the same system, it's chaotic because of the very short opening hours so everyone has to buy at the same time and it is a little hard to keep track of their off days ("holidays" that most people still work for example.)
Boy that’s the strongest argument against socialism that I’ve heard so far. In the state of Utah the state runs the liquor stores as well. It sucks just like Norway but that’s because it’s controlled by the Mormons.
@@smudger671 I dont know here in the netherlands we are a mixed socialistic democratic capitalistic country and u can buy everything anywhere. Though our government for e.g. regulates medicine prices and hospital prices and insurance. Which in return gives us way cheaper health care.
@@corthew They are. While gov't is busy fretting over alcohol and cannabis here in Utah, doctors are so trigger happy with opiod prescriptions I have to go out of my way to request a non-opioid option. Because heroin is a-ok with the health establishment as long as you take it in pill form and not needle form I guess?
It's the same in Sweden though? 18:00, sometimes 19:00 Mondays to Fridays, depending on where the store is located. 15:00 on Saturdays, Sundays are closed. It's not a big deal?
You can only buy from the Systembolaget stores which are the only ones allowed to sell any alcohol above 3,5 per mille alcohol. Grocery stores can sell lightbear untill they are closed which can range to 23:00 or so.
Tell me about the tinned baby eels, Hector. We love eels so much at my house, we always keep them on hand, both frozen unagi and tinned broiled spicy anago. I have always wanted to savor a tin of Spanish baby eels ever since I saw Leo McKern eat them dangling off his finger in Blue Lagoon. I just can't afford $75.00 for two ounces (in the US). Do you eat them often? How do you serve them, and on what, if anything?
I bitch about my State's liquor laws,state-owned liquor stores but at least they're open until 9 and only closed on Sunday. And only no hard liquor in stores but beer and wine we can buy 24/7. The worst part is is the state-owned liquor store meaning no competitive pricing and I'm surrounded by state that also have state-owned liquor stores and higher prices.
OMG, I never knew Norway was so different from here. 3pm is a closing time that makes no sense whatsoever. In my state liquor sales are cut off from 2am till 6am. Other than then you can easily buy any kind of liquor anywhere. Some states such as Nevada allow 24/7 sales and notoriously in Las Vegas you can carry your drink from place to place on the sidewalks as long as it is in plastic containers.
In the USA, each state is different. In Indiana, for instance, you can't buy alcohol on Sunday. In Illinois, you can buy it 7 days a week. Some states have drive through liqueur stores!
Norwegian laws: Alcohol up to 4,75% can be sold in grocery stores and some specialised shop until 8 pm. Monday to Friday. On Saturdays until 6.pm. Alcoholic beverages above 4,75% can be bought at Vinmonopolet Monday to Friday until 6 pm (some stores close at 5 pm). On Saturdays until 3 pm (most likely to be extended to 4 pm in 2020). Age limits: 18 years: up to 22% 20 years: above 22%
@@YOURWAY2NORWAY Is there a limit on how much you can purchase each time... I would love to see this rule in the USA and just sit outside and watch people be turned away. Great people watching there...
@@fmrnygal There isn't really any limit. In the store I work people will sometimes fill an entire shopping cart with beer and stuff and it's completely legal. I don't see why people complain so much, just have to plan ahead a bit.
@@fmrnygal It's a common occurrence, at least in the country side, that people come in and buy a bunch of beer to transport to their cabin with snowmobile in the winter.
I live in Massachusetts and the state does not operate the sale of Alcohol. It’s sold by Americans as a business like any other. Buying on Sunday started probably 15 years ago.
In Ontario, Canada, the state controls the liquor stores and private multi-nationals own the beer stores. The beer stores are dull, dirty and dingy. The line-ups are long. At the liquor stores the shops are clean and bright with helpful staff and if a couple of people are lined up they open another cash. They are everywhere and they contribute billion$ to our free health care so don't diss government enterprises.
In Ontario (Canada) the liquor stores are government owned. Many years ago the stores had poor selections and inconvenient hours but when politicians threatened to privatize the stores things changed. Now we have much better selection and reasonable hours. The threat of competition is the only thing that works.
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In the state of New Hampshire, the state owns the liquor stores, and they're open seven days a week from 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM or 9:00 PM, and there's no sales tax. Busloads of tourists drive over the borders to shop. Also beer and wine can be bought at the grocery stores from whenever they open until late at night. Convenient for alcoholics, but also convenient for last-minute gift buying. Win-win.
There's an enormous liquor store just off 95 before entering Maine. We would always stop there before driving on to our vacation spot in Maine, and buy a few boxes of booze and wine. I bet the owner makes a fortune.
In New Hampshire, USA we have state run liquor stores. They're not quite as strict on times but still a pain. And we can get beer and wines in the grocery stores.
I think that's a very good solution, but the opening hours are a bit ott. what if someone works after 5-6 during the week? It would be very good if other countries would implement this, also the same with cannabis.
In Colombia, you must be over 18 to buy any type of alcoholic beverage. ID when asked. During elections (Legislative, Presidential and Locals) the restriction is from Saturday 18:00 until Monday 6:00. Right now due to Corona Virus, ban on alcohol depends on location along with curfews.
@@YOURWAY2NORWAY Hello again, Ronald. Tomorrow (March 12) another restriction because of our Legislative elections. And after the general confinement it is concluded about the surge in alcohol consumption. Not only that, today (March 11) the government decided to put a VAT free sale on certain products. So going to vote with a hangover and debt for things you didn't need, the formula to really vote stupidly.
"The state controls your private life"? If everyone can do whatever they want whenever they want, what kind of country would that be? oh right, America. I am forever thankful I am Norwegian!
@Rainco 99.9% av folk klarer å ha et "sunt" forhold til alkohol uten å ødelegge for seg selv og andre, men for de som ikke klarer det så er det lurt å ha begrensninger og sikkerhet for oss og dem selv. Derfor har vi i Norge strengere regler, reguleringer og systemer på slikt.
except America's super harsh judicial system lol. Their whole "freedom" thing is just a lie. it's by far the most imprisoned country, its not even close, much of which is for victimless crimes.
NEVER DRINK AND DRIVE IN NORWAY EVEN AFTER 1 BEER...The security outside of bars in Norway watch you to see if you get in a car when you leave the bar even if your not drinking they will call a traffic cop to pull you over. It happened to me...He walked up to my door with the breathalyzer in his hand...Only 1 drink can get you a fine.
It's not Orwellian, it's Christian moralism at its finest. Imposed by our Christian Democratic Party. I don't mind strict regulations of alcohol/drugs, but they have to make sense. The sales hours of alcohol in Norway serves no purpose at all and is absolutely ridiculous. It's just the closest thing these religious fundamentalists could get to prohibition, which is what they really want.
@Jazzhandedly You're quite obviously completely ignorant of Norwegian political history, and how Norwegian parliamentary politics work. You don't have to be part of a majority government in order to get your key issues through - that's the whole crux of multi-party parliamentary politics, and also, unfortunately, one of the downsides. Restrictive alcohol policies, and more specifically, the alcohol sales hours, have always been a Christian Democratic Party issue, and other political parties have conceded this issue in order to get their support on other issues. That's how this political system works. If the issue isn't too important to the major parties, they'll gladly concede minor issues, or "throw a bone" as one may say, to minor parties in order to get their support on more major issues, like tax reforms, health reforms, etc. That's how the Christian Democratic Party has single-handedly shaped most of the alcohol politics in Norway, because restricting the alcohol sales hours haven't been a major concession for the other parties, in order to gain their support for other, more important issues. This is why many argue that the election threshold (sperregrensen) should be higher, because parties hovering around 4-5% gets a disproportionate amount of power, especially on single issues like this. So yes, it is 100% the Christian Democratic Party. Don't be a politically ignorant tool.
@@YOURWAY2NORWAY Butikker er åpne fra 7 til 23, 6 dager i uken. Det er 96 timer totalt, Vinmonopolet er åpent 46 av de timene. Klarer man ikke organisere uken sin såppas at man ikke får til å gå i en butikk som er åpent nær 50% av tiden til dagligvarebutikkene så kanskje man har større problem enn å ikke få seg en flaske vin eller annen drikkevare... og er det så desperat trangt med tiden så kan du høre med venner om de har tid, eller du kan bestille på nett når du selv har tid så går du bare å henter i butikk eller får det sendt til ditt poststed (må fremdeles hentes ut fra posten i åpningstidene til vinmonopolet om jeg husker rett).
Not too long ago it was exactly the same in the UK, licensing laws stated you could only buy alcohol between 11am - 3pm and 6.30pm - 11pm mon to sat. 12noon - 2pm and 7pm -10.30pm on sun. WE STOCKED UP, nobody ever went without a drink!
it is kind of the same here. You can buy beer and wine at a gas station until 2 am but liquor stores close at 9 pm. The state also controls the hard liquor. if you go to California, you can buy all alcohol at any time anywhere.
I guess in some provinces in Canada it is a bit similar. Though you have a choice of LCBO or some grocery stores, you can't buy past 1800h on saturday, 1600h on sunday and 2230h the rest of the week in Ontario. Not as bad as the Norwegian system, but I've heard U.S. has 24h liquor stores in some states.
So I never knew this about Norway. Is this just on alcohol you are going to take home? Can you still purchase alcohol from bars and restaurants in the evening?
I live in the U.S.A. I use to live in a state that did not sell alcohol on Sundays. I now live where alcohol is not sold after 2:00am. It’s doesn’t bother me. You just need to be prepared, if you know the rules, follow them. If it helps the problems that are going on, than I am ok with the rules.😊💛🐸
The bitching and moaning, i live in sweden and come from ireland having spent my working life in britain, usa and even a few years in norway. The system is superb, profits go back to healthcare, schools and other sundry public services. The opening hours are reasonable and if you choose to leave it until the last minute to buy thats on you. Norway sells 4.5% beer same strength as budweiser in all supermarkets until like 20 so its not all bad.
For real drinkers this problem happens only once. Technically the cashiers are still making sales after closing time for those still in the store. So sales were still made 5 minutes after 15:00 according to the door monitor.
Most alcoholic beverages can sit for several months without going bad, so people coming right before closing time don't really have any excuse. It's not difficult to just have a few bottles in a closet at home, that's what I do, so I never have the problem these guys have.
thank you. i think this was very interesting. i live in the southern part of the u.s.a. awhile back i lived in a large city, but several years ago i moved to a small town. from what i understand, in many places up north (and it's been this way for a very long time, i think) people have been able to purchase alcohol 7 days per week (except state and federal holidays and election days); however, in my state, even long after i started drinking, it was against the law to purchase alcohol on sunday, and since voters in every city/town can vote on whether or not to allow the sale of alcohol, the town where i now live did not allow the sale of alcohol until about 10 years ago. anytime a person moves, they need to check the state, county, and city/town to see if and when they can buy. not all states recognize the same state holidays, some places still say no sales on sundays and, of course, each area regulates the hours for which sales are allowed. it's pretty confusing, so pretty much the best thing to do is make sure you never run out of anything lol!
I lived in Pennsylvania and it was a lot like that too. But 3 o'clock? Wow. But what it meant was that everyone just kept huge stashes of alcohol in their homes. People would literally have 3, 4, 6 cases of beer in the kitchen...just in case. When I first moved there, I went into a seven eleven looking for beer. I circled the store a couple of times and then asked the clerk. He just laughed, "you have to go to a state run beer distributor." "Okay, where's that." "Long since closed." Oh, and you can only by a case of beer. I'm serious, no singles, no six packs. You have to buy a case. This was in the 80s and 90s. Not sure if it's still, the same.
😲 Such a typical Nordic experience in US. Awesome to hear! Nope, if we had too much stacked home, we would probably drink all in a day 😘 Love your engagement!
Or a liquor chain like Dan Murphy's. A wide selection of local and imported wine (we are a major wine producer), beer (we make plenty of local beer, but I prefer foreign stuff) and hard alcohol. All at lowest price guaranteed. If another store advertises it cheaper, Dan Murphy's will match it.
the owner of a local sporting goods liquor store gas station combo while being interviewed on tv said only place in town you can get a tank of gas bottle of booze and a gun then go out and have some real fun
in the US there are subscription services where you can have a monthly wine sent to you in the mail, you can put in your preferences for the type of wine you want, (Merlot, Malbec etc) or a type of vineyard you would like to try from or from what part of the world you would like to try, but I guess in Norway it would be illegal to have this type of subscription service, right???
First time when I realized that you have even stricter alcohol laws than we have in Finland, it was surprising. You know, our monopoly, Alko, is open from monday to friday 9-20 and on saturdays 9-18. And we are allowed to buy beer and other light drinks (max 4,7%) from store every day 9-21. Even sundays. BTW why didn't you buy Vikingfjord vodka? :D
Ok, interesting facts. Alko has much better opening hours than Vinmonopolet. Saturdays are a hell here. Too much stress. We can also buy beer / drinks with 4,7 % in grocery stores - but absolutely not on a sunday. Sundays are somehow "sacred" day of rest here in Norway. Means that we are more Lutheran than we think. Hehe, I would probably buy Kalinka vodka ;)
We got "freed" somehow on 1990's. Before it was just like in Norway. And on 1980's Alko wasn't open on saturdays at all. Vikingfjord has come popular because of funniest youtuber of Norway, Tor "apetor" Eckhoff :)
Norway is an atheistic and agnostic country. The stores being closed at sundays is just a tradition. On the other hand - great video! Really informative :)
Living in Nevada, casinos serve alcohol 24/7 with many small bars open until 3 am. Convenience stores are open 4 hour and no restrictions on alcohol sales
We have state run liquor stores in Utah, USA. They are open 12 hours a day/6days a week and closed on holidays. I just moved across the State line to Arizona. My grocery store is less than a mile from Utah and has a beautiful Wine section.
Either than the old dude, at least people are nice about it when they close. I can imagine the protests we would have here in America if liquor stores close at 3, 6, or 8!
I find it hard to understand why my Finish kin are among the biggest drunks and abusers of alcohol in the world. I mean, you really gotta try, with this system.
I have Swedish friends and remember going to the alcohol shop for the first time. My friend took a ticket and we had to wait our turn. In those days you were not allowed to touch any bottles/cans until you had paid for them. Now you can touch the merchandise but the state still controls where booze is sold. Where I live I am in 2/3 seconds driving where I c an buy drink, Waitrose and Lidl supermarkets. The garage has a shop and is open 24 hours so should you fancy a bottle of wine at 2am in the morning just nip down and get one lol. The last shop is B&M which is one of those budget shops and they now also sell sell alcohol. All those shops are almost next door to one another. My Swedish friends love going to supermarkets here in the UK.
It's like the Soviet Union? Erm... no. Alcoholism is one of the leading causes of death for men in Russia. I like my booze... but I think Norway has the right idea. If you really want to drink a lot, then you can always stock up.
You are wrong my friend, I agree with you about alcoholism being a huge problem but the government doesn't has the right to forbid a citizen who pay taxes to drink alcohol, this is pure socialism. Why should a government do this? Don't forget about the fact that a government is created to serve their citizens, they don't have such right to prohibit you to do things that doesn't affect others. Besides this, when the government controls the licuor stores creates a bad Monopoly with a huge bureocracy than ends up affecting the prices, probably in Norway the alcohol prices are high, if not is because the government use tax payers's money to keep them low. We shouldn't allow thing like this to happen. It does matter if it makes you harm, if you don't affect others the government doesn't have any right.
We have state run liquor stores here in Virginia called ABC stores. Beer and wine are available in grocery stores but sale is prohibited after 11:59PM Saturday until noon on Sunday. ABC stores are open all days of the week but close early at 6pm on Sunday. They typically close early on holidays as well.
You can buy alcohol in stores from 8 to 18 in Norway and in bars, restaurants etc until 3 in the morning. This video makes it look a lot worse than it is in reality... almost no one think this is a real problem.
Wow! Some liquor stores are open past midnight here in USA. We can certainly buy beer 24 /7 somewhere. I don’t like the government controlling my life. I do beleve in law and am against anarchy...but I beleve in personal freedom.
Alcohol consumption had a cost of at least $249 billion in 2010 or or 2,05 USD pr drink, and we're talking 2010 dollars, not 2019 dollars here, so it's more then today.
Where I live (State of Washington, USA) we used to have state-run liquor stores, but we voted them out of existence several years ago, and now allow regular grocery stores to sell hard liquor as well as the beer and wine they've always sold. But they still can't sell, and bars can't serve, after 2AM.
Norway has a culture of buying the things we need the same day we need it. With some "simple" planning, lets say, buying the alcohol for the weekend during a weekday.. shouldnt really be too hard. But still it seems like it's a shockingly hard thing to do for alot of people. First world problems. I don't really see the issue in this.
Here in Florida USA liquor stores are open 9 am to 10 pm every day and on Sunday 11 am to 7 pm. You can buy wine and beer at any grocery store, also open every day but holidays like Christmas Day. The typical bottle of chardonnay is about $6-$10. We can also buy wine and beer at convenience stores / gas stations like Circle K, and they are open late, but more expensive. My question is can you buy wine and beer at these places when the state store is closed ?
Hi Linda. Norway is stricter. You can only buy beer outside the Vinmonoploet. And only in grocery stores from 9 am to 8 pm. On sundays everything is closed. If you want a bottle of something, you have to buy it in a restaurant while eating there. We cant buy alcohol in convenience stores / gas stations. Thanks for watching & engaging :)
+@Digdug30 Good. That said, I have to warn you that alcohol plays a rather big role in social life here unfortunately and people here tend to not be the most pleasant of drunk people... Then again, you *can* do just fine as a teetotaler like me.
It's not that hard, just plan it a little better or go on weekdays to shop for the weekend. This video is at the busiest liqour store in Norway at closing hours.
Maybe go to rehab. I love weed and shrooms but I dont move to the netherlands to get stoned every day. Im okay with only smoking/ doing shrooms on occasions and I dont need to get high every day like most ethanol addicts
When I was younger, there was a little store in my town, where you could buy all sorts of liquids (water, soda, beer, liquor, wine). The owner was a back then granny, who lived in the same building. In front of the door, there was a bell. So me and my friends even came at night or on holidays, hit the bell and she opened the store for us. I was 14 at that time and she didnt care. Great memories.
This is just bull, this is not problematic at all. you can by all the alcohol you want want in Norway. This closing thing is for all kind of stores. You can brew wine, beer and other drinks up to 15-20 % alacohol I think it is. Moonshine is unlegal, as it is in most countries.
You can brew as much as you want at home as long as you don't sell it on, it's also not allowed to distil your own spirits at home. Again the exceptions are registrered producers that have gone through the process of becoming a business.
I think the only restrictions I've had when buying Alcohol here in London is when I used to live literally next door to Wembley stadium, and on match day they wouldn't sell alcohol 1 hour before a game/show starts and one hour afterwards, mainly just to stop people arriving at football matches drunk. Other then that, you can buy any type of drink at any time and on any day, if the stores open and sells alcohol and you're over 18, then you can get as much of anything you can afford.
@@YOURWAY2NORWAY My Scottish flatmate says it is different in Scotland and you can't buy any after 10pm or on a Sunday, so when she moved to London she loved being able to go to a 24 hour store at like 3am and buy Vodka and wine aha
I emigrated from Ontario to Israel. Ontario has similar (although not as strict) puritanical laws about alcohol. In Israel it's much more relaxed, but there is also much less of a culture of drunkenness (unless you come visit during our Purim festival - something I highly recommend).
Well no restriction on how much you can buy, so it's literally bjust managing to get to the Danny store before it close, and perhaps try to plan more than a second ahead, comparing it to Soviet jeez
Years ago, like maybe 2005, my Sis and I got to visit Denmark, Norway, Sweden and some other Baltic countries. Think it was in Sweden or Estonia that we were told that people flew in to Estonia to buy and take home large quantities of vodka and other liquors. That's what Estonia was sort of known for. Wonder if this is still true???
Here in Ireland the off licences close at 22.00 even if the supermarkets close later. No alcohol or pubs open on Good Friday or Christmas Day, open every other day. Late opening and early closing on Sundays and it is resented by the people. There would be a revolution if the Norwegian system was tried in Ireland.
So they let people in the store until 3pm or 15, but if you are already inside the store they let you finish making your selections and then purchase after 3pm or 15 yes?
In the former Soviet Union countries there are so many alcoholics because of cheap alcohol and moonshine. So in my opinion the Nordic system is reasonable and protects its own people...
+максим панасюк Most Norwegians would agree with you. I think we are found of our system, and the Vinmonopolet is one of the moste loved brands in Norway. Thanks for watching and commenting - we appriciate it : )
максим панасюк The Norwegians have not suffered under commie fascism terror, YET! But they are on the way. It seems the communist tragedy still haunts those broken cultures. Western Europe is headed down a maybe worse road in the future, North America seems to be crying for a similar fate. Brainwashing is a horrible power and people have not learned to resist it for some reason.
So having a state run liquor store chain means an additional tax on any basic tax on alcoholic drinks, not just the so called benefits of just having one government run chain.
This is where Denmark sets itself apart from the other Nordic countries - SKÅL!!!
SKÅL
Yeah I have a mini crush on Denmark, awesome country. I prefer the danish summer to the Australian summer because it's not so damn dry
Davs, det er godt å være norsk i Danmark!
@Uncle Rico sounds expensive and shitty in Denmark you can buy anytime anywhere and much cheaper
@@Erasmos01 it is true i can go to my 7 eleven right now an buy can also go at 4 am. So that's a huge lie
Here in Texas we make our own moonshine, and meth
"And meth" Omg haha xD
i love Texas best state in USA ( i´m from ITALY )
Thats why most go blind or die
@Lucy's Underground especially in canyon lake area, its real big.
greetings from east germany, meth is chef
Alcohol is illegal in a lot of areas of Kentucky, and we are the bourbon capital of the world.
That is news to us.Thought US was very liberal when it came to selling alcohol. I think that is a good thing btw. Thanks for sharing :)
only backwards hillbilly states have laws like that in the US@@YOURWAY2NORWAY
When Prohibition was repealed, it was left up to counties, townships, parishes, ect. to repeal or keep it as they saw fit. Some kept it, and are still keeping it yet.
A lot of the south are changing the prohibition and Sunday blue law, they see the huge amount of sales tax they are losing.
@KingMacintosh In Wisconsin minors can drink if the parental guardian is present and allows it. This includes entering bars. It doesn't happen much however.
"The State controls your private life". Yep.
@@Mazotheman Nothing "pretty much" about it, modern countries or not! Countries, others in power, strangers, friends and family ALL try to exert their control on other people.
@@Mazotheman Not at all!
@Jose Stickman LiBtArD
Its good that the state controls parts of your life
@Jose Stickman unironically using the word libtard should be punishable from death
Buy two cases before closing time. Sell outside after they close for double the price!
Definitely illegal but nice idea.
0 Subs 1k videos actually pretty popular thing, i love in norway and there’s always some people selling vodka, its very strict but we dont have many alcoholics here in Norway, which is good
@Kalzy Perhaps you could advertise somewhere on social media? Hell, I bet if you just did word-of-mouth advertisement you'd have a nice little side business after a couple weeks.
@@297valeful wow where I have you been? check the stats
Then you'd get arrested. Congrats
If this happened in wales everyone would have a melt down lol
i can remember parts of Wales being "dry" on Sundays, rest of U.K being restricted to 12 - 2pm and 7 - 10pm. also, supermarkets never sold alcohol till around the late '60s, you had to go to a pub/bar or off-license.
If this happened in the USA. As in to what hours for what form of alcohol could be sold. As in say 3pm for wine, and then 4pm for beer. There would be an outrage here. Many folks here buy both at the same time up to closing hours.
@@mrLoftladder First time I saw a grocery store selling alcohol was in the late 90s. And I was down in Florida at the time. I was shocked. Then I realized that it made it easier to do it that way. One stop shopping. Stores up here now unlike the FL ones don't have it in the store. But in a part connected to the store. Whereas the FL ones had it IN the store.
Suzette Kath they do have hours where I live. You cannot buy spirits after 7pm. Used to be no alcohol on sundays.
@@shugthehornyhaggis Trashing people does not make your ancestors Noble.
Imagine if they did this in Scotland, there would be riots.
Steve Spencer I bet you think weed is worse than alcohol 😂
I was on vacation recently in your beautiful country...you can't buy any form of alcohol (super market or pub) before 12pm and pubs close very early (in relation to what happens in most south european countries where we have booze flowing non stop) , or am I saying something not true??
@@KostasTsou94 I've bought alcohol before noon before so I'm not sure
@@stephencrompton4352 ....yup sorry before 10am and after 10pm...i just wanted my morning beer ...but still I live in a country where if a shop that sells is open it HAS to sell, fuck their judgment BUT it sells none the less ...however though your pubs are the best!!!! had the best time in Edinburgh , loved the city and one pub n particular ..Artisan's! :)
@@KostasTsou94 It's only like that in Scotland, in England you can buy it 24 hours a day in some supermarkets and whenever the pubs open. Very few pubs close at 10pm unless it's a Sunday, I'm not 100% sure about Scotland but doubt it's 10pm in most places. When I was in Edinburgh it was more or less like England apart from the 10am rule.
In England a lot of Wetherspoons (which aren't really pubs, more like beer canteens and owned by a right bigoted ejit) open at 8am and you can buy a pint of beer there with your breakfast. Not so in Scotland.
Nothing wrong with State run liquor stores, there is something wrong with closing at 3 that's for sure.
why can't you buy it a little sooner?
Agree, I wonder why they chose 3pm to close?🤔
3pm on saturday but 6pm on normal weekdays
The government should govern not be in retail. Then again I am a capitalist.
@ Sorry to hear that. Not sure laws and limitations will help. Drugs are illegal in the US and its done nothing to stop drug use. It seems that the area's of our country with less opportunities have the worst drug problems. Mainly our rural area's.
In Belgium, you can get your alcohol anytime, almost anywhere*
(You can even buy beer from Vending Machines in remote areas)
👍 it's on my next trip list
Same with japan
Daar kan Nederland nog veel van leren ... (Geschreven door een Nederlander)
Yea I see people drinking beer at 10am here (in Belgium) and I love Europe cause nightlife is from 2200-7am
Except there are no remote areas in Belgium. The whole country is a dot on the world map.
In England alcohol is dirt cheap and sold at 24/7 at supermarkets. Yet the English are renown for their moderate drinking and sobriety.
Really? 😊
Lol
I dont think so bud! Same as here in Australia full off piss heads!
@@YOURWAY2NORWAY No, not really! He's taking the piss. We used to have laws similar to Norway, then our neo-liberal government deregulated the alcohol industry. Now we have a massive national alcohol problem.
@@billynomates7347 Regulating and over taxing it doesn't change the fact that there are a lot of heavy drinkers in Norway. It just causes them to have less disposable income for other things.
The jail guard seemed nice and friendly......
Amazing how polite the Stasi can be.
Those SS uniforms have really gone downhill though. Budget cuts...
As long as there is no cap on how much alcohol you can buy, i dont see a problem honestly. Just go there once a month, stock up and you are done. Problem solved. And it seems that you can still buy beer past the closing time in grocery stores, so even when you cant make it in time youre definitely not gonna die of thirst.
In Germany most stores close at 8 pm and all of them are closed on sundays, but i dont see people getting angry or annoyed because of that. It closes when it closes, we know the time. But i can see foreigners not knowing that.
This is Norway man the alcohol prices are probably some of the highest in the world. If you try to stock up once a month it’ll cost you half your salary
@@toolcruise How is that an argument? If you drive 4 times to the store and get one bottle each week or if you drive once there and get 4 bottles it makes a difference! For the latter case you spend more gasoline.
Our opening times isn't a issue at all, the prices however are.
@@toolcruise True, but if you buy your monthly consumption in one go or spread over time still ends up at the same price.
bomber9912 It seems inconvenient to me to use such a large sum of money all at once. It’s probably easier to stock up when you have a proper stable income. My local vinmonopol is within walking distance so I save gas either way.
Come to Japan and you can buy any beer wine or liquor at any time of the day at convenience stores. Beer is in vending machines.
So now you know why gaijin are lushes over here.
As a Norwegian I visited Japan and holy moly did I have a good time! It was wonderful being able to buy Kirin from a vending machine at 11PM.
In Norway we have all the money in the world and very few problems, so the politicians mostly sit around wondering how best to micromanageit's population, which it is doing very well.
seriously beer in vending machines? how can the machine know someone is over 18?
Zulay092 it can’t and until three years ago you could get cigarettes out of a vending machine with the same ease.
Now the Taspo (タスポ) the card is necessary in order to purchase cigarettes from vending machines in Japan. The name "Taspo" is a portmanteau for "tobacco passport" (たばこのパスポート tabako no pasupōto). The stated aim is to reduce smoking by underaged people.
Why go to Japan when they can drive of take the ferry to Denmark and buy all the cheap alcohol they want
You need to stock up ahead of time! Buy it when you don't need it yet.
This. I'm in the US and I still stock up lol I always have a few dozen bottles in case something happens
As an alcoholic this is a horrible policy.
Y but that still sucks, people don't usually buy things like is the end of world, and probably you will abuse it more like that whatever it is
Well thats why u have really many alcoholics in canada
Week days 18:00
Saturday: 15:00
Sunday: closed
Not the days after Christmas; 25th and 26th of december.
Not 1.januar.
Not the two days after easter, whenever that is.
Not 1.mai.
Not 17.mai.
Not not not not not... 🤣
Try this government technique in say South Central Los Angeles. Benches would be flying through that glass, gunshots fired and kites crashing.
thats because your american idiots
Haha, Germany is laughing xD
I dunno, us norwegians are kinda laughing at your "refugee" problem.
@@christerjakobsen8107 wow, someones upset
@@cpt.cocksuck9406 Well, I don't drink a lot of alcohol, so no.
Christer Jakobsen you seem like a hot guy, Christer ;-)
@@christerjakobsen8107
In germany we only have a problem with idiots. They can be found in different categories. There are idiots amongst refugees, teachers, germans, turks, policemen, bouncers and so on. Idiots are really annoying and should be banned.
I'm shocked by the comments section. So many people support this system. The nanny state is the first step to the communist state!
There are many ways for central government to control society other than "communism." The USSR was more dictatorship of one man, then later dictatorship by elite committees. Hardly the system of universal suffrage and free democracy of Marx.
Bureaucratic rule by uniformity-loving central authorities is rampant all over the West. America, Britain, France, Australia, Germany etc. More Neo-Fascista than communism by far!
Please. Conservative states are far more restrictive because of Christian morals. In Colorado I can't sell lottery tickets until 8 am on Sunday. Yep. Sunday . and you can't buy alcohol between 12 am and 8 am daily. Check out Utah's alcohol laws. They are hardly socialist, and yet, have very restrictive laws. Huh imagine that. Maybe because they are conservative Mormons? Check out Blue laws that restricted alcohol sales in various states, all on Sunday! Yep. Then compare those states to how conservative they are. Yep....
You can't even fucking buy alcohol until 21 in the USA, does that mean capitalism = nanny state?
It's there for good reasons, and communism is by far long away from the horizon in our countries, no matter how much some old yank screams about it.
@@bouncinbetty2032 That only happened in the 1980's. Capitalism has been dead in the USA for along time. What we have now isn't free market capitalism it's monopoly capitalism. Monopoly capitalism isn't any different from communism.
"It's like the Soviet Union??" - LOL In Soviet Union you would be lucky to find five different kinds of (strictly domestic) drinks in one store. And I know what I'm talking about.
I mean thats not the point, He was not talking about how many kinds of acohol you can find in a store but about how the state tries to controls the peoples day to day life.
@@sealking3838 Setting hours for wine and liquor sales is hardly unique and not controlling. Comparing it to the Soviet Union is just dumb. Stricter than most places, laxer than some. In return we have an insane selection and prices that are super low (unless you want bad vodka and cheap beer. Those are actually very expensive).
Someone should tell him about restaurants in the US not being allowed to serve wine, but charging a small sum for opening a bottle you bring with you...
In Scotland it's not as strict but you can only buy alcohol from 10am til 10pm in shops whereas in England there are no time restrictions. Sure it's annoying sometimes but you can plan ahead.
Yeah, it was pretty easy to get alcohol when I was in Scotland; I didn't even notice the time restrictions, but maybe that's because I usually had a pretty good buzz going by 1pm... I miss Tenant's! (I tried Buckfast wine once in Lanarkshire, but I don't remember much of that day.)
There's a loophole for those living in Helsingborg (Sweden). They have the option to get on the ferry to Denmark and buy their alcohol on the ferry if they wish. The ferries are operational 24/7, every day of the year, a round trip is about 30 minutes and the ferry price is ~10$. Silly but true.
Another strange thing about Sweden and alcohol is that you can legally drink and purchase alcohol at bars when you're 18. But if you want to buy it from Systembolaget (government owned and only source to buy alcohol outside of bars), you have to be 20.
I live in Baltimore and you can get alcohol from 6am til 2 am 7 days a week.Which means 20 hours a day you can purchase alcohol. Even some of the supermarkets sell alcohol. I could not imagine having this chaotic system.
Its not chaotic; its restrictive. Chaotic would imply that the rules change randomly.
@@brucethedruid I live in Sweden with the same system, it's chaotic because of the very short opening hours so everyone has to buy at the same time and it is a little hard to keep track of their off days ("holidays" that most people still work for example.)
Boy that’s the strongest argument against socialism that I’ve heard so far. In the state of Utah the state runs the liquor stores as well. It sucks just like Norway but that’s because it’s controlled by the Mormons.
Yes...Because proven dangerous drugs should be easy for everyone to get.
What has socialism got to do with liquor stores?
@@smudger671 I dont know here in the netherlands we are a mixed socialistic democratic capitalistic country and u can buy everything anywhere. Though our government for e.g. regulates medicine prices and hospital prices and insurance. Which in return gives us way cheaper health care.
@@corthew They are. While gov't is busy fretting over alcohol and cannabis here in Utah, doctors are so trigger happy with opiod prescriptions I have to go out of my way to request a non-opioid option. Because heroin is a-ok with the health establishment as long as you take it in pill form and not needle form I guess?
@ North Carolina native here....they are closed Sundays and holidays but all the locals know this and buy ahead😉😁
It's the same in Sweden though? 18:00, sometimes 19:00 Mondays to Fridays, depending on where the store is located. 15:00 on Saturdays, Sundays are closed. It's not a big deal?
You can only buy from the Systembolaget stores which are the only ones allowed to sell any alcohol above 3,5 per mille alcohol. Grocery stores can sell lightbear untill they are closed which can range to 23:00 or so.
In Chile we can get alcohol until the store closes so around 2 or 3 am.
In Ireland this would cause a revolution! C from the little haunted cottage in Ireland 🍀🍀🍀👻👻👻
Haha, very funny comment 😂😂 Thanks for sharing and engaging 🤗
c annett hahahahaha very funny at least we can get alcohol until 10pm everyday happy days ☘🍀
Yah, and we can stay at the pub till midnight.. Lol. We are so progressive C🍀🍀🍀👻👻👻
Actually this is completely untrue. Ireland has strict licensing laws too. Longer hours than Norway but very restrictive, and there's no revolution.
@Seán Mac. My shed that blew up twice last year!
come to Spain... cheap alcohol and good food.
We love Spain! Maybe we will come there this summer. Thanks for engaging:)
@Hector Danilo Guzman Casas My very thought! And may I add that the food in your country isn't just good but-unlike Norway-it's not expensive.
Sounds nice ! Probably warm and dry too?
Tell me about the tinned baby eels, Hector. We love eels so much at my house, we always keep them on hand, both frozen unagi and tinned broiled spicy anago. I have always wanted to savor a tin of Spanish baby eels ever since I saw Leo McKern eat them dangling off his finger in Blue Lagoon. I just can't afford $75.00 for two ounces (in the US). Do you eat them often? How do you serve them, and on what, if anything?
Canada worshipping Nordic models, u should too
I bitch about my State's liquor laws,state-owned liquor stores but at least they're open until 9 and only closed on Sunday. And only no hard liquor in stores but beer and wine we can buy 24/7. The worst part is is the state-owned liquor store meaning no competitive pricing and I'm surrounded by state that also have state-owned liquor stores and higher prices.
OMG, I never knew Norway was so different from here. 3pm is a closing time that makes no sense whatsoever. In my state liquor sales are cut off from 2am till 6am. Other than then you can easily buy any kind of liquor anywhere. Some states such as Nevada allow 24/7 sales and notoriously in Las Vegas you can carry your drink from place to place on the sidewalks as long as it is in plastic containers.
Las Vegas has its priorities straight; I wish other states were as civilized as Nevada!
In the USA, each state is different. In Indiana, for instance, you can't buy alcohol on Sunday. In Illinois, you can buy it 7 days a week. Some states have drive through liqueur stores!
Norwegian laws:
Alcohol up to 4,75% can be sold in grocery stores and some specialised shop until 8 pm. Monday to Friday. On Saturdays until 6.pm.
Alcoholic beverages above 4,75% can be bought at Vinmonopolet Monday to Friday until 6 pm (some stores close at 5 pm). On Saturdays until 3 pm (most likely to be extended to 4 pm in 2020).
Age limits:
18 years: up to 22%
20 years: above 22%
Awesome! Thanks for sharing
@@YOURWAY2NORWAY Is there a limit on how much you can purchase each time... I would love to see this rule in the USA and just sit outside and watch people be turned away. Great people watching there...
@@fmrnygal There isn't really any limit. In the store I work people will sometimes fill an entire shopping cart with beer and stuff and it's completely legal. I don't see why people complain so much, just have to plan ahead a bit.
@@hakont.4960 Thanks for the reply, agreed buy more.. I sure wouldnt run out..:)
@@fmrnygal It's a common occurrence, at least in the country side, that people come in and buy a bunch of beer to transport to their cabin with snowmobile in the winter.
I live in Massachusetts and the state does not operate the sale of Alcohol. It’s sold by Americans as a business like any other. Buying on Sunday started probably 15 years ago.
In Ontario, Canada, the state controls the liquor stores and private multi-nationals own the beer stores. The beer stores are dull, dirty and dingy. The line-ups are long. At the liquor stores the shops are clean and bright with helpful staff and if a couple of people are lined up they open another cash. They are everywhere and they contribute billion$ to our free health care so don't diss government enterprises.
After reading a lot of comments about this country, I can no state: I have a crush on Canada 🥰
In Ontario (Canada) the liquor stores are government owned. Many years ago the stores had poor selections and inconvenient hours but when politicians threatened to privatize the stores things changed. Now we have much better selection and reasonable hours. The threat of competition is the only thing that works.
Actually the beer stores are owned by the beer companies themselves now.
This is by far one of your most practically informative videos. 🤩 These are the things that truly make or break an experience, not staple sightseeing info that we find everywhere. Glad our paths crossed on this platform & I’m subscribed to you guys. Very impressed with this vid😍😍
Such a polite store security guard.
In Texas you still can’t buy beer before noon on Sunday, and NO liquor on Sunday. Bible Belt.. still have dry counties too!✝️
Awesome to learn!! Thanks for sharing your story
Same in North Carolina but it's not a big deal to the locals, just stock up or find someone that makes moonshine 😉
Texas means crazy in Norwegian
In the state of New Hampshire, the state owns the liquor stores, and they're open seven days a week from 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM or 9:00 PM, and there's no sales tax. Busloads of tourists drive over the borders to shop. Also beer and wine can be bought at the grocery stores from whenever they open until late at night. Convenient for alcoholics, but also convenient for last-minute gift buying. Win-win.
There's an enormous liquor store just off 95 before entering Maine. We would always stop there before driving on to our vacation spot in Maine, and buy a few boxes of booze and wine. I bet the owner makes a fortune.
In New Hampshire, USA we have state run liquor stores. They're not quite as strict on times but still a pain. And we can get beer and wines in the grocery stores.
@zephyra Massachusetts people drive up here to avoid taxes.
@zephyra Like everyone else in New Hampshire I'm originally from Massachusetts. 😉
I think that's a very good solution, but the opening hours are a bit ott. what if someone works after 5-6 during the week?
It would be very good if other countries would implement this, also the same with cannabis.
The old guy being refused is an alcoholic.
Kevin McGuire or he just got made redundant and his wife left him.
In Colombia, you must be over 18 to buy any type of alcoholic beverage. ID when asked. During elections (Legislative, Presidential and Locals) the restriction is from Saturday 18:00 until Monday 6:00.
Right now due to Corona Virus, ban on alcohol depends on location along with curfews.
Thanks for sharing your story with us! :)
@@YOURWAY2NORWAY Hello again, Ronald. Tomorrow (March 12) another restriction because of our Legislative elections. And after the general confinement it is concluded about the surge in alcohol consumption. Not only that, today (March 11) the government decided to put a VAT free sale on certain products. So going to vote with a hangover and debt for things you didn't need, the formula to really vote stupidly.
"The state controls your private life"? If everyone can do whatever they want whenever they want, what kind of country would that be? oh right, America. I am forever thankful I am Norwegian!
@Rainco 99.9% av folk klarer å ha et "sunt" forhold til alkohol uten å ødelegge for seg selv og andre, men for de som ikke klarer det så er det lurt å ha begrensninger og sikkerhet for oss og dem selv. Derfor har vi i Norge strengere regler, reguleringer og systemer på slikt.
@MrGlennJohnsen Ville det ikke være enklere (og klokere!) å hjelpe 0,1% i stedet for å straffe 99,9%?
except America's super harsh judicial system lol. Their whole "freedom" thing is just a lie. it's by far the most imprisoned country, its not even close, much of which is for victimless crimes.
NEVER DRINK AND DRIVE IN NORWAY EVEN AFTER 1 BEER...The security outside of bars in Norway watch you to see if you get in a car when you leave the bar even if your not drinking they will call a traffic cop to pull you over. It happened to me...He walked up to my door with the breathalyzer in his hand...Only 1 drink can get you a fine.
Hear, hear ;) Thanks for adding and sharing!
This is Orwellian. Very crazy, my county was the same in the 60 and 70. You couldn't buy alcohol on Sundays and until 4pm on Saturday's
In Texas you can buy alcohol and guns at the same place, same time. And Texas women are BOLD!
It's not Orwellian, it's Christian moralism at its finest. Imposed by our Christian Democratic Party. I don't mind strict regulations of alcohol/drugs, but they have to make sense. The sales hours of alcohol in Norway serves no purpose at all and is absolutely ridiculous. It's just the closest thing these religious fundamentalists could get to prohibition, which is what they really want.
@Jazzhandedly You're quite obviously completely ignorant of Norwegian political history, and how Norwegian parliamentary politics work. You don't have to be part of a majority government in order to get your key issues through - that's the whole crux of multi-party parliamentary politics, and also, unfortunately, one of the downsides.
Restrictive alcohol policies, and more specifically, the alcohol sales hours, have always been a Christian Democratic Party issue, and other political parties have conceded this issue in order to get their support on other issues.
That's how this political system works. If the issue isn't too important to the major parties, they'll gladly concede minor issues, or "throw a bone" as one may say, to minor parties in order to get their support on more major issues, like tax reforms, health reforms, etc.
That's how the Christian Democratic Party has single-handedly shaped most of the alcohol politics in Norway, because restricting the alcohol sales hours haven't been a major concession for the other parties, in order to gain their support for other, more important issues.
This is why many argue that the election threshold (sperregrensen) should be higher, because parties hovering around 4-5% gets a disproportionate amount of power, especially on single issues like this.
So yes, it is 100% the Christian Democratic Party. Don't be a politically ignorant tool.
if you cant plan ahead and buy wine before 15 on a saturday, maybe you shouldn't drink
You now - everyone is not always on time :)
@@YOURWAY2NORWAY Butikker er åpne fra 7 til 23, 6 dager i uken. Det er 96 timer totalt, Vinmonopolet er åpent 46 av de timene. Klarer man ikke organisere uken sin såppas at man ikke får til å gå i en butikk som er åpent nær 50% av tiden til dagligvarebutikkene så kanskje man har større problem enn å ikke få seg en flaske vin eller annen drikkevare... og er det så desperat trangt med tiden så kan du høre med venner om de har tid, eller du kan bestille på nett når du selv har tid så går du bare å henter i butikk eller får det sendt til ditt poststed (må fremdeles hentes ut fra posten i åpningstidene til vinmonopolet om jeg husker rett).
Not too long ago it was exactly the same in the UK, licensing laws stated you could only buy alcohol between 11am - 3pm and 6.30pm - 11pm mon to sat. 12noon - 2pm and 7pm -10.30pm on sun. WE STOCKED UP, nobody ever went without a drink!
Yes, but that was more than 50 years ago. And you could buy from off licences in the evening and off sales from pubs.
it is kind of the same here. You can buy beer and wine at a gas station until 2 am but liquor stores close at 9 pm. The state also controls the hard liquor. if you go to California, you can buy all alcohol at any time anywhere.
Virginia?
I think I thought of a new game, guess where you are by the alcohol laws, ? LOL
I guess in some provinces in Canada it is a bit similar. Though you have a choice of LCBO or some grocery stores, you can't buy past 1800h on saturday, 1600h on sunday and 2230h the rest of the week in Ontario. Not as bad as the Norwegian system, but I've heard U.S. has 24h liquor stores in some states.
In Louisiana you can buy hard liquor in gas stations, as well as having drive-through, daiquiri stands.
In BC open till 11 pm every day, wine in grocery stores, and there are after hours bottle services if you really need drinks past 11.
So I never knew this about Norway. Is this just on alcohol you are going to take home? Can you still purchase alcohol from bars and restaurants in the evening?
You can still buy a pint at a restaurant
hwy9nightkid thank you for answering that.
I live in the U.S.A. I use to live in a state that did not sell alcohol on Sundays. I now live where alcohol is not sold after 2:00am. It’s doesn’t bother me. You just need to be prepared, if you know the rules, follow them. If it helps the problems that are going on, than I am ok with the rules.😊💛🐸
Went to Norway in the summer, its hard to get pretty much anything unless you have a few bars of gold in your pocket.
True
The bitching and moaning, i live in sweden and come from ireland having spent my working life in britain, usa and even a few years in norway. The system is superb, profits go back to healthcare, schools and other sundry public services. The opening hours are reasonable and if you choose to leave it until the last minute to buy thats on you. Norway sells 4.5% beer same strength as budweiser in all supermarkets until like 20 so its not all bad.
Love your defence of our system. Norwegians will be proud and happy reading your comment. Thanks for sharing 👌
Why not put a notice saying it's closed instead of the lady guard explaining every time the guests try to enter?
We know we are late, but we keep on trying ;)
For real drinkers this problem happens only once. Technically the cashiers are still making sales after closing time for those still in the store. So sales were still made 5 minutes after 15:00 according to the door monitor.
I live in USA and in my state we have state/local run ABC stores (Alcoholic Beverage Control). The are open all days but not on Sundays or holidays.
Moomshine is like the best alternative. The farmers have been doing this for generation, they know ehat they're doing
+ you get the a unique flavour
The only solution is to stock up. alkohol doesnt go bad in just a few days and you know you wont quit drinking in just a few days either.
Most alcoholic beverages can sit for several months without going bad, so people coming right before closing time don't really have any excuse. It's not difficult to just have a few bottles in a closet at home, that's what I do, so I never have the problem these guys have.
I don't have this problem in Poland. We can buy alcohol in every shop and even on gas station. And of course it's cheap
I thought Scotland was harsh. This is part of why drugs are so easy to get here
thank you. i think this was very interesting. i live in the southern part of the u.s.a. awhile back i lived in a large city, but several years ago i moved to a small town. from what i understand, in many places up north (and it's been this way for a very long time, i think) people have been able to purchase alcohol 7 days per week (except state and federal holidays and election days); however, in my state, even long after i started drinking, it was against the law to purchase alcohol on sunday, and since voters in every city/town can vote on whether or not to allow the sale of alcohol, the town where i now live did not allow the sale of alcohol until about 10 years ago. anytime a person moves, they need to check the state, county, and city/town to see if and when they can buy. not all states recognize the same state holidays, some places still say no sales on sundays and, of course, each area regulates the hours for which sales are allowed. it's pretty confusing, so pretty much the best thing to do is make sure you never run out of anything lol!
I lived in Pennsylvania and it was a lot like that too. But 3 o'clock? Wow. But what it meant was that everyone just kept huge stashes of alcohol in their homes. People would literally have 3, 4, 6 cases of beer in the kitchen...just in case.
When I first moved there, I went into a seven eleven looking for beer. I circled the store a couple of times and then asked the clerk. He just laughed, "you have to go to a state run beer distributor." "Okay, where's that." "Long since closed."
Oh, and you can only by a case of beer. I'm serious, no singles, no six packs. You have to buy a case.
This was in the 80s and 90s. Not sure if it's still, the same.
😲 Such a typical Nordic experience in US. Awesome to hear! Nope, if we had too much stacked home, we would probably drink all in a day 😘 Love your engagement!
I want to bring a bit of Australia to you all!! Bring on the drive-thru liqueur stores!!
+Belinda «CherryChoko» B Thanks for your contribution! We are sure a drive-thru would be a real hit here in Norway :)
Or a liquor chain like Dan Murphy's. A wide selection of local and imported wine (we are a major wine producer), beer (we make plenty of local beer, but I prefer foreign stuff) and hard alcohol. All at lowest price guaranteed. If another store advertises it cheaper, Dan Murphy's will match it.
LordDavid04 where is Dan Murphy’s?
@@earthmom106 Dan Murphy's is an Australian liquor store chain with a huge selection, more than the drive thrus.
the owner of a local sporting goods liquor store gas station combo while being interviewed on tv said only place in town you can get a tank of gas bottle of booze and a gun then go out and have some real fun
in the US there are subscription services where you can have a monthly wine sent to you in the mail, you can put in your preferences for the type of wine you want, (Merlot, Malbec etc) or a type of vineyard you would like to try from or from what part of the world you would like to try, but I guess in Norway it would be illegal to have this type of subscription service, right???
We actually have the same system outside cities in the rural areas, where there are no Vinmonopolet
First time when I realized that you have even stricter alcohol laws than we have in Finland, it was surprising. You know, our monopoly, Alko, is open from monday to friday 9-20 and on saturdays 9-18. And we are allowed to buy beer and other light drinks (max 4,7%) from store every day 9-21. Even sundays.
BTW why didn't you buy Vikingfjord vodka? :D
Ok, interesting facts. Alko has much better opening hours than Vinmonopolet. Saturdays are a hell here. Too much stress. We can also buy beer / drinks with 4,7 % in grocery stores - but absolutely not on a sunday. Sundays are somehow "sacred" day of rest here in Norway. Means that we are more Lutheran than we think. Hehe, I would probably buy Kalinka vodka ;)
We got "freed" somehow on 1990's. Before it was just like in Norway. And on 1980's Alko wasn't open on saturdays at all. Vikingfjord has come popular because of funniest youtuber of Norway, Tor "apetor" Eckhoff :)
Norway is an atheistic and agnostic country. The stores being closed at sundays is just a tradition. On the other hand - great video! Really informative :)
Just like Finland. I have said many times, that Finland and Norway are very very similar except the language, landscape and currency :)
Good reflections. Thanks E7Editing :)
Living in Nevada, casinos serve alcohol 24/7 with many small bars open until 3 am. Convenience stores are open 4 hour and no restrictions on alcohol sales
We have state run liquor stores in Utah, USA. They are open 12 hours a day/6days a week and closed on holidays. I just moved across the State line to Arizona. My grocery store is less than a mile from Utah and has a beautiful Wine section.
In Pennsylvania we have a state monopoly on hard liquor sales. Won't set the system up today but I wouldn't get rid of the system now that we have it.
We want to keep it too!!!
"Impossible to buy." Shows store packed with people buying alcohol.
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You know all that time I was screaming to the screen 'Go buy yours first interview later!' lol
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Either than the old dude, at least people are nice about it when they close. I can imagine the protests we would have here in America if liquor stores close at 3, 6, or 8!
The same thing happens in Canadian provinces. My province the liquor stores are open Monday to Saturday 10-10. On Sundays I think it's 11-6.
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I find it hard to understand why my Finish kin are among the biggest drunks and abusers of alcohol in the world.
I mean, you really gotta try, with this system.
Restriction of freedom never work as intended.
I have Swedish friends and remember going to the alcohol shop for the first time. My friend took a ticket and we had to wait our turn. In those days you were not allowed to touch any bottles/cans until you had paid for them. Now you can touch the merchandise but the state still controls where booze is sold. Where I live I am in 2/3 seconds driving where I c an buy drink, Waitrose and Lidl supermarkets. The garage has a shop and is open 24 hours so should you fancy a bottle of wine at 2am in the morning just nip down and get one lol. The last shop is B&M which is one of those budget shops and they now also sell sell alcohol. All those shops are almost next door to one another. My Swedish friends love going to supermarkets here in the UK.
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It's like the Soviet Union? Erm... no. Alcoholism is one of the leading causes of death for men in Russia. I like my booze... but I think Norway has the right idea. If you really want to drink a lot, then you can always stock up.
You are wrong my friend, I agree with you about alcoholism being a huge problem but the government doesn't has the right to forbid a citizen who pay taxes to drink alcohol, this is pure socialism. Why should a government do this? Don't forget about the fact that a government is created to serve their citizens, they don't have such right to prohibit you to do things that doesn't affect others. Besides this, when the government controls the licuor stores creates a bad Monopoly with a huge bureocracy than ends up affecting the prices, probably in Norway the alcohol prices are high, if not is because the government use tax payers's money to keep them low. We shouldn't allow thing like this to happen. It does matter if it makes you harm, if you don't affect others the government doesn't have any right.
We have state run liquor stores here in Virginia called ABC stores. Beer and wine are available in grocery stores but sale is prohibited after 11:59PM Saturday until noon on Sunday. ABC stores are open all days of the week but close early at 6pm on Sunday. They typically close early on holidays as well.
I'm pretty sure I buy alcohol almost exclusively on weekends and past 8 pm in my country 🤔
Used to drive to gas station at night if we were running low on booze haha - am from Germany - not drinking anymore, was in my 18-22 years
Here in Argentina the time to buy alcohol is 10 to 22pm everyday. And before 22pm you have your hood stores that sell it anyways haha
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You can buy alcohol in stores from 8 to 18 in Norway and in bars, restaurants etc until 3 in the morning. This video makes it look a lot worse than it is in reality... almost no one think this is a real problem.
Wow! Some liquor stores are open past midnight here in USA. We can certainly buy beer 24 /7 somewhere. I don’t like the government controlling my life. I do beleve in law and am against anarchy...but I beleve in personal freedom.
Alcohol consumption had a cost of at least $249 billion in 2010 or or 2,05 USD pr drink, and we're talking 2010 dollars, not 2019 dollars here, so it's more then today.
Joanne Monaco lucky. i live in pa. no alcohol past 2am. no liquor on sundays (in my town) and gotta make it to state store by 5 or 7 pm. 🍻
Where I live (State of Washington, USA) we used to have state-run liquor stores, but we voted them out of existence several years ago, and now allow regular grocery stores to sell hard liquor as well as the beer and wine they've always sold. But they still can't sell, and bars can't serve, after 2AM.
Norway has a culture of buying the things we need the same day we need it. With some "simple" planning, lets say, buying the alcohol for the weekend during a weekday.. shouldnt really be too hard. But still it seems like it's a shockingly hard thing to do for alot of people. First world problems. I don't really see the issue in this.
Runnern you don’t see the problem hahah
@@evanw2195 yeah, runnern has completly missed the problem ahahhaha HAHha oh my
Its also very expensive due to a lot of taxes
I agree that it's an avoidable problem with some planning, but it's also an artificially created problem that doesn't need to exist.
Here in Florida USA liquor stores are open 9 am to 10 pm every day and on Sunday 11 am to 7 pm. You can buy wine and beer at any grocery store, also open every day but holidays like Christmas Day. The typical bottle of chardonnay is about $6-$10. We can also buy wine and beer at convenience stores / gas stations like Circle K, and they are open late, but more expensive. My question is can you buy wine and beer at these places when the state store is closed ?
Hi Linda. Norway is stricter. You can only buy beer outside the Vinmonoploet. And only in grocery stores from 9 am to 8 pm. On sundays everything is closed. If you want a bottle of something, you have to buy it in a restaurant while eating there. We cant buy alcohol in convenience stores / gas stations. Thanks for watching & engaging :)
and we all know how florida is doing
There goes my plans for moving to Norway.
If that really is such a big deal to you then try out Germany or Denmark.
+@Digdug30 Good.
That said, I have to warn you that alcohol plays a rather big role in social life here unfortunately and people here tend to not be the most pleasant of drunk people...
Then again, you *can* do just fine as a teetotaler like me.
It's not that hard, just plan it a little better or go on weekdays to shop for the weekend. This video is at the busiest liqour store in Norway at closing hours.
Maybe go to rehab.
I love weed and shrooms but I dont move to the netherlands to get stoned every day. Im okay with only smoking/ doing shrooms on occasions and I dont need to get high every day like most ethanol addicts
That's okay Troy, we don't think highly of alcoholics anway, that's why the alcohol sales laws are so strict.
When I was younger, there was a little store in my town, where you could buy all sorts of liquids (water, soda, beer, liquor, wine). The owner was a back then granny, who lived in the same building. In front of the door, there was a bell. So me and my friends even came at night or on holidays, hit the bell and she opened the store for us. I was 14 at that time and she didnt care. Great memories.
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This is just bull, this is not problematic at all. you can by all the alcohol you want want in Norway. This closing thing is for all kind of stores. You can brew wine, beer and other drinks up to 15-20 % alacohol I think it is. Moonshine is unlegal, as it is in most countries.
You can brew as much as you want at home as long as you don't sell it on, it's also not allowed to distil your own spirits at home. Again the exceptions are registrered producers that have gone through the process of becoming a business.
I think the only restrictions I've had when buying Alcohol here in London is when I used to live literally next door to Wembley stadium, and on match day they wouldn't sell alcohol 1 hour before a game/show starts and one hour afterwards, mainly just to stop people arriving at football matches drunk.
Other then that, you can buy any type of drink at any time and on any day, if the stores open and sells alcohol and you're over 18, then you can get as much of anything you can afford.
Awesome story. Love the English details 🤩🤩
@@YOURWAY2NORWAY My Scottish flatmate says it is different in Scotland and you can't buy any after 10pm or on a Sunday, so when she moved to London she loved being able to go to a 24 hour store at like 3am and buy Vodka and wine aha
Looks like Vinmonopolet Security is a Viking shield maiden.😉
I emigrated from Ontario to Israel. Ontario has similar (although not as strict) puritanical laws about alcohol. In Israel it's much more relaxed, but there is also much less of a culture of drunkenness (unless you come visit during our Purim festival - something I highly recommend).
Thanks for sharing your story from Israel. Love it 👌🍻😘
@@YOURWAY2NORWAY drop me a line if you come visiting Jerusalem
Norway HAHAHAHA. It's like watching a spoof of life. Norway oh Norway I love you, you crazy, over protective nutty land xx
Well no restriction on how much you can buy, so it's literally bjust managing to get to the Danny store before it close, and perhaps try to plan more than a second ahead, comparing it to Soviet jeez
@@guldrev 40 dollar tax pr liter 40% is kind of a restriction ;)
@@guldrev The Danny store. Haven't heard that one, but I like it!
@@williamlane292 dont type on a phone when you dont know how to turn off auto correct xD Damn store.
@@guldrev Damn I was hoping it was an actual phrase.
Years ago, like maybe 2005, my Sis and I got to visit Denmark, Norway, Sweden and some other Baltic countries. Think it was in Sweden or Estonia that we were told that people flew in to Estonia to buy and take home large quantities of vodka and other liquors. That's what Estonia was sort of known for. Wonder if this is still true???
Still very true
Here in Poland(country without democracy) we have 24hrs shops with alcohol :)
If ur drunk u can't rebel. Pijak nie glosuje tylko chleje.
Here in Ireland the off licences close at 22.00 even if the supermarkets close later. No alcohol or pubs open on Good Friday or Christmas Day, open every other day. Late opening and early closing on Sundays and it is resented by the people. There would be a revolution if the Norwegian system was tried in Ireland.
+John Dooley Haha, hope they dont force it on you then. Thanks for commenting!
"...the State controls your private life?" What? Is this news to anyone?
So they let people in the store until 3pm or 15, but if you are already inside the store they let you finish making your selections and then purchase after 3pm or 15 yes?
Yes, that's right.
In the former Soviet Union countries there are so many alcoholics because of cheap alcohol and moonshine. So in my opinion the Nordic system is reasonable and protects its own people...
+максим панасюк Most Norwegians would agree with you. I think we are found of our system, and the Vinmonopolet is one of the moste loved brands in Norway. Thanks for watching and commenting - we appriciate it : )
Explain France, Greece, Spain, Portugal, etc.
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The Norwegians have not suffered under commie fascism terror, YET!
But they are on the way. It seems the communist tragedy still haunts those broken cultures. Western Europe is headed down a maybe worse road in the future, North America seems to be crying for a similar fate. Brainwashing is a horrible power and people have not learned to resist it for some reason.
Is there a limit as to how much you can buy at one time? I mean you could stock up for the month and not have to do this?
Nope
*laughs in Estonian*
So having a state run liquor store chain means an additional tax on any basic tax on alcoholic drinks, not just the so called benefits of just having one government run chain.
Yep, it does. But we seem to be very happy with this sytem..
You would have to be drunk to vote for any of our politicians
If this happens in America, the 2 parties will have big arguments.
Thanks for sharing 😃