After watching some videos from this girl I get the impression she has a very small social circle and rarely experiences anything outside of it. She seems to believe that all the personal choices and oddities around her is how everything works everywhere in norway, while usually it's only how it works around her with the people she knows and the places she goes. Misunderstandings within this group gets expressed by her as actual facts without any attempt at fact checking either.
"its usually warm inside in winter" well every house i have ever been in in winter wasn't really warmer than like 15 degrees, oftentimes 10 or below if you're not standing right in front of the heater
@@Solent19 What..? What places are you talking about? The only place in Norway that I can think of being 10-15 degrees in the winter is a parking garage.
@@Solent19 I really doubt that. It's not good for the houses to get too cold, so even thinking about saving money on heating... You will need to take care of the house a lot extra if it's that cold for a longer period.
There is default speeds for cities (50 km/h) and outside cities (80 km/h) if no signs, if other speeds there are signs telling you.. You can also see speed looking at dividing lines in center of road to tell... So not as complex as it looks.
@@wizardcake8820Om jeg husker riktig, det er 35 år siden jeg tok lappen, så er 50 og 80 standard fartsgrenser. Alle andre (typisk 30, 60 og over 80) kalles ekstraordinære fartsgrenser og skal skiltes med faste, lovfestede, intervaller. Siden den tid har vi fått sone fartsgrenser og, jeg tror, bytun med egne regler.
"How do you know the speed limits".. one get 18 years old and go to a driving school, learn to drive a stickshift, on snowy and icey roads in a roundabout, and all the rules and sigsn to that! Its easy but costs a lot!
Norwegians had to as a matter of survival and to achieve a basic level of comfort in winter, develop a lot of great techniques, such as heat retaining insulation, which is why the default house is white to reflect heat in summer. We also heat our houses electrically, or increasingly rarely with stoves or fireplaces. Its theoretically plausible to heat your home with just home cooking every day.
Actually the signs are very easy to follow in most cases, you just have to learn what they actually mean. If a sign is infirming you of a particular speed limit it will have the number on it with a red circle around it. For example 60. If you then reach the end of that speed zone there will either be a sign just like the previous one with the new speed limit on it, or a sign without the red circle and having the number of the current speed with 4 black lines crossing it. That means the 60 zone is ending and speed limit always revert to 80 kmph by default unless stated otherwise with a specific number in a red circle.
@@MissCaraMint the village with around 800 inhabitants where my family lives has a speed limit of 40 and the road is quite wide with not that many houses on the main road
09:30 In Norway you have two main speed limits, 50km/h and 80km/h, those are for densely populated areas and sparsely populated areas respectively. In the cases of 80km/h roads, we're usually always speaking of out in the boonies, in rural areas, and in these places we very rarely have any speed limit signs because throwing a bunch of them up would be a waste of money when everyone knows the speed limit. When the speed limits changes, however, they will have a speed limit sign with the new speed limit on it, and when a speed limit ends, it will often have a grayed out speed limit sign with that speed limit with five lines crossing it out from upper right corner down across to the lower left corner (I know, no corners on a circular sign, it was the best way to explain it xD), this would indicate that the speed limit has changed to 80km/h, or there will be Speed Limit Zone signs, and those being similarly greyed and crossed out would mean the speed limit goes back to the one it was prior to entering the Speed Limit Zone.
You have the same system of default speed limits in the US, or at least parts of the US: The unposted speed limit on public roadways is 55 mph, except on expressways where the unposted limit is 70 mph, according to Michigan Vehicle Code 257.628 while the limit for residential areas is 25 mph, according to Michigan State Police.
If you are going over a mountain pass in winter, you should check the road information. If it is possible to keep the road open, there will be convoy driving behind the plows, but if it gets too bad, the road will be closed. Some years ago, a gang of thieves broke into the cabin areas. They planned an escape route via a mountain stretch and passed the barrier. They almost froze to death when the car got stuck. They were Eastern Europeans, and lots of stolen goods from the cabins were found in the car. I remember the story because I suspect it was the same gang that broke into our cabin and stole frying pans, dishcloths and candlesticks. It happened around the same time, and there were many break-ins in the cabins in the county during that period.
05:00 It's a variety of reasons. You have good insulation, heat pumps, floor heating (electrical or heated water), fireplaces, heaters, and that's the limit of my knowledge, but I think I've covered the majority of the methods used for heating. 05:50 I forgot that Americans in a hotter climate might be more accustomed to higher temperatures than us Norwegians, so just to cover that possibility, I believe we prefer our room temperature to be at a steady 23C (73.4F), so if that seems cold for Americans, then that might be a reason why you wouldn't sit inside without a jacket while Norwegians would.
In and around Bergen where I used to live the supermarkets where open from 07:00am to 11pm mon-friday, 08:00am to 10pm on saturday. Alcohol can be bought until 8pm in Norway, not 6pm as she says. 6pm is only on Saturdays. There are signs for the speed everywhere, except for in really remote areas. But they are always where you turn onto a new road. I am half Norwegian and half British, but I am born and raised in Norway, lived there most of my life. I almost don't believe this girl even lives in Norway cause there are so much info here that just isn't right.
The alcohol depends. If its over 4.7% you have to go to Vinmonopolet and it closes at 5 or 6pm. After a speed limit end sign there can be many tens of km with no more speed limit signs in rural places. So basically defaults to 80 km/h. The default of 80 is not signposted near intersections if there is no change from previous road.
@@Gazer75 yes you are correct about the alcohol. But then she should have at least mentioned it. Because most tourists don’t know that you have to go to Vinmonopolet for everything over 4,7%. And yes there are remote areas of Norway that there are no signs with the speedlimit for many miles. But the pnaces you need it it is a sign.
@@denisspratt926 Speeds will be signposted if they are not the default for sure. I think the norm says every 500m. You'll see this for stretches with 70 on highways. Another thing is that a speed limit is only valid until next intersection or roundabout, so they have to post it again after. But if the sign is a "sone" (zone) sign it will apply for all roads in this area. "Sone" is common when entering residential areas with a 30 limit.
Grocery stores here usually stay open to eleven every night. Sundays closed. But there are some smaller grocery shops that are open on Sundays as well.....
In my town we buy bus ticket with the phone and we just walk on the bus without scanning/beeping anything. The shopping centers are open until 9pm on weekdays and 8pm on Saturday. Grocerie stores are open from 7am until 11 pm. It may be different in smaller towns/country side. Sundays only small grocerie stores are allowed to be open. Vine and liqour can only be bought at vinmomopolet, and this closes at 6pm on weekdays and 4pm on Saturday. Beer you can buy in grocerie stores until 8pm on weekdays and 6 pm on Saturday. Note that the girl in this video is from Portugal and often says a lot of strange things that we Norwegians don't recognise. 😃
We learn this when getting our drivers license the rule of tumb is 50(kilometers per hour) General speed limit within built-up areas. Applies if other speed limits are not signposted and 80 (kilometers per hour) General speed limit outside built-up areas. Applies if other speed limits are not signposted, or if there is a sign that a speed limit has ended.
It is a bit wrong that shops close early. Many food shops are open until 2300 on weekdays. But on Saturdays they close earlier. It is closed on Sundays, so it is important to know.
Taxis are expensive, but not as expensive as she will have it. The thing is that there is a starting fee to make every trip worth losing another trip. So she could have travelled for 30mins and not even doubled the 5min trip she took. And she wasn’t forced to take a cab, she was running late 😜
Exactly, the only thing forcing her hand was the happenstance of missing her planned ride and the next not getting her there in time (always plan to get there with an hour to spare folks). And with no other alternative save for begging locals, her hand was forced by urgency of getting there on time into taking the taxi. No person besides herself forced her.
----- @Don_Coyote ----- - I guess it depends on where you live? Here in town the rates are, as of Jan.2023...: 'Day' (Mon. through Fri. 7am to 5pm) = Kr 125,- Minimum or Local if you will. 'Evening' (Mon. through Fri. 5pm to 11pm) = Kr 158,- Minimum or Local if you will. 'Night'/'Weekend' (Mon. through Fri. 11pm to 7am/Sat. through Mon. 7am to 7am) = Kr 175,- Minimum or Local if you will. 'Red Days'/'Holidays' = Kr 185,- Minimum or Local if you will. NB!...: The prices increase exponentially after that... -----
@Don_Coyote Mum has arthritis, walking wasn't a option, especially since this was a hilly area. The worst part was that I had actually used an app to look for a taxi, and they offered a ride for less then 300, but they took a while to show up so we picked one of the taxies at a taxi stop, and yeah, 700... Not going to make that mistake again...
If there is not a specific speedlimit sign put up, there is only 2 speedlimits in Norway. 50km/h in city or 80km/h outside city. Everything in between or above is put up a sign for.
I can recall, when I was living there, going into a bank in Drammen in Februare. It was cold outside. I was bundled up against the weather. The bank had a revolving door. About the time the door sealed behind you, the door in front of you uncovered a heat vent in the ceiling. The heat vent was REALLY cranking out the hot air. I had to take my coat off when I got through the door and into the lobby. It was quite comfy indoors. When you went out, air from indoors was being pulled out of the outbound door path, through the heater and into the inbound path. That way, you kept the heat in the building and lost as little as possible to the outdoors. I've used revolving doors like that in the USA. It's not rocket science. Most homes have an entryway with a substantial heater in it. I recall seeing electric devices which heated air and blew it through hoses to dry out / warm up your gloves and your boots / shoes. Those were usually located in the entryway. My sister has such things in the entryway of her house in Minnesota. Speed limits signs are much fewer and further between. The max speed limit, when I was there, was 90 km / h (about 56 mph). You quickly learned that you only had that speed on limited-access, multi-lane roads. For two lane country roads, the speed limit was lower. You got a feel for what speed was appropriate. There are parts of the Interstate in the USA which close during the depths of winter. There are gates on I-35 north of Des Moines, Iowa, such that they can shut down the interstate. Riding with my dad (an OTR truck driver), there were occasions where the interstate, in Texas, was shut down due to ice. It happens, here in the USA. I was using a debit card in Norway 5 years before I could get one in the USA. There was a small fee for each transaction. Very few things in Norway were free; every phone call costs money (no such thing as a free "local" call). The schools didn't have school buses; everyone either walked, rode bikes, had their parents drop them off / pick them OR they rode public transit. This is why, even in rural areas, there were (frequently) public transit buses running a few times per day. No point in buying a bunch of buses for the schools when the non-student population needed some public transit, too; better to just have the community buy and operate a few buses and serve EVERYONE. Meanwhile, the kids get comfortable (at an early age) with riding public transit.
Max speed limit in Norway is 120 kmh, (73 mph) , most telephone calls are 'free', in that you pay nothing extra f(besides the monthly fee) or domestic calls, they were never free in the US either, you had to pay a monthlyfeee in the US as well. O for ref course there are school buses, of you live more than 2 miles from the school, you get school bus, oir a pass¨for a regular bus. I see school buses every morning. But some areas can't adfford their own bus service, as the municipal school system can have as few as 60 pupils..
There are speed limits signs everywhere, normally after every major crossing, and if you miss it, then you always know that the speed limit on ordinary country roads normally is 80km/h, in citys there are always speed limits signs. By the way there, are always signs with a warning that there is a camera ahead.Most modern har have the speed limit shown on the dashboard, and on the radio/navigation system you will get messages about closed roads, traffic jams, queues and such
13:06 I don't have a problem finding ATMs, then again, I know where to look for them. A lot of stores will have them, shopping centers and malls will have them, pretty sure you can find them at cinemas too, and occasionally convenience stores and gas stations will have them, they may also be placed outside of various buildings so they're accessible 24/7, and obviously, the banks will have them inside and occasionally outside. I am pretty sure you can also find them at various bus and train stations, too. Basically, where people would normally need to use money, that's where you would normally be able to find an ATM. Also, if you can't find an ATM, most stores' registers will function as a sort of ATM for you, just ask the cashier if they offer withdrawal of money (I think they might even offer deposits, too, as they can now return your money directly to the account the card you used is connected to), and they might tell you "yes, but there's a limit of bla bla" then ask you how much you want to withdraw.
Speedlimmit is 50 where there is houses along the road, and 80 outside heavy populated ereas, unless signs tells you otherwise. We had ATMs all over the place back in the days when the US were still using paper checks
If there is no speed limit sign the default of 80km/h applies. The speed limit end sign will mean default applies. There is a default of 50 in built up places, but I've never seen areas where this would apply that do not have the limit signposted.
The speed limit is actually very reasonable made according to the road and surroundings. Speed limit is a round sign with a red border, with the number in the middle. A round white sign with the speed limit crossed out means you will now enter a zone where you have to pay attention yourself if your speed is too fast or too slow according to the road condition. Then the speed limit is 80 km/h (if you dare, you don't need to drive 80 km/h, some places you shouldn't drive 80 km/h) on countryside and 50 km/h in the suburb/city. You can generally feel what speed you should be on according to the road and surroundings: 30 km/h - narrow neighborhoods with properties(houses, lawns, fences) a meter away from the road, or narrow roads in town. 40 km/h - main roads through neighborhoods, a little bigger, but still narrow roads. Often a sidewalk next to it. The houses around doesn't feel as close to the road than the 30km/h zones. 50 km/h - beginning to be bigger and better roads. A lot less pedestrians and stuff happening around the road. The houses around are fewer and feel further away from the road. 60 km/h - probably in the coundtryside or on a big main road with sharp swings, close to houses or a lot of traffic. 70-80km/h - coundtryside or big main road. Probably not higher limit due to the quality/width of the road and security against oncomming traffic 90-110km/h - you are probably on a motorway/highway, E18, E6, etc.
Speed signs in Norway not a big issue if you got a driving license in Norway and done the theory exam etc that goes with it. As a foreigner, just follow the thumb of rule to stick to the speed limit of the last sign you saw, unitl you see a new one with a new value, or a sign with a crossed over speed limit, then the new value would be 80/km (if you don't know any better).
"Speed signs in Norway are not a big issue if you have obtained a driving license in Norway and have completed the accompanying theory exam. For foreigners, a good rule of thumb is to stick to the speed limit indicated by the last sign you saw. Continue at this speed until you see a new sign with a different speed limit or a sign with a crossed-out speed limit. In the absence of other indications, assume a default speed limit of 80 km/h." Just thought I would clarify a bit. 😀
A very important thing to know if you come to Norway, and you take out a rental car, the speedometer shows KM/T, and not MILES. Because there is quite a big difference between 60km/h and 60miles. 60Miles is almost 100km/h ! Just so you know !
Big mistakes in the video! In Norway, the speed limit is very well signposted. there are signs every 250 m, for example. Where she mentions that the sign says end at 60 km/h, this means that you can drive at a maximum of 80 km/h. So if there are no signs showing the speed limit, you are on an island road where the maximum limit is 80 km/h. And stores are open mostly until 23. Some are open 24h in the citys, and you also have 24h open foodstores at small places with selfpayment. Also at Saturdays the foodsores are open until 23 mostly. Other stores for clothing etc, are mostly open until 21 bu maybe earlier in shopingstreets for pedestrians.
07:39 I could be wrong here, so don't quote me on this, but I think the Speed Cameras will start taking pictures of you as soon as you are 3km/h over the speed limit, and the more over the speed limit you are, the higher the tickets price will be. Though, they will always have a Speed Camera Warning Sign a good time before the Speed Camera, so you should always have time to make sure you don't go over the speed limit.
this is a general rulle of speed: Residential areas: 30kph Other built-up areas: 50kph Rural roads: 80kph Highways: 90kph so before coming to norway, try to check out the norway driving rules if you want to drive.
Checking out the rules is a very good thing to do. For instance we don't allow right turns on red light. Also important to know about special rules for right of way when not on main roads.
04:15 I think we do have Über in Norway, as well as some other foreign based Taxi/Ride-Share services like it, and some local ones. But as far as I am aware, none of them cover the entirety of Norway, only certain - usually - more populated areas of Norway, so you couldn't take one from, say, Stavanger on the West side to Oslo on the East side. But she was in Oslo, and think there shouldn't be a limit on the amount of different services available for her there, I guess she just couldn't take any of those, as she was on a time-crunch and those would have required adding extra time to wait for their arrival, time that she couldn't afford to waste.
In Norway, taxis are not just a convenience, but also used for more societal work. Like older people or people with disabilities can get a special card where they can get a taxi twice per day or something. If you need to go to the ER or hospital, then taxi is free. Or special needs children who needs to be driven to school every day get a taxi. Anyway, because we put vulnerable people in a specially vulnerable position, this means is that taxi drivers needs to be held at a higher standard and Uber doesn't live up to those standards, so it's illegal. But anyway, taxi has to be expensive in Norway because the median income is so high.
I don't know where she lives, but there is actually lots of ATM's in Norway. And adding to that, in most stores, you can take out money when you shop. So getting hold of cash is no problem at all.
She has a lot of her "facts" wrong. She is not a good source if you want to know things about Norway. It seems it is more important for her to get her videos on UA-cam then to do her homework first. It is too much to mention here, but I am sure many will comment it.
03:36 Oh, wow, this got way longer than expected, I considered just deleting it all, but that would be a waste of time spent, so read at your own discretion! Huh, I know that taxis have various fees. Starting fee, is added the moment you sit down in the seat. Pickup Fee, is added if you require the taxi to pick you up. Minimum Cost Fee, this is the cheapest that you'll get a taxi regardless of how short the trip may be. Kilometer Fees, a set price that gets multiplied by however many kilometers are driven. Minute Fee, a set price that gets multiplied by however many minutes is spent on the trip. There are also some additional fees that may apply depending on the company, like the Traffic /Environment Fee, Airport Fee, Rush-Hour Fee, and Toll Fee, though the last fee is apparently only for Tolls that are on the extreme side of the cost. Tolls in Norway I think range from as low as 9 NOK for a passenger car up to 3.5T, to much as 171 NOK (if not more, 171 is the highest in my area), that's anywhere between shy of $1 to as much as $15.87, hence why it makes sense that the Taxis add additional Toll Fee when having to pass through one of the more expensive tolls. This lady said she lived about 5 minutes by car from Oslo Central Station, and she was late to a plane, so I'm assuming she means Gardemoen Airport. That is a 37 minute trip between Oslo Central Station and Gardemoen Airport, and it's a 51.6km long trip. Norges Taxi has a Starting Fee of 77 NOK, 113 NOK Pickup Fee, 9 NOK Minute Fee, 16 NOK Kilometer Fee. She didn't get picked up so she pays 77 NOK off the bat from the Starting Fee. The trip is 37 minutes as we've established, that would be 333 NOK in Minute Fee for her trip. Then the trip is 51.6km long, which would be 825,6 NOK for the Kilometer Fee. Total price would have been 1235,6 NOK, or $114.66 for the trip, plus some additional fees I believe would have been added. That being said, I could have been mistaken, that she meant she walked out her home and saw a taxi, decided to take it to Oslo Central Station to then take the train or bus to Gardemoen Airport, which would mean that she only took the taxi for 5 minutes. In that case, it would be 77 NOK in Starting Fee, 45 NOK in Minute Fee, and the Kilometer Fee is incalculable, but lets say she traveled 60km/h, that would make it 5 Kilometers for her trip, which gives us 80 NOK in Kilometer Fee, for a total of 202 NOK plus some additional fees I'm sure I forgot to add.
With atms its cuz we use card a lot more but im prety sure you can ask places like a gas station and take money out worst thing that happens is they say no but in most shops you are able to put money into your card so i recomend just using card
Yes, we need to regain our warmth, while being inside, before going outside again for our next errand or home after something. 🥶😓😊 It is so freezing cold, often times, that, if you keep your jumper and jacket on indoors, you’ll get used to the warmth they bring, and then what more can you put on, when going back outside? 🥶🥶🥶 That’s mostly the issue if you go inside to a place that is not a little extra warm. Then we feel like keeping the clothes on, but don’t! Don’t fall for the temptation!! 😂😂😂 You will feel like the freezing winter wind is howling through flesh and bone! 😅🤣🤣 The sad part is, I’m not even joking! The thing is also that with the amount of thick layers of wool and other warm fabrics that you need to wear for the minutes you might stand still, or sit, at a bus stop, bench or, when you run into someone you know, - you get equally warm and start sweating a little or a lot, when you move. Even though your just walking fast or something. Cause there’s the uphill streets, down hill streets, stabilising with your core muscles to not fall on the ice. And so when you get inside, you need to air out the sweat, cause sweat keeps you coooold! My dad taught me as a kid, that when on a winter hike, you need to wash of the sweat with snow, before going to sleep in the tent, because otherwise the sweat will Cool you down to much. An outdoor temperature of 15-30 degrees Celsius out side, and a change to 22 degrees once you get inside, is a big difference too. That’s a difference of 37 to 52 degrees within a minute. We can’t keep it much colder than that indoors. 😅
The houses and buildings have a very high standard of insulation. And electricity has long been cheap in Norway, but in recent years prices have increased greatly because we export more electricity. So it has been very cheap to heat houses and buildings. In some places, electricity is cheaper, such as further north, because there is not as much load on the electricity grid. (I live in the south but come from and have family in the north). Mother-in-law lives close to a hydroelectric plant and she has very cheap electricity, sometimes only 1/3 of what we pay in the south. I haven't thought about speed limits, which can be problematic, it's the same in Sweden and Denmark. But there are two main rules that in densely built-up areas you can drive 50 km/h and outside on more rural roads it is 80 km/h, but these only apply when it is signposted or something else is not signposted. But the new speed limit is always signposted when a new one starts, and after junctions and collisions etc., and one thing or another here and there. But I can say that there is a lot of marking in the south of the country. And there are not many roads that are closed all winter, there are some in the far north that are closed for periods due to too much snow and/or ice on the roads. But this is not all winter. And there are always alternative roads and tracks anyway, even if they may be longer to drive. And google map usually informs about it. The most common and easiest thing is to withdraw money at the grocery store, many grocery stores also cooperate with banks so that you can withdraw money there
You know the speed limits . And in many cars , the speed limit shows at the dashboard. You also got a warning sign about 1000 meters before you meet the speed kamera.
House construction is different. Our summers aren't as hot, while winters are cold, so we insulate differently; entire construction geared towards retaining heat. It is not only the sun that calls us outside in summer, but our homes, especially older ones, can get hot AF in summer. Also, most of the time our hydro-electrics provide plentiful cheap power for heating. Last year's European energy crisis had our prices hop into insane levels for a while. Road laws: There are only two main speed limits; 80 kph and 50 kph and the signs only modify these. It is a bit complex, but the oversimplified version is that 50 is the limit in populated areas and 80 is the limit on country roads. In most cities there will be signage limiting small roads to 30 or 40 kph. Many cities and towns have a sign known as "ZONE 30" on entry and "END ZONE" on exit; which means that within the area the speed limit is locked at 30 until specifially stated otherwise. When a zone ends the speed automatically is set to the closest of speed limit above it, so 30 would the default to 50 when it ends. and ento 60 sign means you're allowed up to 80.
She exaggerates the amount of road closures. It’s mostly just mountain passes that close. Some close for the whole winter, others only close if the weather is bad. And almost everyone drives above the speed limit. 5-10 km/hour is the norm. 20 km/hour is common. Speed cameras are mostly on roads that aren’t built for the traffic they see, and some tunnels. So generally not on very rural roads, and also not on motorways. All the locals know where the speed cameras are, so if you follow the traffic you are generally okay.
8:25 12 miles pr hour speeding can land you in jail in some situations. 6 miles pr hour speeding is about where you can expect to get a fine. And unless you're *100%* sure that your speedometer is 100% on point, stick to the exact speed limit, because it's really, really easy to get into the fine territory even with just a speedometer that's not perfectly calibrated... 10:26 So we have a national speed limit of 80 km/h (about 50 mph) in the countryside and there's rules for when it's 30 or 50 km/h. Most signs will show 60 or 70 km/h since those are essentially the exception to 50 or 80. There *are* roads with 90 or 100 km/h limits, but they're extremely rare and don't exist in most parts of the country. There's roads going as low as 20 km/h, but those are also rare. And there's something like one or two roads with 110 km/h. But yeah, the default is 80, 50 or 30 and you're supposed to realize when those applies yourself. Then when anything else applies that's marked then followed by a sign essentially returning you to the default speeds of the road (although the roads with 90, 100 or 110 km/h limits might have those as default meaning that end of specialized limit returns you to those earlier speeds. Or something along those lines... It's been years and years since I read up on this (mainly been using public transportation the last two decades)
The speed limit are like the comment you read in the other podd yes, usually 80. we had many many ATM before but now its really not - i dont think ive seen one in years. Thats a really common mistake we norwegians do when we go outside norway, not haveing cash, we can get stuch without any real money! its a phone nr or internett page we can look up or call before we do travel certain distanc in the winter or anytime really , that have realtime informations on what roads that are closed or not :)
I guess we only have 2 speed limits. (50km/t and 80/kmt) Everything else is speed-sones. If You see a sign telling You tha 60 km/t ends. The limit is UP to nearest limit (in this case 80 km/t)
We have uber. Cheaper than regular taxi. I think uber had to put the price up because the regular taxi companies lost so many custumers. Most of the taxi drivers also drive uber. So a lot of times when u buy an uber is a taxi comming picking you up. We also have yango and bolt, who also are Cheaper than the regular ones. Most of Norwegians check prices on all the apps to se who is the cheeapes at the moment.
store close 10 0r 11 pm ...not 5 as this lady say in this video. bus i ticket i pay on a app i downloaded on my phone...i think its same most places in norway right now
That's not the case in the East and South of Norway...... there there are speed limit signs alllllll over the place 😊 I wonder where she's at.... because a lot of what she says is not true. Maybe it's like that in a small part of Norway..... but it's not my experience 😊 What I think is true though... many places..... at least in my city, the shopping malls are warm. Many times uncomfortably warm, even if you take off clothes 😊
Limit is not posed on new road if the limit is the default 80. The speed limit end sign will be on the side road before entering the main road if this road had a lower limit.
----- @monicabredenbekkskaar1612 ----- - That there is a huge generalization... Which is both paradoxical and ironic. You are thinking in too narrow terms, the '07:00-23:00' is for some 'grocery stores'. Other 'grocery stores' close at '22:00'. There are a myriad of other types of 'stores'/'shops' with other opening and closing times. Most of which usually opens at around '08:00-09:00' and closes again around '17:00-18:00(19:00 for winter time)' on weekdays, and opens at around '10:00-12:00' and close again at around '16:00' on weekends. Specialty 'stores'/'shops' might close earlier, around '15:30-16:00' even on weekdays, especially if they are located a bit out of town. Some gas stations close at '00:00', others stay open '24-7'. Restaurants usually opens at around '10:00-12:00' and close again around '22:00-00:00' on weekdays depending on if they happen to have a bar or not. And opens anywhere from '12:00-15:00' and closes again at around '00:00-02:00' on weekends depending on if they happen to have a bar or not. Shopping malls usually open around '09:00-10:00' and close again around '18:00-20:00' Just to name a few examples... -----
This girl keeps getting her facts wrong. There was a couple totally wrong "facts" in the previous video, and she keeps the fake facts here. Speed limits are on all roads, everywhere. We have two speed limits, and a LOT of exceptions, both are shown on the road signs.
Man, this lady was tragic to listen to😅 ATMs? Why? Just use your smart watch or phone.. Well, all year around temp in public buildings are legally bound to be at least 19°C or the have to close their services to people. So no wonder the bubbly wookies overheats going from -15°C to about 22°C and the other way at summer😅..
I think this woman has a lot of her information wrong, so she's not the best source to learn from. - The 80km/h general speed limit, and 50 in town is accurate. Other speed limits are always specified. Usually there are speed limit signs after every intersection, and where the speed limit changes there are signs on both sides of the road. If it is a continuing speed limit there is only a sign on the right side of the road. - The Norwegian Kroner cash currency thing is useful, but almost everywhere will have a electronic payment terminal that takes at least Visa and Mastercard debit cards, and usually major credit cards as well. Mobile phone payment systems are also quite common.
@@robhawk83 I have had a drivers license in Norway since 2004, and I have never seen this sign. I can only remember it from driving in Denmark. But it might be in use in other European countries aswell.
There aer only two legal speed limits in Norway!!! Rule of tumb: Congested aria 30 mph Rural aria 50 mph Any other than this are signed! 15 mph to 65 mph.
Speed limit is rly not hardt leme refrace what she said When you are in a open zone with viet over the roads and not much walking trafic around or not many splitts in the road and the 50 sign up to 70 is crossed and doesnt county any more its ALWAYS 80 Where as if you are more of in a area with not that much view and maybe has alot of turns or has many crosswalks ans there are no signs it 50 If there are no signs and you are in a neighborhood where there is even even tighter spots and maybe has sign more danger for pedestrians cuz its a neighbourhood its 30 Yes someone could definetly explain this better and more detail than me But its like 3 tanks of dangerment/risk if i can say so 1 safest 80 2 midle 50 3 raskest 30 Yes we have signs with 15 20 40 60 70 but then you WILL know there aee some rare spots that has 90,110 and i thiiiink 120 Bergen has bust recently opened a tunnel wich hav 100km if i remember right But but 90-110 is reeally rare and im not sure about 120
The speed limits are clearly marked. But sometimes there are grey speed signs, those mean that the speed limit is f.ex. 60 but you can go up 20 more. This usualy is marked for a short period between two ordinary speed limits, like between 60 and 80.. It is meant for you to gradually increase your speed to reach the new limit.
I can see how it is confusing, but it is really very simple. In norway there is only 2 different speed limits. 60 and 80km/t .so you have to judge whats the right limit your self.if there is houses and people living in the area. the limit is 60. or if there is no danger, the limit is 80. But there is many specific limits, like 30. 40, 50, 70 km/t. Those limits are always signed after every crossroads, if nothing is signed its eighter 60 or 80km/t
You wear a jacket inside during winter? Are you a freak? Is your heater broken? Jacket: outside. No jacket: inside. That's what normal people everywhere do.
There are speed limits, she is way off, there are signs. My car has road sign reader as well as the car navigation system, so there is a double system that knows the speed limit (which I never care about). No, there are not a'lot' of roads that close in winter, there are a few, fwer than five I'd guess that close in winter. My car telle me which ones, and I have seem this on the screen only once, it is a Jeep, and Google Maps are not used, it actually uses a Norwegian map system, and will only diplay open roads. They have more or less abandoned ATMs, there used to be over 6000 of them, now it is only 1000 left. All campanies must accept cash, but many break the law and only accepts mobile pay or card pay.
Only someone who is oblivious (you) or was in NYC as an infant, would fail to be cognizant of, e.g., the Staten Island ferry -- which is free and the busiest ferry system on the planet.
Dont belive all she say, im norwegian and angry at her. we have app, phonenumbers and information on net when and where roads are closed ore is colone open cos of weather. she is bad to tell baut norway
It is not true that you can wear a T-shirt inside the shops! You just feel that way, because what is the case is that you come from outside, where it is freezing, and you are well dressed, so when you come in, of course you feel that it is super hot because of the clothes you are wearing, but it doesn't last long. Because after some time you will find that it is just right!
----- @espekelu3460 ----- - At first, that can by most be taken as an exaggerated claim, but it's not only an objective thing since it is also highly subjective. For me personally, I tend to go short sleeves all year round, except for when it rains. Otherwise hot or cold, it's pretty much all the same difference to me. As such, going into a place like a cafe or the like and sit there for more than a few minutes there's definitely more than a slight difference in temperature, especially in the winter. So I can definitely see where she is coming from in that respect... It would be only natural to want to get comfortable when coming inside. Besides, you can actually risk getting sick if you, under normal circumstances, wear heavy clothing indoors and then go out, even if it's only windy outside. And even worse still, if it's also cold and wet outside... Conversely, yes, you are quite right, when entering the average store/shop it would be a bit much getting dressed down such as it is just for a couple of minutes indoors when you intend to leave shortly, anyway. But unbuttoning your coat or jacket a bit is not that uncommon when going into stores/shops... For shopping malls... I would argue that the same rules apply as when going into a cafe as mentioned in the text above, since one tends to stay in such places for a protracted period. -----
After watching some videos from this girl I get the impression she has a very small social circle and rarely experiences anything outside of it. She seems to believe that all the personal choices and oddities around her is how everything works everywhere in norway, while usually it's only how it works around her with the people she knows and the places she goes. Misunderstandings within this group gets expressed by her as actual facts without any attempt at fact checking either.
She says a lot of strange things. I have stopped watching !
She is not Norwegian, and gets many things wrong or partial truths, from what I have seen
"its usually warm inside in winter" well every house i have ever been in in winter wasn't really warmer than like 15 degrees, oftentimes 10 or below if you're not standing right in front of the heater
@@Solent19 What..? What places are you talking about? The only place in Norway that I can think of being 10-15 degrees in the winter is a parking garage.
@@Solent19 I really doubt that. It's not good for the houses to get too cold, so even thinking about saving money on heating... You will need to take care of the house a lot extra if it's that cold for a longer period.
There is default speeds for cities (50 km/h) and outside cities (80 km/h) if no signs, if other speeds there are signs telling you..
You can also see speed looking at dividing lines in center of road to tell... So not as complex as it looks.
This
There's also situations where the default is 30, 90 or 100.
What? Haugesund stvg og bergen vett ef har 30 i byene?
Liksm i selve sntrum då
Blant aent nabolag men ja
@@wizardcake8820Om jeg husker riktig, det er 35 år siden jeg tok lappen, så er 50 og 80 standard fartsgrenser. Alle andre (typisk 30, 60 og over 80) kalles ekstraordinære fartsgrenser og skal skiltes med faste, lovfestede, intervaller.
Siden den tid har vi fått sone fartsgrenser og, jeg tror, bytun med egne regler.
"How do you know the speed limits".. one get 18 years old and go to a driving school, learn to drive a stickshift, on snowy and icey roads in a roundabout, and all the rules and sigsn to that! Its easy but costs a lot!
Jeg døøør!
The technology is called proper insulation.
Lol
@@WolfRam. thermal curtains if you want a direct translation for any reason.
Norwegians had to as a matter of survival and to achieve a basic level of comfort in winter, develop a lot of great techniques, such as heat retaining insulation, which is why the default house is white to reflect heat in summer. We also heat our houses electrically, or increasingly rarely with stoves or fireplaces. Its theoretically plausible to heat your home with just home cooking every day.
In Norway we have really good insulated walls in our houses because of the building codes. Also every modern home have heated flooring.
Actually the signs are very easy to follow in most cases, you just have to learn what they actually mean. If a sign is infirming you of a particular speed limit it will have the number on it with a red circle around it. For example 60. If you then reach the end of that speed zone there will either be a sign just like the previous one with the new speed limit on it, or a sign without the red circle and having the number of the current speed with 4 black lines crossing it. That means the 60 zone is ending and speed limit always revert to 80 kmph by default unless stated otherwise with a specific number in a red circle.
Or you are in a city there the default is 50km/h.
@@MissCaraMintnot just city, also locations that has fortau
@@MissCaraMint the village with around 800 inhabitants where my family lives has a speed limit of 40 and the road is quite wide with not that many houses on the main road
@@Solent19 Because it has signage right. Not because that's the default.
@@joppekim Yes I just couldn't think of the best translation for "tettbygde strøk".
09:30 In Norway you have two main speed limits, 50km/h and 80km/h, those are for densely populated areas and sparsely populated areas respectively. In the cases of 80km/h roads, we're usually always speaking of out in the boonies, in rural areas, and in these places we very rarely have any speed limit signs because throwing a bunch of them up would be a waste of money when everyone knows the speed limit.
When the speed limits changes, however, they will have a speed limit sign with the new speed limit on it, and when a speed limit ends, it will often have a grayed out speed limit sign with that speed limit with five lines crossing it out from upper right corner down across to the lower left corner (I know, no corners on a circular sign, it was the best way to explain it xD), this would indicate that the speed limit has changed to 80km/h, or there will be Speed Limit Zone signs, and those being similarly greyed and crossed out would mean the speed limit goes back to the one it was prior to entering the Speed Limit Zone.
You have the same system of default speed limits in the US, or at least parts of the US: The unposted speed limit on public roadways is 55 mph, except on expressways where the unposted limit is 70 mph, according to Michigan Vehicle Code 257.628 while the limit for residential areas is 25 mph, according to Michigan State Police.
If you are going over a mountain pass in winter, you should check the road information. If it is possible to keep the road open, there will be convoy driving behind the plows, but if it gets too bad, the road will be closed.
Some years ago, a gang of thieves broke into the cabin areas. They planned an escape route via a mountain stretch and passed the barrier. They almost froze to death when the car got stuck. They were Eastern Europeans, and lots of stolen goods from the cabins were found in the car. I remember the story because I suspect it was the same gang that broke into our cabin and stole frying pans, dishcloths and candlesticks. It happened around the same time, and there were many break-ins in the cabins in the county during that period.
I don't feel sorry for them at all, because such gangs are worse than a rat plague.
Many mountIn passes in the Rockies are closed for days when it has been snowing, quite normal !
05:00 It's a variety of reasons. You have good insulation, heat pumps, floor heating (electrical or heated water), fireplaces, heaters, and that's the limit of my knowledge, but I think I've covered the majority of the methods used for heating.
05:50 I forgot that Americans in a hotter climate might be more accustomed to higher temperatures than us Norwegians, so just to cover that possibility, I believe we prefer our room temperature to be at a steady 23C (73.4F), so if that seems cold for Americans, then that might be a reason why you wouldn't sit inside without a jacket while Norwegians would.
In and around Bergen where I used to live the supermarkets where open from 07:00am to 11pm mon-friday, 08:00am to 10pm on saturday.
Alcohol can be bought until 8pm in Norway, not 6pm as she says.
6pm is only on Saturdays.
There are signs for the speed everywhere, except for in really remote areas.
But they are always where you turn onto a new road.
I am half Norwegian and half British, but I am born and raised in Norway, lived there most of my life.
I almost don't believe this girl even lives in Norway cause there are so much info here that just isn't right.
The alcohol depends. If its over 4.7% you have to go to Vinmonopolet and it closes at 5 or 6pm.
After a speed limit end sign there can be many tens of km with no more speed limit signs in rural places. So basically defaults to 80 km/h. The default of 80 is not signposted near intersections if there is no change from previous road.
@@Gazer75 yes you are correct about the alcohol.
But then she should have at least mentioned it.
Because most tourists don’t know that you have to go to Vinmonopolet for everything over 4,7%.
And yes there are remote areas of Norway that there are no signs with the speedlimit for many miles.
But the pnaces you need it it is a sign.
@@denisspratt926 Speeds will be signposted if they are not the default for sure. I think the norm says every 500m. You'll see this for stretches with 70 on highways.
Another thing is that a speed limit is only valid until next intersection or roundabout, so they have to post it again after. But if the sign is a "sone" (zone) sign it will apply for all roads in this area. "Sone" is common when entering residential areas with a 30 limit.
12:39 yes there is a way to check if the roads / mountain pass is winter closed. The road authority has a website and a 24/7 phone service all year
Grocery stores here usually stay open to eleven every night. Sundays closed. But there are some smaller grocery shops that are open on Sundays as well.....
In my town we buy bus ticket with the phone and we just walk on the bus without scanning/beeping anything.
The shopping centers are open until 9pm on weekdays and 8pm on Saturday. Grocerie stores are open from 7am until 11 pm. It may be different in smaller towns/country side.
Sundays only small grocerie stores are allowed to be open.
Vine and liqour can only be bought at vinmomopolet, and this closes at 6pm on weekdays and 4pm on Saturday.
Beer you can buy in grocerie stores until 8pm on weekdays and 6 pm on Saturday.
Note that the girl in this video is from Portugal and often says a lot of strange things that we Norwegians don't recognise. 😃
We learn this when getting our drivers license the rule of tumb is 50(kilometers per hour) General speed limit within built-up areas. Applies if other speed limits are not signposted and 80 (kilometers per hour) General speed limit outside built-up areas. Applies if other speed limits are not signposted, or if there is a sign that a speed limit has ended.
It is a bit wrong that shops close early. Many food shops are open until 2300 on weekdays. But on Saturdays they close earlier. It is closed on Sundays, so it is important to know.
Taxis are expensive, but not as expensive as she will have it. The thing is that there is a starting fee to make every trip worth losing another trip. So she could have travelled for 30mins and not even doubled the 5min trip she took.
And she wasn’t forced to take a cab, she was running late 😜
Exactly, the only thing forcing her hand was the happenstance of missing her planned ride and the next not getting her there in time (always plan to get there with an hour to spare folks). And with no other alternative save for begging locals, her hand was forced by urgency of getting there on time into taking the taxi. No person besides herself forced her.
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- I guess it depends on where you live?
Here in town the rates are, as of Jan.2023...:
'Day' (Mon. through Fri. 7am to 5pm) = Kr 125,- Minimum or Local if you will.
'Evening' (Mon. through Fri. 5pm to 11pm) = Kr 158,- Minimum or Local if you will.
'Night'/'Weekend' (Mon. through Fri. 11pm to 7am/Sat. through Mon. 7am to 7am) = Kr 175,- Minimum or Local if you will.
'Red Days'/'Holidays' = Kr 185,- Minimum or Local if you will.
NB!...: The prices increase exponentially after that...
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There's big differences between taxi companies.
700 nok for 10 min drive?
@Don_CoyoteI had to pay 700 for a 10 min taxi drive the other day, so it depends a lot on the company and the situation.
@Don_Coyote Mum has arthritis, walking wasn't a option, especially since this was a hilly area.
The worst part was that I had actually used an app to look for a taxi, and they offered a ride for less then 300, but they took a while to show up so we picked one of the taxies at a taxi stop, and yeah, 700...
Not going to make that mistake again...
There are only two speed limits in Norway. 50 and 80 all other speeds are clearly marked with signs. 50 in populated areas and 80 on the rest.
this is not true. There are multiple speed limits. There are 30, 40, 50, 80, and I think 100.
@@palmarolavlklingholm9684 sorry you are wrong, there are only two, all the rest are marked with signs as you writed.
@@my1nzfe They are still specific speed limits.
If there is not a specific speedlimit sign put up, there is only 2 speedlimits in Norway. 50km/h in city or 80km/h outside city. Everything in between or above is put up a sign for.
I can recall, when I was living there, going into a bank in Drammen in Februare. It was cold outside. I was bundled up against the weather. The bank had a revolving door. About the time the door sealed behind you, the door in front of you uncovered a heat vent in the ceiling. The heat vent was REALLY cranking out the hot air. I had to take my coat off when I got through the door and into the lobby. It was quite comfy indoors. When you went out, air from indoors was being pulled out of the outbound door path, through the heater and into the inbound path. That way, you kept the heat in the building and lost as little as possible to the outdoors. I've used revolving doors like that in the USA. It's not rocket science.
Most homes have an entryway with a substantial heater in it. I recall seeing electric devices which heated air and blew it through hoses to dry out / warm up your gloves and your boots / shoes. Those were usually located in the entryway. My sister has such things in the entryway of her house in Minnesota.
Speed limits signs are much fewer and further between. The max speed limit, when I was there, was 90 km / h (about 56 mph). You quickly learned that you only had that speed on limited-access, multi-lane roads. For two lane country roads, the speed limit was lower. You got a feel for what speed was appropriate.
There are parts of the Interstate in the USA which close during the depths of winter. There are gates on I-35 north of Des Moines, Iowa, such that they can shut down the interstate. Riding with my dad (an OTR truck driver), there were occasions where the interstate, in Texas, was shut down due to ice. It happens, here in the USA.
I was using a debit card in Norway 5 years before I could get one in the USA. There was a small fee for each transaction. Very few things in Norway were free; every phone call costs money (no such thing as a free "local" call). The schools didn't have school buses; everyone either walked, rode bikes, had their parents drop them off / pick them OR they rode public transit. This is why, even in rural areas, there were (frequently) public transit buses running a few times per day. No point in buying a bunch of buses for the schools when the non-student population needed some public transit, too; better to just have the community buy and operate a few buses and serve EVERYONE. Meanwhile, the kids get comfortable (at an early age) with riding public transit.
Max speed limit in Norway is 120 kmh, (73 mph) , most telephone calls are 'free', in that you pay nothing extra f(besides the monthly fee) or domestic calls, they were never free in the US either, you had to pay a monthlyfeee in the US as well. O for ref course there are school buses, of you live more than 2 miles from the school, you get school bus, oir a pass¨for a regular bus. I see school buses every morning. But some areas can't adfford their own bus service, as the municipal school system can have as few as 60 pupils..
A lot of big grcerystores are open 7am till 1100pm. And there are atleast 1 24 hour shop in Oslo, probably more.
There are speed limits signs everywhere, normally after every major crossing, and if you miss it, then you always know that the speed limit on ordinary country roads normally is 80km/h, in citys there are always speed limits signs. By the way there, are always signs with a warning that there is a camera ahead.Most modern har have the speed limit shown on the dashboard, and on the radio/navigation system you will get messages about closed roads, traffic jams, queues and such
Insulation and heat pumps. Warm summer days can be interesting, every building is designed to trap heat.
13:06 I don't have a problem finding ATMs, then again, I know where to look for them. A lot of stores will have them, shopping centers and malls will have them, pretty sure you can find them at cinemas too, and occasionally convenience stores and gas stations will have them, they may also be placed outside of various buildings so they're accessible 24/7, and obviously, the banks will have them inside and occasionally outside. I am pretty sure you can also find them at various bus and train stations, too. Basically, where people would normally need to use money, that's where you would normally be able to find an ATM.
Also, if you can't find an ATM, most stores' registers will function as a sort of ATM for you, just ask the cashier if they offer withdrawal of money (I think they might even offer deposits, too, as they can now return your money directly to the account the card you used is connected to), and they might tell you "yes, but there's a limit of bla bla" then ask you how much you want to withdraw.
Speedlimmit is 50 where there is houses along the road, and 80 outside heavy populated ereas, unless signs tells you otherwise.
We had ATMs all over the place back in the days when the US were still using paper checks
if i remember. The speed limits is written in the law, and is taught during the basic course of driving
@@chrisadrianbaro7819 yup you are correct.
If there is no speed limit sign the default of 80km/h applies. The speed limit end sign will mean default applies.
There is a default of 50 in built up places, but I've never seen areas where this would apply that do not have the limit signposted.
The speed limit is actually very reasonable made according to the road and surroundings. Speed limit is a round sign with a red border, with the number in the middle. A round white sign with the speed limit crossed out means you will now enter a zone where you have to pay attention yourself if your speed is too fast or too slow according to the road condition. Then the speed limit is 80 km/h (if you dare, you don't need to drive 80 km/h, some places you shouldn't drive 80 km/h) on countryside and 50 km/h in the suburb/city.
You can generally feel what speed you should be on according to the road and surroundings:
30 km/h - narrow neighborhoods with properties(houses, lawns, fences) a meter away from the road, or narrow roads in town.
40 km/h - main roads through neighborhoods, a little bigger, but still narrow roads. Often a sidewalk next to it. The houses around doesn't feel as close to the road than the 30km/h zones.
50 km/h - beginning to be bigger and better roads. A lot less pedestrians and stuff happening around the road. The houses around are fewer and feel further away from the road.
60 km/h - probably in the coundtryside or on a big main road with sharp swings, close to houses or a lot of traffic.
70-80km/h - coundtryside or big main road. Probably not higher limit due to the quality/width of the road and security against oncomming traffic
90-110km/h - you are probably on a motorway/highway, E18, E6, etc.
I just love your videos you do such a great job thank you
Speed signs in Norway not a big issue if you got a driving license in Norway and done the theory exam etc that goes with it. As a foreigner, just follow the thumb of rule to stick to the speed limit of the last sign you saw, unitl you see a new one with a new value, or a sign with a crossed over speed limit, then the new value would be 80/km (if you don't know any better).
"Speed signs in Norway are not a big issue if you have obtained a driving license in Norway and have completed the accompanying theory exam. For foreigners, a good rule of thumb is to stick to the speed limit indicated by the last sign you saw. Continue at this speed until you see a new sign with a different speed limit or a sign with a crossed-out speed limit. In the absence of other indications, assume a default speed limit of 80 km/h."
Just thought I would clarify a bit. 😀
In norway you put speed cameras where there have been a death collision or if people drive too fast over the limit
A very important thing to know if you come to Norway, and you take out a rental car, the speedometer shows KM/T, and not MILES. Because there is quite a big difference between 60km/h and 60miles. 60Miles is almost 100km/h ! Just so you know !
Big mistakes in the video! In Norway, the speed limit is very well signposted. there are signs every 250 m, for example. Where she mentions that the sign says end at 60 km/h, this means that you can drive at a maximum of 80 km/h. So if there are no signs showing the speed limit, you are on an island road where the maximum limit is 80 km/h.
And stores are open mostly until 23. Some are open 24h in the citys, and you also have 24h open foodstores at small places with selfpayment. Also at Saturdays the foodsores are open until 23 mostly. Other stores for clothing etc, are mostly open until 21 bu maybe earlier in shopingstreets for pedestrians.
We have a internet site where we can check if roads are closed due to roadwork, accidents or weather conditions.
all the supermarkets in my local area don't close before 21:00 so what the duck is that woman talking about
If you get caught going 10 miles over the speed limit, you'll be fined around $700...
if there's a speed limit sign that says something like "you can go faster than 60 now" and doesn't specify a number, the speed limit is always 80
07:39 I could be wrong here, so don't quote me on this, but I think the Speed Cameras will start taking pictures of you as soon as you are 3km/h over the speed limit, and the more over the speed limit you are, the higher the tickets price will be. Though, they will always have a Speed Camera Warning Sign a good time before the Speed Camera, so you should always have time to make sure you don't go over the speed limit.
this is a general rulle of speed:
Residential areas: 30kph
Other built-up areas: 50kph
Rural roads: 80kph
Highways: 90kph
so before coming to norway, try to check out the norway driving rules if you want to drive.
Checking out the rules is a very good thing to do. For instance we don't allow right turns on red light. Also important to know about special rules for right of way when not on main roads.
04:15 I think we do have Über in Norway, as well as some other foreign based Taxi/Ride-Share services like it, and some local ones. But as far as I am aware, none of them cover the entirety of Norway, only certain - usually - more populated areas of Norway, so you couldn't take one from, say, Stavanger on the West side to Oslo on the East side.
But she was in Oslo, and think there shouldn't be a limit on the amount of different services available for her there, I guess she just couldn't take any of those, as she was on a time-crunch and those would have required adding extra time to wait for their arrival, time that she couldn't afford to waste.
In Norway, taxis are not just a convenience, but also used for more societal work. Like older people or people with disabilities can get a special card where they can get a taxi twice per day or something. If you need to go to the ER or hospital, then taxi is free. Or special needs children who needs to be driven to school every day get a taxi. Anyway, because we put vulnerable people in a specially vulnerable position, this means is that taxi drivers needs to be held at a higher standard and Uber doesn't live up to those standards, so it's illegal. But anyway, taxi has to be expensive in Norway because the median income is so high.
I don't know where she lives, but there is actually lots of ATM's in Norway. And adding to that, in most stores, you can take out money when you shop. So getting hold of cash is no problem at all.
She has a lot of her "facts" wrong. She is not a good source if you want to know things about Norway. It seems it is more important for her to get her videos on UA-cam then to do her homework first. It is too much to mention here, but I am sure many will comment it.
She is not Norwegian, but from Portugal, so gets many things wrong-
03:36 Oh, wow, this got way longer than expected, I considered just deleting it all, but that would be a waste of time spent, so read at your own discretion!
Huh, I know that taxis have various fees. Starting fee, is added the moment you sit down in the seat. Pickup Fee, is added if you require the taxi to pick you up. Minimum Cost Fee, this is the cheapest that you'll get a taxi regardless of how short the trip may be. Kilometer Fees, a set price that gets multiplied by however many kilometers are driven. Minute Fee, a set price that gets multiplied by however many minutes is spent on the trip.
There are also some additional fees that may apply depending on the company, like the Traffic /Environment Fee, Airport Fee, Rush-Hour Fee, and Toll Fee, though the last fee is apparently only for Tolls that are on the extreme side of the cost. Tolls in Norway I think range from as low as 9 NOK for a passenger car up to 3.5T, to much as 171 NOK (if not more, 171 is the highest in my area), that's anywhere between shy of $1 to as much as $15.87, hence why it makes sense that the Taxis add additional Toll Fee when having to pass through one of the more expensive tolls.
This lady said she lived about 5 minutes by car from Oslo Central Station, and she was late to a plane, so I'm assuming she means Gardemoen Airport.
That is a 37 minute trip between Oslo Central Station and Gardemoen Airport, and it's a 51.6km long trip.
Norges Taxi has a Starting Fee of 77 NOK, 113 NOK Pickup Fee, 9 NOK Minute Fee, 16 NOK Kilometer Fee.
She didn't get picked up so she pays 77 NOK off the bat from the Starting Fee.
The trip is 37 minutes as we've established, that would be 333 NOK in Minute Fee for her trip.
Then the trip is 51.6km long, which would be 825,6 NOK for the Kilometer Fee.
Total price would have been 1235,6 NOK, or $114.66 for the trip, plus some additional fees I believe would have been added.
That being said, I could have been mistaken, that she meant she walked out her home and saw a taxi, decided to take it to Oslo Central Station to then take the train or bus to Gardemoen Airport, which would mean that she only took the taxi for 5 minutes. In that case, it would be 77 NOK in Starting Fee, 45 NOK in Minute Fee, and the Kilometer Fee is incalculable, but lets say she traveled 60km/h, that would make it 5 Kilometers for her trip, which gives us 80 NOK in Kilometer Fee, for a total of 202 NOK plus some additional fees I'm sure I forgot to add.
With atms its cuz we use card a lot more but im prety sure you can ask places like a gas station and take money out worst thing that happens is they say no but in most shops you are able to put money into your card so i recomend just using card
The speed limit is 80 outside of urban areas and 50 if there's buildings around, unless there's a sign saying otherwise.
Yes, we need to regain our warmth, while being inside, before going outside again for our next errand or home after something. 🥶😓😊
It is so freezing cold, often times, that, if you keep your jumper and jacket on indoors, you’ll get used to the warmth they bring, and then what more can you put on, when going back outside? 🥶🥶🥶 That’s mostly the issue if you go inside to a place that is not a little extra warm. Then we feel like keeping the clothes on, but don’t! Don’t fall for the temptation!! 😂😂😂 You will feel like the freezing winter wind is howling through flesh and bone! 😅🤣🤣
The sad part is, I’m not even joking!
The thing is also that with the amount of thick layers of wool and other warm fabrics that you need to wear for the minutes you might stand still, or sit, at a bus stop, bench or, when you run into someone you know, - you get equally warm and start sweating a little or a lot, when you move. Even though your just walking fast or something. Cause there’s the uphill streets, down hill streets, stabilising with your core muscles to not fall on the ice.
And so when you get inside, you need to air out the sweat, cause sweat keeps you coooold!
My dad taught me as a kid, that when on a winter hike, you need to wash of the sweat with snow, before going to sleep in the tent, because otherwise the sweat will
Cool you down to much.
An outdoor temperature of 15-30 degrees Celsius out side, and a change to 22 degrees once you get inside, is a big difference too.
That’s a difference of 37 to 52 degrees within a minute.
We can’t keep it much colder than that indoors.
😅
The houses and buildings have a very high standard of insulation. And electricity has long been cheap in Norway, but in recent years prices have increased greatly because we export more electricity. So it has been very cheap to heat houses and buildings. In some places, electricity is cheaper, such as further north, because there is not as much load on the electricity grid. (I live in the south but come from and have family in the north). Mother-in-law lives close to a hydroelectric plant and she has very cheap electricity, sometimes only 1/3 of what we pay in the south.
I haven't thought about speed limits, which can be problematic, it's the same in Sweden and Denmark. But there are two main rules that in densely built-up areas you can drive 50 km/h and outside on more rural roads it is 80 km/h, but these only apply when it is signposted or something else is not signposted.
But the new speed limit is always signposted when a new one starts, and after junctions and collisions etc., and one thing or another here and there. But I can say that there is a lot of marking in the south of the country.
And there are not many roads that are closed all winter, there are some in the far north that are closed for periods due to too much snow and/or ice on the roads. But this is not all winter. And there are always alternative roads and tracks anyway, even if they may be longer to drive. And google map usually informs about it.
The most common and easiest thing is to withdraw money at the grocery store, many grocery stores also cooperate with banks so that you can withdraw money there
You know the speed limits . And in many cars , the speed limit shows at the dashboard. You also got a warning sign about 1000 meters before you meet the speed kamera.
Speedlimits are more like commen sens for norwegians. Drive according to the conditions, e.g. icy, drive more slowly and use studded tyres.
House construction is different. Our summers aren't as hot, while winters are cold, so we insulate differently; entire construction geared towards retaining heat.
It is not only the sun that calls us outside in summer, but our homes, especially older ones, can get hot AF in summer.
Also, most of the time our hydro-electrics provide plentiful cheap power for heating. Last year's European energy crisis had our prices hop into insane levels for a while.
Road laws:
There are only two main speed limits; 80 kph and 50 kph and the signs only modify these. It is a bit complex, but the oversimplified version is that 50 is the limit in populated areas and 80 is the limit on country roads. In most cities there will be signage limiting small roads to 30 or 40 kph.
Many cities and towns have a sign known as "ZONE 30" on entry and "END ZONE" on exit; which means that within the area the speed limit is locked at 30 until specifially stated otherwise. When a zone ends the speed automatically is set to the closest of speed limit above it, so 30 would the default to 50 when it ends. and ento 60 sign means you're allowed up to 80.
Doing 13 miles above the 37 speed limit? That’s a $1200 ticket. 🎉
She exaggerates the amount of road closures. It’s mostly just mountain passes that close. Some close for the whole winter, others only close if the weather is bad.
And almost everyone drives above the speed limit. 5-10 km/hour is the norm. 20 km/hour is common. Speed cameras are mostly on roads that aren’t built for the traffic they see, and some tunnels. So generally not on very rural roads, and also not on motorways. All the locals know where the speed cameras are, so if you follow the traffic you are generally okay.
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12 miles pr hour speeding can land you in jail in some situations.
6 miles pr hour speeding is about where you can expect to get a fine.
And unless you're *100%* sure that your speedometer is 100% on point, stick to the exact speed limit, because it's really, really easy to get into the fine territory even with just a speedometer that's not perfectly calibrated...
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So we have a national speed limit of 80 km/h (about 50 mph) in the countryside and there's rules for when it's 30 or 50 km/h.
Most signs will show 60 or 70 km/h since those are essentially the exception to 50 or 80.
There *are* roads with 90 or 100 km/h limits, but they're extremely rare and don't exist in most parts of the country.
There's roads going as low as 20 km/h, but those are also rare.
And there's something like one or two roads with 110 km/h.
But yeah, the default is 80, 50 or 30 and you're supposed to realize when those applies yourself.
Then when anything else applies that's marked then followed by a sign essentially returning you to the default speeds of the road (although the roads with 90, 100 or 110 km/h limits might have those as default meaning that end of specialized limit returns you to those earlier speeds.
Or something along those lines...
It's been years and years since I read up on this (mainly been using public transportation the last two decades)
As of 2021, only 3 or 4 percent of money transfers were cash.
The speed limit are like the comment you read in the other podd yes, usually 80. we had many many ATM before but now its really not - i dont think ive seen one in years. Thats a really common mistake we norwegians do when we go outside norway, not haveing cash, we can get stuch without any real money! its a phone nr or internett page we can look up or call before we do travel certain distanc in the winter or anytime really , that have realtime informations on what roads that are closed or not :)
Another tip is...if you drive around in more rural areas in sommer time. Watch out for cows and sheep in the road!! And the moose all year around....
There are many stores open to 11 p.m.
You can redraw money in shops.
*withdraw. "Redraw" = tegne på nytt, som i grensedragning.
I haven't used ATM for ages, Usually if I need cash, I pan to ask for some when I pay with my card, and they add it to the transaction.
Speedlimit…eaysy, no sign means Max 80km/h
Depends on the stripes in the road
After th 60 limit it is 80 if not any other are announced.
I guess we only have 2 speed limits. (50km/t and 80/kmt) Everything else is speed-sones. If You see a sign telling You tha 60 km/t ends. The limit is UP to nearest limit (in this case 80 km/t)
Uber is illegal in Norway. Thank God.
Um, the Rockies (to name just one) are *much* taller than any mountain range in Norway.
We have uber. Cheaper than regular taxi. I think uber had to put the price up because the regular taxi companies lost so many custumers. Most of the taxi drivers also drive uber. So a lot of times when u buy an uber is a taxi comming picking you up. We also have yango and bolt, who also are Cheaper than the regular ones. Most of Norwegians check prices on all the apps to se who is the cheeapes at the moment.
store close 10 0r 11 pm ...not 5 as this lady say in this video. bus i ticket i pay on a app i downloaded on my phone...i think its same most places in norway right now
That's not the case in the East and South of Norway...... there there are speed limit signs alllllll over the place 😊 I wonder where she's at.... because a lot of what she says is not true. Maybe it's like that in a small part of Norway..... but it's not my experience 😊
What I think is true though...
many places..... at least in my city, the shopping malls are warm. Many times uncomfortably warm, even if you take off clothes 😊
We have speed limit signs😂.if you turn on to a new road then its a sign
Right. For those that don't understand what Roy Ramse was saying...
"We do have speed limit signs. Whenever you turn onto a new road, there's a sign."
Grey sign with 2 lines across say that the speedlimit is not spplying and its now 80 km/h
Limit is not posed on new road if the limit is the default 80. The speed limit end sign will be on the side road before entering the main road if this road had a lower limit.
Do you Even read the comments… I have never scanned a ticket in my life, and I take the bus. Also the stores don’t close THAT early
Kinda dangerous that people dont know the traffic rules lol
Shops open 7 pm to 23 am
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- That there is a huge generalization...
Which is both paradoxical and ironic.
You are thinking in too narrow terms, the '07:00-23:00' is for some 'grocery stores'.
Other 'grocery stores' close at '22:00'.
There are a myriad of other types of 'stores'/'shops' with other opening and closing times.
Most of which usually opens at around '08:00-09:00' and closes again around '17:00-18:00(19:00 for winter time)' on weekdays, and opens at around '10:00-12:00' and close again at around '16:00' on weekends.
Specialty 'stores'/'shops' might close earlier, around '15:30-16:00' even on weekdays, especially if they are located a bit out of town.
Some gas stations close at '00:00', others stay open '24-7'.
Restaurants usually opens at around '10:00-12:00' and close again around '22:00-00:00' on weekdays depending on if they happen to have a bar or not.
And opens anywhere from '12:00-15:00' and closes again at around '00:00-02:00' on weekends depending on if they happen to have a bar or not.
Shopping malls usually open around '09:00-10:00' and close again around '18:00-20:00'
Just to name a few examples...
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Just came back from Norway and got a speed ticket for 13km too fast..... €480,-
Very painful 😂
Hei,we have a law here that you can drive the upper speedlimit which is 80 Km,until you see A new sign.
This girl keeps getting her facts wrong. There was a couple totally wrong "facts" in the previous video, and she keeps the fake facts here. Speed limits are on all roads, everywhere. We have two speed limits, and a LOT of exceptions, both are shown on the road signs.
forgive her, she`s from OSLO
@@Z-ebshe’s actually originally from Portugal I believe- so still getting used to Norway
that the shops close is an normal thing in Europe. The people ho are working in a shop want a life to.
we norwegians somtimes have floor heaters.
Man, this lady was tragic to listen to😅 ATMs? Why? Just use your smart watch or phone.. Well, all year around temp in public buildings are legally bound to be at least 19°C or the have to close their services to people. So no wonder the bubbly wookies overheats going from -15°C to about 22°C and the other way at summer😅..
I think this woman has a lot of her information wrong, so she's not the best source to learn from.
- The 80km/h general speed limit, and 50 in town is accurate. Other speed limits are always specified. Usually there are speed limit signs after every intersection, and where the speed limit changes there are signs on both sides of the road. If it is a continuing speed limit there is only a sign on the right side of the road.
- The Norwegian Kroner cash currency thing is useful, but almost everywhere will have a electronic payment terminal that takes at least Visa and Mastercard debit cards, and usually major credit cards as well. Mobile phone payment systems are also quite common.
By the way, your "town" sign in the thumbnail is actually Danish. We don't have those in Norway.
It's not only Danish. They have them in most parts of Europe and I gues they have it in Norway where you drive of a ferry.
@@robhawk83 I have had a drivers license in Norway since 2004, and I have never seen this sign. I can only remember it from driving in Denmark. But it might be in use in other European countries aswell.
If you arrive in Tanager from Denmark, the sign is there. Can't remeber in Kristiansand.
There aer only two legal speed limits in Norway!!!
Rule of tumb:
Congested aria 30 mph
Rural aria 50 mph
Any other than this are signed!
15 mph to 65 mph.
You scan the ticket to make it valid. 😂
What fantazy is this? Most of what shy says is wrong
Stop selling alcohol in stores at 6pm on Saturday, 8pm on the other weekdays.
Speed limit is rly not hardt leme refrace what she said
When you are in a open zone with viet over the roads and not much walking trafic around or not many splitts in the road and the 50 sign up to 70 is crossed and doesnt county any more its ALWAYS 80
Where as if you are more of in a area with not that much view and maybe has alot of turns or has many crosswalks ans there are no signs it 50
If there are no signs and you are in a neighborhood where there is even even tighter spots and maybe has sign more danger for pedestrians cuz its a neighbourhood its 30
Yes someone could definetly explain this better and more detail than me
But its like 3 tanks of dangerment/risk if i can say so
1 safest 80
2 midle 50
3 raskest 30
Yes we have signs with 15 20 40 60 70 but then you WILL know there aee some rare spots that has 90,110 and i thiiiink 120
Bergen has bust recently opened a tunnel wich hav 100km if i remember right
But but 90-110 is reeally rare and im not sure about 120
Higher building standard
There are speedsigns all over the place, lol, some people giving information really don`t know what they`re talking about
The speed limits are clearly marked. But sometimes there are grey speed signs, those mean that the speed limit is f.ex. 60 but you can go up 20 more. This usualy is marked for a short period between two ordinary speed limits, like between 60 and 80.. It is meant for you to gradually increase your speed to reach the new limit.
an average american doesn't make a video about Norway every single day
Why does she talk about speedlimits like this ?
It's not difficult to understand.
Everywhere there are no signs for speedlimit it's fixed at 80 Km.
Sweden dent use Euro we have also kronor 😊 And we use an app swish to pay whit
me a Norwegian: 8:28 WHAT!!?? you americans don't have that type of speed cameras??
you americans are missing out on a lot of good technology.
They have it- not sure what this guy is talking about on many subjects- maybe he lives in an isolated area?
I can see how it is confusing, but it is really very simple. In norway there is only 2 different speed limits. 60 and 80km/t .so you have to judge whats the right limit your self.if there is houses and people living in the area. the limit is 60. or if there is no danger, the limit is 80. But there is many specific limits, like 30. 40, 50, 70 km/t. Those limits are always signed after every crossroads, if nothing is signed its eighter 60 or 80km/t
Today more and more people pay with their watch
As a norwegian, it was really strange to me to see wide americans roads that seem to just go straight forever...
It would have been an advantage if the person giving advice was a little better known than he is there. These "tips" are not 100% true.
You wear a jacket inside during winter? Are you a freak? Is your heater broken?
Jacket: outside. No jacket: inside. That's what normal people everywhere do.
Taylor, you are not learning much from this lady !
There are speed limits, she is way off, there are signs. My car has road sign reader as well as the car navigation system, so there is a double system that knows the speed limit (which I never care about).
No, there are not a'lot' of roads that close in winter, there are a few, fwer than five I'd guess that close in winter. My car telle me which ones, and I have seem
this on the screen only once, it is a Jeep, and Google Maps are not used, it actually uses a Norwegian map system, and will only diplay open roads.
They have more or less abandoned ATMs, there used to be over 6000 of them, now it is only 1000 left.
All campanies must accept cash, but many break the law and only accepts mobile pay or card pay.
Only someone who is oblivious (you) or was in NYC as an infant, would fail to be cognizant of, e.g., the Staten Island ferry -- which is free and the busiest ferry system on the planet.
Dont belive all she say, im norwegian and angry at her. we have app, phonenumbers and information on net when and where roads are closed ore is colone open cos of weather. she is bad to tell baut norway
She’s not Norwegian- so it is hard to listen to her talk about things here. She is wrong often
It is not true that you can wear a T-shirt inside the shops! You just feel that way, because what is the case is that you come from outside, where it is freezing, and you are well dressed, so when you come in, of course you feel that it is super hot because of the clothes you are wearing, but it doesn't last long. Because after some time you will find that it is just right!
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- At first, that can by most be taken as an exaggerated claim, but it's not only an objective thing since it is also highly subjective.
For me personally, I tend to go short sleeves all year round, except for when it rains.
Otherwise hot or cold, it's pretty much all the same difference to me.
As such, going into a place like a cafe or the like and sit there for more than a few minutes there's definitely more than a slight difference in temperature, especially in the winter.
So I can definitely see where she is coming from in that respect...
It would be only natural to want to get comfortable when coming inside.
Besides, you can actually risk getting sick if you, under normal circumstances, wear heavy clothing indoors and then go out, even if it's only windy outside.
And even worse still, if it's also cold and wet outside...
Conversely, yes, you are quite right, when entering the average store/shop it would be a bit much getting dressed down such as it is just for a couple of minutes indoors when you intend to leave shortly, anyway.
But unbuttoning your coat or jacket a bit is not that uncommon when going into stores/shops...
For shopping malls...
I would argue that the same rules apply as when going into a cafe as mentioned in the text above, since one tends to stay in such places for a protracted period.
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