American Reacts to Norwegian Friluftsliv | Part 1
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As an American I have never heard of the Norwegian word friluftsliv. Today I am very interested in learning about what friluftsliv means and why it is so important in the Norwegian culture. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
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Now you see why Norwegian prison isn't a luxury. They exclude you from friluftsliv! 😄
😂
Yeah, I feel really sorry for them.
Since every prison cell is required to have at least one window, often overlooking woody or coastal areas, they're actively teasing you with friluftsliv, too.
Obviously you have newer been too (visited) Slidre Prison. (Innlandet: Kriminalomsorgen Innlandet, avd. lavere sikkerhet, Valdres)
Doesnt"matter" if the prison is luxurius or not. Its the freedom you lose. If you lose your freedom you have only hope for freedom left. Its nothing easy about going to prison. In Norway.
If you are asking for a date hiking in Norway you’re normal.
If your ask for a date hiking in America you’re a serial killer🙈😂
Or just a Norwegian visiting I guess...
Friluftsliv:
Back to nature
Going fishing, hiking, skiing, camping in the woods, going to the off grid cabin in the middle of nowhere without modern lifestyle. All these is a form of connecting to nature. Being humbled by natures beauty.
Canoeing, kayaking, even sailing.
Sometimes even hating life a little due to weather and whatnot but missing it for some reason when you get home :)
She is definitely describing the whole Scandinavian countries. We absolutely love being outdoors but we also have the most beautiful nature 😊
We teach friluftsliv in school. Which is partly why all Norwegians can light a bonfire, handle a knife, probably fishing, own a sleeping bag, hiking boots, woolly underwear, can cope with going to the toilet behind a bush and digging a snow cave. No, not for fun, to survive in a blizzard.
I had to dig down once. I'm here today :)
Kids these days and those below 20 can hardly do anything else but sit with their heads buried in their phones.
They're dumb and useless, most of them.
Kids get phones when they're 3, know how to handle youtube by 4, and are on social media by 5. It's disgusting.
Good video, the lady is french and lived in 9 countries and ended up in Norway, just awesome.
Many Norwegians put on their engagement rings when they are out in nature. We put on ours while on a ski trip, sitting on a felled tree in a snow-covered logging field with a view of the city and surrounding nature.
Concerts and theater productions are also arranged outdoors, on islets, by the riverbank, in old quarries and the like.
School classes and sports teams usually have final gatherings outside before the summer, this also happens in the winter.
During the school year, several days are dedicated to outdoor activities of various kinds, and all pupils in Norway are entitled to a week's stay at camp school as part of their education. There they get to experience different kinds of friluftsliv.
Old people's homes and institutions regularly organize trips out with the residents, so they can experience some outdoor life.
Employers often arrange team building outdoors at camps.
Friluftsliv is so intertwined in Norwegian culture that it is almost impossible to distinguish between everyday life and outdoor recreation.
Could you react to "Evig og tro til Dovre faller?"
I think that would be surprisingly educational and fun!
09:05 This is a talk, so I doubt she'll mention it, but while you can camp on private property, you still have to do so at least 150 meters away from the closest house/cabin/living establishment. You can ask the government for permission to set up camp closer, but it would be easier to just stay a least 150 meters away.
Yes although if there's a crisis, you're legally allowed to smash a window and break in for example (presuming you knocked first lol and it's reasonable to assume it was an emergency).
The state will cover the expense, I think
It's very rare that happens though.
@@SebHaarfagre In some higher arias in the mountains where weather can be very harsh at times, you often find private cabins with an unlocked room for emergencies. In some (few) cases the whole cabin is unlocked. In case you end up braking in, you should leave a note with name and contact address for politeness.
@@kjellg6532 Yes that was what I was referencing, thank you :)
I love that she is a "foreginer" that tryes to explain!
At first, in nordic countries we have this "Freedom to roam", on public and private land!
Its kinda "heritage right", our "natural rights", our born rights, kinda as strong as the US constitution!
The other thing is that Nordic countries is low density, in Sweden and Finland, mostly woods, lakes, bogs and creeks, in Norway a lot of mountains, fjords, islands! In Denmark one can get more restricted becuse Denmark is all a agricultur landscape! One dont cross a farmers field.. its obvius!
In anyway, moste of us lives in citys, but moste of us altso have a heretige frome the countryside, many have relatives that own houses or cottages in the countryside, or buy a house/cottage/or build one, in Norway its cald a "Hytte", in sweden a "sommarstuga"= summer cottage!
Its rather this, we are used to "friluftsliv", its a part of our life/lifestyle.. mayby "Nordic lifestyle"?
Denmark doesn't have as much variation in topography, so a lot of frilufsliv interest people come here to study. Although Denmark is amazing for biking and kayaking (or similar) the various canals. And it's always close to a place with cheap, good beer with nice and friendly people :)
You should check out some of Lars Monsen's stuff. I think his documentary of crossing Canada on foot is here on TH-cam. The toughness and resilience of Lars Monsen became so legendary here in Norway that he became the subject in our Chuck Norris jokes. "There are no echoes in Norwegian mountains. It's just Lars Monsen shouting back at you"😊
I agree
Chuck Norris has a Lars Monsen tattoo.
Lars Monsen is a wildlife and explorer role model.
Close your eyes and use one minute to think of your best childhood memorie. Where were you?
Those of you who were outside, spending time outdoors are probably Norwegians, yeah?
That is why we should spend time outdoors with our children. Besides creating good memories, it builds character, confidence and resilience. All we need growing up, and in the future handling the world.
My best memories are hanging around with friends in the early 80s, playing on our Commodore 64s. I'm of course an avid skier, as all Norwegians, as well. Went slalom first time at around age 5. Was forced into playing football and practice karate (karate stuck, always love it). But the most of the time was spent with the Commodore 64s and later LAN parties. Scandinavia has always been way ahead on technology compared to the rest of the world, it's why demo- and cracker groups are extremely overrepresented here and in Sweden.
We also have that in Sweden. Even a week off from school to do outdoor activities. Here in Sweden it is called sports holiday and is always the same weeks every year.
In Norway we have these holidays, too. Usually in October and February/March, named "fall holiday" (høstferie) and "winter holiday" (vinterferie). The one in October was named potato holiday 50 years ago, since it was taking out children from school to help harvesting potatoes. The winter holiday probably was introduces later, to give families the opportunity to go skiing in the mountains while there still was snow, and the sun was back. People go skiing in Easter (which is an 8 days holiday for many Norwegians) as well, but then you have to go up higher in the mountains in Southern Norway.
@@ahkkariq7406Høstferie and vinterferie is nothing special for Norway. Even USA has Fall and Winter breaks. That's just international standard vacations. However, our extended Easter vacation is uncommon.
@@Atlas_Redux Good for you. The reason I did mention them is because they are used for friluftsliv in Norway, which I guess not so much in America.
@@ahkkariq7406 No. You said "we have those holidays too" in response to Sports Holiday. Sportsveckan is not the same and is not on the same time as Høstferie and Vinterferie. Everyone has Høstferie and Vinterferie. Only Sweden has Sportsveckan.
@@Atlas_Redux Do you have a problem with my comment?
we have friluftsliv in Sweden too.
Oh I really Enjoyed this video Tyler 😃 This is sooo Norwegian. Now you understand that Friluftsliv is definately the backbone in the Norwegian culture. And it was so interesting in seeing how this french girl fell in love with Friluftsliv and embracing nature. And yes I am Norwegian and I live by the ocean, and I go icebathing several times a week. It improves my immunesystem. I also eat 1/2 teaspoon of honey with 1/2 teaspoon of cayenne pepper every day. I have not had a cold since. Thank you Tyer for making this video. I sooo enjoyed it. Looking forward ti part 2.👍
Why chilli?
Cayenne pepper contains a lot of vitamin C, but it's a inflammatory spice.
Not good for people here in Norway where autoimmune diseases are all too common.
I'd probably go with honey and cinnamon instead myself?
Cinnamon helps your body kill the Staphylococcus bacteria.
At least the yellow kind...
Just don't overdo it (too much cinnamon can be toxic).
@@Luredreier Are autoimmune diseases common here???
I must be an odd one out, then... can count on one hand how often I've been sick in 30 years
@@SebHaarfagre
A autoimmune disease is a disease where your immune system attacks your own body.
This includes mild ones like allergies (reactions to nutrients or other environmental factors rather then our actual body), medium severity ones like arthritis (attacks on our joints) and severe ones like MS (attacks on our nerve cells).
Autoimmune diseases can attack *all* parts of the body.
On the flip side, having a immune system that's overactive helps defend us against infections...
But it's a bit like someone calling in a suspicious suitcase and the government decides to implement martial law, and call in a airstrike against the suspected bomb and to kill everyone in the building where the suspected terrorists are, civilians included without ever confirming that there was a bomb or any terrorists to start with...
Causes a lot of collateral damage, as you can imagine...
That's basically what's common in the bodies of people who decends from the Vikings...
And the solution is often taking drugs that weakens our immune system, essentially intentional poisoning...
Some of the same stuff is used against some types of cancer...
Inflammatory substances are stuff that irritates the immune system and makes them more active, great if you got a infection, not so much if you have autoimmune issues...
Like with most things it's important with a balance.
And things like cinnamon that attacks the infection directly instead of rilling up our immune system to do so might be a better approach for us who often have a overactive immune system to begin with...
What's probably the reason why you're never sick yourself...
The speaker is French and she wrote this great book about her experience as a foreigner and immigrant in Norway, from another European country, assimilation and the Norwegian culture and the traditions and how it’s seem from an outsider’s perspective. Awesome book!
The basic rule of roam is that you can camp anywhere. You need too be at least 150 meters away from it (from any homes) if you wan't too use camping-rights. One rule of thumb (none written rule - just basic common sense) is that you shouldn't be disturbing the view for them (home owner). So it's a very rare thing that someone are actually going at their home in front of the window. Norwegian are very conflict shy so most people wouldn't do that even though they could that with the law in the hand, but we would be using free campsites, forest and everything else. most of the time. And most of us are very good too be cleaning up after our self. Because we wan't too be having good experience beeing outside and for the next person too stay there or maybe for our self if we wan't too come back there. If we are seeing trash somewhere we often taken it up even though it's not our job, but it's just a normal thing to-do.
One of the greatest thing we got in norway is that we don't need too be afraid for unfortunately treepassing because we have good understanding that people could simply go wrong and we don't need too be afraid for beeing shoot. There are very few civilian people who has guns in their home and those who has gun in their home wouldn't be take it out too threat someone just for treepassing. It's crazy too me that some people could shot people just too be protecting their land (not the building, but a land) in United States and the worst part has the law with them when they are doing that.
Something else i wan't too mention we don't need too have pre-knowledge before we are going for a walk what's private or puplic area. Been seeing so many videos from United States lately that so many people beeing called out too the cops for just be on the we would say on the side walk (walking around) because misunderstanding about what's theirs and puplic rights. and have seen so many people beeing angry when people are several hundred meters away from a building, but because it's their land they would getting mad if someone has no good reason for beeing there? It's crazy too me.
And yeah we have self-defence rules so we can be using the guns if it's necussary, but if two people can't handle the situation them self normally we would be calling out the police if someone are acting crazy. And no we don't need too worry about the police shooting people around like the americans need too be worry about. Just watch this how they are handling a drunk, the devil - angry man!
th-cam.com/video/Cd8ZTKU8csw/w-d-xo.html
The understanding of both beeing drunk or be even mentally sick is high in the country. So even though police could be upset with some situasion most of them can handle alot of different situation. One of the reason it takes about three years too become policemen. Something United States should be learning by.
The dating pictures was hilarious, but also so true lmao
My boss said that his employees can take an hour of work every now and then and do some exorcise... paid that is. Also ofcourse unless you have something important at work to do.
Friluftsliv: Simply being outside in nature. What you do is irrelevant. It can be go skiing in the mountains, walking on a path in the forest areas in a city, chilling on a beach in a bit more remote area, going fishing.. Basically anything you can do when being outside for leisure.
Very interesting. I had a class in school called Friluftsliv as well. We mostly just went outside, up the mountains or ice skating on frozen lakes. At least that is all I remember😅
Usually we underestimate the NECESSITY of being outside. Sick people confined inside or even in hospitals inevitably wither away. Healing is outdoors.
Love your videos broh, i actualy learn about myself as an Norwegian!
Hi Tyler. I was looking for the word "friluftsliv" in my english-norwegian dictionary, and I found the translation: Friluftsliv = outdoor life. :- )
Yes, but that's just two words trying to describe it, it's not enough to describe the cultural concept. We've all grown up with it; it's part of our DNA. Even those of us who aren't climbing mountains usually have days where we find a forest or just walk around in a park to enjoy life on a sunny day.
friluftsliv was a class at my school
I met the local "friluftsliv" class (an elective class) on a hike the other day. They were winter camping. It was fun to see their faces: The handful of kids that was really excited, and the rest thinking "What have we done?" 😄
Its kind of the concept of "touching grass". But its engrained into our culture.
Friluftsliv isn't just a Norwegian phenomen, it is fairly common lifestyle in all of the Nordic countries. At least in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland our love for nature is an important part of our life.
Denmark also?
Denmark no
Thats bullshit
The Danes I know like to go hiking... maybe not in the mountains : ) But of course, friluftsliv is very much common in all the Nordic countries.
TH-cam is my slow TV. It contains lots of such material.
See a brand new vide of Norwegian life outdoor. Alan Walker, Putri Ariani and Peder Elias on a mountain. th-cam.com/video/tl_1unb5Asc/w-d-xo.html
Friluftsliv.
Fri, free. Luft, air. Liv, life. (luftsliv, life outside, roughly).
Free life outside.
Basically.
It's a way to disconnect and recuperate.
Being outside is common in scandinavia, maybe because of the daylight in summer vs. winter.
i am single by the coast and mountains at my tiny farm. middle-aged and still waiting for a friluftsliv . høner og hund
15:55 kling!
Love it ❤
Check "Heather Abroad". A alaskan girl moved to Norway..
Yeah she’s great:)
This is Norwegian essens.
Friluftslive. Let me break down the word for you Fri-Free Luft-Air liv-life. So basicly freeairlife. Its a word that you know from before. Freestyle. But its going about in nature in one way or other. Its something we do all year around, we are out hiking or skiing, fishing, going over the mountains for the pleasure of nature. Its how we deal with stress i guess. You just leave you bagage at home with problems and what not.. go out to get fresh air :) Darn.. and i wrote this before watching. So now im doing the same as her -.- Sorry wasting you time. But yes, its like when you where kids.. Go out with your friends and play outside. Just grown up style. As a kid, we did it every weekend. I do it still twice a week now. but not schedueld. Its me taking my electric kickbike up the road, then set it a side.. i have a backpack with telescope fishing rod in my backpack, with my coffee, and kvikk lunch :P Then i just walk, listening to the nature.. birds, small river sounds, the wind. Or just the dead quiet of nothing, and my own footsteps. We are like viking druids :p As stupid as it sounds. So as you wondering, to many dates happen around walking i nature. Its enjoyable. Just walking and talking, and experience nature as two to share a moment
... the river flowing ... the sea ...
Native Americans knew/know how to appreciate friluftsliv.
Thank you for the wholesome videos. Friluftsliv could be pronounced «freelooftsleave» 👍🏻
We do it because it gives us energy specifically in the dark period of the year.
Me who go out for a walk2-3 times pr day, if i have no plns. thought it was normal
Freeairlife you could say clean air life.
Short translation of (friluftliv) would be (outdoor life)
7:30: this is incorrect...
Preschool=Barnehage
Kindergarten=1. klasse
1st class = 2. klasse.
She ment to say "Frilufts preschool"
This translation error is why Tyler strted to talk about school..
The most frequent thing said by my mom growing up as a Norwegian during the 90’s and 2000’s: “you need to go outside and enjoy the lovely weather…” or “it’s too nice outside to be inside. Should be a crime”🫠 Me staying inside watching TV shows after school as I hated the sun, the heat, the mosquitoes, the humidity and the sweaty people🤓🤷🏾♀️👀
I would not say friluftsliv is a philosophy. It just means being outdoor in nature. It can be fishing, hiking, camping, hiking, whatever activity that happend in nature
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Its very typical i guess for the whole skandinavia to embrace friluftsliv
All of the Nordics.
Including Iceland and Finland.
You pronouced friluftsliv perfect 😊❤
Fri loft = free attic
Så...næh. But it gets better.
Hm... as a Norwegian man, I do want to see what her spirit is like, under adverse conditions... much like she said.
A girl who likes (loves?!) friluftsliv to me - not superficially - is super hot.
There is an interview with this french girl on the TH-cam Chanel called «dating without borders». There all the frustration about beeing in Norway comes out. Quite funny and as a norvegian a little bit embarassing😂. Spoiler alert: she did not end up with a norvegian😅
I think she is Canadian.
The woman on this ted talk is french. The woman who has the TH-cam channel «dating without borders» is from Canada 😀
Just move to Minnesota @Tyler 😂 Plenty of free air life and quite a lot of Norwegian immigrants 😂 #Joking
Sorry 😂 but 00:11 when u said friluftsliv as a Norwegian i find this hilarious😂
The animal within us..watch up
friluftsliv = outdoor life
Also why the Sami are kinda pissed at us from Oslo. We say one thing.. and do nothing.
I just want to point out that there is nothing typical or average about you regarding you being an American. You are so much more intelligent and open minded. I love your videos ❤️
You mean out doors life
It's probably the closets English translation available.
But I'm not sure if it covers all the nuances?
friloftsliv? Sexy!
Every culture includes outdoorsy people/activities. From the necessary (farming) to the elective (sports, be it team sports or hunting/fishing for sport).
FYI, Tyler: World's first national park: Founded by America (Yellowstone)
True, it's just that in the Nordic countries its a cultural pillar rather then a activity done by a minority.
But yes, you're absolutely right, you'll find this in every country to varying degrees.
Kind of interesting then to see how little Americans spend time in the wild or just outdoors in general. "According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the average American spends 93% of their life indoors. 87% of their life is inside buildings, then another 6% of their life is in automobiles. That's only 7% of your entire life outdoors. That's only one half of one day per week outdoors."
So considering how you say "every culture includes outdoorsy activities" would this not confirm the current degeneracy and stagnation of US "culture"?
But then again, I guess that also "mobility scooters" for your typical "healthy" American would have a hard time getting around in the outdoors.....
I think I am not the only Norwegian not enjoying this Friluftsliv thing... Its nice to be in nature from time to time, but as a lifestyle its not for everyone, even here in Norway.
I really don't fit this active culture... guess that is why I'm almost 50 and still single :P
99% of women on dating apps are active with training, hiking and traveling. Not my thing at all.
Friluftsliv = Outdoor life.
Watching "Slow TV" -- soooo outdoorsy
Not meant to be. Watching tv is not friluftsliv, but watching friluftsliv on tv says something about the culture here.
Not everyone can go out into nature due to age or illness. For them, it is nice to have a concept on TV that brings them back to nature. You should try, it could help improve your life and mood.
Note: She has "perspective," as you said on living in 9 countries, but not on the USA.
Who would live in USA if you could live in Norway or denmark😂
Hey Silva, we DONT need first hand experience of US... its forced upon us wether we like it or not. US is not even in top 10 countries I would live in..
Your quotation marks strongly suggest no one can have a perspective unless they have lived in USA. Laughable at best - sad for you really
She has percpective on Canada though.
@@mari97216 canada ranks 15 spots higher than usa too
Please stop the girlish giggling, please. please, please.
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