Yeah, imagine shutting down on a normal winters day evertime it looked like that. You couldn't get anything done in Denmark if you was like that. I would go to friends on my bike in weather like this. But we also camp out or swim in winter so we dont care about all this nonsense. 😅
Yeah, we can't stop just because it's snowing. The world would end fast if people just stopped working because "oh but it's slightly cold/warm/snowy" or whatnot.
The Norwegian Forest Cat is a pet. As far as i know, they have never lived in the wild. at minus 22 the water freezes instantly if you throw it into the air. In essence you have instant snow. If we eat bread, we always have some kind of topping on. meat, cheeze, eggs etc. etc. I think Norwich is a place in Brittain.
Can someone PLEASE explain to these people around the globe that "Janteloven" is NOT a positive set of rules to live by?? It's from a novel of the Danish/Norwegian writer Axel Sandemose about a fictional town in Denmark named "Jante". It's a satarical view on the opressing unwritten "laws" of small communities...and the community as a whole. It's satire!!
I remember talking to my teacher about getting the next day off because the weather forecast said it would be a winter storm from midday. I had to take the bus across a brigde to get to my school, and at high winds they had to close it for safety reasons. Meaning if I went to school the next day I might not be able to get back home and would have nowhere to stay for an unknown amount of time. Her answer? "Eh, come to school and we'll just have to see how it looks like during the day" ........ Even during literal winter storms (not the little wind puffs in the video xD) we're expected to come to school and work. We weren't allowed to stay inside for recess during winter either. Only once do I remember being told to stay inside, and it was because the courtyard was filled with so much ice it was an actually health hazzard to let kids out there lol
People working in offices usually have flex houers. Which means that you can start work anytime betwen 7am and 9am, then lunch will be betwen 11am to 1pm and end of work will be 3pm to 5pm depending on when you started your workday!
@@minien90 just look at ingredients of bread. You have both way, some have a little sugar in them, others have some other substitute, and some has none.
The "you are not to think anyone cares about you" is not as cold as you think and was more for an older time. It more about preparedness from a time when failing to prepare for winter could cost you your life. Its an admonition to be self reliant, because if you are in trouble people around you might be in the same trouble and can not help you. So do not expect the neighbors to feed you in winter famine times, but make sure you have your own stock of supplies to survive the winter. So basically: Do not expect other to risk the survival of their family because you did not prepare properly for the winter everyone knew was coming.
No one cares about men, though. As a young boy it's best to be told that no one will ever come to save you because it's true. If you become homeless no one is going to pay for you to get your life back together, no one will buy you a house or whatnot, but a rich man could marry a homeless woman. Look at women from Ukraine in the USA, partying in Miami while men are dying to protect the nation..
03:40 "It's not only only/but but" in Norwgeian: "Det er ikke bare bare, men men" It means: "It's not easy, but it is what it is." or another translation: 'It's not easy, but oh well'. -'Only only', or 'just just' (bare bare in Norwegian) is a way to say something is easy, but it's said with a 'not' in front ('ikke' in Norwegian), and you get 'It's not easy'. -'But but' (men men in Norwegian) is like an acceptance sound Norwegians can say when there is nothing else to do about it. Something difficult is happening that you have to live or deal with, some might say 'men men'. Directly translated to but but, *but* it means: "What can you do" or "Oh well' With the context of: "Life is so hard, but you gotta keep going", the Norwegian version is basically "Just gotta deal with it" lol
By law a standard workday is 7.5h (excluding lunch). So it's normal in most industrial and other private companies to have workdays from 07:00 to 15:00.
As for Jante, it was written as a sny remark, but when we say "Don't believe you are special", we do mean "not better than others". You can be better AT something, but not more valuable as a human being! So while the wording is put at it's absolute point - that is the context of it. ;) As a Europen we often react to Americans confucing confidence with arrogance (no offence). Confidence is great, but arrogance is over-kill!
Bunads typically runs from about $3500 and upwards to around $12000 if one goes full hog on the silver. It depends a bit on where from in Norway the Bunad stems.
I have a norwegian forest cat, he follow the children to kindergarten, wait until they're done and walk them home again every day, even in the toughest winter weather. It's his job and gets paid in quality food and sometimes catnip in the weekends. Is also a very good hunter, it's not unusual to find a dead bird in our bed and on the couch unfortunately.
"You would NEVER see an amarican walk in a STORM like this!". Thata made me laught so hard😂. Thats not a storm, it just a little bit of snow. It normal and would probly be god bye the next 2-3 days and then come back😂😂
I've walked in snow, even when it's been windy, but then again I had to because my car was broken down at the time. However, the advice we have in that weather is to avoid going outside if possible--especially driving. For those who work, it's mainly not possible to stay home every day. But I tell ya, I'm not risking my life for my company in a severe winter storm. Do Norwegians have a breaking point at which you say "no freaking way" to the weather?
Sometimes there are snow thats blocking us in, so instead of just staying home many Norwegians would make a tunel through the snow or find another way out. We are used to this kind of weather so we know how to deal with it, it will take a lot before we just say "nope, not doing that". PS, sorry for misspeling things, i am dyslexic.😊
@@5Gburn It has happened, atleast for some. I remember living in the northern part of norway as a 14year old. There was a snowstorm, a real one:P High winds and you could only see about 3 feet ahead of you because of the snow. School closed that day, due to the very real danger of someone getting lost on the way to school.
@@Goldenhawk583 i know this is real, i live in the north of Norway now and the latest storm we had in Norway was fun red warning in the south, orange warning in the middle and yellow warning in the north, however wind speed went up to 62m/s in the north but only 46m/s in the south. like cars were flying and buildings fell apart, and the government was like (going outside is not recommended)
@@IAmAtEpic sometimes the weather is funny:) I also recall winter 1992, Vestfold, overnight we had about 6 feet of snow, or 180 cm. Had to let the dog ( and ourselves) out the livingroom windows where the ground sloped down, door was completely blocked. The fun didnt stop there, the car was completely covered, you would not be able to tell a car was there.. and it was a VW Caravelle:P Fun for the children, more confusion for the dog, and a lot of digging for the grownups:D
First video made me chuckle. Snow is only ankle high and there's a bit of wind. That's not a storm 😂 Last year we had a huge snowfall where the car was completely covered under the 2m of snow. They were not able to plough the streets fast enough so people were snowed in for days. And I kid you not, my boss expected me to ski to the nearest big road where you could drive, but it was not recommended to do so because of the snowstorm. Many people who worked in healthcare had to sleep at work because there was no way to get back in the next day if the snow kept coming. I spent new years at work even though I was not on shift because I physically could not get home 😂
"It's not only only, but but" is more a direct translation. A more fitting translation is "just" instead of that 2nd only, "but but" is like saying "it is what it is"
Also in Norway: We have the right tools to clear the roads for snow, winter tires on our cars, right clothing and years of experience, we are used to this and have managed to find ways to live with it. But it is hilarious to see others react to it, and the disbelieve, priceless :D
As a norwegian this is hilarious to watch how genuinely suprised you get at some things :p First off, negative 22 degrees celsius is negative 7 degrees farenheit, and yes a lot of norwegians do this when it is this cold. A bunad is EXPENSIVE, and not everyone can afford it. without any of the bunadssølv (jewelry) it cost around 40 000,- nok, or just under 4000 usd. And lastly, we work 8 hour days, with a 30 min lunch break halfway through. so start 8, lunch at 12 and finish work at 4. great video btw !
Short answers: -Norwegian winter is (generally) from mid to late October to late March - mid April. Longest I've experienced was mid September to early May. -It's a quick way of saying "There's a lot more to it than 'just do X', but we're gonna do it anyway". -There's a lot of beautiful nature around, and nice cabins to rent, but few are that cheap to stay at. And those are cinnamon rolls. Ikea brand, unless I'm mistaken. -Janteloven is basically what you said. -A proper, handmade bunad? Very expensive. $3000+ expensive. And the jewellery is silver that's often passed down through the family. -Official cat of Norway. The breed dates back to the Viking Age, and although they are a domestic breed they can indeed survive Norwegian winters in the wild. Second largest domestic cat after the Maine Coon. -It's about 7.5 fahrenheit. It's really not that bad, unless the humidity is high too. -Stavanger dialect is like... A hard Jersey accent? Boston, maybe? Not exactly something you'd associate with "sweet". -Not too far off... -It's (obviously) generalized, but yeah. That's pretty standard. 8 hour workday (including lunch). Dinner at 4-5 I'd say is a lot earlier than most, though. And bread is generally a lot less sugar than in the US, yeah. -Nope. No difference in the physical appearance between Scandinavians. Pretty much like crossing states in the US. The people will look the same. -No, that's how to sound like a Norwegian frat bro. Apart from "Hæh?", it's just bs.
from everywhere ive been, the norwegian "9-5" is 7:30-3:30, with lunch 90% of the time at 11:30. from travelling around this seems to be the most set in stone norm, but i'd say most places dont have it like that, lunch whenever you want, and start between 6:30-10. as for dinner, most people has it early to eat before their hobby, or their kids hobby, so soccer etc, all of that has practices starting at 6 and later. and from having dinner early we usually have the opposite of breakfast, same style of meal, some bread with topping (salami/ham and cheese is popular) at late evening an hourish before bed.
A lot of people work from 7-3 in Norway, or 8-4 o'clock. We have a 7 1/2 hour workday with 30 min break around 11-12 o'clock. Of course you have different times people start their workday/shifts, depends on the job.
Here is why we eat bread for breakfast, Not only is it easy to make in Norway but also alot of us start our day very early, so we have no time to cook bacon or make waffles. Like for me i have to get up at 6 AM, Out the door at 7 AM And i get home at around 5 PM.
It depends. Most with an agreement have 37.5 hours per week which is 7.5 hours per day. The law considers 9 hours a day and 40 per week a 100% position and above that will be overtime. The law also stipulates 11 hours off work in 24 hours and 35 hours once per week.
@Gazer75 yes but there are exceptions. I work around 260 hours this month, and I'm not breaking the workers law. I'm also sadly not payed overtime (just 1 shift is overtime but the rest isnt). I'm in health care and my working hours are 9h30mins or 9h 45mins. But indeed most of the population hit less than 40hours a week. I'm usually 40-70 with variations.
For the first one, in Norway we are obviously very used to and therefore prepared for the winter here Everyone has proper clothing, we have plowing trucks constantly keeping the roads clear for driving and no matter how much snow it is, we do our best to continue our daily lives even if we have to go outside
When I was a kid in the early 80's I had my mom following me to school one winterday, it was a winterstorm so high wind, the road was snowed down so no cars could drive and we where climbing the snow that was about 2 meter deep down to the road, me and my mom was climbing for a long time, or atleast it felt like that but we got to school eventually and yes.... it was still open !!! and I lived too close to the school to get a hike with the army beltwagon so had to walk home as well. Took 3 weeks to dig up the town, people had to leave from second floor as first floor was snowed in...
14:45 our bread has not just less sugar, in fact there's ZERO added sugar in our bread. i've been to the US once, and eating your "bread" was like eating cake for breakfast, it felt illegal. your "bread" has more in common with cake than actual bread
"It's not only only, but but" is a joke indicating that the Norwegian person speaking English is not fluent in English and just translates word for word from Norwegian. Another phrase is saying the person is writing Google English or Clue English. That means you type the sentence into Google online translator or Clue translator and use the translated text without knowing if the translation is accurate or not. Bad translations can create funny situations. The phrase "it's not only only, but but" is linked to the Norwegian rally driver Petter Solberg. He and his brother Henning Solberg were known for speaking English in rally interviews with a heavy accent using direct word for word translation from Norwegian to English. That caused quite a few funny situations. Another famous phrase from Petter is "I had bad pigs in my deck" when he meant "I had bad spikes in my tyres" after finishing a winter rally race far down in the result list. The Norwegian phrase "Det er ikke bare bare" means "it's not that easy" and not "it's not only only" as it would be if translated word for word.
My older brother spent many years living in the US. While visiting him there I once heard him say, "it's not so dangerous", meaning to say "it doesn't matter". Or "don't worry". In Norwegian we say "det er ikke så farlig". Not knowing or remembering the proper English expression, he simply translated the Norwegian equivalent word for word😅
Another famous quote supposedly from P. Solberg goes something like "it's not the fart that kills you, it's the smell". "Fart" in Norwegian means speed, and "smell" means "bang" (when you crash).
So the things about Janteloven, is that the writer who wrote it(Aksel Sandemose) meant it as jab towards what he preceived as "crab bucket" culture in Norway, and that in his view Norwegian culture always put the collective befoe the individual, and great success would likely be punished and lead to ostracization rather than celebration. Now while I dont agree with Sandemoses overly pessimistic and negative view of Norwegian culture, there is some truth to it. As a people we have been strongly shaped by necessity and pragmatism in a country were survival used to be quite challenging. A good example of this was how vikings and likely bronze age culture here, cast away any child that was born mishapen or weakly, or how the old and infirm would often voluntarily/or sometimes not so voluntarily do a "ættestup". Where they looked at the stocked up food for the winter, and if there was not enough, the old person would sacrifice themselves(throwing themselves offf a cliff) so the younger people and kids could have a better chance at survival. So in a country where winter could easily kill you, most people lived far apart from each other and self reliance and the ability to contribute to you family/clan/village was seen as the supreme moral good, there really is little room for individual selfishness. Good and bad, this mentaltiy and cold pragmatism has shaped our culture since our stone age ancestors first settled this harsh and unforgiving land. But now in modern times we are becoming very different as a people and culture. Still pragmatic, but certainly more selfish and wanting to express our individuality a lot more. Some of the changes are certainly for the better, while others seem very worrying and are likely to lead us down a path of hedonism, narcissism and a loss of empathy. How Norway as a country will be in 50-100 years is difficult to say, as our culture has never changed as fast as it does now, but I do hope atleast some of our pragmatic, stoic and selfless nature/culture will continue on in future generations. As all in all, I think some of these virtues are the key component in our success and flourishing in this modern world.....
"So in a country where winter could easily kill you, most people lived far apart from each other and self reliance and the ability to contribute to you family/clan/village was seen as the supreme moral good, there really is little room for individual selfishness. " Up here in the north it was actually deathsentence to steal food from anyone else, as if you did then you might make that family starve during the winter...
@@arcticblue248 Indeed. And also likely why "Håvamål" was so centered around the sacred duty of hospitality. Dont know of many other pagan religions of that time were this was a central theme. But here you find self reliance intrinsically bonded with caring for others, wich might seem like an oxymoron for some. But again, shows the pragmatic role even religion has had troughout Norwegian history.
Ættestup is a myth originating from Gautreks Saga. There is zero evidence or even historical records of it ever actually happening. All those places local legends claim are ættastup suddenly appeared in the 1800s. The word itself didn't even exist until the 1600s, and was most likely a mistranslation of ætternisstapi which means familycliff. Apart from that, yeah. Sums it up nicely.
@@Curu82 so basically like we have today with family plots they had family cliffs... to be serious, up here in northen Norway we have many sacrificial places, some even as tall cliffs. While I have never heard sami use these with human sacrifice... norse did sacrifise humans..
-22 = -7.6 fahrenheit. Last winter it was between this and -22 fahrenheit for over 2 months where I live. And I really dont live in a mountain or something. 2 times I couldnt get to the doctor because it was -29.2 Fahrenheit and the cars didnt work. So much fun
A lot of comment about work hours, but not anyone I saw that included the lenght of lunch time. We usually have 20-30 min of lunch break. Depending on the type of work, you are also on call to step in if a situation occurs, or if no one can take the phone. Most jobs I am aware of has paid lunch time. But for the jobs that do not, you are usually substracted 30 min of pay. A vast majority of us also bring a packed lunch from home. This is conditioned in us, as none of our public schools provide meals, or even have a cafeteria, before high school level.
Yes, it depends on the situation and circumstances. It depends on both the law and the union agreement. Sometimes personal or local agreements as well 👍
Exactly! Here in Norway we may complain about the weather, but we do not let it stop us from continue our day. But then again, people that are living close to the northpole know how to dress properly fro any weather. I think most "city folk" in USA don't have any idea of how to dress according to the weather.
04:37 A lot of places in Norway have cabins that are open to everyone, and regularly maintained by a volunteer organization, they often have a logbook where guests can - if they wish - leave behind a little greeting or something, either as a "I was here" or something more meaningful. These cabins - if I'm not mistaken, - are often kept generally stocked with various non-perishables, firewood, stove, and bare necessities for cooking and making food. They are generally meant to be a safe-haven for anyone hiking in the area that might get stuck in bad weather, or who just needs a breather for a while, or the hike to it was so long that hiking back the same day would be considered unsafe. I don't know if this place is one of those, but if it is, then leaving behind money could be a normal thing to show a thanks for the organization for maintaining the place, and that would make it less amazing if she left behind 200 nok.
What that girl says: it's not only only but but, is directly translatør from a saying we use. It means that even if things are not so easy, we keep going/keep doing. Hope this explained it. Greetings from another Norwegian 😃
2k$ or maybe 5k$ for some rare ones that are completely decked out, maybe.. but which bunadssølv costs anywhere near 10k$? I sold a konebelte recently, and that was less than 1k$. What bunadssølv costs anywhere near 10k$? You can get several complete bunader with all the silver for less than 5k$..
@IAmAtEpic That's not correct, the most expensive bunad is from Vest Agder, and that costs at the most 7,300 usd, not 10k$. The overwhelming majority of bunader aren't that high up in price, also when accounting for all the silver ornaments.
8:28 Skogkatte! I love them, they're adorable! They're a breed of domestic cats not wildcats, and yes you can have one as a pet. There may well be feral ones out in the woods but the vast majority live in someone's house.
I just wanna say that last year my school got canceled (in Norway, Sandefjord) bc it was so much snow we couldn’t open the door. And the next day it was school again and I was wearing so many clothes but sadly my mittens got soaked. Oh and btw my mom have told a story from when she was in America and it came super little snow and it was panic everywhere and they were the only ones being outside.
12:55 We have bread for breakfast, lunch, and supper. We will occasionally spice things up a bit and have something else, but bread is usually what we eat for all three meals. Of course, this isn't true for everyone, but I'd wager that it is for most Norwegians.
The guy at the end there, speaking Norwegian… Sounds like a foreigner, so I guess he’s not Norwegian xD and yea, we might be capable of talking while breathing in, but he’s overdoing it xD you might use it for short words, like “yes” and “no”, but for a whole sentence? Nah, can’t say I’ve heard that often… Yes, I’m Norwegian… And if you under any circumstances were to do so, you’re probably pissed xD at least it would sound like it xD so I would say it’s for short answers… Not impossible to do a whole sentence, but then you’re not happy, so you will sound nothing like that guy xD
What can separate Norwegians as a group from Swedes as a group is that we have more people with high/broad cheekbones in Norway. I also imagine that the Swedes are fairer than the Norwegians. Our dark hair and fair skin is a legacy from the group that migrated into the country from the north-east after the Ice Age, when large parts of Sweden were still under a huge sea of meltwater.
O7::00 to 15:00 = 8 hours work. 19:56 lunsj at 11am Means 4 hours work before the only meal at work. Breakfast you eat before you leave home or on a gastation on the way to the job. Dinner when you come home. We make dinner at home everyday. Saturday and Sundays too.
----- @steinarhaugen7617 ----- - You keep on mentioning Alaska... Keep in mind that you are talking about something that affects roughly about '2,123 permille' or '0,2123 percent' if you like of the total population of the USA. The vast majority of people living in the USA do not live in Alaska, but much further south. Tyler wasn't far off about things shutting down because of "rough" winters in the USA in general. To borrow a quaint little phrase... "It has happened before and it will happen again." -----
Notice the mail boxes, that looks like a modern apartment building with one of those electrical doors. They often freeze when it’s very cold. It happens in my building as well. You don’t know what you’re talking about 😑
3:43 its a saying 😅 10:04 Has to be warm water 🥛 10:43 Norwegians get it (u know u know) 😂 13:04 we dont always eat bread, but its verry common 13:46 some evsn go off at 2 depends on jobb ofc but the most commmon time to go home is probably like 4 14:32 🍞🍞🍞🍞❤❤❤ 16:08 NO we dress completely normal like u Americans
you are mistaken. The most hated dialect in Norway are the Oslo dialect. or parts of it anyway. Oslo is big enough that people speak slightly different in different parts of the city. And some places i Oslo they sound incredibly full of themselves and generally sound like very unpleasant people. Of cause they don't necessarily are unpleasant, they just sound that way.
----- @Soulflyer1973 ----- - She wasn't far off... "It's not only, only. But, but..." That is a direct translation. - Just because it doesn't make very much sense for English speakers, that doesn't make it wrong per se. It just goes to show that not everything can get directly translated from one language to the next. There are quite a few things in the English language that can't get directly translated into Norwegian either. That's why we use approximations, expression in English and/or Norwegian that mean more or less the same thing in the other language. -----
Totally compassion here for Norway about weather... car it's the same as here in Québec, Canada !! We have that cold and snow for 4-5 months a year... so we need to continue living !😂 We actually have similar weather to Norway (If I compare Oslo and Montréal)... but we are colder in winter, and we have more snow also. In summer it's hotter here in Quebec. We have more rain in summer, Norway more in the fall. Dinner are also really early here 5pm... we like to finish working early principally in winter to go outside before the dark. For the Norwegian cat I also heard that they are the more hypoallergenic cat on earth. For the sweden/Norway blonde, blue eyes... that is typical. Sweden is known for that, but a lot of Norwegian are blonde/blue eyes too. For the langage... I did ear the "ha", just watching Casper Ruud playing on tennis court and you will ear him say "ha" to his team when he didn't ear them correctly and want them to repeat ! 😅 I like Norway ! My next place to visit ! As a Canadian, I feel that I'm close to the scandinavian state of mind !🤩
To give a picture of how cold -22 degrees are… usually the temperature in your freezer is -18. So a cold winter day here in Norway is like being out and about in your freezer or colder 😊
It's not only only. But but... An attempt at translating it into english :D (In Norwegian, Det er ikke bare bare, men men.) Only is not the right translation, but it's less funny when you write I's not just only. Anyway... The meaning is close to... Everything isn't "just" easy. Oh well. Edit: Apparently this one has been nagging at me. 2 hours later it suddenly hit me. It's the wrong order. Men men. Det er ikke bare bare. But but. It's not only only. Oh well. Everything isn't just easy.
It’s the same in Sweden. I use to ride my bike on slippery and snowy roads. The winter is long, dark and often cold in Sweden and Norway, but we can’t just stay at home all winter 😊. Of course people are driving ans walking.
When I worked in an office I worked 8 am to 4 pm, lunch at 11 am. I never worked between December 22nd and January 2nd, I always had the entire week of Easter off, this was on top of my 4 weeks paid vacation, and they paid me in full for my x-mas and Easter vacation. Lunch was provided, joining a union for office workers was encouraged, bonuses equivalent of 2 months pay was paid out twice a year
It's not only only but but is from Petter Solberg, who was was not good in English, but he had such a funny way of saying it. He was very known for it, so much that it was made comedy!
in Norway we work 7,5 hour days with a 30 minute unpaid lunch at around 11:30 most people work from 7am to 3pm or 8am to 4pm. there are places where you work 12 or more hour shifts like offshore and in the ambulance but then you work for a few days or weeks at a time with equal or more time off
I just want to tell a short story about my daughter. She is the only girl in her generation of 10 cusins, she got her Bunad this year and it is worth more than a 2010 honda civic (norwegian used car prices). She got a bunad instead of a car and my mother got the same bunad over 40 years ago and her mother got it when she was 15. Every bunad represent different places in norway, so we live in Vestfold and the bunad here is green and black with nice brodes, but the bunad that my daugher now has is from Vestland, and its brown and beautiful and full of 100+ year old silver. It almost brings me tears to my eye to see people internationally have an interest in our culture. Also, we love seing forengners buy and wear bunad (you can get cheap ones for under a 1000$, and if you remember janteloven, we do NOT frown upon cheap) I rent out two airbnbs and many of the travelers comment on how we act. i love it. i love you tourists and travelers! welcome to norway
"Americans never go out in the winter storms" *Showing an average nice winter weather day in Norway* It's not bad weather until you can't see 30 feet in front of you with street lights or you see the neighbor's roof getting blown off... Otherwise you just prepare and cope with it. New safety guidance in Norway is to prepare for at least 7 days without running water, electricity or access to services for everyone who lives in your home.
Not a winter storm, just a normal day in winter.. Life goes on as normal...
Yeah, imagine shutting down on a normal winters day evertime it looked like that. You couldn't get anything done in Denmark if you was like that. I would go to friends on my bike in weather like this. But we also camp out or swim in winter so we dont care about all this nonsense. 😅
Yes, this is nothing 😂
Yeah, we can't stop just because it's snowing.
The world would end fast if people just stopped working because "oh but it's slightly cold/warm/snowy" or whatnot.
this is unfortunately just a normal day in winter
Yeah that was nothing.
He starts of with a "Snow Storm" ?!
Damn Tyler. Thats just some fog and a small wind. Also it looks like the begining of the winter. Just the begining
Yeah LOL.. that just a normal day
All bad weather in the US is called a storm, even if it is not windy.
so much snow too. thats not much snow at all
Not exactly fog. Snøføyke, snefokk.
Snow storm😂
In Norway we have a saying: There is no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothes. Means if you freeze, you didn't put on enough clothes.
Same in sweden.
Same here in Sweden.
Same in all Scandinavia, maybe Americans haven't learnt to dress for the weather or they simply don't have good quality clothing?
Or the wrong type of clothes
Trist guys That say wevwork from 9-3 never worked a Day in his life
I mean.... if we were to stop going out when it was blowing heavily and snowy, we would be locked indoors between 3 and 6 months of the year
This is why we have separate winter tires for cars
Actually complete sets of wheels.
"less sugar in bread" ???? bread isnt supposed to have sugar wtf
THISSS!!!!!!!!
american "bread" qualifies as cake here in Norway.
you are misspelling cake 😃
Tyler, here in norway we dont call that bad weather, we just call it weather.. and dress accordingly!
It's just a regular winter, not a storm. People have to work and live their life.
The Norwegian Forest Cat is a pet. As far as i know, they have never lived in the wild. at minus 22 the water freezes instantly if you throw it into the air. In essence you have instant snow. If we eat bread, we always have some kind of topping on. meat, cheeze, eggs etc. etc. I think Norwich is a place in Brittain.
just a typical winter in norway. used to play outside as a kid in that weather
Can someone PLEASE explain to these people around the globe that "Janteloven" is NOT a positive set of rules to live by?? It's from a novel of the Danish/Norwegian writer Axel Sandemose about a fictional town in Denmark named "Jante". It's a satarical view on the opressing unwritten "laws" of small communities...and the community as a whole. It's satire!!
1:20 thats not a snow storm in norway thats a normal winter day in norway
Oh yeah, thats minimal snow.
A normal «windy» day in norway
I am in Norway and you are right
Normal windy winter day in any Nordic country, except maybe in Denmark. ;-)
@@AndersJackson true
I remember talking to my teacher about getting the next day off because the weather forecast said it would be a winter storm from midday. I had to take the bus across a brigde to get to my school, and at high winds they had to close it for safety reasons. Meaning if I went to school the next day I might not be able to get back home and would have nowhere to stay for an unknown amount of time. Her answer? "Eh, come to school and we'll just have to see how it looks like during the day" ........ Even during literal winter storms (not the little wind puffs in the video xD) we're expected to come to school and work. We weren't allowed to stay inside for recess during winter either. Only once do I remember being told to stay inside, and it was because the courtyard was filled with so much ice it was an actually health hazzard to let kids out there lol
People working in offices usually have flex houers.
Which means that you can start work anytime betwen 7am and 9am, then lunch will be betwen 11am to 1pm and end of work will be 3pm to 5pm depending on when you started your workday!
"much less sugar" got me 😂 No bread in Norway got ANY sugar in it! Wheat, rye, salt and water is all
And yeast of course, if it's not sourdough.
white bread have sugar, or loff in norwegian
@@IAmAtEpic I bake all the time, never use sugar in my bread. Not in Loff either.
@@minien90 just look at ingredients of bread. You have both way, some have a little sugar in them, others have some other substitute, and some has none.
That's also how it is in Denmark Norway not special, same with Sweden and other European country
The "you are not to think anyone cares about you" is not as cold as you think and was more for an older time. It more about preparedness from a time when failing to prepare for winter could cost you your life. Its an admonition to be self reliant, because if you are in trouble people around you might be in the same trouble and can not help you. So do not expect the neighbors to feed you in winter famine times, but make sure you have your own stock of supplies to survive the winter. So basically: Do not expect other to risk the survival of their family because you did not prepare properly for the winter everyone knew was coming.
No one cares about men, though.
As a young boy it's best to be told that no one will ever come to save you because it's true.
If you become homeless no one is going to pay for you to get your life back together, no one will buy you a house or whatnot, but a rich man could marry a homeless woman.
Look at women from Ukraine in the USA, partying in Miami while men are dying to protect the nation..
Prepare so you can help other, but don't expect others to be able to help you.
03:40 "It's not only only/but but" in Norwgeian: "Det er ikke bare bare, men men"
It means: "It's not easy, but it is what it is." or another translation: 'It's not easy, but oh well'.
-'Only only', or 'just just' (bare bare in Norwegian) is a way to say something is easy, but it's said with a 'not' in front ('ikke' in Norwegian), and you get 'It's not easy'.
-'But but' (men men in Norwegian) is like an acceptance sound Norwegians can say when there is nothing else to do about it. Something difficult is happening that you have to live or deal with, some might say 'men men'. Directly translated to but but, *but* it means: "What can you do" or "Oh well'
With the context of: "Life is so hard, but you gotta keep going", the Norwegian version is basically "Just gotta deal with it" lol
Yes, or: “It's not that simple, but oh well!"
And you have: hjort er hjort og elg er elg😅
By law a standard workday is 7.5h (excluding lunch). So it's normal in most industrial and other private companies to have workdays from 07:00 to 15:00.
As for Jante, it was written as a sny remark, but when we say "Don't believe you are special", we do mean "not better than others". You can be better AT something, but not more valuable as a human being! So while the wording is put at it's absolute point - that is the context of it. ;) As a Europen we often react to Americans confucing confidence with arrogance (no offence). Confidence is great, but arrogance is over-kill!
Bunads typically runs from about $3500 and upwards to around $12000 if one goes full hog on the silver. It depends a bit on where from in Norway the Bunad stems.
Same in Sweden.
I have a norwegian forest cat, he follow the children to kindergarten, wait until they're done and walk them home again every day, even in the toughest winter weather. It's his job and gets paid in quality food and sometimes catnip in the weekends. Is also a very good hunter, it's not unusual to find a dead bird in our bed and on the couch unfortunately.
That is absolutely precious, I love cats, your cat is doing such a good job and deserves all the kisses
"You would NEVER see an amarican walk in a STORM like this!". Thata made me laught so hard😂. Thats not a storm, it just a little bit of snow. It normal and would probly be god bye the next 2-3 days and then come back😂😂
I've walked in snow, even when it's been windy, but then again I had to because my car was broken down at the time. However, the advice we have in that weather is to avoid going outside if possible--especially driving. For those who work, it's mainly not possible to stay home every day. But I tell ya, I'm not risking my life for my company in a severe winter storm. Do Norwegians have a breaking point at which you say "no freaking way" to the weather?
Sometimes there are snow thats blocking us in, so instead of just staying home many Norwegians would make a tunel through the snow or find another way out. We are used to this kind of weather so we know how to deal with it, it will take a lot before we just say "nope, not doing that". PS, sorry for misspeling things, i am dyslexic.😊
@@5Gburn It has happened, atleast for some. I remember living in the northern part of norway as a 14year old. There was a snowstorm, a real one:P High winds and you could only see about 3 feet ahead of you because of the snow. School closed that day, due to the very real danger of someone getting lost on the way to school.
@@Goldenhawk583 i know this is real, i live in the north of Norway now and the latest storm we had in Norway was fun red warning in the south, orange warning in the middle and yellow warning in the north, however wind speed went up to 62m/s in the north but only 46m/s in the south. like cars were flying and buildings fell apart, and the government was like (going outside is not recommended)
@@IAmAtEpic sometimes the weather is funny:) I also recall winter 1992, Vestfold, overnight we had about 6 feet of snow, or 180 cm. Had to let the dog ( and ourselves) out the livingroom windows where the ground sloped down, door was completely blocked. The fun didnt stop there, the car was completely covered, you would not be able to tell a car was there.. and it was a VW Caravelle:P
Fun for the children, more confusion for the dog, and a lot of digging for the grownups:D
First video made me chuckle. Snow is only ankle high and there's a bit of wind. That's not a storm 😂 Last year we had a huge snowfall where the car was completely covered under the 2m of snow. They were not able to plough the streets fast enough so people were snowed in for days. And I kid you not, my boss expected me to ski to the nearest big road where you could drive, but it was not recommended to do so because of the snowstorm. Many people who worked in healthcare had to sleep at work because there was no way to get back in the next day if the snow kept coming. I spent new years at work even though I was not on shift because I physically could not get home 😂
"It's not only only, but but" is more a direct translation. A more fitting translation is "just" instead of that 2nd only, "but but" is like saying "it is what it is"
«It's not just easy, but there's nothing we can do about it»
'Its not easy, but that's life' is how I would translate it and keep the meaning intact.
"It's not that simple, but oh well."
Never heard that saying. We use, it not so hard that it isn't good for something.
@@eivetjafrasenja 'aldri så galt at det ikke er godt for noe' ?
The water trick:
He throws boiling water into the air and it turns to snow before it lands.
Not snow, but steam 😂
Also in Norway: We have the right tools to clear the roads for snow, winter tires on our cars, right clothing and years of experience, we are used to this and have managed to find ways to live with it. But it is hilarious to see others react to it, and the disbelieve, priceless :D
As a norwegian this is hilarious to watch how genuinely suprised you get at some things :p
First off, negative 22 degrees celsius is negative 7 degrees farenheit, and yes a lot of norwegians do this when it is this cold.
A bunad is EXPENSIVE, and not everyone can afford it. without any of the bunadssølv (jewelry) it cost around 40 000,- nok, or just under 4000 usd.
And lastly, we work 8 hour days, with a 30 min lunch break halfway through. so start 8, lunch at 12 and finish work at 4.
great video btw !
Short answers:
-Norwegian winter is (generally) from mid to late October to late March - mid April. Longest I've experienced was mid September to early May.
-It's a quick way of saying "There's a lot more to it than 'just do X', but we're gonna do it anyway".
-There's a lot of beautiful nature around, and nice cabins to rent, but few are that cheap to stay at. And those are cinnamon rolls. Ikea brand, unless I'm mistaken.
-Janteloven is basically what you said.
-A proper, handmade bunad? Very expensive. $3000+ expensive. And the jewellery is silver that's often passed down through the family.
-Official cat of Norway. The breed dates back to the Viking Age, and although they are a domestic breed they can indeed survive Norwegian winters in the wild. Second largest domestic cat after the Maine Coon.
-It's about 7.5 fahrenheit. It's really not that bad, unless the humidity is high too.
-Stavanger dialect is like... A hard Jersey accent? Boston, maybe? Not exactly something you'd associate with "sweet".
-Not too far off...
-It's (obviously) generalized, but yeah. That's pretty standard. 8 hour workday (including lunch). Dinner at 4-5 I'd say is a lot earlier than most, though. And bread is generally a lot less sugar than in the US, yeah.
-Nope. No difference in the physical appearance between Scandinavians. Pretty much like crossing states in the US. The people will look the same.
-No, that's how to sound like a Norwegian frat bro. Apart from "Hæh?", it's just bs.
as an norwegian person, it makes me happy watching people watch these videos.
As a norwegian, thats just a normal day in winter.
Im also happy you reacted to Norwegian tiktoks
To confirm that we are listening to you - we say "ja" or "nei" on inward breath!
from everywhere ive been, the norwegian "9-5" is 7:30-3:30, with lunch 90% of the time at 11:30. from travelling around this seems to be the most set in stone norm, but i'd say most places dont have it like that, lunch whenever you want, and start between 6:30-10. as for dinner, most people has it early to eat before their hobby, or their kids hobby, so soccer etc, all of that has practices starting at 6 and later. and from having dinner early we usually have the opposite of breakfast, same style of meal, some bread with topping (salami/ham and cheese is popular) at late evening an hourish before bed.
The bunad can cost up to 70 000 NOK (& 6,596.34)😅
A lot of people work from 7-3 in Norway, or 8-4 o'clock. We have a 7 1/2 hour workday with 30 min break around 11-12 o'clock. Of course you have different times people start their workday/shifts, depends on the job.
Here is why we eat bread for breakfast, Not only is it easy to make in Norway but also alot of us start our day very early, so we have no time to cook bacon or make waffles. Like for me i have to get up at 6 AM, Out the door at 7 AM And i get home at around 5 PM.
14:00 we work 8 hours so if you go to work at 7 you get off at 3, usually, it all depends on when you go to work. Guess 9 to 5 is whats common in US
It depends. Most with an agreement have 37.5 hours per week which is 7.5 hours per day. The law considers 9 hours a day and 40 per week a 100% position and above that will be overtime.
The law also stipulates 11 hours off work in 24 hours and 35 hours once per week.
@Gazer75 yes but there are exceptions. I work around 260 hours this month, and I'm not breaking the workers law. I'm also sadly not payed overtime (just 1 shift is overtime but the rest isnt).
I'm in health care and my working hours are 9h30mins or 9h 45mins.
But indeed most of the population hit less than 40hours a week. I'm usually 40-70 with variations.
For the first one, in Norway we are obviously very used to and therefore prepared for the winter here
Everyone has proper clothing, we have plowing trucks constantly keeping the roads clear for driving and no matter how much snow it is, we do our best to continue our daily lives even if we have to go outside
When I was a kid in the early 80's I had my mom following me to school one winterday, it was a winterstorm so high wind, the road was snowed down so no cars could drive and we where climbing the snow that was about 2 meter deep down to the road, me and my mom was climbing for a long time, or atleast it felt like that but we got to school eventually and yes.... it was still open !!! and I lived too close to the school to get a hike with the army beltwagon so had to walk home as well. Took 3 weeks to dig up the town, people had to leave from second floor as first floor was snowed in...
Holy shit!
Let's be real, USA also get a lot of snow. Central and northern parts of the US can get a loooot.
There’s so many Norwegian dialects you’d genuinely be blown away
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9:18
that's minus 7.6 Fahrenheit for those wondering. Yes, -7.6 F
a full bunad is usually $2k - 5k, They're hand made so you're paying for manpower aswell as the material
A men's bunad often costs about one-tenth of the price of a women's bunad, though 😊
14:45 our bread has not just less sugar, in fact there's ZERO added sugar in our bread. i've been to the US once, and eating your "bread" was like eating cake for breakfast, it felt illegal. your "bread" has more in common with cake than actual bread
The first clip.. not a storm. It's an average winter day in say.. january, at like 4 or 5pm ish.
"It's not only only, but but" is a joke indicating that the Norwegian person speaking English is not fluent in English and just translates word for word from Norwegian. Another phrase is saying the person is writing Google English or Clue English. That means you type the sentence into Google online translator or Clue translator and use the translated text without knowing if the translation is accurate or not. Bad translations can create funny situations.
The phrase "it's not only only, but but" is linked to the Norwegian rally driver Petter Solberg. He and his brother Henning Solberg were known for speaking English in rally interviews with a heavy accent using direct word for word translation from Norwegian to English. That caused quite a few funny situations.
Another famous phrase from Petter is "I had bad pigs in my deck" when he meant "I had bad spikes in my tyres" after finishing a winter rally race far down in the result list.
The Norwegian phrase "Det er ikke bare bare" means "it's not that easy" and not "it's not only only" as it would be if translated word for word.
My older brother spent many years living in the US. While visiting him there I once heard him say, "it's not so dangerous", meaning to say "it doesn't matter". Or "don't worry". In Norwegian we say "det er ikke så farlig". Not knowing or remembering the proper English expression, he simply translated the Norwegian equivalent word for word😅
Another famous quote supposedly from P. Solberg goes something like "it's not the fart that kills you, it's the smell". "Fart" in Norwegian means speed, and "smell" means "bang" (when you crash).
So the things about Janteloven, is that the writer who wrote it(Aksel Sandemose) meant it as jab towards what he preceived as "crab bucket" culture in Norway, and that in his view Norwegian culture always put the collective befoe the individual, and great success would likely be punished and lead to ostracization rather than celebration.
Now while I dont agree with Sandemoses overly pessimistic and negative view of Norwegian culture, there is some truth to it. As a people we have been strongly shaped by necessity and pragmatism in a country were survival used to be quite challenging.
A good example of this was how vikings and likely bronze age culture here, cast away any child that was born mishapen or weakly, or how the old and infirm would often voluntarily/or sometimes not so voluntarily do a "ættestup". Where they looked at the stocked up food for the winter, and if there was not enough, the old person would sacrifice themselves(throwing themselves offf a cliff) so the younger people and kids could have a better chance at survival.
So in a country where winter could easily kill you, most people lived far apart from each other and self reliance and the ability to contribute to you family/clan/village was seen as the supreme moral good, there really is little room for individual selfishness.
Good and bad, this mentaltiy and cold pragmatism has shaped our culture since our stone age ancestors first settled this harsh and unforgiving land. But now in modern times we are becoming very different as a people and culture. Still pragmatic, but certainly more selfish and wanting to express our individuality a lot more. Some of the changes are certainly for the better, while others seem very worrying and are likely to lead us down a path of hedonism, narcissism and a loss of empathy.
How Norway as a country will be in 50-100 years is difficult to say, as our culture has never changed as fast as it does now, but I do hope atleast some of our pragmatic, stoic and selfless nature/culture will continue on in future generations. As all in all, I think some of these virtues are the key component in our success and flourishing in this modern world.....
"So in a country where winter could easily kill you, most people lived far apart from each other and self reliance and the ability to contribute to you family/clan/village was seen as the supreme moral good, there really is little room for individual selfishness. "
Up here in the north it was actually deathsentence to steal food from anyone else, as if you did then you might make that family starve during the winter...
@@arcticblue248 Indeed. And also likely why "Håvamål" was so centered around the sacred duty of hospitality. Dont know of many other pagan religions of that time were this was a central theme. But here you find self reliance intrinsically bonded with caring for others, wich might seem like an oxymoron for some. But again, shows the pragmatic role even religion has had troughout Norwegian history.
Mostly agreed. Yes, he didn’t present it as a law to follow, but rather as an exaggerated depiction of an unwritten cultural norm.
Ættestup is a myth originating from Gautreks Saga. There is zero evidence or even historical records of it ever actually happening. All those places local legends claim are ættastup suddenly appeared in the 1800s. The word itself didn't even exist until the 1600s, and was most likely a mistranslation of ætternisstapi which means familycliff.
Apart from that, yeah. Sums it up nicely.
@@Curu82 so basically like we have today with family plots they had family cliffs... to be serious, up here in northen Norway we have many sacrificial places, some even as tall cliffs. While I have never heard sami use these with human sacrifice... norse did sacrifise humans..
just to make it clear, the talking whilst breathing inn, only applies to the word "ja" (yes) and "nei" (no). he was just exaggerating to be funny xD
Btw the bunad Costs like 80 000nok ($7000)😅
The Jante law is all over Scandinavian, and it is embedded firmly into Scandinavian culture, not only in Norway but it originated in Norway
The freezing point in C is at 0. It is literally the reference. Boiling is at 100
-22 = -7.6 fahrenheit. Last winter it was between this and -22 fahrenheit for over 2 months where I live. And I really dont live in a mountain or something. 2 times I couldnt get to the doctor because it was -29.2 Fahrenheit and the cars didnt work. So much fun
A lot of comment about work hours, but not anyone I saw that included the lenght of lunch time. We usually have 20-30 min of lunch break. Depending on the type of work, you are also on call to step in if a situation occurs, or if no one can take the phone.
Most jobs I am aware of has paid lunch time.
But for the jobs that do not, you are usually substracted 30 min of pay.
A vast majority of us also bring a packed lunch from home. This is conditioned in us, as none of our public schools provide meals, or even have a cafeteria, before high school level.
Yes, it depends on the situation and circumstances. It depends on both the law and the union agreement. Sometimes personal or local agreements as well 👍
«its not only only» is like «its not that simple» and «but but» is like «well well» or «but no worries» or something
Norwich, a city in UK
Now I'm really curious how Americans walk their dog in bad weather.
hmmm, my guess would be that they don't... 😉
Maybe on a threadmill. Hehehe
Probably dead before they go out of that door if it snowed in America
It’s so weird that americans go in full panic mode when it snows outside. In finland we just wind about the weather and continue our day.
Exactly! Here in Norway we may complain about the weather, but we do not let it stop us from continue our day. But then again, people that are living close to the northpole know how to dress properly fro any weather. I think most "city folk" in USA don't have any idea of how to dress according to the weather.
it depends what state ur in like midwest and new engalnd deal with it fine and pretty much the same as norwegians
04:37 A lot of places in Norway have cabins that are open to everyone, and regularly maintained by a volunteer organization, they often have a logbook where guests can - if they wish - leave behind a little greeting or something, either as a "I was here" or something more meaningful. These cabins - if I'm not mistaken, - are often kept generally stocked with various non-perishables, firewood, stove, and bare necessities for cooking and making food. They are generally meant to be a safe-haven for anyone hiking in the area that might get stuck in bad weather, or who just needs a breather for a while, or the hike to it was so long that hiking back the same day would be considered unsafe.
I don't know if this place is one of those, but if it is, then leaving behind money could be a normal thing to show a thanks for the organization for maintaining the place, and that would make it less amazing if she left behind 200 nok.
What that girl says: it's not only only but but, is directly translatør from a saying we use. It means that even if things are not so easy, we keep going/keep doing.
Hope this explained it. Greetings from another Norwegian 😃
The cool thing about Bunad, is that every region of Norway have theire own kind of Bunad, so we can see where they are from :) best regard from Norway
A bunad has somewhere between $5 and 10 000 worth of silver specifically made for it
I guess you mean $5'( or 5k)...
The way it's written, foreigners might think it starts by actual $ 5 🫣😊
2k$ or maybe 5k$ for some rare ones that are completely decked out, maybe.. but which bunadssølv costs anywhere near 10k$?
I sold a konebelte recently, and that was less than 1k$. What bunadssølv costs anywhere near 10k$?
You can get several complete bunader with all the silver for less than 5k$..
@@Humanoidfrenzzy up to $10k with the bunad and all accessories, but it is rare to see them so expensive
@IAmAtEpic That's not correct, the most expensive bunad is from Vest Agder, and that costs at the most 7,300 usd, not 10k$.
The overwhelming majority of bunader aren't that high up in price, also when accounting for all the silver ornaments.
8:28 Skogkatte! I love them, they're adorable! They're a breed of domestic cats not wildcats, and yes you can have one as a pet. There may well be feral ones out in the woods but the vast majority live in someone's house.
In Scandinavia the saying is "there isn't bad weather only bad clothing choices". Winter sports is the best but also expensive
I just wanna say that last year my school got canceled (in Norway, Sandefjord) bc it was so much snow we couldn’t open the door. And the next day it was school again and I was wearing so many clothes but sadly my mittens got soaked. Oh and btw my mom have told a story from when she was in America and it came super little snow and it was panic everywhere and they were the only ones being outside.
12:55 We have bread for breakfast, lunch, and supper. We will occasionally spice things up a bit and have something else, but bread is usually what we eat for all three meals.
Of course, this isn't true for everyone, but I'd wager that it is for most Norwegians.
"It's not only only but but" or "It is what it is" means "Det er det det er"
In Norway we barely eat white bread
The guy at the end there, speaking Norwegian… Sounds like a foreigner, so I guess he’s not Norwegian xD and yea, we might be capable of talking while breathing in, but he’s overdoing it xD you might use it for short words, like “yes” and “no”, but for a whole sentence? Nah, can’t say I’ve heard that often… Yes, I’m Norwegian…
And if you under any circumstances were to do so, you’re probably pissed xD at least it would sound like it xD so I would say it’s for short answers… Not impossible to do a whole sentence, but then you’re not happy, so you will sound nothing like that guy xD
What can separate Norwegians as a group from Swedes as a group is that we have more people with high/broad cheekbones in Norway. I also imagine that the Swedes are fairer than the Norwegians. Our dark hair and fair skin is a legacy from the group that migrated into the country from the north-east after the Ice Age, when large parts of Sweden were still under a huge sea of meltwater.
O7::00 to 15:00 = 8 hours work. 19:56 lunsj at 11am Means 4 hours work before the only meal at work. Breakfast you eat before you leave home or on a gastation on the way to the job. Dinner when you come home. We make dinner at home everyday. Saturday and Sundays too.
You will never see Americans walking outside in a winter storm like this, says Tyler. Is Alaska shut down in the winter?
Yeah we forget about Alaska and the northeast sometimes...also the north generally. Most of the country, however? No. Just no. That's bonkers.
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- You keep on mentioning Alaska...
Keep in mind that you are talking about something that affects roughly about '2,123 permille' or '0,2123 percent' if you like of the total population of the USA.
The vast majority of people living in the USA do not live in Alaska, but much further south.
Tyler wasn't far off about things shutting down because of "rough" winters in the USA in general.
To borrow a quaint little phrase...
"It has happened before and it will happen again."
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And he say North America also.... Hello Canada is part of North America last time I check !! 🤣 And snow we know !🤣
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Funny how people tend to overlook that fact about Canada.
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No sugar in bread in Norway, and the cat is a own norwegian breed
Aw man, saw that first tik tok and I'm just like.. I can't wait for winter :D
Snow storm? :D haha. That's like summer weather up here. :D I live in the north though.
Door is frozen? What kind of nonsense is that? Never happened to me! And I live in Indre Sogn where it can get quite cold.
herre gud mann, der blir det kaldt, den døren er sikkert i kautokeino eller noe sånt, hvor det er sånn -20 grader daglig i vinteren
Notice the mail boxes, that looks like a modern apartment building with one of those electrical doors. They often freeze when it’s very cold. It happens in my building as well. You don’t know what you’re talking about 😑
@@Ray-lw2rh i know, i live in oslo
@@Ray-lw2rh Tosk.
@@steinarhaugen7617 Haha, du er en patetisk liten mann, Steinar. Skaff deg et liv 😂
3:43 its a saying 😅
10:04 Has to be warm water 🥛
10:43 Norwegians get it (u know u know) 😂
13:04 we dont always eat bread, but its verry common
13:46 some evsn go off at 2 depends on jobb ofc but the most commmon time to go home is probably like 4
14:32 🍞🍞🍞🍞❤❤❤
16:08 NO we dress completely normal like u Americans
Never seen you so didnt expect much but you were really funny 😊 ez sub
11:19 the Stavanger dialekt is like the most hated dialekt in norway so thats why she said it does not sound nice
Well, a lot of us think that it's really sexy.
Hated? That's a bit harsh 😅
you are mistaken. The most hated dialect in Norway are the Oslo dialect. or parts of it anyway. Oslo is big enough that people speak slightly different in different parts of the city. And some places i Oslo they sound incredibly full of themselves and generally sound like very unpleasant people. Of cause they don't necessarily are unpleasant, they just sound that way.
@@palmarolavlklingholm9684 i agree
@@palmarolavlklingholm9684 The Oslo eastend dialect is one of the best I've ever heard. Only a few danish dialects are up there.
dude, your still in the game! =) good video this one!
It's not only only, but but = Det er ikke bare bare, men men. || Wich means something like 'It's not easy, but oh well'.
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- She wasn't far off...
"It's not only, only. But, but..."
That is a direct translation.
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Just because it doesn't make very much sense for English speakers, that doesn't make it wrong per se.
It just goes to show that not everything can get directly translated from one language to the next.
There are quite a few things in the English language that can't get directly translated into Norwegian either.
That's why we use approximations, expression in English and/or Norwegian that mean more or less the same thing in the other language.
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I am Norwegian but wtf is "only only but but" i have never heard anyone say that
"It's not only only, but but..", I would translate as: "It's not so easy you can describe it with "JUST" this or that, BUT there you go!"
the translation on jante is spot on!
Just another ordinary Winter Day.
Totally compassion here for Norway about weather... car it's the same as here in Québec, Canada !! We have that cold and snow for 4-5 months a year... so we need to continue living !😂 We actually have similar weather to Norway (If I compare Oslo and Montréal)... but we are colder in winter, and we have more snow also. In summer it's hotter here in Quebec. We have more rain in summer, Norway more in the fall. Dinner are also really early here 5pm... we like to finish working early principally in winter to go outside before the dark. For the Norwegian cat I also heard that they are the more hypoallergenic cat on earth. For the sweden/Norway blonde, blue eyes... that is typical. Sweden is known for that, but a lot of Norwegian are blonde/blue eyes too. For the langage... I did ear the "ha", just watching Casper Ruud playing on tennis court and you will ear him say "ha" to his team when he didn't ear them correctly and want them to repeat ! 😅 I like Norway ! My next place to visit ! As a Canadian, I feel that I'm close to the scandinavian state of mind !🤩
Why do the Americans get to stay home at a snow day but not us 😢
But but so relatable as i lived in Norway for 8years😂😂😂😂
To give a picture of how cold -22 degrees are… usually the temperature in your freezer is -18. So a cold winter day here in Norway is like being out and about in your freezer or colder 😊
It's not only only. But but...
An attempt at translating it into english :D (In Norwegian, Det er ikke bare bare, men men.)
Only is not the right translation, but it's less funny when you write I's not just only.
Anyway... The meaning is close to...
Everything isn't "just" easy. Oh well.
Edit:
Apparently this one has been nagging at me. 2 hours later it suddenly hit me. It's the wrong order.
Men men. Det er ikke bare bare.
But but. It's not only only.
Oh well. Everything isn't just easy.
It’s the same in Sweden. I use to ride my bike on slippery and snowy roads. The winter is long, dark and often cold in Sweden and Norway, but we can’t just stay at home all winter 😊. Of course people are driving ans walking.
We have 8h work days, 30min of that is lunch. Lots of jobs start between 06.00 and 09.00 usually.
11:06 - Oh sweet child, there are so so many dialects. Alot of norwegians even struggle to understand some dialects.
When I worked in an office I worked 8 am to 4 pm, lunch at 11 am. I never worked between December 22nd and January 2nd, I always had the entire week of Easter off, this was on top of my 4 weeks paid vacation, and they paid me in full for my x-mas and Easter vacation. Lunch was provided, joining a union for office workers was encouraged, bonuses equivalent of 2 months pay was paid out twice a year
It's not only only but but is from Petter Solberg, who was was not good in English, but he had such a funny way of saying it. He was very known for it, so much that it was made comedy!
The " bunad" is usually between 2000 - 4000 dollars, without silver. But It depends on which one and how much silver/gear you want with it.
in Norway we work 7,5 hour days with a 30 minute unpaid lunch at around 11:30
most people work from 7am to 3pm or 8am to 4pm.
there are places where you work 12 or more hour shifts like offshore and in the ambulance but then you work for a few days or weeks at a time with equal or more time off
that 1 clip isn’t a snowstorm, it’s the least snow that come, snowstorm in Norway is when there’s METERS of snow😂
I’ve never breathed in while talking in my life this just sounds so funny😂 17:48
Never replied someone while in the middle of a yawn with a “ja”.
I just want to tell a short story about my daughter.
She is the only girl in her generation of 10 cusins, she got her Bunad this year and it is worth more than a 2010 honda civic (norwegian used car prices). She got a bunad instead of a car and my mother got the same bunad over 40 years ago and her mother got it when she was 15.
Every bunad represent different places in norway, so we live in Vestfold and the bunad here is green and black with nice brodes, but the bunad that my daugher now has is from Vestland, and its brown and beautiful and full of 100+ year old silver. It almost brings me tears to my eye to see people internationally have an interest in our culture.
Also, we love seing forengners buy and wear bunad (you can get cheap ones for under a 1000$, and if you remember janteloven, we do NOT frown upon cheap)
I rent out two airbnbs and many of the travelers comment on how we act. i love it. i love you tourists and travelers! welcome to norway
It's not the fart that kills, it's the smell. 💥🚗
"Americans never go out in the winter storms"
*Showing an average nice winter weather day in Norway*
It's not bad weather until you can't see 30 feet in front of you with street lights or you see the neighbor's roof getting blown off...
Otherwise you just prepare and cope with it.
New safety guidance in Norway is to prepare for at least 7 days without running water, electricity or access to services for everyone who lives in your home.
We have the inhale ”Ja” in Sweden too 😅