Some of the things called bollards are just reflective sticks for the snow plows to find the way in a whiteout, and you´ll find several kinds in both Norway and Sweden. They´re often testing new ones as well. Austria and Switzerland are other places you´ll find lots of these things. I know we have the orange ones in Norway as well, and some extremely long ones on mountain passes. There are also several types of normal bollards, and reflexes mounted on railings along the road. We´re generally afraid of the dark in Norway and Sweden, maybe more so in Norway, as we also light up some four lane roads, which Sweden generally doesn´t. Edit: I should specify - your tips are great, and I´m sure you also know a lot of what I´m pointing out - I´m just eager to chip in with my little bit of knowledge hoping it will be of use to someone. Thanks for putting all of this together!
About road lines, you´re missing a few in NO and SE at least, but in Norway, you´ll never find dashed outer lines and any kind of centre line on the same road (apart from intersections). In Sweden, you´ll see those a lot, and often with a wide shoulder.
thank you! great video, i found myself getting norway and sweden confused in the flatter landscapes with no signs with language on them nearby, but this video helped a lot.
In Norway, look for potholes. In flat landscapes, Sweden always have perfect roads. Norway is a rich country because we don´t spend money. We just pay taxes, toll road fees, ferry tickets and whatnot. In Sweden, all of those things are free, except for the odd congestion tax in some big cities. But on a serious note: Norwegian county roads and national roads are marked pretty frequently with tiny signs on a metal pole a few metres from the white line - they´ll give away the road # - like FV-213 is County road #213. Or RV-62 is National road #62, + the E-roads might look like someone´s driveway, but still have these signs.
Because those aren´t related to the domain suffix that he mentioned. Norwegian cars have always been labled N. These days, it´s on the license plate, though. Sweden has S, Finland has SF (Suomi Finland) on their plates. IDK about Iceland and the Faroe Islands.
I am not an expert by any means, but the Finnish language is pretty easy to identify not just from the letters, but from sounds. If a lot of words or places end in "i" like Helsinki, it's usually Finland or Estonia. (Or Hungary, but it looks quite different)
Some of the things called bollards are just reflective sticks for the snow plows to find the way in a whiteout, and you´ll find several kinds in both Norway and Sweden. They´re often testing new ones as well. Austria and Switzerland are other places you´ll find lots of these things. I know we have the orange ones in Norway as well, and some extremely long ones on mountain passes. There are also several types of normal bollards, and reflexes mounted on railings along the road. We´re generally afraid of the dark in Norway and Sweden, maybe more so in Norway, as we also light up some four lane roads, which Sweden generally doesn´t.
Edit: I should specify - your tips are great, and I´m sure you also know a lot of what I´m pointing out - I´m just eager to chip in with my little bit of knowledge hoping it will be of use to someone. Thanks for putting all of this together!
It's really helpful I'm trying to get good at geoguessr amd my first location is scandinavia, now i get almost every nordic coumtry right
About road lines, you´re missing a few in NO and SE at least, but in Norway, you´ll never find dashed outer lines and any kind of centre line on the same road (apart from intersections). In Sweden, you´ll see those a lot, and often with a wide shoulder.
thank you! great video, i found myself getting norway and sweden confused in the flatter landscapes with no signs with language on them nearby, but this video helped a lot.
In Norway, look for potholes. In flat landscapes, Sweden always have perfect roads. Norway is a rich country because we don´t spend money. We just pay taxes, toll road fees, ferry tickets and whatnot. In Sweden, all of those things are free, except for the odd congestion tax in some big cities.
But on a serious note: Norwegian county roads and national roads are marked pretty frequently with tiny signs on a metal pole a few metres from the white line - they´ll give away the road # - like FV-213 is County road #213. Or RV-62 is National road #62, + the E-roads might look like someone´s driveway, but still have these signs.
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Your Danish accent is so strong 😀
This was so well made
Amazing
Thanks!
Great stuff to know
i had a round once in norway where the sticker in the car had an N and not NO
that sticker is extremely common
Because those aren´t related to the domain suffix that he mentioned. Norwegian cars have always been labled N. These days, it´s on the license plate, though. Sweden has S, Finland has SF (Suomi Finland) on their plates. IDK about Iceland and the Faroe Islands.
I am not an expert by any means, but the Finnish language is pretty easy to identify not just from the letters, but from sounds. If a lot of words or places end in "i" like Helsinki, it's usually Finland or Estonia. (Or Hungary, but it looks quite different)
You can separate Finland from Estonia by a lot of road names too. If it ends with "-tie" - you´re probably in Finland.
Hi, would it be possible to uploud your presentation? I find it very helpful.
Sadly that was on my old pc, so I don't have it anymore.
@@GeoCookie Oh, nevermind, but thanks for reply.
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Å is also in the Finnish alphabet.
True but it's not used