American Reacts to How to Spot an American in Norway
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- Опубліковано 4 лют 2023
- As an American I have often heard about the stigma of how much Americans stick out in other countries because of our behavior. That is why I am very interested today in learning about how Norwegians spot Americans and foreigners in Norway. I imagine this will be very funny and also enlightening. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
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We don't stear clear of jeans, when hiking, because they're restrictive. Cotton is a big no no when you're out in nature. Worst case it can give you hypothermia. Cotton clings to water, and takes ages to dry. It will also steals all your body heat when it's wet. If the bottom of your jeans get wet, suddenly you'll be wet half way up your calf, because it sucks up moisture. Jeans also get super heavy and uncomfortable when wet, so just not a smart choice for a hike. Wool will keep you warm, even if it's wet, and technical clothing dry very quickly, so much better alternatives. Better safe than sorry 👌🏼
Tyler, Regarding the traffic signs you thought you might not be able to read: all European traffic signs are pictograms, US uses words instead. Words in Europe are found in addition to the traffic signs for clarity about when and for whom the traffic signs apply to, like parking.
The reason why it's not unusual in Norway to ask where someone is going is something that comes from our ''Fjellvettreglene'' or in English: ''The Norwegian Mountain Code'' and it goes as follows: ''Plan your trip and report where you are going. Adapt the tour according to ability and conditions. Pay attention to weather and avalanche warnings. Be prepared for storms and cold, even on short trips.'' There are of course more indept points to it, but this is basicly in short terms what it is about. So for safety reasons since way back when, people used to talk about where they were going so incase that person went missing, someone could testify that they saw them or met them on this or that place in the forest or the mountain. Just to be 100% up front, if you go missing in the Norwegian wilderness, you are much more likely to die or end up in an accident because of the wilderness itself rather than anyone you would happen to meet out there. There are no crazies in the Norwegian wilderness, the potential would-be crazies in Norway doesn't go into the wilderness. You are much more likely and should be prepared for the terrain, the elements and the wildlife. Even if they look friendly, Moose can get pretty aggressive if they have a calf with them, so stay clear of any Moose.
😉 if you talk with people on the hike, you usely get tips on were to go. I have also told someone if they are not packed to keep on the hike because they think it not that far. Like one that was out of water and food and thought she had done 2/3 of the hike, when she in reality was 2/7 of the hike.
In Sweden and I think all Scandinavia we just close our curtains when we want to have a dark bedroom when we sleep. Otherwise we want as light as possible in our homes. We make our windows pretty to look at from the outside.
Yes, same in Norway.
Yes, and we dont like to put our sexual life on display either ^^ I also noticed that alot of Norwegians are moving away from curtains all together, as it is just a dust magnet. Now we use blinds alot more :)
It’s interesting watching your videos. I’m in Sweden but know Norway too. People’s experiences seem to vary so much. One person says “We do this in Norway” and someone else says “We never do this in Norway”. Guess there are quite a few truths! (No jeans hiking though!) Side thought: here in Sweden the more out of the town you get, into the country, you always say hi!
Many foreigners come here to study and they'll take up jobs as a waiter in restaurants and bars so it's not really that uncommon to be greeted by a waiter in English when you go to a restaurant in Norway, as the waiter is most likely a foreigner working there next to their studies. You'll of course also find Norwegian speaking waiters in many cases but the opposite is also true.
I love that americans are so open and easy to talk to. When I was travelling alone with my two sons, (from Norway to Florida)10 and 12 at the time. we were split up at the airplane, and my son was placed in the row in front of us. There was a nice American man sitting next to my son. He was so nice, had conversations with my son, and was so helpful. Not everyone would be happy having an exited 12 year old next to them, I heard him talking - a lot! 😂
The pitch up is about dialects. Around Oslo, this is the way. Around Bergen they pitch down.
Funny with the curtains. Thinking of it I never close the curtains, only time is when the sun hits the TV in the evening, but thats just in July. I actually feel sad seeing people living behind blinds, I would feel closed in personally. Norwegians do like freedom and space 😀 and why it is so important with having a balcony even though it is seldom in use due to cold weather 🤣
Ecsactly the same thing in Denmark, many people here have not curtins at all.
Sweden's the same 😄
As a norwegian I can say that.....when I got on the airport back to norway after being on vacation, I had Just gotten new headset and played music, and somwhat danced a little while standing in a line....the guards wanted to check if I was on drugs for that reason xD I was drug free, Just happy and relaxed.
A Norwegian writer claims Americans walk differently because they never really learn to walk long distances in childhood being driven in cars wherever they go. He say he noticed this when studying in the US for two years. Sadly this is true for the youngest generation Norwegians too.
Using (high) outdoor voice level when eating at restaurants. We do not need nor have we any interest in following a conversation 5 table away from us
I use the speaker on my phone when I'm in a conversation, but NOT in public 😁
The hike part, It's just you meet someone on a trail, in the woods or on the mountain ( a hike )
you just say Hi and go on.
Rural Norway here. Waving "thanks" (or flickering lights) is common in rural area if someone gives way. If you cross the road as a pedestrian, a nod is fairly common. But in general? Courtesy is expected, so it is normalized enough to not really register.
Paying with cash is not normal here, cause it has not (yet) looped back to being a way to show support towards those that can not have a payment card. We also do not have "card only" stores, less crime, and it is less acceptable to exclude poor people from your stores than it is in UK and USA. Throw in covid, and we was encouraged to only pay with card due to sanitary reasons, and it died out a bit.
the ten pitches up thing honestly depends on the persons's dialect. not everyone's native dialect does that.
As a Norwegian, i am curious which dialect does that at all? I was surprised that this was said at all, as i have not came across this anywhere in Norway or abroad.
@@MylilPwny85 The Oslo dialect tends to do this.
On a side note, I am Sami and apparently my accent has almost no pitch variance. Northern Norwegian tends to rise in the middle of the sentence instead.
My dad use to talk to people when he was out in the woods walking our rottweiler. It was him or me walking him on the same trale every day. He was usually off leash. I think my dad had told a couple he talked to alot that he had heart problems. And they knew our dog too of course. One day my dad walked him and our dog ran back where they just came from. My dad stoped and waited for the dog to come back. The dog could hear or smell the couple they had met alot so he ran to them and said hi. Then he walked back towards my dad, turned and looked at them. Took a few more steps, turned and looked at them. He made them think my dad was in trouble. They came running up the trail behind the dog and my dad was like, oh hi 😂. They totally thought my dad would be laying there close to death. I think he just wanted them to walk with my dad and him 😂. Our dog never ran up to strangers by the way. If someone came he stoped and ran back to us so we could put a leash on him. We thought him to do that cause people can think it's scary to meet a rottweiler. He ran up to them cause he knew them.
01:38 You don't so much as wave "thank you" as you do "show them the palm of your hand" "Thank you." We don't actually move our hands side-to-side, or even at all, when we give a "Thank you" wave to people, more that we lift up out hand - palm facing the driver - and keep it there in view for half a second or less, more likely lowering it just as fast as it was raised. We also tend to do it only when someone has been polite to us, like if another driver let you merge even though you have to yield to them, or if the other driver lets you drive first - especially if they indicated with a flash of their head-beams - in a section of narrowed road. As for pedestrians crossing the street, hardly any of them bother waving thanks for drivers that let them cross, even when the pedestrians cross where they aren't allowed to. At best, the pedestrian will simply speed up their walking to get past you quicker, at worse they'll slow down and drag things out if they thought you were being rude towards them somehow, or they're just in the mood to be dicks, of old and can't be bothered walking faster when they can have all the time in the world instead. Getting a "thank you" wave from a pedestrian is kind of like getting an achievement in a game that was particularly difficult to get, honestly.
02:52 To be fair to some Norwegians, we don't always switch over to English if they speak bad Norwegian, some times we do it even if they speak good to perfect Norwegian simply because we want to practice our English skills. While most of our entertainment media on TV, the Radio, or DVD's or BluRays, etc. are in English, we don't often get the opportunity to speak English, so when the opportunity shows itself, we strike while the iron's hot. We don't really even think about the fact that we are doing them a disservice by switching to English because that stops them from practicing their Norwegian, we just sort of forget about it, I guess.
04:40 Usually there will be markings on the road the same as you would have markings on the road telling you it is a School Road, typically the markings for a bike-path would be a stick-man on a stick-man bike, or just the stick-man bike by itself. There are also actual sign-posts on many of the bicycle lanes, but to be fair, if you miss the one sign, chances are that you won't know it is a bicycle lane unless someone told you or there are also markings on the road itself.
07:58 Ah, here we are back to what I have mentioned in earlier videos about getting a job in Norway without knowing Norwegian. It is possible, as shown here in this comment, to get a job in Norway only knowing English, but usually workplaces will want you to know English and Norwegian both, or just Norwegian if you come from a non-English speaking country. Some workplaces are more lenient, however, only requiring that you know and speak English, or that you know and speak English and at least understand Norwegian when it is spoken to you.
Waving thank you, is not unheard of, but I think the threshold to do so might be higher.
If you stand at a zebra crossing, you expect them to stop, then it's not that normal.
If they react faster than expected you might wave anyway.
If everyone keeps rushing by, not allowing you to cross, then you might wave when someone finally let's you cross.
While driving, you might wave, if they take an inconvenience to make a smoother result for you.
If the other stop early, where the road is wider, instead of continue to meet where it's narrow, maybe one has to reverse, you might wave.
If you yield early, for a large vehicle, when they need both lanes to take a turn, they might wave, but not always. (Som intersections/roads are too narrow for large vehicles if you drive up to the yield line, )
If a large vehicle is supposed to yield, but you decide to yield early (because it's might be a tight fit if you go first), showing them they can go, they might wave.
If someone go beyond what's expected it's not uncommon to give a wave to show appreciation, but not common if it's generally expected.
The giveaway for a foreigner might be when they have a lower threshold to wave.
Rule of thumb:
Stopping when it would be considered rude not to stop = no waving.
Stopping when it's not expected, but improve the average experience = possibly waving.
Waving tank you = thank you for going above and beyond, (at least something extra) (not just regular thank you).
The wearing jeans when hiking one is something norwegians do as well. Not generally active norwegians, but i have hiked in jeans many times and cold does not really bother me and i do just feel comfortable in jeans.
Me too.
About having your windows not closed by curtains is because of our "Folkeskikk" rules (Translated: common decency)
One of them is to not look through people's windows! Wow, believe it or not, it is disrespectful to look through other people's windows, especially when we have to enjoy the light we can get, so we want to be able to have the curtains open :)
That is also why we don't like it when people play loud music or have the speaker on while chatting on the train or bus, because it is a "Folkeskikk" to respect people around you, but most people will never say “hey you! stop” because people feel rude when meddling in other peoples doings, but some will do it still of course (very awkward when that happens), it is a “folkeskikk” to mind your own business as well, so it can be difficult waying all the options
We don’t close our curtains in Sweden either as a rule. The light is all! Lovely in winter walking around outside and seeing the lights and plants in windows.
I often wave to cars that stop on crosswalks. I feel it is good to appreciate good actions even when they are obligated to stop.
I always give a wave to cars that wait for me. Not doing it is probably a city thing
First I'm Norwegian, Male 36 y.o.
Wave to cars:
I never wave if I have a green light at a pedestrian crossing.
But at crossing without lights I usually look at the driver and nod if they stop for me.
Over/ under dressing:
Overdressing can be tied to acclimatization, no matter the season if you come for a place 15 C(~25 F) or more warmer most temps under 15 C (60 F) will feel rather cold.
Waiters:
In Oslo a lot of waiters are foreigners I felt like before COVID hit it was close to a 50/50 if they spoke Norwegian / had a heavy foreign accent, spoke Swedish or English.
Greeting/chatting while hiking/skiing:
Most just saying "Hei"/hi if you pass someone or look at you, smile and nod. If you stop talk to them its often about the trail where they came from or any other trails they know/ recommend close by.
Once you have "something in common" with a Norwegian we are way less shy about speaking with strangers.
Those that are out cross country skiing as an exercise and goes fast rarely say "Hei", a few are even rude and shouts at people to get out of the way so they can "bulldoze" ahead.
Pitches:
A French guy I met trough some Norwegian friends in Australia said he knew when Norwegians was done with a discussion before they stopped talking: we apparently adjust our pitches closer to each other when we agree and end up at about the same pitch, if we end up agreeing.
Curtains:
I feel like most hold them open to let daylight in. But windows on ground floor and close to busy roads, most close 'em up.
To be fair, Tromsø is actually within the arctic circle so it is, per definition, the north pole. Still rarely motivated with the full arctic getup though. Especially if you're in a town. You will just get super hot if you need to go into a store, on public transportation or something.
Lived in Tromsø for 4 years and i generally always wore a hoodie and maybe a bit of a thin jacket as long as it was not one of the very oversnowing days where i would have put on a bigger jacket
Sike i live lenger north
I am norwegian, born and raised, but X amount of movies and studying English, i talk English in my free time alot, and every time i enter a store and speak english with my friends, the store employees switch to english right away.
It is indeed to be polite.
Also to foreigners that try speaking norwegian, we will switch to english when we dont understand you well, and we desperately hope you do to, so we dont have to say sorry i can’t understand you. Cause we wouldn’t wanna hurt your feelings having to say it.
also big tip to those learning: tell us that! I bet you'll have the majority of our polite asses in teacher mode immediately, now instead helping point out flaws in your grammar and pronunciation :)
@@emdivinegood point I will work on that with people trying to speak Norwegian
18:18 I've seen a lot of the moonboots boots when Lidl were in Norway, they went bankrupt, so many people bought the Llidl moonwalk boots, but they eventually also got sold in shoe stores, there was a trend with moonboots. but that trend died. But still can see some wearing them, but not as common.
If it is a restaurant and you walk in and sit down, many places you walk in then have an employee meet u at the door and show you to the table.
As a Norwegian living in a street, I have most of my curtains closed most of the time. Even in the living room, but that is not normal in Norway.
When I am out walking it's not hard to see into people's homes as most have the curtains open. Closing bedroom curtains at night is mostly the only curtains being closed.
As I walk my dogs, I have a tendency to absently looking into the houses of people. As I live on a small street and there are houses on both sides of the street, I find myself looking in just as much as I watch the nature, sky, and ocean I can see in between the houses. I do it absentmindedly, just looking around as I walk.
A certain house has a living room window directly to the street, and the couch towards the tv is very clear as I walk past it every day.
A few times I have accidentally looked and caught eye contact with the people living there... It was never on purpose, but it happened a few times. And now they have the curtains closed there...
I truly feel bad, I never meant to make them uncomfortable. But I have never had that problem since tho... lol
How to spot foreigners in Norway...is quite easy, as fast as they speak with you. Unless they grow up as kids in Norway, they never truly learn the language...as soon as you go of topic to every day talk, or work related, you can hear it almost straight away...
There are many waiters working in Norway, especially in Oslo who don’t speak Norwegian
At crosswalks in Norway cars are obligated to stop for pedestrians. If they don't they can get a ticket of 5200 NOK ($486).
The closing curtains thing is something that my husband and I disagree on. I am american and my husband is norwegian. I don't get how people can live in fishbowls and let everyone just see them walking around inside their houses. But he says it is totally normal here. It is to let light in and see nature he says...but all I see is my neighbor watching TV, or walking around in PJs and I don't want to see that lol. But since I am the one who takes care of our house, I also do the curtains, and they stay closed unless it is really nice out lol. I do like my privacy.
Never buy weed from Americans in Oslo. Believe me, they are loud about it! I was at a meetup and people were screaming that they were going to go out and fire up a joint outside.
We don't talk when we meet someone when hiking. Just greeting them. Saying 'hei'.
Sropping for pedestrians in crossings is not only expected; not stopping is a felony.
In Norway, pedestrians are considered soft road users. At pedestrian crossings, pedestrians have the right of way and must be protected from vehicles. Pedestrians don't wave thanks. Without a crosswalk, pedestrians must wait until it is ready. If the driver nevertheless chooses to stop for a pedestrian, then the pedestrian is happy to wave thank you.
As a driver, I stop for pedestrians as early as possible. I like to stop 15-20 meters before a pedestrian crossing so that pedestrians don't have to wait the extra seconds, and can pass. Some pedestrians like it. Sometimes I make a respectful/elegant gesture with my hand, which means 'You may pass, my friend'. Some wave widely and smile, even if they seem somewhat surprised. They expect me to drive up to the point where I have to stop. Sometimes I just slow down to walking speed so that pedestrians have time to cross. I never stop completely. I can actually accelerate earlier because there are several meters to the pedestrian. When I'm almost at the speed limit, pedestrians have crossed.
I'm a norwegian and I do use speakerphone whenever I get a call due I have hearing aid on both sides. But I try make them call me later as I don't like speak in public.
When I did hiking before I do wear jeans as I hate sweatpants and shorts. And jeans and sweatpants is all I own. And I hate ticks and actually have a chronic illness because of those bastards so I won't wear something that can expose my legs. My pethate is are actually trainig suits and smelly sweat people.
13:57 pronounced it completely wrong, but it means bubble jacket. I don't use this type of jacket, I wear a wind and water proof jacket instead. So I can wear it during all seasons, and I just layer up instead, so have been out in -10C but also nice for spring and autumn. If I don't need the jacket I can take it off, as I do mountain biking I usually keep warmer on my legs.
But during wet, cold, windy weather i wear full wind and waterproof kit. In -10C i usually wear a baselayer, a jersey, and the jacket, and the waterproof and windproof trousers with base layer underneath.
I like to use clothing made for mountainbiking that are also suitable for all uses really. i don't own any casual jackets.
Always give a nod or a wave to cars that stop :)
Without them opening their mouths, you can tell by how they dress, brand, style and of course if it is weather appropriate, and fit for the type of activity or environment we are in. Also their body language, if they smile too much or too little, if they are loud or not, and if look too much around. The same goes for outsiders visiting towns or local communities, the locals can tell straight away that you’re not from there, as everyone knows everyone.
I , some times, wave to cars stopping when i crosse roads.
Norwegians don't raise the pitch at the end of a sentence unless they're asking a question or they're from Oslo (or the surrounding area).
The way you said tromsø honestly made me laugh
Boblejakke = Bubblejacket... because of the bubbles on the jacket. Can be Feathers in the bubbles or Syntetic insulators.
I'm from Northern Norway Tromsø,I talk to people in queues,at bus stops and doctor's offices,I say hello to cars,if they're kind enough to stop for me,I don't do this when I'm in Oslo,we're more open in Northen Norwey.I can talk to everyone regardless of ege.
14:37
It's more that it gets cold to *them* in Summer, while we're used to colder climate and find it comfortable with a little wind in the summer cooling us down from what many of you consider comfortable temperatures *without* the wind.
Maybe cos i am living in a small place in Northern Norway, but here it is not only normal to "thank you" when crossing the road, it is expected.
When hiking. You mostly just greet the person while passing each other. "hi" or just "nod" you can ofc start a short conversation if the other part is up for it to. This pretty normal tradisjon when hiking. The same person will just pass by you if you're downtown saying nothing. We are on traditional autopilot in greetings when hiking. I myself was surprised how American just randomly in NY streets says "hey how you doing" to me. I was like "do i Know you"
When hiking you need to leave a trail of acquaintances. People that can attest to your location and destination at all times. Starting with your family passing through everyone you meet and ending with your family.
Religion in Scandinavia is almost taboo.
We just dont want it affecting things such as legislation, politics etc.
It is deeply personal bwcause it's a faith, not science/priven, so that is something would keep to themselves.
There are these giant white lines over roads where you walk across the roads, Use them, if you dont use them crossing the road, you deserve getting run over by cars, the road isn’t yours.
The mindset of Norway 😂
A road is for cars, dont step on it unless over the crossings, or when the light is green for walking. Sure we can nod, or smile to the car that stopped, but many just walk.
If you cross the road somewhere there isnt a crossing and wave thank you. The driver is cursing you for being an idiot in the car. Unless in the middle of nowhere were there are less crossings then we will see the car drive by then cross the road. Never ever do you intentionally stop the car to cross none crossing areas…
Norway do not close their curtains. Why waste the daylight. Unless you are shy, maybe the older generation will close them. Usually curtains only get closed to block sunlight on a tv or in bedroom
I prefer it when people have their call on speakerphone. If they're going to disrupt the peace and quiet by talking, they might as well let me eavesdrop on both sides of the conversation. (=
I used to do that before I was given hearing aids. I simply could hear otherwise.
Man, last attempt: Make a full vid on Jens Evensen and the Norwegian oil adventure.
As far as I know, snus is called dipping tobacco or just "dip" in the States.
I don't wave to the cars, but I nod or smile if I do make them stop heheh
if a car stops where i need to cross i give them a quick nod or if they're busy i just wave in the direction to make them move as they wish and i'll wait.. beyond that there's nothing i do.
8:15
It's actually pretty common.
Norwegians are being outcompeted out of the service industry.
Especially Swedes are desired for that job, but there's also specific other nationalities that's doing extremely well there.
Partly Norwegians are reluctant to take low paying unskilled jobs, and partially we don't have a good customer service reputation, even in Norway compared to Swedes etc.
Hi Tyler :) Can you do a reaction on your own UA-cam comments? Love your content btw!
You should check out the Botez chess sisters visiting Oslo, and having the chess player Hammer as their tour guide!
We expect eveyone not to stop and stare inside houses also daylight in the winter is scares so open curtains gives more.
17:23 Where I live, Askim, it's rare to see people using snus, cigarettes.
I saw people doing it a decade ago, when I was a kid, but now it's a rare sight, it won't surprise me if it's like this elsewhere. I think it's illegal to smoke in front of store entries now, this was a big issue before.
But yet some do it, I hate when that happens, I can't handle it, i cough and it hurts, literally torture, I feel like I have to throw up. happen once this year, but the dude at least understood he should walk away not torture me. not all do that. But there are idiots in all countries and smokers too. but cigarettes and snus, are cocked in a cabinet at the behind the cashier, selling it openly became illegal.
I'm from Australia and I live in Oslo. I always wave thanks to cars that stop for me. ...meaning I had a good upbringing!
Norwegians just walk without looking left or right. Could be very dangerous! They don't seem to care.
Mind you, hitting a person with your car would result in the lost of car licence.
10:15
It's not the absolute worst idea to be honest. They don't absorb a lot of moisture and in the summer they dry fast.
Whats weird is that it's really not uncommon for Canadians to wear something that has the canadian flag on it, such has jackets, hats or backpacks, nothing so crazy red and white king of thing, but maybe a small flag on the shoulder. It's strange since we really aren't a patriotic bunch of people, but it's fairly normal to see a toque with a maple leaf or the word Canada on it, and just seeing maple imagery on lots of things. There are like super touristy things that will make you stand out, but the more subtle ones will make you blend in really well. When traveling abroad I can almost guarentee at least a small flag will be on most people's clothes or luggage
all summer ive been working around in different places of norway and staying in hotels and eating in different resturants quite abit, and even to me its abit chocking how few of staff in those places actaully speaks norwegian. like at hotel i had the longest stay in, think only 1 or 2 of them could speak norwegian
If a car stops for me, first I'll give a little wave to signal for them to go ahead and drive, I can cross the road after them, if they don't drive and I get to cross the road first I'll give them a nod and a smile, I will also try and get across the road as fast as possible, don't want to bother them by making them wait any longer than necessary.
I'm living in Norway and don't speak the language yet ;P But yeah, its pretty common to have an English speaking waiter when you go to a restaurant :)
Hey Tyler! So just to let walk know you have the same last name and first name as my dad! And my last name is Walker too and that’s sooo cool!
And I know many Norwegians who does many of these things. We need to stop generalizing and stereotyping. Unawares or not, many has conversations on speaker in their cars, and you can even hear it from the outside… this happens daily here in Oslo. And when speaking I mean from the speakers in their car, not phone. And many Norwegians sits down besides you, when there’s plenty of other seats available, especially old people. And growing up in the 90’s and 2000’s I hated hiking clothes, so I’d wear my regular day to day clothes when in the mountains doing hikes with my family, and no one ever said anything. I only use cash if cafés.
One of the (many) reasons we swap to english a few sentences in is because of our spoken dialects, which most of the time could be difficult for a foreigner trying the language to understand.
Norwegians not wearing the norwegian flag on the clothes? That's just hilariously wrong and misinformed.
Listening to music/audio without headphones on public transportation is not just tourists, my sources are local students and been one of them who did that...
Speakerphone in public is quite common among norwegians as well.
Only times it's okay to sit next to someone, is if you know the person or if you absolutely have to sit next to stranger because it's only one seat left each place.
As many others have mentioned and gone in depth on, "fjellvettreglene" (the norwegian mountain code), basically for safety in case the elements and landscape makes a hiker go missing.
Yeah nah, raising the voice by 10 pitches at the end of the sentence does not apply for every norwegian, simply because of how the 4 main groups of dialects are.
While it may be true for the south-east area (Oslo), it is not the truth to the west and up north.
The curtain thing is very individual.
11:05 What happens when you meet a mountain biker after a hard climb.😛12:38 It's common to greet ppl, but not all do it here too.
As a mountain biker I get some conversations as the bike gets a lot of attention.
14:44 I'v3e talked to many people this is not uncommon. but walking up to people and follow them to talk to them that would considered insane.
But not talking to people you meet.
Agian you say to make it known in case you disappear in the mountain
14:44 No clue who he talked to but most people don't talk like this. Butt if it's a questions the pressure can change to make it clear it's a question, but not all do it.
but this is done in all languages, but not all do it. But nobody is making high pitch ending. it's just slight if at all. Maybe the person heard someone with an dialect or a drunk.
Some dialects have a lot of the Æ sound, and some extend the sound into a higher pitch. but there is a song making fun of this.
Æ39 about E39 European highway. The pokes fun at the dialect and about calling a highway a street. overextending the word endings to the extreme. but also overextending the start. ÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆ39.
We learn english from 5 grade in school so it is no problem for us to talk in english at all. Maybe some older folk dont get it but that is rear! And some understand you perfectly but dont wanna talk. And i find the american's really easy to talk to they are helpful and nice for the most i must say.
But it’s 🍑 or rare 😂
Norwegians greet people in nature for the exact same reason Americans don't. It's a protection mechanism. Voice and choice of words often give away if somebody is a threat so that you can prepare. In a calm society like Norway, being friendly and forthcoming is used as a tool to disarm people with bad intentions. This doesn't work as well in a more hostile society like America. This is typically when one meets another one, and it spreads to group meetings groups without any deliberate thought process. Even Norwegians think it is strange to greet people in nature, but they still allow themselves to do it, against their nature, to feel more continental.
No no. Greating each other in nature is very important. It’s way more that just disarming people. It’s because you want to a) trade in for about what to expect about the terrain ahead, and b) to make sure that people know where you are in case you have an accident. Basically nature is scarier than people.
@@MissCaraMint Exactly.
That someone use clothing/jacket with the Norwegian flag does not always mean that they are foreign! I have many friends wearing the exact jacket that was in this video and are proud to be Norwegians (Patriotism is very common here, we love our country and are ready to defend it if enemies should come! As a Norwegian I self wears jacket with the Norwegian patch on the side of my arm showing that this is my identity and that I´m proud of being from the Viking country
Høres mer Nazi ut spør du meg🤣🤣🤣 Og se fleste som kaller seg patrioter, som flaunter the norske flagget over alt, er de samme som hyllerHitler, Breivik, Manshus, Sylvi, Trump, og hater alt og aller som ikke er kroniske Norske, kristne og hetero🤡🤢🚮
@@kilipaki87oritahiti å blande Nazisme og Patriotisme er to helt forskjellige ting du ikke burde gjøre! Patriotisme er ingen ideologi eller noe, det er simpelt en definisjon på en person som elsker sitt land, og er villig til å beskytte det. Nazisme er en form for fasisme/sosialisme. Med forakt for det liberale demokratiet og parlamentet. Det er et politisk ideologi med ekspansjonisme og lydighet til en sterk leder. Det forfremmet også rasisme. Så please ikke bland disse to ettersom det er to helt forskjellige
Canada and Norway can agree on having flags on their jackets
Waving or nodding at cars that stop for you is not uncommon in Norway. But it's just as common and accepted to not acknowledge the car at all. As long as you try to hurry a bit over the crosswalk once the car is stopped, pretty much nothing is expected or not expected out of you.
If you show no regard to the car stopping you by just strolling over the crosswalk without worry that a car has topped and waiting for you to pass, that is the only instance in normal occurrences where you might be perceived as rude. But I assume that goes for most places where crosswalks are normal.
Nodding is way more common that waving. Maybe raising one had, but not waving.
@@MissCaraMint I have personally never seen anyone wave, but according to the subreddit, a lot do wave. So I just assumed it was more common in different places in Norway.
I think almost everyone I meet on the road give like a small "wave" if you help them out of a junction or stuff like that. or did everyone turn rude
Using the speaker phone either public or private is both uncommon, at least Im not aware of anyone using the speaker phone for phone calls, but I am sure there are exceptions.
In Norway its forbidden to not stop for a crossover. Thats why you dont need to give thanx...
Penguin walk! ,)
Lolol
You should watch a season of Alt for Norge and react to it. Free content and people would watch it for sure :)
Stress free is holliday...
You missed the penguin walk.
Jeans are made for meddling about in the garage or something.
It is _HORRIBLY_ impractical for hiking, in all ways, shapes and forms.
You can get pants that are cheaper than jeans too that are better for hiking lol
Optimally you want GoreTex or similar, zippers to vent, good stretch, durable fabric and utilitarian design.
Optimally you want different legwear for summer, autumn and winter. And that's just in general, not taking specific sports or activites into consideration.
(Cross country clothing, downhill clothing, expedition/summit clothing, hunting clothing, fishing clothing, surfing clothing, and so forth)
You don't need ALL of them but there's practical reasons for all different designs - either way jeans are just horrible. Not to mention wtf do you do if you get wet just in the slightest? Oof no thank you, I'd rather go naked. I can only think of one worse thing and that is not having proper footwear. People seem hellbent to kill or injure themselves sometimes. (Yes wrong footwear can in some cases be lethal, regardless of the rest of your clothing)
About wearing clothes with the Norwegian flag, it's a bit more nuanced than that. Some regular clothes might have a Norwegian flag, but it's usually small and not very noticable. If however someone walks around with a knitted sweater with a Norwegian flag pattern, "Norge" written on it, and a moose, then it's a tourist sweater. Almost no Norwegian wears that seriously. As for tourists it's easy to tell. Just look for the people taking pictures of everything.
But not dressing right is something foreigners do, as well as teens.
Also! people in the big city won't wawe at the cars, one can see that you are not from the big city that way too
Dont normaly wave to People, but I usually give a friendly nod
no i dont own one hoodie or a outfit pants or anything with the norwegian flag on it... if you do we know you are a outsider, like myself own a hoodie with the pride american flag on me everyday in norway love that hoodie and we shop alot on a store called new yorker in norway where it is basicelly american clothes and not styled in norwegian fashion while outsiders go to hansel and greta in norway and rather buy everything they have on themself in a norwegian flag and a marius sweater us norwegians dosent use much clothes or outfits like that its not popular in our daily life just one time of the year and that is 17.may.... thats the only reasons why does stores still survives in my country! are typical american or japanesse tourists buying their clothes from those stores, i mean us norwegians also did a time but that was in the 1800s xD and yes we do clothes our curtain i think that was just him lol... i like my personal space at home so i close it so no one can watch inside it is pretty normal to not get disturbed by people walking outside in youre privacy
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You should have read the follow-up message. ;-)
The very first part is just wrong. There are a few that doesn't wave or give any sign of gratitude when they're let out into traffic, or cars stops so you can walk across the street, but most norwegians do. It's common sense.
Smoking is not uncommon in Norway. Snus is around as common as smoking(but much less noticeable).
A lot of smokers turn to snus to quit smoking because it is not damaging to the people and environment around you.
But young people do smoke and/or snus, and the same goes for older people. But the amount of younger people smoking has greatly reduced over the years.
There are plenty who wave to cars. Myself I've done it for 44 years. Maybe it's a generational thing.
I don't understand how ''waving to cars'' or ''talking to strangers'' is supposed to be a ''DEAD GIVEAWAY'' that you are not Norwegian... xD Like, what? I am Norwegian, I wave ''thank you'' to drivers when they stop so I can walk across the street. ''WOW! Shock and horror'', I too occasionally strike up a random conversation with a stranger if the situation would allow for it. Does this mean that I am NOT Norwegian now? xD
If someone came up to me and began to talk about religions, I would probably contact the police to hear if someone has escaped the mental hospital.
In 2019 they sold snus in gas stations in Wisconsin.
How to spot a american male, if he whear clothes from under armor .
Nonsense, I always either wave or give the peace sign when a driver stops for me, it`s not just about curtesy either, it`s also an incentive for the drivers to keep being respectful in traffic, a little wave to show their action is appreciated (:
Btw, I can`t stand when people use speakerphone in public, especially when playing music on public transportation, mostly because the sound is bad, imo it`s far better with a bluetooth speaker, because at least it`ll sound better hehe.
People downtown tend to walk around with the speaker on, but often it`s a video call of some kind so in those cases it`s more understandable.
Oh, got another one, the closing of the curtains thing:
In downtown or central areas it`s more common to close the curtains, as like, a million people can see you and you`ll likely have less space to "hide away".
But people in normal houses or nicer apartments will usually keep the curtains open to let in natural light, and may or may not close them to for instance watch a movie or go to bed.
I never closed mine when I had a bedroom, but when I lived in smaller apartments, they were closed pretty much the entire day.
So it depends, but keeping them open is nice when you have maybe a garden or live close to nature or when only having one or two neighbors, stuff like that (:
Not speaking Norwegian.... Because other foreigners who have lived here for a few years usually learn the language. Not always the Americans:p Some do though.