The "wearing shoes inside" thing is SO weird to me. Why would you wear your dirty shoes in your house? Up in your furniture? Nasty. And; your feet needs air, they need to be free, lol.
I am also from a country where people take their shoes off when entering home and it still baffles me that in some places people don’t take their shoes off! 😅
In warmer cllimate, homes have a slightly different "role" and the temperature inside is the same as outside.. In cold Norway, you dont spend time outside much during 7-8 months of the year and if you have to go outside, it's only from A to B, Your goal is always to get to the next place with a pleasant temperature. Having a warm home is fundamentally the only thing that makes it possible to survive living here. The "equipment" you need to be able to be outside, several layers of clothes, winter shoes and a large thick jacket etc will be wet and dirty from the snowy climate so it's kind of a given to take the shoes off at least after the first time you notice the dirty tracks you left all over the living room of your friend.
@@roisingtommy I live in Norway, and we have quite okey temperature most of they year (depends on where in the country you live). I definitely do go out for more than just getting from A to B. The reason we take off shoes inside is that they are dirty, and I want to leave the muddy shoes by the entrance, and not drag that into the house. We never walk with outdoor shoes inside, not even sandals in summer.
@@weendey Yeah, in Oslo it's mostly november-to march it can get below zero and it's not as much snow anymore like it used to be back in the 90's. It's also at sea level. Just the difference between center of Oslo and the end stop on the subway up to Frognerseteren is very noticeable. Just outside of Oslo halfway to Lillestrøm fex, the snow is deep and everywhere most of the winter where Oslo has none. I was speaking in general terms and around the culture of it. and also from personal experience being norwegian and also having family living in Brazil where the climate makes things different. And i did mention dirty shoes as part of the reason
Yes, same here, people spit on the ground, pee on the ground theres pets walking, theres city birds walking around that eat garbage, theres homeless people and so on and so on. Why would i bring all of that into my home. You know, what is on the floor will end up in air, in your bed and in your food, because of air. You know i, like used to have small children that were crawling around and eating everything they found on the floor, why would i make them crawl on a floor that dirty.
I beg the different. The first thing visitors outside Oslo does when arriving our house is to drink som tap water. But it could be that we are connected to the rigt resovar of water.
I never get why people wear shoes inside? I feel so comfortable taking my shoes off when I get home + doesn't it get really dirty inside? I even see Americans wearing shoes inside while they have carpets..... makes no sense to me at all. Im Norwegian by the way and here we see that as a disrespect and my mom would slap me if I didn't take them off.
Did it all my life until I moved in with my boyfriend and learned to leave the shoes at the door, and you are right, its so much better to take them off when entering the home.
@@timmurphy5541 This might be the differnece.. When I am in the stables or out with my dogs I get muddy all the time here in Norway.. If its a very hot country or dry, and mostly sand its diffrent, because then you often go outside barfot aswell like in Costa Rica.. But in USA for eksempel the streets are dirty.. Dog poop for eksempel.. Dog pee, or humen pee.. Or gum.. Then it seems so awful to go indoors with shoes.. And even on the sofa or bed as many do.. Like you see in movies to.. Its worse to me to go on a dirty street and then indoors with shoes, then just clean mudd from the woods.. The woods if not full of trash might be muddy, but its "clean" dirt.. Still both makes for a lot of cleaning.. And I rather not have to clean all the time..
Im american and my mom would get pissed if i wore shoes in the house when i was young. Now im 22 and get irritated when other people wear shoes in my house. It makes the floors so dirty. I also live in Wisconsin so i think that the harsh weather has something to do with the habits
Middag kl 18-ish er faktisk ganske sent for mange her, iallefall der jeg kommer fra. Der spises det middag rundt 16:30-17. Morsomt at det er så forskjellig fra land til land!
@@empawprint Ja, men det inntrykket jeg har, er at de fleste spiser middag når de kommer hjem fra jobb, som som regel er rundt 16-17. Det er selvsagt individuelt :)
@@empawprint Jeg tenker at siden hun nevner det i videoen, at hun spiser middag tidlig, så er det rimelig utbredt at folk spiser middag før kl 20, hvertfall der hun bor, siden hun reagerte på det liksom. Jeg kommer fra nord og der er det hvertfall ikke unormalt å spise middag rundt de tidspunktene jeg nevnte over :) Ja, rart :)
I’m a born & bred Norwegian, and I find your videos amusing and interesting! Soooo funny to get a foreigners view upon one self! 😄 Thanks for sharing ❤️
Also, here in Hawaii, nobody wears shoes inside the house. It's a Japanese tradition adopted by the culture; you don't bring the impurities of the outside world into your home. Home is your private sanctuary. I personally love this habit. I am originally from Brazil and received the Portuguese habits since Brazil was colonized by the Portuguese.
I just officially moved here in November from the US and I’ve already started doing all these things regularly and it’s nice (: can’t wait to take my bike out when the weather starts to warm up. Thanks for the tip about the bike seat!
It gets really hot in the summer, atleast for us norwegians :), going for a walk in the forest is really relaxing, people aslo tend to be more happy in the summer.
I am an American in Trondheim. I now shop for food in smaller, 1 or two day batches now. I used to fill a giant shopping cart once a week in California. I al so bring my own shopping bags and carry my recycling to the self-serve redemption machines. Every neighborhood seems to have a store or two here. Downside is only the lack of choice and super high expense. I rarely drive a car anymore, which shocks even me! It is expensive to own and operate a private car (taxes, registration fees, environment fees, insurance, parking, annual EU control, spiky tire fee, toll roads, fuel, maintenance) and public transportation, buses, trains and trams, is cheaper and actually convenient here. There are a whole bunch of cultural things about bus riding in Norway. First people stand waaay apart from each other at the bus stop, so a single bus stop could have like 5 people scattered along 12 meters of sidewalk. Secondly, on the bus, everyone tends to sit alone, usually in a window seat, facing forward, absolutely no eye contact. It really messes with Norwegians if you sit next to them, or chat them up. It is nearly social death to take the rearward facing seats! 😂 Norwegians literally squirm and don't know where to look! Big one for me was getting used to not saying "hi!" or " good morning " to strangers on the street. In America it is like a cultural habit "hey, how's it going, man". In Norway it tends to startle people (or cause a social panic as they wonder if they had met you before). It took me a year to break my American conditioning. I have gotten used to smaller portions of food and drinks, which is good I think, except that it still costs double, sometimes quadruple what it costs in the USA. A "large" drink is the size of a small, has no ice cubes, and does not include unlimited refills usually. Not complaining, just reporting. One of the best things is the air and water. Air quality is really, really good here. They actually test it to make sure it is in compliance. I think back on all those years in California that I could literally see the air that I was breathing and having the pollution alert days for particularly bad days. Yeah, and tap water is actually cold, clean and delicious here! not brownish, like New York, or possi possibly contaminated like Detroit. Imagine clean, free air and water as a basic human right. wow.
@@itsokaytobeclownpilled5937 In Norway the others would die from shock and stress if you were chatty. I have lived in Norway my entire life (I'm Swedish but raised in Norway) and it nearly gave me a heart attack when a stranger first said "Hi" to me and then asked how I was doing and started talking. I got an existential crisis right then and there wondering if I really was doing well and who I was and so on.
YatzyPimentinha Nordlander Oh boy. That is quite an extreme from what I’m used to. Are people in Norway helpful? 30 years ago I ran out of gas on Christmas and knocked on someone’s door for help. Mind you, it was 9pm. I was invited in for a snack and the fellas in my family put gas in my tank. I didn’t know these people from Adam. In 2009, my car died in an big busy intersection. A guy stopped, put some chains on my car and towed my car to a parking lot.
@@itsokaytobeclownpilled5937 Well I personally noticed that people tend to be more helpful the further away from the main cities you are. We are generally helpful, but you kinda have to ask or indicate that you need help. Its just personal experience though.
As someone here said, if you eat more fruit and fish a week like atleast twice ... you should be getting most of the vitamins anyway, often people just make expensive pee by eating vitaminepills..
@John Doe Wouldnt say most, but alot got vitamin D deficiency in the winter, its not as bad as it kills people or anything, but it does fuck with hormones and mood, if you by any chance plan to argue this like with hooga, then show some links to where its proven wrong.
@@gigggla Nah it's our love for beers and such the abstinants just try to find weird explanations and put words in our mouths. The real explanation is goverment. No Trumps here.
Just found your channel through our local newspaper (Diário de Coimbra). Very interesting video that makes us wonder on the things we do daily without questioning. Trying new ways of doing things is always worth it, even when living in the same place. Well done!
4:50 Are you talking about "Tran" (codfish oil made from codfish liver) here? I also use office shoes, because using outdoor shoes indoors for hours is not god for my feet. Especially problematic with winter shoes. The Norwegian word for dinner is "middag", directly translated it means "mid day" because it was often served at noon. This was because the farmers started working quite early in the morning. The meal that is the closest to modern day lunch was "dugurd", typically served around 10 o clock.
@@MonAmieDesserts We got lots of words like that in our language. Hordaland (the county) is translated into Horda-Land witch means the land of the hords.
Very interesting! I didn't know Portugal is so similar to the US in these instances. The shoes, water, the interruption, the meal times.. and many more I guess:) I moved to Sweden from Norway, they interrupt each other even less here, but I married an American and adapted to the American culture in his family which makes me struggle a bit - the difficulty is not to not interrupt others, but to not be interrupted when speaking! It's not as smooth! In cultures where you complete each others sentences, talking is so much smoother and much more bonding! That's what I find at least. For those of you wondering about the interruption; the intention is not really to interrupt as much as it is to show interest by completing the sentence for them. It shows that you're listening, you understand and you feel the same way or at least can relate to it. When done smoothly, it creates such a great energy and chemistry in the conversation. I prefer it that way! I'm thrilled whenever I come across people who understand this form of communication.
Eating dinner at 18:00 is quite late in Norway. Usually, we eat dinner as soon as we get home from work, and that usually is anything between 15:00 and 16:30. In the weekends, you may find yourself eating dinner between 17:00 and 19:00 though, because that's when the best TV shows are,
Hi. In case you didn't know. Alot of milk and Yougurt comes with added vitamin D here in Norway. Very good for the long dark winters when the sun doesent shine :)
Tran - is the Norwegian name/product for what you used drink back home - cod oil as you said! You can buy it any grocery store.. and there are commercials on TV - "Tok du for mye Mullers Tran?"
After 4 years in Norway I also started having lunch at 11.30 and dinner at 6...and wearing work shoes, and taking vitamins, and talking less haha basically most of what you said :)
As a norwegian, dinner at 6 is still quite late, atleast on weekdays. Most people finish work around 4, so dinner is usually around 5. In weekends it's often later, like 19/20 ish.
@@djroomba1561 It's different from person to person, though. I usually eat dinner at 19-20. If my shift ends at 16, I'll just have a snack to tide me over until dinner.
It's cod liver oil. Your mother was smart to make you drink it when you were a kid as it enhances brain development, among other things. It originated in Scandinavia centuries ago. It was and still is very useful due to its high concentration of vitamin D, which we obviously don't get a lot of from the sun during the dark winter months up in the north.
For even better water, go hiking in ''no man's land'' on a mountain area where they have not ruined the nature by building houses/cottages near any water resources. In most cases if you find a small stream of running water in these areas, it is totally drinkable and it taste pretty good.
As a norwegian, i buy bottled water so i can use the bottle. I keep refilling it with tap water. We've got a really nice water where i live. If you ever saw the brand "Farris", we get the same water sent to our homes, ofcourse through different processing. Its one of the big things i miss when i go traveling.
@@emmawickman1196 in america that is true, but in norway our bottles are made from a different type of plastic and can safely be reused hundreds of times. All bottles in norway must be made out of Polyethylene Terephthalate or recycling group 1. This material does not leak BPA. Ofcourse glass will last you longer though.
Sceptic Llama I’m open minded to being wrong and to be educated but I just googled on the topic and several Norwegian articles stated that PET bottles risks leaking hormon distributing chemicals. I rather be safe than sorry :)
@@emmawickman1196 "#3: PVC eller V Denne formen for plast kan frigjøre to giftige kjemikalier, så flasker med dette symbolet bør ikke gjenbrukes. Den brukes ofte i matoljeflasker." Steer away from type 3 and you'll be a-ok
@@emmawickman1196 now given, there might be bacterial issues with reusing bottles. However, i've been doing this for over a decade with little to no issues. It is up to one self to decide what fits for you:)
how would you recommend getting contacts in norway prior to moving there? i plan on moving to bergen in a couple of years, but would really prefer to know people there by then. takk!
When I moved to Norway for one year of Erasmus I started to be comfortable with the bad weather, rainy, windy, snowy, it doesn’t matter, I go by bike everywhere 😍. Hi from a spanish guy living in Trondheim!
Welcome to Norway, enjoy your time here! Finn.no has saved me a lot of money and time as well as given an option to throwing things away. Another app I've started using is TooGoodToGo or however it's spelled. It's well into the mentality of not wasting resources and thinking of our future, not just our own consumer needs. Fun to hear a Portguese perspective, I'll be sure to look by later to see what other things have happened.
The late Portuguese dinners always amazes me. I work at an music venue in Oslo and whenever we have artists from Portugal, I always have to work super late. They all want to eat a big dinner after the concert and it can last all night. Every other artist from around the world eats their dinner beforehand 😅
I loved this video. It's so interesting to see how people grow up differently. We grew up in the same city and school, yet, I always had to take off my shoes inside! I think that most people don't realise that in Portugal we do not have carpeted or heated floors. The tiles are super cold. Also, most people have a "shoe allowance area" aka hallway, kitchen, garage. Xx
Haha, my sister had a portuguese boyfriend, and he was quite uncomfortable about taking his shoes off. He felt like his feet would stink up the place. To me it seems strange to want to keep them on inside someone's home.
Little tip when it comes to buying vitamins here in Norway - "Spektro" is a good multi-vitamin, and you can get them in quite big bottles. It can be a money saver for long term, and better than buying so many different ones. And especially if you eat a bit varied foods. You look quite healthy, so I'm throwing out a guess you eat somewhat varied - Which again means Spektro might be good enough on its own. It's only found in drug/health stores though (apoteker og lignende). Just a friendly advice from a Norwegian who knows the cost of vitamins here. :)
@@lillegrindalen6714 Nope, Møllers Tran is made of cod liver oil. Quote from the manufacturer (in Norwegian) : ""Møllers Tran lages av fersk lever fra fisketypen Arktisk torsk, også kalt Skrei, en bærekraftig torskebestand. Fisket skjer utenfor Lofoten og Vesterålen".
I just found this video, and I've come from the U.S. to Norway to marry my fiance, so I'm moving over here! And already the first two are so accurate. I practically never take my shoes off when entering someone elses home unless to make myself more comfortable, and in my own home I just leave them in my room. But after being here for just 4 months, it's ingrained in me to take off my shoes at the entrance!! And I haaaaaaated the tap water in the U.S., the tap water here is amazinggggg
I just recently moved to Norway myself! And I have a Brazilian background which has quite similar routines to Portugal, so I totally know how you're feeling. I had to experience the same changes myself, haha it was so weird at first. I fell in love with Norway once I moved in though. I live near Bergen, but Oslo is beautiful.
I am norwegian: So nice to hear all these details that I have forgot to think about. And by the way; I never bike in winter, mostly because of the enormous tear and wear of the bike when it is used in the sluch of snow, water and dirt ;-)
I love your videos! Since I want to move to Norway your videos are really helpful and nice to watch! Please keep doing videos from Norway and in general:)!
If any of you were wondering what all those those in chat talking about Finn.no.. It is basically a norwegian online trading site like ebay for second had stuff. And Finn translate to English as "Find"
I’m a Brit living in Norway and it’s usual that people in the UK wear their street shoes inside. Norway is soooo much better. :D Sorry UK, not coming back. :P
when I lived in Australia, the door was always open (just a sreen door to keep insects out), and it was dry, so there wasn't much difference between inside and outside. You had to vacuum more often, of course. Here in the Faroes, it would be unthinkable to keep your shoes on inside the house.
I think the UK is similar to Norway? We always use slippers, take vitamins, buy 2nd hand, eat around 12.00 and 6pm-ish, are polite when talking, oh and QUE well!
Remember, you don't need to take any other vitamins than vitamin D in Norway(which you can get from diary products or fish) . Our food is rich in vitamins and multivitamins / C-vitamins etc is a "scam". Also Tran (which many has already pointed out is cod oil) and Omega-3 capsules is more than enough / the only thing that you need.
@@roisingtommy Agreed! It's always sunch a downer for me if I'm going to take the train and have forgotten water, because I don't want to drink soda on the train, but paying 30 kr for water is absurd.
The show thing was a new one for me as well! I have the same setup now. A bamboo bench at the front door, with a place for shoes. How do you like Norway though and what bright you there!? The long periods of time with either sun or lack thereof. I really want to visit, hopefully this year.
Unlike eBay, there’s no auction aspect to purchases paid through finn.no. The resemblance to eBay ends with the “Buy it now” feature. Think of it as an online classifieds (some similarities to Craigslist).
Have you tried Tran? It has lots of vitamins and fish oil. It's a green glass bottle sold at the supermarkets. I think it could be something similar your mother gave you.
Vitamin D is very important in Norway - and the other nordic counries. You will get that from cod oil. If you do not eat enough fish you should consider taking vitamin D supplements. This is more important for people with a darker complexion as their skin isn't as good at absorbing it as the more pale population. Even people with a pale complexion is in danger of getting Vit-D deficit. This can lead to depression, lethargy and a feeling of being ill. I wouldn't worry too much about taking other vitamins to be honest. D is the exception.
You can also buy a plane ticket on finn.no (include furniture, many different interiure things, houses/appartments etc). Sorry if I messed ut something
Great video, going for house hunting can be so complex, we spent a lot of time trying to find information about rent, prices locations and so on. tip for anyone looking for this things... We used oboto.no a service run by Norwegian students. Super helpful with all our questions and they did find us an amazing location and appartement. Please do more videos about Norway :D
I’m still surprised that you eat dinner at around 18:00, because I think it’s actually more common to eat dinner at around 16-17:00! Maybe a little later or even earlier, maybe depending on how busy your afternoon is. But at least I am used to eat at 16-16:30 at home and also when I’m visiting friends and family! 🤷🏻♀️🤔
As a Maltese I really relate to some of the things you mentioned 😂 especially the letting other people talk and not interrupt.... I guess it's just a Mediterranean culture which in Norway probably sounds very rude
@@melanievella9440 Norwegian here. I especially notice this when i've been travelling to the french riviera, Portugal and in Italy. For me it sounds like people are shouting and interrupting each other all the time and i find it almost uncomfortable since we tend to be much more reserved in both body language and when talking :)
Good one hun, about the shoes and the socks.... That was hilarious, but so so true.... I'm from Norway, live in Trondheim a bit further north. I'll be following you. Loved this video.
I wear socks with holes in them and i don't eat breakfast or early lunch, takes lots of D vitamins during wintertime, Finn is one of my favorite places to buy things and i never buy bottled water lol. Welcome to Norway
@@torebelthoft4471 - Tap water can taste very different from place to place. Important thing is that it's clean. Denmark has higher demands for tap water than the rest of EU.
The tap water I’ve tried in Denmark is definitely NOT the same as Norwegian, I actually almost couldn’t drink it when I first moved down here from Norway.
Hi. I experienced the same changes as you mentionned by moving from Canada to Italy. In Canada the habit are about the same as in Norsay and in Italy is about the same than Portugal. I could not understand all my husband's family and friends in Italy who would not take their shoes off inside the appartment. For me it is a sign of not respect as you durty the other person's house. In Canada we have slippers inside and we offer slippers when people come at home so they can keep their feet warm when the weather get to -40 celcius
One step up and you are in Korea. No shoes in restaurants. In Norway this depends on where you are. In the far north we used shoes inside as well from bad habit. But Portugal and inner north Norway have a drier climate than most of Norway and coastal Norway. In wet climates you have more mud on your shoes. The wait to talk thing is Oslo region and largely south Norway specific.
Well presented! I've only been to Portugal once, staying in a hotel, so I didn't notice all the stuff you talked about. Now, thanks to this vid. I know! Thx for sharing!
I’m glad to hear that you don’t buy a lot of bottled water in the store, because it’s way more sustainable to just use tap water whenever you can! Also happy to here that you use your bike often instead of cars and stuff, though I totally understand that you aren’t the biggest fan of biking in the snow 😅
You basicly talk about all the things I miss after I moved to spain. The office shoe thing I am not sure I heard about before. It was a bit strange even for me.
It's true. I used to drink orange juice in the morning, but ever since I moved to Oslo, I drink iced water and it makes me feel privileged. I completely stopped drinking Coca-Cola. It's bizarre, but it's true. It's not the same throughout Norway. You may still want to drink Champagne in Paris, but the tap water in Oslo is exceptional.
I date a Japanese man and this is always a practice of taking shoes off when entering a house . I have always had light carpet and I asked people to remove shoes and it’s amazing how many people get offended . It’s clean and practical and I love it !
I had this video in my recommendations because I'm thinking about moving to Norway and I was a little bit surprised when I first saw you. I have the same eye and hair color as you and you could literally be my sister :D I usually don't see that combination of dark brown and greenish eyes very often here in Germany :)
The only suppliment you should need is Vitamin D in the winter. Unless you do not eat meat. Then you need to take B12 aswell all year around. Everything else you should be getting in your diet. If not. You need to look over the food you put in your body. If you have a balenced diet and you are still low on vital vitamins or minerals. Then you need to see a doctor. Dont waist your money on expensive vitamins and oils to left and wright. Take that money and put it in fresh fruits and veggies insted :)
How did you move to Norway successfully regarding to financially and environmentally? I’m Australian citizen and want to move to Norway. How can I work and live there for a start up ?
Just came back from OSLO on 25th Jan, its one beautiful city with beautiful sceneries. Also them eyes, everyone has this beutiful color of eyes so as you as well. I wonder if its because of the region. Your words are totally honest i wish i had seen this before my visit :D
over 80% of the population has blue eyes in Norway. Globally, 80% has brown eyes so I can imagine it's noticeable to someone not from Scandinavia or Europe
what you say about voss tap water are 100% true. for many years i was spending a lot of time in a "cabin" for vacation summer time kind of close to where the factory are now, and we used exactly same water to drink and wash dishes with that voss now ship of to expencive resturants in us and all over the world.
Whenever I visit my family in the Azores and their neighbours we always took our shoes off & here in Canada as well, and even though we’d tell guests not to remove their shoes, secretly we won’t think well of them if they don’t! Bacalau??? sorry I’m not sure of the Portuguese spelling is salted cod & we had to take cod liver oil growing up, however, my family didn’t use olive oil when cooking because they hated the olive oil growing up in the Azores!🤷♀️
Sometimes interrupting wouldn't be a bad idea. When my brother starts talking it is essentially monologues that lasts forever, and he use god knows how much time to get to the point.
The "wearing shoes inside" thing is SO weird to me. Why would you wear your dirty shoes in your house? Up in your furniture? Nasty. And; your feet needs air, they need to be free, lol.
exactly!
kaylee4video you know we discovered fire a few years back? Now we have access to a magical thing called HEATING
Wearing shoes in the house is something that would never make sense to me
ye and also the uneeded cleaning u would have to do all the time
Wearing shoes indoors is fine, its wearing your outdoor shoes inside with all the dirt they have on them that is the problem. lol
I am also from a country where people take their shoes off when entering home and it still baffles me that in some places people don’t take their shoes off! 😅
Only good reason I've ever heard was because otherwise you'll suddenly find a scorpion or snake attached to your leg.
In warmer cllimate, homes have a slightly different "role" and the temperature inside is the same as outside.. In cold Norway, you dont spend time outside much during 7-8 months of the year and if you have to go outside, it's only from A to B, Your goal is always to get to the next place with a pleasant temperature. Having a warm home is fundamentally the only thing that makes it possible to survive living here. The "equipment" you need to be able to be outside, several layers of clothes, winter shoes and a large thick jacket etc will be wet and dirty from the snowy climate so it's kind of a given to take the shoes off at least after the first time you notice the dirty tracks you left all over the living room of your friend.
@@roisingtommy I live in Norway, and we have quite okey temperature most of they year (depends on where in the country you live). I definitely do go out for more than just getting from A to B. The reason we take off shoes inside is that they are dirty, and I want to leave the muddy shoes by the entrance, and not drag that into the house. We never walk with outdoor shoes inside, not even sandals in summer.
@@weendey Yeah, in Oslo it's mostly november-to march it can get below zero and it's not as much snow anymore like it used to be back in the 90's. It's also at sea level. Just the difference between center of Oslo and the end stop on the subway up to Frognerseteren is very noticeable. Just outside of Oslo halfway to Lillestrøm fex, the snow is deep and everywhere most of the winter where Oslo has none.
I was speaking in general terms and around the culture of it. and also from personal experience being norwegian and also having family living in Brazil where the climate makes things different.
And i did mention dirty shoes as part of the reason
Yes, same here, people spit on the ground, pee on the ground theres pets walking, theres city birds walking around that eat garbage, theres homeless people and so on and so on. Why would i bring all of that into my home. You know, what is on the floor will end up in air, in your bed and in your food, because of air. You know i, like used to have small children that were crawling around and eating everything they found on the floor, why would i make them crawl on a floor that dirty.
Water quality is amazing, BUT, it's even better outside the big cities!
Wasn't there a listeria outbreak 20 years or so ago in Oslo... well...
@@svily0 Citizens is OSLO gets their water from two different sources. It depends on where in OSLO you live.
I beg the different. The first thing visitors outside Oslo does when arriving our house is to drink som tap water. But it could be that we are connected to the rigt resovar of water.
@@Mobraks you beg to different people?
In Oslo it depends on which lake you get the water from. There are two. Both are fine but one is noticeablly better
Welcome to Norway! We are happy to have you here! :)
I never get why people wear shoes inside? I feel so comfortable taking my shoes off when I get home + doesn't it get really dirty inside? I even see Americans wearing shoes inside while they have carpets..... makes no sense to me at all. Im Norwegian by the way and here we see that as a disrespect and my mom would slap me if I didn't take them off.
Did it all my life until I moved in with my boyfriend and learned to leave the shoes at the door, and you are right, its so much better to take them off when entering the home.
I don't know about elsewhere but our "outside" isn't really all that dirty and we do remove shoes when they are muddy or wet.
@@timmurphy5541 This might be the differnece.. When I am in the stables or out with my dogs I get muddy all the time here in Norway.. If its a very hot country or dry, and mostly sand its diffrent, because then you often go outside barfot aswell like in Costa Rica.. But in USA for eksempel the streets are dirty.. Dog poop for eksempel.. Dog pee, or humen pee.. Or gum.. Then it seems so awful to go indoors with shoes.. And even on the sofa or bed as many do.. Like you see in movies to.. Its worse to me to go on a dirty street and then indoors with shoes, then just clean mudd from the woods.. The woods if not full of trash might be muddy, but its "clean" dirt.. Still both makes for a lot of cleaning.. And I rather not have to clean all the time..
Im american and my mom would get pissed if i wore shoes in the house when i was young. Now im 22 and get irritated when other people wear shoes in my house. It makes the floors so dirty. I also live in Wisconsin so i think that the harsh weather has something to do with the habits
Half the people i know dont wear shoes inside and the other half do. I notice a difference with how clean the house is lol
Middag kl 18-ish er faktisk ganske sent for mange her, iallefall der jeg kommer fra. Der spises det middag rundt 16:30-17. Morsomt at det er så forskjellig fra land til land!
nei, det er veldig individuelt, mange som spiser middag klokka 20...
@@empawprint Ja, men det inntrykket jeg har, er at de fleste spiser middag når de kommer hjem fra jobb, som som regel er rundt 16-17. Det er selvsagt individuelt :)
@@Lithrilla rart egentlig det der, de fleste jeg kjenner spiser middag mellom 19-22 😅
@@empawprint Jeg tenker at siden hun nevner det i videoen, at hun spiser middag tidlig, så er det rimelig utbredt at folk spiser middag før kl 20, hvertfall der hun bor, siden hun reagerte på det liksom. Jeg kommer fra nord og der er det hvertfall ikke unormalt å spise middag rundt de tidspunktene jeg nevnte over :) Ja, rart :)
Vi har alltid spist middag kl.15 når vi har kommet hjem fra jobb/skole. Også har vi jo kveldsmat som kanskje er en typisk norsk greie.
"You can't have strange socks."
Yes you can, I always wear odd colourful socks =D
Me to 😁😁
Happy Socks for the win!
My boyfriend also wears strange socks all the time. Even to our school ball!
I wear avocado socks right now :))
Here in austria the tapp water is also verrry good! Nice video!
I’m a born & bred Norwegian, and I find your videos amusing and interesting! Soooo funny to get a foreigners view upon one self! 😄 Thanks for sharing ❤️
Also, here in Hawaii, nobody wears shoes inside the house. It's a Japanese tradition adopted by the culture; you don't bring the impurities of the outside world into your home. Home is your private sanctuary. I personally love this habit. I am originally from Brazil and received the Portuguese habits since Brazil was colonized by the Portuguese.
I just officially moved here in November from the US and I’ve already started doing all these things regularly and it’s nice (: can’t wait to take my bike out when the weather starts to warm up. Thanks for the tip about the bike seat!
Welcome. 😉
It gets really hot in the summer, atleast for us norwegians :), going for a walk in the forest is really relaxing, people aslo tend to be more happy in the summer.
What state in the USA are you from
Hey do you have a way I could contact you with a couple of questions on your journey?
I am an American in Trondheim.
I now shop for food in smaller, 1 or two day batches now. I used to fill a giant shopping cart once a week in California. I al so bring my own shopping bags and carry my recycling to the self-serve redemption machines. Every neighborhood seems to have a store or two here. Downside is only the lack of choice and super high expense.
I rarely drive a car anymore, which shocks even me! It is expensive to own and operate a private car (taxes, registration fees, environment fees, insurance, parking, annual EU control, spiky tire fee, toll roads, fuel, maintenance) and public transportation, buses, trains and trams, is cheaper and actually convenient here.
There are a whole bunch of cultural things about bus riding in Norway. First people stand waaay apart from each other at the bus stop, so a single bus stop could have like 5 people scattered along 12 meters of sidewalk. Secondly, on the bus, everyone tends to sit alone, usually in a window seat, facing forward, absolutely no eye contact. It really messes with Norwegians if you sit next to them, or chat them up. It is nearly social death to take the rearward facing seats! 😂 Norwegians literally squirm and don't know where to look!
Big one for me was getting used to not saying "hi!" or " good morning " to strangers on the street. In America it is like a cultural habit "hey, how's it going, man". In Norway it tends to startle people (or cause a social panic as they wonder if they had met you before). It took me a year to break my American conditioning.
I have gotten used to smaller portions of food and drinks, which is good I think, except that it still costs double, sometimes quadruple what it costs in the USA. A "large" drink is the size of a small, has no ice cubes, and does not include unlimited refills usually. Not complaining, just reporting.
One of the best things is the air and water. Air quality is really, really good here. They actually test it to make sure it is in compliance. I think back on all those years in California that I could literally see the air that I was breathing and having the pollution alert days for particularly bad days. Yeah, and tap water is actually cold, clean and delicious here! not brownish, like New York, or possi possibly contaminated like Detroit. Imagine clean, free air and water as a basic human right. wow.
I absolutely loved your comment! All so true 🙌🏻
Yasunori Tsuchida I’m in Washington state. I would DIE if I couldn’t be chatty.
@@itsokaytobeclownpilled5937 In Norway the others would die from shock and stress if you were chatty. I have lived in Norway my entire life (I'm Swedish but raised in Norway) and it nearly gave me a heart attack when a stranger first said "Hi" to me and then asked how I was doing and started talking. I got an existential crisis right then and there wondering if I really was doing well and who I was and so on.
YatzyPimentinha Nordlander Oh boy. That is quite an extreme from what I’m used to.
Are people in Norway helpful?
30 years ago I ran out of gas on Christmas and knocked on someone’s door for help. Mind you, it was 9pm.
I was invited in for a snack and the fellas in my family put gas in my tank.
I didn’t know these people from Adam.
In 2009, my car died in an big busy intersection. A guy stopped, put some chains on my car and towed my car to a parking lot.
@@itsokaytobeclownpilled5937 Well I personally noticed that people tend to be more helpful the further away from the main cities you are. We are generally helpful, but you kinda have to ask or indicate that you need help. Its just personal experience though.
As someone here said, if you eat more fruit and fish a week like atleast twice ... you should be getting most of the vitamins anyway, often people just make expensive pee by eating vitaminepills..
You're probably right, but most Norwegians have D-vitamin deficiency anyway, because of the long darkness, so it's not a bad idea to take some.
@John Doe Wouldnt say most, but alot got vitamin D deficiency in the winter, its not as bad as it kills people or anything, but it does fuck with hormones and mood, if you by any chance plan to argue this like with hooga, then show some links to where its proven wrong.
I have seen good documentary about salmon from Norway the most toxic fish in the world?🤔
It is on TH-cam.
@@gigggla Nah it's our love for beers and such the abstinants just try to find weird explanations and put words in our mouths. The real explanation is goverment. No Trumps here.
Born and raised in norway its good hearing you like it here, i live in Bergen myself
I am from Alta in Northern Norway, and think it is very interesting to hear about your experiences about Norway.
Im coming to alta in august on vacation!
Suggestions? :)
Just found your channel through our local newspaper (Diário de Coimbra). Very interesting video that makes us wonder on the things we do daily without questioning. Trying new ways of doing things is always worth it, even when living in the same place. Well done!
4:50 Are you talking about "Tran" (codfish oil made from codfish liver) here? I also use office shoes, because using outdoor shoes indoors for hours is not god for my feet. Especially problematic with winter shoes. The Norwegian word for dinner is "middag", directly translated it means "mid day" because it was often served at noon. This was because the farmers started working quite early in the morning. The meal that is the closest to modern day lunch was "dugurd", typically served around 10 o clock.
Yes! I was talking about Tran ☺️ I had no idea about the middag = mid day thing! That is so interesting!!! 😲 Thanks for the input ☺️
@@MonAmieDesserts We got lots of words like that in our language. Hordaland (the county) is translated into Horda-Land witch means the land of the hords.
Office shoes, slippers or...flipflops if you are feeling rebellious...
I moved to California from Finland over 40 years ago. I still take my shoes off indoors. Did the same in Japan, too.
Why did u move to California? Isnt Finland rich enough? Or is it because of other problems?
@@phantom4577 Problems? Maybe he likes Scandinavian?
Zen on Yeah, thats why Scandinavians dont move out. They live happily in their own countries.
That sweater emphasizes how green your eyes are! Love it
Very interesting! I didn't know Portugal is so similar to the US in these instances. The shoes, water, the interruption, the meal times.. and many more I guess:) I moved to Sweden from Norway, they interrupt each other even less here, but I married an American and adapted to the American culture in his family which makes me struggle a bit - the difficulty is not to not interrupt others, but to not be interrupted when speaking! It's not as smooth! In cultures where you complete each others sentences, talking is so much smoother and much more bonding! That's what I find at least.
For those of you wondering about the interruption; the intention is not really to interrupt as much as it is to show interest by completing the sentence for them. It shows that you're listening, you understand and you feel the same way or at least can relate to it. When done smoothly, it creates such a great energy and chemistry in the conversation. I prefer it that way! I'm thrilled whenever I come across people who understand this form of communication.
Eating dinner at 18:00 is quite late in Norway. Usually, we eat dinner as soon as we get home from work, and that usually is anything between 15:00 and 16:30. In the weekends, you may find yourself eating dinner between 17:00 and 19:00 though, because that's when the best TV shows are,
Hi. In case you didn't know. Alot of milk and Yougurt comes with added vitamin D here in Norway. Very good for the long dark winters when the sun doesent shine :)
And kilogrammes of sugar 🤣
@@buleulek5153 In some of the Yougurt yes, milk and the natural one does not contain anything other than natural milk sugars.
What a wonderful job you have done by going through all the things that we take for granted. Wonderful reflections. Good luck, further up the road...
Tran - is the Norwegian name/product for what you used drink back home - cod oil as you said! You can buy it any grocery store.. and there are commercials on TV - "Tok du for mye Mullers Tran?"
After 4 years in Norway I also started having lunch at 11.30 and dinner at 6...and wearing work shoes, and taking vitamins, and talking less haha basically most of what you said :)
Glad to know I'm not the only one 😁
As a norwegian, dinner at 6 is still quite late, atleast on weekdays. Most people finish work around 4, so dinner is usually around 5. In weekends it's often later, like 19/20 ish.
@djroomba haha I know, I just go to the gym after work so it ends up being 6 usually but it totally makes sense with those working hours :)
@@djroomba1561 It's different from person to person, though. I usually eat dinner at 19-20. If my shift ends at 16, I'll just have a snack to tide me over until dinner.
Zubia Willmann-Robleda talking less😂that’s so true. No more small talks for me anymore 😀
the no interruption thing is super cool!
It's cod liver oil. Your mother was smart to make you drink it when you were a kid as it enhances brain development, among other things. It originated in Scandinavia centuries ago. It was and still is very useful due to its high concentration of vitamin D, which we obviously don't get a lot of from the sun during the dark winter months up in the north.
For even better water, go hiking in ''no man's land'' on a mountain area where they have not ruined the nature by building houses/cottages near any water resources. In most cases if you find a small stream of running water in these areas, it is totally drinkable and it taste pretty good.
As a norwegian, i buy bottled water so i can use the bottle. I keep refilling it with tap water. We've got a really nice water where i live. If you ever saw the brand "Farris", we get the same water sent to our homes, ofcourse through different processing. Its one of the big things i miss when i go traveling.
Sceptic Llama You should get a bottle that is made for being used several times. Bottled water plastic is brittle and is not healthy to reuse.
@@emmawickman1196 in america that is true, but in norway our bottles are made from a different type of plastic and can safely be reused hundreds of times.
All bottles in norway must be made out of Polyethylene Terephthalate or recycling group 1. This material does not leak BPA. Ofcourse glass will last you longer though.
Sceptic Llama I’m open minded to being wrong and to be educated but I just googled on the topic and several Norwegian articles stated that PET bottles risks leaking hormon distributing chemicals. I rather be safe than sorry :)
@@emmawickman1196 "#3: PVC eller V
Denne formen for plast kan frigjøre to giftige kjemikalier, så flasker med dette symbolet bør ikke gjenbrukes. Den brukes ofte i matoljeflasker."
Steer away from type 3 and you'll be a-ok
@@emmawickman1196 now given, there might be bacterial issues with reusing bottles.
However, i've been doing this for over a decade with little to no issues.
It is up to one self to decide what fits for you:)
how would you recommend getting contacts in norway prior to moving there? i plan on moving to bergen in a couple of years, but would really prefer to know people there by then. takk!
In Svalbard (Spitsbergen) they take off shoes in any building like restaurants. It is a mining town so dirty outside.
Classic! I love your videos. I have been here( Arendal) from California since 2010. Great perspective. Wonderful attitude!
"finn.no" is similar to "craigslist", in Sweeden its "Blocket"
I thought it was about Finnish people. ;)
What is Sweeden?
Kim Caspar
F***ing keyboard on the phone 😂
Sweden - Sverige - søta bror
When I moved to Norway for one year of Erasmus I started to be comfortable with the bad weather, rainy, windy, snowy, it doesn’t matter, I go by bike everywhere 😍. Hi from a spanish guy living in Trondheim!
I'm impressed. That's very half-full-glass person! Some people are more resistent than... well, me :)
Cod Liver Oil is called Tran here in Norway, you can get it as the regular oil kind, or as capsules.
Welcome to Norway, enjoy your time here! Finn.no has saved me a lot of money and time as well as given an option to throwing things away. Another app I've started using is TooGoodToGo or however it's spelled. It's well into the mentality of not wasting resources and thinking of our future, not just our own consumer needs.
Fun to hear a Portguese perspective, I'll be sure to look by later to see what other things have happened.
OMG!! Thank you for the advice on resale market!!!! Amazing finds!!!! =)
Very nice video Mon! :-)
The late Portuguese dinners always amazes me. I work at an music venue in Oslo and whenever we have artists from Portugal, I always have to work super late. They all want to eat a big dinner after the concert and it can last all night. Every other artist from around the world eats their dinner beforehand 😅
I loved this video. It's so interesting to see how people grow up differently. We grew up in the same city and school, yet, I always had to take off my shoes inside! I think that most people don't realise that in Portugal we do not have carpeted or heated floors. The tiles are super cold. Also, most people have a "shoe allowance area" aka hallway, kitchen, garage. Xx
Hahahah I loved the shoe area part! 😅 In Portugal I normally changed to "pantufas" but if you have guests they would never take their shoes off. 💕
Which city is this? I didn’t hear it clearly
Haha, my sister had a portuguese boyfriend, and he was quite uncomfortable about taking his shoes off. He felt like his feet would stink up the place. To me it seems strange to want to keep them on inside someone's home.
Maybe his feet would stink because he never took of his shoes lol :D let them puppies breathe 😁
Wash your feet and change socks. Problem solved👍
Little tip when it comes to buying vitamins here in Norway - "Spektro" is a good multi-vitamin, and you can get them in quite big bottles. It can be a money saver for long term, and better than buying so many different ones. And especially if you eat a bit varied foods. You look quite healthy, so I'm throwing out a guess you eat somewhat varied - Which again means Spektro might be good enough on its own. It's only found in drug/health stores though (apoteker og lignende).
Just a friendly advice from a Norwegian who knows the cost of vitamins here. :)
Cod liver oil? We call it “tran”, e.g. Møllers tran (most common brand), or other brands that may be found in the supermarket.
Har du seriøst funne ett annet merke enn mølers?
@@eirikreigstad3649 Ja, det har jeg faktisk sett
GakkGakk United wow
The primary substance is omega 3 and omega 6, which can be distributed in pure "drink" or capsule form.
@@lillegrindalen6714 Nope, Møllers Tran is made of cod liver oil. Quote from the manufacturer (in Norwegian) : ""Møllers Tran lages av fersk lever fra fisketypen Arktisk torsk, også kalt Skrei, en bærekraftig torskebestand. Fisket skjer utenfor Lofoten og Vesterålen".
The oil you refer to is called "Tran", cod liver oil.
Green bottles 👍
I just found this video, and I've come from the U.S. to Norway to marry my fiance, so I'm moving over here! And already the first two are so accurate. I practically never take my shoes off when entering someone elses home unless to make myself more comfortable, and in my own home I just leave them in my room. But after being here for just 4 months, it's ingrained in me to take off my shoes at the entrance!! And I haaaaaaated the tap water in the U.S., the tap water here is amazinggggg
I just recently moved to Norway myself! And I have a Brazilian background which has quite similar routines to Portugal, so I totally know how you're feeling. I had to experience the same changes myself, haha it was so weird at first. I fell in love with Norway once I moved in though. I live near Bergen, but Oslo is beautiful.
Such a cutie! Welcome to norway! Love different cultures, and how different we are just inside europe.
North Europe - Scandinavia
Portugal, the south of Europe
I think it's far enough 😁
I am norwegian: So nice to hear all these details that I have forgot to think about. And by the way; I never bike in winter, mostly because of the enormous tear and wear of the bike when it is used in the sluch of snow, water and dirt ;-)
Ther interrupting is an interesting point. I never thought about it but we do the same in South Africa.
bottled water will always be way more polluted than tapwater, in Norway at least. bacterial count plus chemical leak from packaging.
Yes BPA is scary ugh
I love your videos! Since I want to move to Norway your videos are really helpful and nice to watch! Please keep doing videos from Norway and in general:)!
If any of you were wondering what all those those in chat talking about Finn.no.. It is basically a norwegian online trading site like ebay for second had stuff. And Finn translate to English as "Find"
Amazing :-)
why would people not take their shoes off inside? it is so wierd
Why would people wear their outside shoes inside? That's so wierd.
I’m a Brit living in Norway and it’s usual that people in the UK wear their street shoes inside. Norway is soooo much better. :D Sorry UK, not coming back. :P
More comfy and you do not need to clean that much. Especially in the winter/spring, when you would drag half the street inside...
Reading this inside with my shoes on
when I lived in Australia, the door was always open (just a sreen door to keep insects out), and it was dry, so there wasn't much difference between inside and outside. You had to vacuum more often, of course. Here in the Faroes, it would be unthinkable to keep your shoes on inside the house.
I think the UK is similar to Norway? We always use slippers, take vitamins, buy 2nd hand, eat around 12.00 and 6pm-ish, are polite when talking, oh and QUE well!
Remember, you don't need to take any other vitamins than vitamin D in Norway(which you can get from diary products or fish) . Our food is rich in vitamins and multivitamins / C-vitamins etc is a "scam". Also Tran (which many has already pointed out is cod oil) and Omega-3 capsules is more than enough / the only thing that you need.
Cheers from a Greek in Norway. Love your channel, I subscribed! Ha en fin dag :)
Her om dagen kjøpte jeg en flaske imsdal og en flaske cola (begge 0,5L) på en bensinstasjon i Bergen. Gjett hva som var dyrest? Vannet...
😂😅👏🏻
Vi burde egentlig holdt et fakkeltog mot de vanvittige vannprisene
Vel, du betaler for det sunnere valget
@@roisingtommy Agreed! It's always sunch a downer for me if I'm going to take the train and have forgotten water, because I don't want to drink soda on the train, but paying 30 kr for water is absurd.
Vann er mye dyrere enn bensin. Har noen tenkt på det?
(Jeg har kjøpt ett godt gravitasjonelt vannfilter, mye billigere! jmccsci.com)
Hello! Congratulations for your nice video. I'm a Portuguese too, and next summer (August) I'll go to Norway (Oslo and Bergen).
The show thing was a new one for me as well! I have the same setup now. A bamboo bench at the front door, with a place for shoes. How do you like Norway though and what bright you there!? The long periods of time with either sun or lack thereof. I really want to visit, hopefully this year.
Unlike eBay, there’s no auction aspect to purchases paid through finn.no.
The resemblance to eBay ends with the “Buy it now” feature.
Think of it as an online classifieds (some similarities to Craigslist).
Have you tried Tran? It has lots of vitamins and fish oil. It's a green glass bottle sold at the supermarkets. I think it could be something similar your mother gave you.
Am soon moving to Norway in a week and this was so helpful.wow thanks 😍
Please don't get to crazy with the make up like most of girls in Oslo 😂
Wool socks are great.. You are warm on your feet, but you don't sweat..
I will be in Norway in April! So excited! Cheers from America!
Me too.
Come and watch the northern lights 👍lots of love and Light from faraway Norway 🤗
Im from norway❤️ and im going to Portugal in the summer.
Vitamin D is very important in Norway - and the other nordic counries. You will get that from cod oil. If you do not eat enough fish you should consider taking vitamin D supplements. This is more important for people with a darker complexion as their skin isn't as good at absorbing it as the more pale population. Even people with a pale complexion is in danger of getting Vit-D deficit. This can lead to depression, lethargy and a feeling of being ill. I wouldn't worry too much about taking other vitamins to be honest. D is the exception.
You can also buy a plane ticket on finn.no (include furniture, many different interiure things, houses/appartments etc).
Sorry if I messed ut something
Funny hearing your thoughts about all this things I take for granted(:
Great video, going for house hunting can be so complex, we spent a lot of time trying to find information about rent, prices locations and so on. tip for anyone looking for this things... We used oboto.no a service run by Norwegian students. Super helpful with all our questions and they did find us an amazing location and appartement. Please do more videos about Norway :D
I’m still surprised that you eat dinner at around 18:00, because I think it’s actually more common to eat dinner at around 16-17:00! Maybe a little later or even earlier, maybe depending on how busy your afternoon is. But at least I am used to eat at 16-16:30 at home and also when I’m visiting friends and family! 🤷🏻♀️🤔
As a Maltese I really relate to some of the things you mentioned 😂 especially the letting other people talk and not interrupt.... I guess it's just a Mediterranean culture which in Norway probably sounds very rude
I wouldn't say rude.. they just let you talk the whole time and say nothing haha 😅
@@MonAmieDesserts hahha yes you are right 😊👍
@@melanievella9440 Norwegian here. I especially notice this when i've been travelling to the french riviera, Portugal and in Italy. For me it sounds like people are shouting and interrupting each other all the time and i find it almost uncomfortable since we tend to be much more reserved in both body language and when talking :)
@@sensur1 It is just Mediterranean culture we like to express ourselves a lot 😂
@@melanievella9440 You're right , In bout Norway and Sweden it's considered to be rude! :-]
Good one hun, about the shoes and the socks.... That was hilarious, but so so true.... I'm from Norway, live in Trondheim a bit further north. I'll be following you. Loved this video.
I wear socks with holes in them and i don't eat breakfast or early lunch, takes lots of D vitamins during wintertime, Finn is one of my favorite places to buy things and i never buy bottled water lol. Welcome to Norway
In Denmark, tap water is also number one. You can drink it from everywhere.
akyhne Same in Germany 🇩🇪
@@fleischistgeil1985 Sure you can drink it, but compared to norwegean tap water it taste like shit.
I think Denmarks water tasted the same as ours and I absolely love Denmark. København! So beautiful, so nice people 👍
@@torebelthoft4471 - Tap water can taste very different from place to place. Important thing is that it's clean.
Denmark has higher demands for tap water than the rest of EU.
The tap water I’ve tried in Denmark is definitely NOT the same as Norwegian, I actually almost couldn’t drink it when I first moved down here from Norway.
Hi. I experienced the same changes as you mentionned by moving from Canada to Italy. In Canada the habit are about the same as in Norsay and in Italy is about the same than Portugal. I could not understand all my husband's family and friends in Italy who would not take their shoes off inside the appartment. For me it is a sign of not respect as you durty the other person's house. In Canada we have slippers inside and we offer slippers when people come at home so they can keep their feet warm when the weather get to -40 celcius
One step up and you are in Korea. No shoes in restaurants. In Norway this depends on where you are. In the far north we used shoes inside as well from bad habit. But Portugal and inner north Norway have a drier climate than most of Norway and coastal Norway. In wet climates you have more mud on your shoes. The wait to talk thing is Oslo region and largely south Norway specific.
Well presented! I've only been to Portugal once, staying in a hotel, so I didn't notice all the stuff you talked about. Now, thanks to this vid. I know! Thx for sharing!
I would say breakfast is 7-8, lunch 11-12, dinner 15-17 and then the evening meal which is basically the same as breakfast 19+
I don't know from which region in Portugal you are, but in Lisbon the tap water is really good.
I too have had a change in habit since I moved to the US! Now I get shot at everywhere I go, instead of not being shot at at all back in Europe.
Dude, you're supposed to return fire to let them know you like them.
I’m glad to hear that you don’t buy a lot of bottled water in the store, because it’s way more sustainable to just use tap water whenever you can! Also happy to here that you use your bike often instead of cars and stuff, though I totally understand that you aren’t the biggest fan of biking in the snow 😅
Also awesome that you buy more secondhand things!!!
Sometimes we buy bottled water just so we can refill the bottle with tap water XD
True!
I started to eat more bread than rice when i moved here in Norway. Yes the water in Norway is really safe to drink
You basicly talk about all the things I miss after I moved to spain. The office shoe thing I am not sure I heard about before. It was a bit strange even for me.
What made you move to Norway? Cool you moved here though and yes we got super water
It's true. I used to drink orange juice in the morning, but ever since I moved to Oslo, I drink iced water and it makes me feel privileged. I completely stopped drinking Coca-Cola. It's bizarre, but it's true. It's not the same throughout Norway. You may still want to drink Champagne in Paris, but the tap water in Oslo is exceptional.
I date a Japanese man and this is always a practice of taking shoes off when entering a house . I have always had light carpet and I asked people to remove shoes and it’s amazing how many people get offended . It’s clean and practical and I love it !
I had this video in my recommendations because I'm thinking about moving to Norway and I was a little bit surprised when I first saw you. I have the same eye and hair color as you and you could literally be my sister :D I usually don't see that combination of dark brown and greenish eyes very often here in Germany :)
The only suppliment you should need is Vitamin D in the winter. Unless you do not eat meat. Then you need to take B12 aswell all year around.
Everything else you should be getting in your diet.
If not. You need to look over the food you put in your body.
If you have a balenced diet and you are still low on vital vitamins or minerals. Then you need to see a doctor.
Dont waist your money on expensive vitamins and oils to left and wright. Take that money and put it in fresh fruits and veggies insted :)
In Czech you have to take off shoes when you will to room and tape water is drinkable as well..
How did you move to Norway successfully regarding to financially and environmentally? I’m Australian citizen and want to move to Norway. How can I work and live there for a start up ?
Just came back from OSLO on 25th Jan, its one beautiful city with beautiful sceneries. Also them eyes, everyone has this beutiful color of eyes so as you as well. I wonder if its because of the region. Your words are totally honest i wish i had seen this before my visit :D
over 80% of the population has blue eyes in Norway. Globally, 80% has brown eyes so I can imagine it's noticeable to someone not from Scandinavia or Europe
what you say about voss tap water are 100% true. for many years i was spending a lot of time in a "cabin" for vacation summer time kind of close to where the factory are now, and we used exactly same water to drink and wash dishes with that voss now ship of to expencive resturants in us and all over the world.
Moved from Karmøy (Norway) to Lisbon and started eating more fish 😅
Can you talk about architecture jobs I norway? It’s really hard to find information regarding these...
Cod liver oils. We have them here in Bangladesh as well.
This information is good to know. Thinking about retiring in Norway. (I love Voss water) lol
Whenever I visit my family in the Azores and their neighbours we always took our shoes off & here in Canada as well, and even though we’d tell guests not to remove their shoes, secretly we won’t think well of them if they don’t!
Bacalau??? sorry I’m not sure of the Portuguese spelling is salted cod & we had to take cod liver oil growing up, however, my family didn’t use olive oil when cooking because they hated the olive oil growing up in the Azores!🤷♀️
Sometimes interrupting wouldn't be a bad idea. When my brother starts talking it is essentially monologues that lasts forever, and he use god knows how much time to get to the point.
Great video! But could you make a video on how you become a Norwegian ? Like the paper work and so on.
im thinking about to move to norway