I don't understand why everyone thinks America is cheaper than Norway when I pay far more than that per month to live Maine in a three person family. Unless I'm missing something, Scandinavian living is actually cheaper than Maine living by almost 1000 USD a month, and I'm in Maine, not New York City here. America's just getting way too expensive, we're hoping to move to Norway one day as it's kind of our dream land.
I'm single and live in Boulder County Colorado, and my cost of living is higher than this, and I live in a super crappy apartment and don't eat very well or much, AND I don't have a car loan like she has in this spreadsheet
In Norway you pay a lot of taxes, but they cover most of the health services. For instance if you have to stay in hospital for any reason, you will not pay for that. If you get medical treatment and see a doctor you will pay up to a certain sum . The amount exceeding this will be free.
Thought I would share an insight by comparing an avg cost of childcare and food here in the US to this budget in Norway... the average US parent will spend $200 a week ($800usd a month) on childcare while according to this budget the Norwegian equivalent is $300usd a month... My partner and I (w/o children) budget $650usd per month for food (and we eat frugally), while this budget spends $650usd per month on food with children. When accounting for the cost of student loan repayment, the US standard cost of living skyrockets. I would love to find a way to live in Europe someday! Thanks for sharing your budget it is a great tool for seeing the break down of daily life there.
Your total bill of 28,583 kroner is cheap compared here in San Francisco, California. For a Family of 4 people you need to earn $10,000 a month net or 100,000 Norwegian kroner to make both ends meet.
Hello! Wanted to ask if this part, what goes for a house, is double also or not? Or double amount is only kindergarten and bills... And about electr.- what kind of heating system do you have? I guess for those who have mostly electric radiators, would be this cost much higher? Thank you! Best Anita
Thanks for sharing. We were in Norway for five days last month and yes it was a little bit expensive. But for us it helped us that the dollar was Strong
Nice video, thank you so much for the clarification! Could you maybe tell more information regarding your car, is an electric one? Or just about cars in general in Norway. I am planning to move to Norway in 3-4 months and I am really not sure if it is better to buy a car in Norway or import my car from abroad.
There are HUGE import taxes for cars. It's not convenient at all to bring your own car into Norway. You will have one year to register your car and when you will do, the cost will be about 50% of the original cost of the car (as new)
now i understand what my friend tell me about ,very high expenses in Norway,hard sometimes to budget if you have only or earning 100k a month ,and if you are still paying you're house,the electric is very high,the wifi,the food,!! how much more if you are two living together and if only one is earning,i think it's hard,... nice to know about this,
@@sarainnorway Your expenses seem low / inexpensive / reasonable compared to what I pay in the US for a family of four in NE Tennessee (which has a lower cost of living compared to the Washington DC suburbs where we used to live and still own a home and DC area is inexpensive compared to NY City or California).
it that your average only for you? it is to much for alone. if i'm alone. this my montly average = 3625.44 krone if im doing low budgeting = 1812.72 krone
Hi, so u spent 28k nok, the lowest u csn get is 196,5 per hour, it gives 1568 per day, so its almost 33k per month (5 days a week 8 hour job) am i correct? How many hours in month do normal people work there? For me a polish guy (1 polski zloty =2,31 nok) who gets 18 polski zloty per hour (around 41nok)of work its unbeliveable, i literally want to just all in to norway atm. If u would answer my question it would be an honor to me :D And 1 more thing, 196 is before taxes, how much stays for you and how much from 196 u pay in taxes?
Haha sorry, glad you are asking .. thw total cost we pay 3200 /month for one child in kindergarden. So - I only pay half of that and my partner the other half
Great video! Based on your experience, how much do you think you have to earn to live a comfortable life in Oslo if you are by yourself? Thank you for the videos and the info!
Between 400-500.000 , in Oslo - you have a short distance to everything - so you do not spent a lot of money on transportation like I do. Do you wanna live in Norway?
@@sarainnorway yes I do! I’ve been learning Norwegian for a few months and I think I’ll be ready in 2023, so I’m already looking for channels and videos like yours :)
The currency changes all the time .. especially at this moment - so thats why I did not convert it into dollars in the video. You can do that yourself and get it totally right
Hilarious! Oh, they have free education and medical! Nope. Pay here, pay there, pay the municipality, pay sales tax, pay some more… Nothing… NOTHING… is “free” Your budget is almost exactly the same cost as my California budget. But we never paid for kindergarten… but plenty of school expenses anyway. It seems like the cost of my communist union-negotiated health and dental plan is much better than what I’m learning about what Norwegians have. Thank you for sharing!
stevenjohnson. You are right, litterally it’s not free, but . . . In 2022, I had inguinal hernia surgery. After three days I was sent home, but I got an infection and spent four more days in the hospital. I don’t remember if I paid 35 or 40$. 40$ is not free, but. . . From internet: Americans earning average wages need to work 484 hours to afford a typical hospital stay. The average per-day hospital cost is $2,883. Average earning among private U.S. workers are $33.82 an hour.
@@geiryvindeskeland7208 Yes, I understand that point about American healthcare expenses. The Affordable Healthcare Act (ObamaCare) was intended to eliminate that problem, but as usual politics got in the way, and a lot of good things got trashed. Part of the way it was to eliminate that problem was that every American would be required to obtain some sort of healthcare insurance. A TH-cam comment section is not a good place for such a complex and complicated discussion, unfortunately. Of course, I cannot speak for every American, but I have a well-paying working class job and my healthcare plan by is United Healthcare. I pay $384 per month for that, and I have co-pays and a few deductibles. I think one of my deductibles is $500, but my average co-pay is $25 to $40 depending on service. The rest of the expenses are covered by UHC ~ So I think there are probably some places in America where the insurance is terrible, and I’ve seen some of those rates. I believe my insurance is pretty good, and I’ve had UHC since 1999 and I am definitely a believer in that there is no such thing as a free lunch. We all have to pay somehow. And I know there are a lot of American jobs here that have just awful health insurance.
My total costs of living in Norway in 2022
Do I need to kown norwegian
@@xuisaac think about it for a second
I don't understand why everyone thinks America is cheaper than Norway when I pay far more than that per month to live Maine in a three person family. Unless I'm missing something, Scandinavian living is actually cheaper than Maine living by almost 1000 USD a month, and I'm in Maine, not New York City here. America's just getting way too expensive, we're hoping to move to Norway one day as it's kind of our dream land.
Don’t come… Stay in Maine.
@@kevinrod14 or what
I'm single and live in Boulder County Colorado, and my cost of living is higher than this, and I live in a super crappy apartment and don't eat very well or much, AND I don't have a car loan like she has in this spreadsheet
I don’t understand why this channel has only 2k subs. You're doing a great job. Thank you
its 4k now
In Norway you pay a lot of taxes, but they cover most of the health services. For instance if you have to stay in hospital for any reason, you will not pay for that. If you get medical treatment and see a doctor you will pay up to a certain sum . The amount exceeding this will be free.
That depend on what treatment you need. If you get the wrong disease, that cost a lot, they will not help you. the same goes for the medicine.
Thought I would share an insight by comparing an avg cost of childcare and food here in the US to this budget in Norway... the average US parent will spend $200 a week ($800usd a month) on childcare while according to this budget the Norwegian equivalent is $300usd a month... My partner and I (w/o children) budget $650usd per month for food (and we eat frugally), while this budget spends $650usd per month on food with children. When accounting for the cost of student loan repayment, the US standard cost of living skyrockets. I would love to find a way to live in Europe someday! Thanks for sharing your budget it is a great tool for seeing the break down of daily life there.
Your total bill of 28,583 kroner is cheap compared here in San Francisco, California. For a Family of 4 people you need to earn $10,000 a month net or 100,000 Norwegian kroner to make both ends meet.
Thank you for sharing it, I feel it is quite expensive though. Anyway next year I will come to know about the exact cost of living in Norge.
Hello! Wanted to ask if this part, what goes for a house, is double also or not? Or double amount is only kindergarten and bills...
And about electr.- what kind of heating system do you have? I guess for those who have mostly electric radiators, would be this cost much higher?
Thank you!
Best
Anita
Thank you for the detail. It helps to visualize and plan what I need from a job.
Your welcome! When are you coming to norway?
If we don't take a car and want to travel via public transport, how much should we set aside per month for that?
Norway looks pretty cheap compared to the US
Great video 💯
Thanks for sharing. We were in Norway for five days last month and yes it was a little bit expensive. But for us it helped us that the dollar was Strong
As i am watching this video after 11 months it gets posted. Would you please update about 2BHK house rent now in neighbourhood of OSLO.
I need that spreadsheet!!!
Nice video, thank you so much for the clarification! Could you maybe tell more information regarding your car, is an electric one? Or just about cars in general in Norway. I am planning to move to Norway in 3-4 months and I am really not sure if it is better to buy a car in Norway or import my car from abroad.
There are HUGE import taxes for cars.
It's not convenient at all to bring your own car into Norway.
You will have one year to register your car and when you will do, the cost will be about 50% of the original cost of the car (as new)
These are cost per capita, not the total cost.
Now I can relate to them.
I will need to ask you where you do your dekk (600 nok total is cheap)
I want to move to Norway but I want to try to study to nurse first.
What is a "municipality fee?" Is that like an HOA fee, like a fee you pay for neighborhood upkeep?
Probably similar to council tax in the UK.
Thanks for the info, Sara. My wife and I are hopefully moving there by this time next year so it's good to have a general idea of what we need.
Oh that is so exiting! Let me know if you have any questions. Happy to help with helpful videos.
DoI get kind of share house to rent in Norway?
now i understand what my friend tell me about ,very high expenses in Norway,hard sometimes to budget if you have only or earning 100k a month ,and if you are still paying you're house,the electric is very high,the wifi,the food,!! how much more if you are two living together and if only one is earning,i think it's hard,... nice to know about this,
It really is. Where do you live now sense you find these expenses expensive ?
@@sarainnorway I'm from Philippines,
@@sarainnorway Your expenses seem low / inexpensive / reasonable compared to what I pay in the US for a family of four in NE Tennessee (which has a lower cost of living compared to the Washington DC suburbs where we used to live and still own a home and DC area is inexpensive compared to NY City or California).
One Nok (1 )- how much equivalent to one dollar u.s.
Please guide me, A boy who is 22 year old and he knows Norwegian language 50 or 60% can he apply for asylum?
No. You need to be specific.
Actually it’s so much cheaper than here in London UK
Does the utilities include the rent for the current place you live in?
And these days the danes go shopping in Norway, mainly because of the exchange rate. And Copenhagen is the worlds fourth most expensive city.. :-)
it that your average only for you? it is to much for alone. if i'm alone. this my montly average = 3625.44 krone if im doing low budgeting = 1812.72 krone
That’s not bad at all. I’m going to get a second home there one day.
Hi, so u spent 28k nok, the lowest u csn get is 196,5 per hour, it gives 1568 per day, so its almost 33k per month (5 days a week 8 hour job) am i correct? How many hours in month do normal people work there? For me a polish guy (1 polski zloty =2,31 nok) who gets 18 polski zloty per hour (around 41nok)of work its unbeliveable, i literally want to just all in to norway atm. If u would answer my question it would be an honor to me :D And 1 more thing, 196 is before taxes, how much stays for you and how much from 196 u pay in taxes?
Hello Sara, enjoying your videos, loving your American accent .
Thank you!!
The American accent is actually a Danish accent. As a Norwegian i could tell that she was Danish by the accent before looking up her info 😂🤗🇧🇻
@@norkannen I have heard her before and thhinking she was danish, but this time she sounded mor Norwegian 🙂
Thanks for the informative video
You are very welcome
I didn't get the point regarding the kindergarten fee. How mush is that in total?
Haha sorry, glad you are asking .. thw total cost we pay 3200 /month for one child in kindergarden. So - I only pay half of that and my partner the other half
Great video!
Based on your experience, how much do you think you have to earn to live a comfortable life in Oslo if you are by yourself? Thank you for the videos and the info!
Between 400-500.000 , in Oslo - you have a short distance to everything - so you do not spent a lot of money on transportation like I do. Do you wanna live in Norway?
@@sarainnorway yes I do! I’ve been learning Norwegian for a few months and I think I’ll be ready in 2023, so I’m already looking for channels and videos like yours :)
@@sarainnorway hey there, thank you for sooo much information. Can you just tell me one thing? Is this 400-500 amount in dollars?
Same here, im school at the moment but after I finish my nursing I want to move to Oslo or Longyearbyen. I’d like to go to School in Oslo though.
@@sarainnorway helo, will any job give you that?thank u
Thank you so much! 🙂
No problem - are you moving to Norway?
I pay so much more and have a very simple life here in California.
DEAR, SARA HOW MUCH ARE THESE COST IN UNITED STATES 🇺🇸 DOLLARS????
It says in the video
Divide the kroner by 11 I believe for usd
Subscribering from cameroon
Hello i want a help
I'm planning for masters in Norway NTNU Alesund
Thanks Sara
Glad I could help!
Coming soon
What does that translate to in dollars?
The currency changes all the time .. especially at this moment - so thats why I did not convert it into dollars in the video. You can do that yourself and get it totally right
How long will it take you finish paying the 12000 kr for your house? Number of months or years?
Oh really?
Hey Sara I'm always view your beautiful channel so I need to chatting with you thank you
I dislike because i only know dollars.
vicvital. Easy to find the answer on internet.
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Hilarious!
Oh, they have free education and medical!
Nope. Pay here, pay there, pay the municipality, pay sales tax, pay some more…
Nothing… NOTHING… is “free”
Your budget is almost exactly the same cost as my California budget. But we never paid for kindergarten… but plenty of school expenses anyway.
It seems like the cost of my communist union-negotiated health and dental plan is much better than what I’m learning about what Norwegians have.
Thank you for sharing!
stevenjohnson. You are right, litterally it’s not free, but . . .
In 2022, I had inguinal hernia surgery. After three days I was sent home, but I got an infection and spent four more days in the hospital. I don’t remember if I paid 35 or 40$. 40$ is not free, but. . .
From internet: Americans earning average wages need to work 484 hours to afford a typical hospital stay. The average per-day hospital cost is $2,883. Average earning among private U.S. workers are $33.82 an hour.
No, I am sorry! Not 484 hours, but 384 hours.
@@geiryvindeskeland7208 Yes, I understand that point about American healthcare expenses. The Affordable Healthcare Act (ObamaCare) was intended to eliminate that problem, but as usual politics got in the way, and a lot of good things got trashed. Part of the way it was to eliminate that problem was that every American would be required to obtain some sort of healthcare insurance.
A TH-cam comment section is not a good place for such a complex and complicated discussion, unfortunately.
Of course, I cannot speak for every American, but I have a well-paying working class job and my healthcare plan by is United Healthcare. I pay $384 per month for that, and I have co-pays and a few deductibles. I think one of my deductibles is $500, but my average co-pay is $25 to $40 depending on service. The rest of the expenses are covered by UHC ~
So I think there are probably some places in America where the insurance is terrible, and I’ve seen some of those rates. I believe my insurance is pretty good, and I’ve had UHC since 1999 and I am definitely a believer in that there is no such thing as a free lunch. We all have to pay somehow.
And I know there are a lot of American jobs here that have just awful health insurance.
My health care is 650 a month and 4800 yearly plus det7cables for office visits and prescription . I lice in michigan