American Reacts to Things You Learn After Moving to Norway
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As an American I love hearing about what life in Norway is like compared to life in the United States. Today I am very excited to learn about what an American living in Norway says are some of the biggest differences between life in Norway vs America. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
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Norway have workers rights instead of Amazon prime
Tyler doesn't understand any of that.
Damn 🤣
Sweden has workers rights instead of Tesla.
Most workers in Europe have comparable rights. Norwegian workers rank among the least productive in Europe. Lazy with the highest levels of absenteeism. Strip away oil, Norway's onshore economy is the worst in Europe with not just a dangerous lack of human capital but the most gaps in sufficient expertise of any European economy. Greece has about 20 expertise gaps in its economy. Norway has >120. Do the maths. Norway doesn't allow foreign competitors to compete with Norwegian cartels (resellers) ripping off Norwegian consumers. It's a protectionist racket. That's why there's no foreign firms like Amazon in Norway. I've lost count of the number of foreign supermarket chains that have failed to establish themselves in Norway's market. Even though they offer a better service, better quality and better value than Norway's supermarket monopolies. The only thing it has to do with rights is the lack of consumer protection rights for Norwegians, in reality. And questionable practices that are probably not compliant with EU rules. LOL!
@@johnmcmullan9741 - What are you on about! Norway ranked 3rd in productivity last year, out of 181 countries. And EU rules don't apply in Norway, because it is not an EU country.
Pharmaceutical ads are illegal in Norway. The same goes for ads about alcohol, drugs, weapons, violence, tobacco and ads directed at children. Ideological ads are also prohibited, and certain days of the year like during Christmas and easter, you are not allowed to have commercial ads - only for non-profit organisations. You are also not allowed to falsely advertise your products or properties of your product, and you are not allowed to do hidden advertising. Displays of aggression, discrimination, political opinions or views on life are also not allowed. This is why Norwegian commercials use more story-telling, humor and may seem unrelated to the product, because they grab attention by the quality of content, rather than hammering a sales statement in your face.
Yeah, but WHAT counts as alcohol ads? Cause the biggest news papers are allowed to publish beer and wine tasting, with price, and full pictures of the products... "the best Christmas beer" "the wine you need to your seafood" etc, etc...
@espen. This is how it must be or greedy, vile firms with pure cynical intent WILL get to spread and very hard to purge. Im SICK of the darn online gambling commercials. Sure TH-cam need advertisments to stay afloat and gambling firs know it and they hide behind 18+ restrictions like if they care about not getting folks hooked and waste money🤬
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- Although true that medical stuff like strong antibiotics are forbidden to be advertised here in Norway...
But it has become fairly common to get presented with medical stuff related to pain relief and better health during the commercials here in Norway.
Having an ever growing elderly population, I get why this has become a thing here in Norway.
Also, there's a fair amount of medical stuff related to antihistamine advertised here in Norway as well used for allergies and such like colds.
Important to note that these are all non-prescription medical stuff...
As prescription based medical stuff is still forbidden to be advertised here in Norway.
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Political ads are allowed, just not on TV. Radio and poster ads are 100% allowed
We don't have Amazon Prime, but we have similar things. You pay extra for it though
I believe being paid once a month is fairly standard throughout Europe.
In Norway you often get paid for two weeks "work done" and "two weeks in advance". I.e. lets say you start a job on the 1st of any given month. You would get paid for the whole month on the 15th of the same month.
Yeah it is standard.
Yes, once a month is standard in Sweden as well. It's not that difficult, you just have to budget for four weeks and considering most bills are due once a month it's pretty simple.
I was working at a University in the UK and there were a small number of people for historical reasons getting paid every two weeks. The University decided to pay them double at the end of one month and then switched to paying them monthly. Basically, they got two weeks of extra pay. The University saved so much on only running the payroll once a month that the extra two weeks of pay were saved in just over a year. Once a month via bank transfer is the normal in the UK, anything else would drive me up the wall.
Kids are getting their pocket money weekly or bi-weekly at the age of 6 or 7. Later on this is switched to a monthly rhythm to teach them how to use money.
Not only in Europe, here in my country 🇨🇱 monthly salary is standard too.
BankID is a highly secure 2 factor authentication system. While started by the banks it works so well that it has become the preferred system for interacting with government pages and services, like tax system, healthcare, social services, the secure digital document system, etc. You basically don't have access to most Norwegian services unless you have a social security number/D-number for foreign nationals; acquired by getting a staying permit and registering with the tax services. You still will get treated by healthcare, but you don't have access to the online service site where you can set up appointments, have your prescriptions refilled, etc.
Amazon doesn't have a Norwegian branch, so no overnight solutions. The closest centers are in the UK, Germany, and France. Amazon is looking at opening a Scandinavian center... but they don't like our strict labour laws and strong unions, and unionizing is a civil liberty/protected rights. (Strong unions are what made the average scandinavian so "rich"; proper pay, 8 hour days, etc.) Basically their profits go down the drain.
I think you need to tell that's it's an app on your phone. :)
That is pretty new, so most likely the original poster was complaining about the code fobs we had to use before.
Older version of image would be looking like this.
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So you are given a new code each time you push the white/gray button.
Some banks have given out a newer version of this in white there you can push at 1-9 number when you need to verify it. Make it even easier.
It's very simple when you have learned the system, but i can understand that foreigner people can struggle to handle it the first time.
Specially when you don't know what website require that.
But i like that we don't actually need these things anymore you could now just use the mobile phone when you are logged into these website. Make it so much faster.
And of course there are good reason for this to keep your money safe. The person who have these bankID belongs too the person, and would also have the responsibility and can not given away the password or the pins to another person. If they would be taken a loan in your name the bank would say it's your own responsibility to not to give the password to another person. It's a safe net between the banks and the person as long you don't give the information to anyone else.
So it's extremly important not to share that information to anybody.
Something else to mention about the salaries is that we are getting the net (after taxes) when we have getting the salaries from the business.
I know from movies in older days you guys did get gross (before taxes) i don't know you are still getting that?
And for the other question is there a amazon prime? Like huge Amazon varehouse in Norway? No it's not. The small amount of norwegian smaller stores has it though like komplett.no deliveres electrical devices, elkjop.no another one, oda.no deliveres food some places, but most of the norwegian like too actually go to the shopping mall and store. If Amazon cames here they would destroy the whole industry in Norway and we won't support that give a company monopoly like they have in U.S.A most of us dislike that idea. We hate too have only three food store in Norway. Imagine having one monopoly for everything? No thank you.
About the jeans i belive he meant it's popular? I mean i see it in every cloth store so i belive many people are buying them.
And for the last question is everything more expensive here in Norway rather then in U.S.A? Absolutly. I mean it's many more poor people in U.S.A so they are feeling it hard, but everything is more expensive for everyone here, yeah, but the salary are too. So when we are thinking about the percent we norwegian are saving more money then american people so it's not that expensive in total, but if you are looking at one item. Absolutely. Most of the items in Norway would be more expensive.
Isnt amazon in sweden tho?
@@Fraternizing_Cog The code fobs are also a type of 2FA, so the statement holds for what BankID is.
I know from friends in the US how insecure their bank systems are. It is a wonder they're not all robbed blind. Most banks haven't implemented any kind of 2FA, and many will accept ordering bills paid through phone calls. Based on that I think just having to go through a 2FA system of any kind would feel like a hazle to many Americans.
Yep getting paid monthly is pretty much the norm across Europe; there are some jobs that pay more frequently (weekly or every two weeks), those tend to be the retail and hospitality hourly-rate jobs young people do at entry level. Plus, the majority of household outgoings are paid monthly as well, so getting paid monthly makes it all that much tidier and easier to manage.
Norway is actually the most expensive country in the world to get your license. Not because of the exam fee, but because of the amount of mandatory lessons you have to have. So yes we have bad drivers, but not nearly as many or as bad as other countries. Many Americans have probably never had their car loose control on a slippery road, because of our winters we have mandatory lesson on slippery track just to learn how to handle that (well mostly just too scare new drivers to slow down🤪).
I am Norwegian, but now live in the Caribbean area, and lol, you have slippery roads here too, but for other reasons, so I had good use of my driver training in Norway.
@@knutholt3486true but non Norwegians who drive in Norway usually drive really really bad. Dangerously bad
Especially truck drivers from continental Europe, Balticum and until recently Russia, Furthernore, they often come to Norway without being able to speak Scandinavian or English. I guess they only carry some papers telling where they are heading and their mission.
Most of the U.S. has snow and ice during the winter.
Given that we have quite poor roads, not the newest car pool, then the educational process of learning how to drive is quite extensive and do compensate somwehat to the shortcomings of the road network. We have quite good traffic accident statistics.
BankID is electronic and fairly easy to use.
It's essentially a two step authentication system that's used in pretty much every website where you need to identify yourself.
Be that healthcare, banking, tax office or anything else.
You combine the use of a device (it can be a phone app) and a personal code.
Some verification systems have biometric data as well
@@LunarisArtsI access Vipps securely with my thumb print, and I LOVE it! Paying bills and transferring money has never been easier, and an increasing number of online stores are joining in. 👍
Here in Denmark most are paid once per month (on the last bank day). And bills are then paid the first few days. This does make it easier to plan your finances, as you know exactly how much you have left until the next month. I have worked in a job where I was paid every 2 weeks (around age 19-20), and it was considerably harder to balance my economy, as I needed to save some of the midmonth earnings in order to pay the big bills that came later.
The outdoor gear they refer to is hikeing wear. It is often acceptable to wear hiking pants, wool undergarments, knitwear and other technical clothing as everyday outfits. It comes back to the hikeing is a way of life thing.
Plus its just the best thing to wear.
Rain no problem, wind no problem, cold/snow no problem, suddenly sun no problem just open the venting or put it in your bag.
The thing with the bank ID is something I heard multiple times from Americans it takes much longer to open in account in most of Europe, but credit card fraud or identity theft are also much more common in the US.
The postal system in Norway is pretty good, I think, and you can pay extra for things to take 1 day, but regular mail doesn't usually take that long, 2 to 4 days
I second this. Depends where you live of course, but near the big cities it is not uncommon to order something, and get it the next day, even without paying extra.
The hint is : Not all american companies are world wide in every country.
Its like me complaining theres is not Finn dot no in america....
You do have reindeer in North America. Not many in the lower 48 but Alaska and Canada have alot of them. You call them caribou. Caribou and reindeer are just two different names for the same thing.
Thats true. Also have polar bears, dark winters etc in alaska🙂
I was looking for this comment. All Alaskans know that reindeer is caribou.
@@benderwoldmo1782 The Caribou is much larger, though.
Doesn't need to be a warm jacket, but a jacket that protects you from rain and wind is a "must have"
The way how holiday pay is handled in Norway is amazing!
Yes, salary is paid once per month, but you can also tell the people you often pay bills to if you get paid on the 30th of every month, for example, that you want to pay bills every 5th of every month, this makes it easier to see what you have left after the fixed bills have been paid.
The weather in Norway is often unpredictable, although the metrologists try their best. But Norwegians have some fixed points of reference, so that on the mountain the weather can change completely in five minutes, from, for example, snowy weather and a lot of wind to sunny and calm. It's almost terrifying when you experience it. But we Norwegians know this, and usually take precautions to bring clothes both for the snowy weather and in case it gets hot. And then this applies not only to clothing, but also to wax that is used under the skis, which is suitable for each individual type of weather. I myself live 6 miles south of Oslo, and in normal winter we have snow from mid-December to about mid-April. But it's hardly normal, so we've had snow that has settled as early as September, and we've had snow lying around until May. January and February are the coldest months, where the temperature can remain at -13 farenheit over a longer period. We have also had 72 farenheit in Mars, so it can vary greatly. Last winter we had a long period of 23F, and mostly only sunny days, so that was great, but we have also had winter days where it rains, while we still have freezing degrees, and then the driving conditions become incredibly difficult, even though many Norwegians use studded tires.
I rely on the weather stone. If its wet, its raining. If its white, its snowing. If its gone, its a hurricane.
Bank ID is pretty good when it's all set up and works, but if you don't have access then you are locked out of everything. Including many services on the bank app on your phone. You can rarely buy anything online with your VISA card without signing it off on Bank ID. It's a whole system with apps and everything. It's very secure and does work in my experience. However I can see how it's annoying because it takes a few extra seconds every time. You would use it to log in your digital mailbox where the government can send you classified letters only you can access. If you were to read an online message from your doctor you would use it on their web site. Basically every service uses bank id to make sure they got the right person. It could be buying stuff on credit too. We don't use paper mail for this kind of communication if we don't need to.
Yeah. And thoose under 18 can't get a Bank-ID unless both parents (if both have parental rights) consent to it, which can be a problem if someone don't want to cooperate. Especially since you need Bank-ID to apply for Videregående skole and to get VIPPS....
I did not know this. When I was younger we used something called MinID to apply for school. Which was a letter you recieved in the mail in advance, but it certaintly sounds horrific if someone is denied education by their parents in Norway, considering that 16 is the age where you are legally sovereign over your body and health (with a couple exeptions).@@animearigatoo
Not fun loosing or killing the phone...
And when that Huge loss of Electric Power or Interernet ....It's coming one day.
@@andersrefstad8235Yes that's where my mind is at too. The potential dangers. I think we've been lucky so far for the most part, but nothing about this consumerist lifestyle is sustainable. It can be like Titanic... They all thought it was the perfect ship that would never sink. I tell people to invest some of their assets in precious metals. Those are the real currencies when the power is out or financial hard ships. If you get real gold and silver coins, then they are legally tax free, because they are money. You are just exchanging one currency to another. Get a 25£ gold britannia coin and you will pay 450£ paper money for 25£ real gold money. This is proven money that has the power to last for generations. Even if it's for your grand children. You take it out of the system. At least a certain % of your assets, savings and investments.
We have posten, bring and postnord and you can get your package it in 2 days but you need to pay extra
We also have Helt Hjem👍
This also depends on where in the country you live. A lot of Norway is very rural areas and coastline, so not everywhere can get delivery in just 2 days. But yes In the more central areas you can.
That loudness and extraversion should make people respect you more is basically insane!
My husband say : listen, the more stupid people Are the more loud They Are
@@lindalund9621 good saying
@@lindalund9621 «Empty barrels rambles the most»!
As already said in the comments it is common and standard throughout Europe to be paid once a month, mostly near the end of the month (between the 21st and 28th) in The Netherlands and we don't get paychecks but it is directly deposited on your bank account and as most business have standard salaries for a function you get every month the same amount.
In April or May you get extra as your holiday money is being paid out together with your salary in The Netherlands. Some businesses you get also an end of the year bonus money.
Hot sauce like Tabasco has to be imported, in the Scandinavian countries most imported products are expensive.
In Europe when you logon to your bank account on your pc/laptop you have to fill in extra secure passcode generated with a passcode generator so only username and password won't suffice.
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- There is an aspect related to 'Norway's Universal Health Care System' that is gravely misunderstood...
Yes, one can and will get help here in Norway regardless of having some sort of 'Health Insurance' or not.
But what a lot of people fail to understand is that our 'Health Insurance Policies' work differently compared to that of the USA, for example.
Yes, similar to that of the USA, 'Norway's Health Insurance' is there to help with the legal mess that may arise in case of an accident or if and when something goes wrong during treatment.
But the major benefit of having 'Health Insurance' here in Norway is to lessen the financial burden that follows an accident or after surgery.
All the medical supplies and other health related supplies needed for a set amount of years into the future that otherwise would have drowned most people in financial debt.
And 'NO!', this support one gets through the 'Norwegian Health Insurance' options aren't everlasting for a particular incident/case, they are finite for the aftermath.
Something a lot of people seem to misunderstand as such...
A little side note...
A funny thing (NB!...: Not the good kind of funny!) about the 'Norwegian Health Care System' and/or 'Norwegian Health Insurance Policies' in particular is the fact that if a person is already on disability gets into an accident, they are pretty screwed seeing as even though their situation has indeed worsened after the fact they are no more eligible for further support such as it is.
This might seem like such a 1st world problem, but it's still hard to wrap one's head around...
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When I moved from Paris, France, to Montreal, Canada, some of the many cultural shocks related to work were,
being paid twice a month
having the taxes taken at the source
switching from 9 weeks of paid leave to 5! 🤣
Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Easter, etc., are always days off; if those days fall on a weekend in France, it is too bad for you! Better luck next year.
As far as being an introvert in Norway being considered not a character flaw there's a joke people here told about that after the Covid shutdowns were over. "We Norwegians are thankful we don't have to observe the 2 meter social distancing rule anymore. Finally we can go back to our normal 5 meters." 😁
Usually paid once a month on a set date in the U.K.
There is an extreme difference between winter in the south and the north of Norway. So they probably use a lot more winter clothing in the North as well. Most people use jeans all year down here. We are not very fashion oriented though, no one will police you, if you just wear work pants every day. Things like make up, shaving your arms, changing outfits from day to day, are generally considered a personal choice.
You should definitely read your comments, Tyler. It's not that many. You ask a lot of questions and they are answered here. And btw, you seem to think that USA is just Indiana. It is not. Your country is more diverse than that. There are coastal cities with fishermen, mountain cities with trekkers, hunters eating caribou, boat rides to join and lots of other things you seem to miss out on, living in Indiana. Tbh, I think you are willfully "ignorant" for the sake of these videos. Apart from that, I really like your videos. It's nice to learn things about my own country and see it through your eyes.
BankID (swede here nut guess it's the same)
It's like a regular ID card but it's digital in your phone. Thus you can verify your ID with your phone. I use it several times a day. I use it when I sign in to the bank, government sites like IRS, when I use swish (like venmo/cashapp). It's very(!) useful.
I'm Scottish and we have the same thing. Logging on to my bank account, buying anything online using Visa Debit it's two-step identification.
You should have a po. Box so we can send you some Norwegian things - like cheese😊
Ja send Jarlsberg,kvikk lunch Og grandiosa😅 vis du vil være slem send rak-fisk🤮
Being paid once a month is the normal thing in Europe. I didn't know it was different anywhere else. And about hiking culture. When I was at the university in Bergen, it was common for people (including teachers ehem...) to skip class on sunny days and go on a hike.
Bergen.. not a lot of skipping then so no probleem, lol
You got it 😂@@Goldenhawk583 🌧🌧🌧
The bank ID is great. We do all our payments digitally. You identify yourself when you open your bankaccount. When you pay your bills you have dbl or triple security check. You get a security number to your phone and you add it on your bankpage, secure as anything
And then the Powergrid and Internet went down,
B i g time...
The Amazon thing is only in 10 countries or so. Sweden is the only one in all of the nordic countries that has an amazon shop. We dont have one but we can still use Prime. I have had it for streaming for about 10 years now. 😎
But they keep talking about a shop that's supposed to happen.
Amazon treat their workers bad. So er are many Norwegians that are boicotting them. Maybe it is difficult for them to start a business here because we have strickt laws that protect the workers. We do not need greedy companies like that.
This is the first time I'm hearing about the concept of NOT baying paid once a month. Soon 40 years old.
15:37 America can be cold, like North Canada, it's very cold, around -10 to -15 degrees Celsius according to a search.
An American family I subscribe to has had -21°C this past week. Thinking Scotland is cold that surprised me as I've been complaining of our cold -6°C this past week. I should have it in my blood to be used to the cold as I am A quarter Norwegian, a quarter German and Half Scottish. My Nana lived in the edge of the Arctic Circle.
BankId is a digital multi-factor authentication platform used by banks, public services and some commercial service providers. It is issued by Norwegian banks, and co-owned by them. It requires a physical ID provided at your local bank to be issued to you, that has since changed to offer digital identification in addition to manual verification.
We have Amazon Prime as in TV. Amazon has tried/is trying to get into the Norwegian market, but has run into full stop due to us having laws that ensures that workers has rights and a minimum wage that is higher than Amazon is willing to offer.
wool is the best, it is temperature regulating. works just as well in -30 as in 40+ you get it in different thicknesses to suit your needs. it repels moisture, it is odor-resistant.
A small bonus is that it is environmentally friendly and extremely durable.
I agree. I used to work as a glassblower's assistan, and the best clothes to wear staning by the kiln was pure wool. It deflected the heat from the kiln almost magically, and we barely sweated at all. This is at a job that melts glass to (had to google) nearly 2000 degrees farenheit.
When we order online and it says it take less than a week we, ok! That’s fast. If we want something same day we go to the store and buy it.
Reindeer meat is delicious, but as with other animals, the meat will change in flavor based on what the animal eats. I grew up in a town on the coast of Finnmark, and the reindeer grazed in peoples gardens and the parks at the time. Now they have fenced off the whole town to keep the reindeer out, but some still get in. People used to say reindeer that had grazed in the gardens tasted tulips. I assume that they could tell the difference in the taste of the meat, and that those who had grazed in nature tasted the way it should taste.
18:22 OK, this should be clarified, because I am fairly certain they are not talking about Road Rage kind of "bad drivers" here, as there is hardly any Road Rage incidents in Norway, at least not anywhere close to American standards where you risk having someone come up to you with a base ball bat or even a gun for cutting them off, etc.
In Norway, we have yielding signs at every roundabout, in the information book about the yielding sign, as well as in the Norwegian Laws, you'll find that it means "Yield to both ways." The issue, however, is that Driver's Schools will teach students "Always yield to the left in Roundabouts." Which is the major reason for why a lot of people hate roundabouts in Norway.
So few people know the actual yielding laws for roundabouts because of their teacher(s) from Driver's School teaching them wrong, so "everyone" will constantly speed through the roundabouts as long as their left is clear. You are actually supposed to yield to the people coming from your right in roundabouts if they enter the roundabout before you, kind of like your residential crossings/intersections where you stop at both (if there are two) lines and the first to stop at the last line is the one to enter first.
Now, roundabouts aside, my Dad is American, and drove for probably 20 to 30 years in the USA before moving to Norway, driving in Norway for him is scary he says, this is partly because of roundabouts, but also largely for how we often have to yield to cars coming from side-roads here in Norway. Apparently that is something he isn't used to in the USA, and was cause for a near side-collision when he accidentally broke the yielding rule just as someone was coming from the side-road.
If you aren't used to the yielding laws in Norway, I can imagine this would cause you to think people are bad drivers, and while that may be true in some cases, it probably isn't in most.
Oh, and aside from those two things above, I'd say a lot of people in Norway can't be bothered buying Blinker Fluid, which is the only reason I can think of for why I constantly see idiots on the road that either don't know how, or refuse, to use their blinkers when driving...
Going to the "Road rage" that I mentioned very briefly earlier, the closest thing to Road Rage you will usually get in Norway is, when two cars have near-collision accidents, they honk at each other and yell at each other inside their own cars with their windows shut, albeit also potentially gesturing wildly with their hands and making not so kind facial expressions. This will usually last for all of two seconds, and then traffic will flow as normal again.
17:45 Spicy food isn't all that common in Norway, and if I'm not mistaken, the spicy food that we do have - thinking of Restaurants for the most part for this bit - is, I'd imagine, what some of the Staff would probably say is Medium Spiciness at the spiciest, but to Norwegians it might be way more than we can handle.
In most grocery stores, Tabasco is the most common hot sauce you can buy, but there are still more than a few others you can find if you know where to look.
Helgø Meny, for instance, will have a wider variety of hot sauces than Coop Obs, while Coop Obs will have a wider variety of hot sauces than Rema 1000 for instance.
Reindeer is the best meat in the world. Closely followed by moose. As for Amazon Prime, I imagine Norwegian wages are too high. But you usually get what you order online within 3-4 days here, depending on where you live. I live in a rural area, and I get my stuff pretty quickly.
I can't stand meat from the wild, or sheep. Which makes me a weird Norwegian i guess.
I totally agree reindeer is the best meat - and cured reindeer is so good it can not be described.
I guess Amazon does not want to follow the norwegian work laws 🤷
@@ahkkariq7406 I'd be willing to try that even tho i don't like regular reindeer meat. I might be surprised
@@armedelius923 If you get the chance, you should try. Not the sausage you can buy in the Supermarket, even if it is good, too. It has to be the real thing.
You can wear outdoor gear so much because it makes you seem sporty, nothing to do with being cold (sometimes)
5:58 The sweater are called Marius sweater or Mariusgenser in Norwegian
Even in the uk we get paid every month
Healthcare in the us IS a business, big business! That is why they can pay off politicians to keep it that way...
I would say we have pretty much 2 months of warm/great weather, depending where you live. I live in the southernmost region. But rest of the year is just rain, cool and snow. Pretty much.
As a Norwegian all of this is correct, I lived a period in UK and got used to Amazon Prime, and I still miss it, the summer \ warm periods are 3 months if it is a good year on the main land. with that said Norway have territory in both North and South Pole so technically we have all year winters too.
in sweden we also get our salary once a month, usually around the 25th of the month.
The famous sweater in norway is called a '' marius genser'' and BankId is a way of identifiaction on many apps and website. You get an acoount for BankId and you use it to verify purchases, sales, signing in on bank apps on your phone and etc. Universal health care is good to have, esspecially if you got children. Children in norway get completly free health care except for braces and some other things. You also dont have to pay for ambulances and even rescues in the mountains. And we have a saying in norway about Brunost '' If you don't like brunost, you're not norwegian''. And no, we don't have Amazon Prime, we dont even have amazon. Yes you can buy things from amazon, but you got to import it from the UK and pay like 50 dollars for shipping + import fee and tax, so buying from amazon is really expensive. Wool isnt that expensive here and its really common to have many pieces of wool clothing. Our warm season is from late may to late september, so warm clothes are important to have. Yes hot sauce is expensive here, a 60ml bottle of tabasco is about 7 dollars. This is my answer as a guy born and raised in norway. Leave a question and i will answer :)
cold months start from October or so depending on where you're at....
and most likely last until March/April when the sun returns to parts of Norway
I think the cheese is life thing is that american "cheese" not realy is cheese
Only if your unemployed or on so social welfare you get twice a month since the money is less. But once a month if you work or are on sick leave or disability benefits.
14:49 Not to reiterate what someone else has mentioned about Amazon, but to answer your question, there are actually no Amazon warehouses at all in Norway, there is apparently a Swedish branch now, but that is still very young I'd imagine. I usually order from Amazon UK, and the average wait time for regular shipping is around 1 week (Work week, so Monday - Friday, pause on Saturday and Sunday, then Monday and arrive on Tuesday) to 3 weeks, all depending on what I order and, I'd imagine, how much it weighs as well as which country it ships from.
If the shipping process is anything like DHL, then for Countries that they don't ship to very often, they will have large sacks assigned to those Countries that, once the sack is full, they will send it off for shipping to those Countries, then that might explain why it takes so long before it arrives here in Norway.
Reindeer is, indeed, very delicioius! Though, it must be said that it's not eaten that often (and as such treated more like a delicacy). It's also expensive when compared to chicken, cow or other meat. Fun fact: reindeer meat contains as much omega 3 as some types of fish, and 100 grams contains the daily recommended intake.
Wool has some great properties! Even if it's damp/wet, it can still hold heat which makes it absolutely fantastic for any activities! Weather-wise, Norway isn't that cold actually. There are places in the US which is typically colder than Norway, like North/South Dakota or Montana. Granted, there can be huge differences between south and north of Norway as well.
We have Amazon prime, but there are no regular delivery central here, so they have to use another company to deliver goods. And it takes longer. We have warm weather, but still use outdoor attire as it is good quality and can be a status symbol, because of the price. What I have noticed from US drivers is their constant fiddling with their phones while driving, so they stop seeing the traffic in front and that causes accidents. In Norway, phone use while driving will cost you USD1000 if you get observed by the police. That stings a lot, so we try our best not to use them without handsfree.
Wool is expensive here too. A spagetthi strap thin wool undershirt would cost min. NOK 250 / $30
Winter clothes are often wool and linen combination.
Breathable and easy to keep clean.
In NL we also get paid once a month, which is the case in most/all of Europe. The Bank ID system is also used in NL. We call it DigiD and it works in exactly the same way and is used for secure access to all government services such as the various healthcare portals and tax departments.
These services are all digitalised and therefore require secure access.
We also have Bank-id in Sweden. It is an app on the phone that is linked to their bank.
Jup, Germany, too. Money once a month, and bank ID which, once set up, is really convenient.
Kids start out with pocket money once a week and when they get older and more money wise - once a month.
Bank ID is digital. You present your passport the first time then you log on bwo personal id number /password / biometrics later on. You pay bills - make a doctor's appointment - receive your monthly salary directly, digitally, into your account - transer funds btw different accounts - pay for food - tickets- busfare with your phone bwo a baking app or Vipps. It's so convenient. ❤
The law in Norway states you have to pay your workers within 14 days.
In order to save on overhead it is normal to pay in advance the last half of the month...
Bank ID is a application you download to your phone, you can also have a small electronic thingy that generates a secure number which matches the bank generated number, it’s basically a third-stage encryption key generated before you get to the part, you can enter your personal password…. and it’s not a pain in the butt unless they are doing updates on the system
Had an American friend from Wisconsin who loved the cheese here when he moved to Norway in the late 90s. Especially the brunost. But as time went on he discovered and bemoaned the truly abysmal selection of white cheese in the store chains. And now, only the most boring white cheeses have survived. But at least we still have brunost.
Aside from beef, sheep, goat, pork, chicken, *and* reindeer, we also eat deer, roe deer, moose, musk ox, whale, shark, grouse, turkey, goose, and a wide variety of fish.
Outdoor gear is the type of clothes that you wear when you hike or bicycle, they exist both for summer and for winter.
Living in bigger cities you can often get delivery the same or the following day through services like PorterBuddy without any or a miniscule additional charge when ordering from Norwegian companies.
A lot of the comment is partly in jest or is limited to the specific area the person lives in. I live in a small town in the far north and I eat hot sauce all the time but never Tabasco. This is because the store owner will try to modify the availability of products based on demand trough this stange process called "capitalism", a system you might not be aware of coming from the US ;)
But seriously, if something is difficult to get we usually order it. It does take longer for the product to arrive than in the US, no doubt there, but it works fairly well, so most things can be aquired but it takes more time.
Outdoor gear is for all seasons.
Great job again❤🎉
Paid once a month in most of Europe ,
I’m cruising to Norway from UK next May, I am so buying a Norwegian Wool Sweater/Jumper
In Australia depending who you work for, we usually get paid weekly or fortnightly. It mainly gets paid into your nominated bank account via EFT(electronic funds transfer)
Monthly salary payments are quite common in Europe. In Norway 14 weekly is not that uncommon tho. Most places I worked in Norway had 2 weekly payments. Was really a shock when I moved to Norway from Germany.
BankID is a sort of 2 factor authentication.
Who needs Amazon Prime?
I like what you did with your hair. 😃
Yes I was thinking that very cool but I didn't want to be rude saying so glad you did 😂. Still he look better with a shave as well very smart it's Thanksgiving in America around about now I think it's tomorrow
Being paid monthly is normal for grown up jobs everywhere.
For kiddie and entry level jobs like a paper route or maybe the sort or part time job you get in college like collecting glasses in a pub or whatever you might get paid weekly, but every salaried job pays monthly.
If you’re still being paid weekly once you fully enter the job market then you are probably working somewhere dodgy that pays you under the table.
P.S - I am British.
The standard in Denmark is getting paid on the last bank day in every month, and your salery is earned from 21st to 20th every month. Some places pays you every 2 weeks instead, but its more rare nowadays.
In Sweden everyone is paid on the 25th ever month. If the 25th is during the weekend or holiday, you get paid the first regular day before that weekend day or holiday.
I think when he says outdoor gear he means the outfit you would wear e.g on a hike and not necessarily
winter clothing. Normally you would wear pants and jackets meant for the outdoors when on a hike.
outdoor gear; i think what the writer is trying to say is that we Norwegians often use; Norøna, Fjellræven, Bergans to mention some brands often, like hiking/outdoor pants and jackets 90% of the time instead of jeans ect, somethimes ofc for the weather and winter. but not that its so cold all the time.
We have other delivery services in Norway. Works just as well, most of the time.
A regular (60ml?) bottle of Tabasco typically cost NOK55-60 (about $5-6), slightly more for the variants, and I can't remember ever having seen the larger ones outside of restaurant kitchens. And there are way more brands and sorts available than this guy makes it out to be :P Sriracha is available at pretty much every store, and is cheaper than Tabasco. If you go to immigrant corner shops, the selection is typically much larger, and we do also have some local producers. Imported sauces I guess are taxed quite hard, and the supply chain in general tends to bo quite long*, hence the higher price. And it's not like the typical Norwegian is known for chowing down on hot wings or other spicy foods at home too often, which can also up the price - but we are improving :P
(* "specialty items" like hot sauce is typically imported by one company, shipped on to another centralized distribution company center, then to a local distribution center, either owned by the wholesale company, or the store chain, and THEN it goes to each individual store..)
Here's the thing about Amazon Prime. We have it where I live. Amazon nag me every time I buy something to sign up for it. I always say no and pick the cheapest delivery option going. My stuff, nine times out of ten, turns up in two days anyway! So, er, it might be a rip off. (I do live in a major city though, more remote areas may vary.)
In terms of Amazon Prime: The available fast deliveries are more diverse here, I feel like. You have PorterBuddy, Posten/Bring (Norwegian mail-service), Helt Hjem, PostNord etc. It is by all means fully possible getting the same kind of speedy deliveries if your product is in stock. I guess it is a bit more difficult to navigate before u learn it for a person moving here.
Very cool videos ✌✌ It's so entertaining hearing from an American how you perceive Norway. You are very positive about our nation - thank you for your lovely perspectives. The ironic thing is that sometimes I learn stuff about Norway myself from your vieos 😂😂
Brown cheese is actually a bi-product from the making of regular cheese .. And yes , everything is basically more expensive here in Norway. If you have questions or wonder about some specific feel free to ask 👍😃
BankID exists in Sweden as well. There is a physical version, but must people use the mobile version, which is a certificate stored on your phone. It started in Sweden where it was created in cooperation between a number of swedish banks.
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Jeg kommer fra Norge. Jeg har sett på mange av dine innlegg på TH-cam, å jeg synes de er veldig underholdende. Jeg bor hær så for meg er Norge helt normal. Fortsett med Norske videoer. Brunost,bunad, osv.
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We Europeans don't like to listen to empty talk, which is a result of the fact that if one is going to talk just to talk, then eventually it becomes empty talk.
Outdoor gear is anything from wind-jacket to those big poofy jackets. Hiking-clothing, basicallly.
So yeah it is acceptable to wear to a lot of occasions, except for formal events.
As an accountant being paid once a month is good for both the employee & the employer it makes budgeting a must I'm always shocked how bad American cheese is when I go there.
We dont have amazon centers in norway. We have Posten, a state owned company that does the same thing. We have other private companys too, so you can pick who delivers your packages.
Posten is not the same function as Amazon lol
For the past three years, Norway has been the safest country in the world in terms of traffic, measured in the number of people killed per million inhabitants. In 2019, Norway had 20 people killed per million inhabitants, while the average in Europe was 51 people killed.
@Tyler Walker. Interesting topics on your channel. Have I seen you before? Haven't you had, or been on, another TH-cam channel? Anyway, a suggestion for a topic for a future video. Tank usage in Norway. Inspiration can be found in this video:
_Your Future Car - "Drifting tanks in Norway"_
Yes, the Norwegian practice in going drifting in a 60 tonnes main battle tank. In this case they invited the US Marines to join them with their Abrams tanks (back when the Marines still had them). It looks like they're having fun. The footage in the video should be from the 2014 "Cold Response Exercise" in Rena, Norway. Maybe the Norwegian military can provide you with original footage to use? What I find interesting is that Norway is a very mountainous country, not what we perceive as typical "tank country", so Norway has to think out of the box with their tanks. And I must admit: Imagining tanks drifting sideways down snowy slopes, guns blazing, is sort of cool.
[Edit] Another suggestion for a topic is _electric cars_ in Norway. I believe Norway is world leader in that field. No other country in the world has as high percentage of electric cars as Norway.
Bank ID, we have a similar system in Denmark, used for almost all interactions of individuals with the public or governmental system. Thanks for your videos. Cheers from Denmark.
Amazon will not comply with some of the rules that must be followed. Is especially ethical, workers' fair etc. There is probably a reason why it is so cheap and quick delivery time. All major American companies have struggled with this, such as McDonald's. The starting point for American owners is that workers should follow e.g. Mc Donald's Employee Wages and Hours. The EU will never conform to it. It can also be a little different in various ways. EU countries. They may have small local differences. Slightly more differences in countries such as Norway Switzerland + 3-4 more that are not members of the EU but are included in the part that deals with the economy and trade between the EU plus imports and exports from outside the EU. Like the US, China? Japan, etc. Personally, I hope never company with the type of owners who have become so rich that it is sickening. One reason in particular is the thousands of employees who have a salary that is practically impossible to live on. The number who do not get a full position, but almost because of that, there are much less obligations for Amazon in terms of health insurance and sick days, paid vacation, etc. No people have done anything that makes them deserve so much money. No. Not paying taxes once. Really like America, in my youth everything about America was something we could only dream about and what has been boring lately is more disappointment. I think that is what the vast majority of people in Europe actually think and is the reason why many TH-camrs have to bully Americans a little in a humorous way, because we really love them. Little thing. For me and many my age, that statement by Bush Jr. before Afghanistan. To tell his European friends and allies. Either you are with us or you are against us. That's not what a world leader says... never period. All the EU and several other countries around the world want the US to have a major leadership role and be a super power with a respected leader. We in Europe and several other large countries, eg Australia. But look at the leaders there have been since the late 60s. Will the USA be the leader of the world, World Polit
Northern Europeans are generally introvert. Payment once a month is the norm in most of the world. Most of the payments I have to make, like utilities, are monthly. And we never use checks. I've never used Amazon. It's expensive and delivery times are very long. Here in Mexico everybody uses a service called Mercado Libre and deliveries are, at the most, 2 days and sometimes same day, as the company has many distribution centers all over the country and their own delivery vehicles. No extra payment.
Universal healthcare is a no brainer same with unions for both workers and employes. Brunost and hiking IS life. I love bringing a note+sketch book and write/ draw a fantasy version/ reality of where I live.
BTW NO!! ⚠️Amazon prime should NOT get an infesting foothold in our land. To much union busting and certain parts of Amazon have just abyssal working conditions. We have our OWN Posten/ Bring postal services and a few online stores do have DHL pay extra to get package early. So no need for Benzo dung company😂 We are doing fiiiine without amazon
Note: meant workers and employers/ leaders
If you live in a big city like Oslo, packages usually arrive within 3 workdays anyway
We're paid monthly here in the UK too. It's probably because of the extra work involved in paying your tax, holiday pay, sick pay etc. (Out tax is worked out and paid on our behalf.....automatically)
It's not a problem,
I use a credit card for all purchases and pay the balance when I get my wages.
The reason why outgear is acceptable is because the weather can change fast. For example it can be a warm beautiful day but a sudden storm can come in quicky and it does rain often. Also depending on the area where you live it gets darkerthe father north you go in the winter time. Daylight from around the middle part on north you can experience 3 hours to only dusk in the winter and the light is sort of a hazy light, not a full daylight But in the summer month one can enjoy daylight and the midnight sun 24 hours a day. Wind on the coast can be brutal during a storm so wearing wearmer or outdoor gear is part of life. Everyone wears jeans, but not everyone cares if they are name brrand. I'm not sure where the person who wrote said that hot sauce is expensive. There are all types of hot sauce in the country. From Mexican, Asian and other place. In the past hot sauce was not normal to have on food, now it's available everywhere. For example we got a pizza that said it was hot and usually hot for a Norwegian means lightly spiced but this pizza was hot enough to curl your hair having a glass of milk beside wasn't enough to stop the incredable burn.
I ordered 2 cd’s from Los Angeles. I took 3 days from I placed the order til it arrived in my mailbox here in kristiansand in southern Norway.
Congrats.
idk about norway but in Denmark we don't have amazon prime, instead it's just normal to expect your package in 1-2 days, usually 1 day if you order before 4 pm
Since most services bill you once a month, it just makes sense to get paid once a month too