This guy lived in Norway as a missionary from the Mormon church, as a young man. So he probably lived here like 40 years ago. A lot has changed since then 😊
I live in Oslo and does not own a car. I really don’t need one. There are 4 different busses going in every direction. One of the routs i can get on every 6 minute. And by the way…we eat things like tacos also. 🤣 In the winter we are good when it comes to driving in the snow. I have watched several videos from other countries where there is caos with just a few centimeters of snow. Most of the farmers in our country have an extra job in wintermonths removing snow from the streets. Like 24/7
It sounds like it was a while since he lived in Norway. The milkshop/butcher/fishshop on the corner is almost all gone thanks to the shopping centers in the outskirts of town.
Agreed. It has probably been a while since he was here. It sounded like he was describing my childhood in the 70s and 80s. At the end of the 60s, there were also some fierce winters with huge snowfalls, at least at the coast of Southern Norway.
@@ahkkariq7406 I remember the winters of the late 60's. We'd have a couple of metres/7 feet of snow. Piled high. To us kids it was a bonanza of snow men, snowball lanterns, snow fortresses, igloos, and snow tunnels in the sloped garden to slide through. ❄️🙆♀️🛷🙆♂️❄️🧣🙆🧤❄️⛄️
As usual people from the US tend to see the whole of Norway as this one thing, which won't give you an accurate depiction of the country. Norway is one of the most diverse countries in Europe when it comes to nature and climate, and so there's huge regional differences when it comes to the weather. Some parts of Norway don't even get snow in the winter, only rain and maybe some sleet which melts as soon as it hits the ground. Or maybe it will stay for a day or two and then it's gone again. In those areas the first signs of spring might show up as early as February, while in other parts it might not start until May/June.
True. And also what the man said about the grossery stores. We have that big shops were you can get everything in one place, and that's more common in the country. The way he explains his experience, is really unknown for me. I never go in different shops to buy milk and bread and so on.
Weather really depends on where you are in Norway. Remember that lenght of Norway is about the distance from Norway to Italy. It's the longest country in Europe, actually. I live in the southeast. We are sheltered by the mountains to our west (where all the weather systems usually come from). So instead of the humid and relatively mild climate year around, it's quite dry with cold winters and warm summers. When you get up in elevation or further north, you can expect more snow. Elevation is very important. We could have almost no snow in town at 150 meters elevation, but if we drive 20 minutes away at 300 meters elevation it could be 1.5 meters of snow.
I'm pretty sure Russia is both longer and wider than Norway, and that's partly in Europe. Norway is definitely the _thinnest_ country though, measured by the ratio between length and width.
@@Henrik46 The first rule of Europe is that we don't consider Russia as part of us. The second rule of Europe is that we don't consider Russia as a part of Europe 😜 You could say that Russia is a transcontinental country geographically speaking, parts of which are in Europe. But Russians would not consider themselves European and Europeans definitely would not consider them that, especially now.
@@AudunWangenOf course we consider Russia a part of Europe. But it's always the odd one out. When talking about the thickest etc country in Europe we usually talk about countries *fully* within Europe, not the transcontinental ones...
The speicialty stores he talks about are usually pretty small, and they will often be in a shopping area that is smaller than an american mega mart. So, instead of having a mega mart with different sections, you have speciality stores right next to each other, owned by different people.
The Norwegian health authorities issue advice on what to eat and what a healthy meal should consist of, but also what Norwegians eat is very dependent on what resources people have around them. Like in Northern Norway they have an abundence of fish and so eat more of that, while the inner parts of Sourthern Norway has more wild animals and livestock. Western parts of Norway has other livestock, the kind that enjoys living in hilly terrain, like goats. We do transport fish from the coast all over Norway and the world, so we tend to have fish at least twice a week and perhaps even more. The health authorites recommend fish at least twice a week I think.
The whole "dark winter" thing is poorly explained as well. The further north you go the in the winter, the darker it will be. In the south of the country it's not really THAT bad. Already in January you will start to notice that the days are beginning to get longer. I live not too far from Trondheim, and I have some sunlight all year. It's not up for many hours in late December, but it's there even then. I'm actually happy that the winter is darker as it makes it easier to get sleep/rest so the days will go by faster until it's spring again, and if the weather is nasty outside, at least you don't have to see it.😆😂 And in spring/summer it's nice to have longer days to get stuff done/enjoy the season. I could do with a bit earlier spring where i live as im not the biggest winter person, but it's not nearly as bad or extreme as some people make it out to be.
@@lillm6874 southeastern mountains did this year. Was still over 3 meters left long after easter in some areas. That doesnt happen every year though, but its not unheard of either.
Tyler!! We do have the big grocery stores where you can get everything you need, like food, bread, snacks, clothes, paint and brushes for painting the house, flowers, kitchen items, bedroom items, living room items etc. etc. and we also have the smaller corner shops and other shops all over the place. Most places we have smaller grocery shops in our neighbourhoods..... so we don't have to drive to the bigger shops. There's a grocery shop in my neighbourhood, it takes me under 2 minutes to walk to it. There I can get food, snacks, flowers, some kitchen items, some hobby stuff, etc. etc. And the shop also has a small Post Office where I can pick up my packages, and send post and packages. There are places in Norway where you have to drive to the shops, but in many, many places the shops are right around the corner.... 😊
Snow depends on where in Norway you are. In the mountains I have experienced 6ft of snow. But in the lowlands 3-4ft is considered a lot of snow. On the west coast a snow man usually lasts for a couple of days. We have some bakeries and along the coast some fish shops, but not as many as in the 90s. Now larger stores with its own meat disks and daily bread are now much more common. I would seldom take the bus. I even take the car 500 meters to the grocier store 😅
I'd be interested in knowing when this guy lived in Norway, because it sounds very old-timey. Especially with the grocery stores. Now we do have grocery stores that carry a variety of items. Not completely like Walmart where you can get groceries, electronics and home appliances all at the same store, but grocery stores are more common these days than specialized stores. Of course we do still have the bakeries and butcherers, which are specialized. Also with the meat - I think these days, beef is often considered more common than fish and poultry. However, what he said about our beef being primarily ox is still true. Cows are used for milk, whilst ox is used for beef.
@@lillm6874 Thank you for making me check myself. Actually, according to producers such as Jacobs and Nortura, they don't mark is at either ox nor cow. It's just marked under a single name "storfe" (or "beef" in English). But they estimate they use about equal amounts ox and cow - the consumer will just not know the difference.
It´s not snow everywhere in Norway in the winter. I lived in Bergen for over 30 years. And the winter there is quite mild. It usually rains and is wind. Not that much snow really. I wish I knew where and when this guy lived in Norway. Because most grocery stores I know have everything you need. Meat, dairy, bread and the things you usually will need.
@@ragnarkisten i only said not much snow. In a total winter it might be 2 weeks in total spread over the entire winter. Some winters have more but some winters have less. I have experienced winters with no snow at all there. I gave even been out mowing the lawn at 23 of december.
@@denisspratt926 You didn't though. You said it is not snow everywhere in Norway. And mowing the lawn at little Christmas eve? Really, that must be some really special type of grass you have there....
@@ragnarkisten the grass stops growing when the ground temperature is under 7 degrees celsius. So when it is warmer than that it still grows. And that does happen sometimes in Bergen and the western Norway in the winter.
@@denisspratt926 Nah! 10 degrees for the most part, and it has to be pretty stable conditions, and light. And both is lacking in winter. But, yes grass might grow some, particularly underneath snow, as the snow covers and provides moist. However, hardly so much that you need to cut it!
Snow depths of 6-7 foot is not uncommon and in some areas 6-7 METERS (20+ feet) is not unheard of. With regards to meat vs fish there is regional differences as well as variations in what type of meat is used. Some coastal areas use more fish, some inland areas use more meat and more use wild game. The public transportation is also not good in many areas outside of the cities. There may be buses, but not every 10 minutes, but rather 2-3 times a day.
Most Norwegian lives in their own house or apartment today. We still have local stores few minutes away from home, but most of them are small versions of the grocery stores today and they often have a mini bakery inside the store. We do also have malls close to the bigger cities but also traditional towns with shops and bigger grocery stores nearby. In Norway, you will still find shops in relation to the representative local market.
4:00 Norway is very coastal, with warm gulf stream water, so a lot of water evaporates, making winters have extreme humidity. in the inland areas you can ride a snowmobile at -40C (-40f or so) no problems at all (sure you bundle up well, fur mittens, warm helmet, wool underneath oversize winter jacket and pants). But on the coast, due to the humidity, -25C can be even more cold (especially when traveling at 50mph).
I live in the north of Sweden and I've lived in Norway for a year and it can easily be 1-2 meters of snow when it's wintertime. Fish is surely popular in Norway but people eat chicken and meat too. Fish is cheap plus you can get it for free from any nearby lake. meat is quite expensive so if you wanna save money fish it is. :) Having a car is just a hazzle in Oslo. Parking is more expensive than taking the bus or the subway. The subway goes like every 5-10 minutes and you can get to any place in Oslo within 30 minutes, it's just excellent. I miss that when I live here in a small city in Sweden were we don't have a metro. I don't agree that you buy chicken in one place and fish in another. I bought everything in an ICA, Kiwi, Rema 1000 or whatever.
When I was in Montreal, Canada February 2020, I remember it was so hot I could basically go around in a thin sweater and jeans without thinking about the cold, I brought too much clothes..
We do have big grocery stores that most go to, but we also have smaller specialties stores like a pure butcher shop for fancy meat vs plastic bag meat in a big store. It is just so we have the "better quality "-small specialty stores if wanted.
My bestfriends husbond is from Finmark, north of Norway to the east towards Russia. He say that he has newer been so cold as when he lived in southwest, because of humilety and wind 😊😊😊
Concerning the humidity, this has nothing to do with the lack of daylight, but rather with the location you are in. The humidity in the inland is low, but along the coast, the humidity is much higher, and in the same way as a high humidity will make a summer day feel warmer, it will make a winterday feel colder. I think most people will prefer to have a house of their own, but if you are living in a city, the cost of land may be beyond reach, and people therefore may not have an option of getting a house. I notice though, the elderly people, often may sell their house and buy an apartment to get rid of the garden and maintenance work.
i live fairly close to the south of Norway. in the summer time it never really gets total darkness, theres a few hours where you think its gonna get dark, but at like 2am it starts getting lighter again.
Based on his accounts, it sounds like he lived somewhere in the vicinity of theTromsø or Lofoten areas. Abundant in fish, with proximity to the ocean, and the midnight sun and access to public Transportartion. Most other places north of Tromsø has much less access to public transport due to remote locations and harsh weather conditions. The comment about single product corner store is throwing me off, most our grocery stores sell almost all the essentials in the same one. I can not think of anywhere in that region where products are sold separately in specialty stores. Hopefully he mentions where he lived in the next part.
I’m always amazed of how little you know about your own country, maybe you should make a channel about the US as well?👍 There’s many places in the US where it’s cold and snows a lot, and Alaska has dark winters also. I think it’s even colder there, because of the gulf stream the coast of Norway is rather mild.
Yes, he should try to get an old school Globus to find out Norway in Europe is the same northern latitude as Alaska, the most northern state of the USA. And there its also cold, dark and snowy in winter but no gulf stream heating.😊
I remember like 20 years ago i had to walk home in snow that reached all the way up to my chest because they had not gotten to us yet when plowing the snow
To imahine the position of Norway on the map, you have to know that the Canadian borderline is at the same grade north as the Capital City of France, Paris. 49 grades north. Southern part of Norway is at 58 gradeas north and North Cape, Norway is 71 grades north. The arctic sircle is at 63,4 something, south of the city of Bodø.
This man must have spent his time in the North West. On the Hardangervidda, the snow can be 7 to 12 feet deep. Pork is used more than beef. I agree that Norwegian bread is among the best of its kind.
Norwegians mostly prefer houses, but a "block" apartment is not really considered a negative. It's not really about "community", as you probably know Norwegians are considered quite reserved. It's more about convenience. In a Block apartment you don't really need to care about unexpected expenses and they are often easier to maintain if the responsibility falls on the apartment owner at all. For a busy person or family this can outweigh the negatives, so it's not really considered as a "lesser" solution by most Norwegians. The "competition/class" is more on size and location. Love the guy you reacting to, seen a couple of his videos. A few times I get the feeling he talks about Norway 20+ years ago, but he have for sure traveled all across Norway and picked up on traditions cross country.
Winter is all kind of winter as we have hot steams from Mexico along the shore of western eaurope. Then we have the artic futher north and the more europian winter in the east. Norway is a kind of everything all the time❤
We make (older than 40) so much ourselfes. If we need to go to buy bread, we will do this but if we wish "homemade" we go to a bakery, if we live in a city... most people dont. Bread is important so even "bad" bread is good and healthy.
3:51 No, the length of the night isn't what matters. It's our location on the Atlantic ocean coast. Also, the climate has changed since he visited. 5:32 Things has changed since his visit. But yes, when he was young it would have been common here with fish for dinner 6 days a week. 7:39 It's so weird to me that English use different words for spreads and toppings... For us it's all just "pålegg". 4:72 We're definitely up there with the Germans. They *might* have us beat though, especially these days... A lot of our bakeries are gone and people buy breads in stores these days... Regarding our apartments, we often own or at least a share in it, so it's not like renting at all.
11:35 This sounds very outdated, someone else commented as much that it was probably 40 years ago. I'm soon 33 and have lived here in Norway for 30 years now, ever since I can remember, there has always been grocery stores that sold everything from milk and dairy products to meat and fish products, and everything in between dry and wet. We do have specialty meat stores, but I'm fairly certain (not having bothered looking for statistics) that the vast majority of Norwegians just buy their meat in the local grocery store which, depending on their location, could vary from a single grocery store far away from their home (if they live out in the boonies), to what would probably not be an exaggeration to say 14+ grocery stores in walking distance from where they live. We don't have Walmart in Norway, the closest thing we get to that would be Coop Obs, they are a grocery store combined with various other things like sports, clothing, shoe, gardening, electronic, film store, but they are smaller in size compared to a Walmart, and I don't think they have furniture to be bought in them like Walmart does.
@Tyler Walker here in norway our hot dogs contain mix meat mostly but you can get turkey/Chicken hot dogs aswell :) But in finnmark there is more snow then this guy speaks about seems like he was more down in telemark in norway describing 6-7 feets snow
Sounds to me he lived in Norway for like 50 years ago or so. There are small shop “around the corner”, but mostly in city’s. We have the same type of malls you’re referring to, with everything in one place etc. when it comes to public transportation, I have no idea, since I’m using the car(s) when I need to go some places. But, you should really come and explore our beautiful country, and in my opinion who hates winter, do it it summer time. Norway is really great(except of all the taxes…😵💫
I love beef and whiskey. But Fish is a protein that is easy available many places in Norway. And if you can get fish from the ocean, and it is fresh as it can get. It is another experience. Better than anything you get from a store anywhere in the world.
if you live on the country side in Norway, public transportation is basically none, the only thing that goes is basically the school bus, and then out of town to other places. So to get around then you need a car, bike, scooter, moped etc
Hah! Have you ever been to North Dacota in winter, i.e. Rugby, the geographical center in North America? I have seldom been a place where it was as cold mid winter... Yeah, we can have loads of snow, but specially by the coast, due to temperature changes, the snow get compressed between snowfalls, or it rains away.
More than 80% of Norwegians ovn theyr Home, wether it’s a house or an apartment. Apartment buildings are set up as a Ltd company and you but the shar that represent your part of the building, and you pay a service fee for maintinance of common arias. Many houses have a rental apartment in them. The taxation in Norway stats that if you rent out less than 50% of your house it’s not taxable incom. Taxation of profit of selling a house/apartment is taxexemt if you have ovned the house for atleast 2 years and lived in it for atleast 1 year in the last 2.
Correction. Buses every 10 minutes. Heavily depends on where you live. Rural, non-rural, big city, small city and where you are going. Also trains, depending on where you live some places they are often delayed, changed out for buses which take twice as long etc. it's ridiculous But yes you don't need a car, but in most of Norway it is really, really nice to have IMO. I do have many family members without a license even. Also, almost all grocery stores has fresh bread and packaged (non-fresh) meat. In rural areas, you might struggle more, but bakeries are in basically all cities. But we have extremely few stores that resemble a Walmart or alike. That would have to be "Coop Obs". Also, as others mentioned, 6-7 feet of snow isn't that usual in the south but definitively happens up north. And all the way up north, you might as well forget about the sun in the winter.
Sausages, at least in Norway, are made from pork, pork/beef mix, or even chicken. The percentages of the mixed meat is usually not provided, but I believe it is mostly pork as beef is more expensive. If you can't see (or taste) what kind of meat it is, there is no need to go for the most expensive type. 😉
6ft of snow is not that horrible, I've seen snow up to 15ft. Up on the mountai passes tho, we don't get that much in lower areas. Bus every 10 min is in the cities, they don't come that often in the countryside.
6-7 ft? That's just around high traffic, highly populated areas. Where my parents are from, between those 2 places you have to drive over the mountain and some areas with 16-17 ft with snow. I remember as a kid i was always terrified when we drove to my grandparents in the winter. I was afraid the snow would cave in and cover us 😳
The shop-descriptions seems a little off. He sounds a little like describing Norway in the 60's Granted, we do have a lot of food-shops that by american standards perhaps are not that huge, like 1000 square meters, etc, and in the top 6 biggest towns, there are some local grocery stores, and you do have bakeries. However, there are tons of supermarkets; huge complexes of several square km's, with a ton of shops and humungous parking lots, usually outside the city centres, leaving them to mostly serve tourists, and "normal" shops struggle and go bankrupt. Theese shopping areas started becoming many around 2000, so perhaps he visited before that. As for the snow, in the mountains and in eastern Norway, the snow can pile up pretty high. However, as global warming is a thing, it's extremely rare to see snow acumulate mor than perhaps 3 feet most places.
The first thing... The midnight sun is pretty much just in midd-Norway and northern-Norway. Most people live south of midd-Norway. Either in, or around Oslo and Bergen. Trondheim is pretty much the only citty in northern norway. I can't say exsact how manny people never experiences the midnightsun and three months long night, but it's under half. Most people upp there are also depressed because of the long night.
I'm guessing he belongs to the Church of Later Day Saints. Guessing from his age he was here a long time ago, when he was a young missionary. These days the specialty shops are mostly gone and replaced by supermarkets, like in the US. As Norwegian economy has soared, meat has become more ubiquitous and while fish still is a mainstay dish due to culture and availability I think we on average eat a lot more meat now. (Being an 80's kid I experienced the "Americanization" of Norway first hand.)
Norway is really different from one area to another weatherwise. At the coast you won´t always get even 6" every winter, while the highest mountain passes can easily have 12 feet. How do you distinguish beef from oxen meat? I thought that was pretty much what beef meant - or put it like this - oxen is also beef, only considered a bit more desireable. Fish is not the main staple all over Norway. It really depends on where you are in the country. But it would always be possible to get high quality fish I guess. Today, public transport is useless in most of Norway. It works well in the biggest cities. The rest of the country very much depends on cars. When he was here, we probably had better bus and train services at least. Also, cars were not so common yet, and less people worked awkward hours, so more people could actually make public transport work.
This guy must have lived in Norway very long time ago. We also got big malls and super markeds. He is taking about Norway year 1960 or something Also he probably lived in the nordern part. They eat lots of fish in the nordern part but we do eat beef and other meat 😅.
I think this guys perception of Norway is heavily related to where he lived. It is not like that many other places! (For instance specialty stores instead of malls).
It also depends a bit on where in Norway you live on how well the public transport is. If you live in the city, fir example like Bergen or Oslo, the public transport is better than kt would be in the more rural areas
Norway is all about the artic circle, the perfection of the North, with its own conditions. Remember Viking s of the Norway reached American continent before Columbus made it to the America. No need to go far, you can find Vikings of the Norway, at home in the state of Michigan upper peninsula.
Uhm..buses run regularly ?? Where I live there is one bus in each direction 2 times a week. Yes, I live in Norway. If I remember correctly this man lived in Bergen, public transportation is different in the cities.
At some point in france history the little comerce stuggle against big compagny of supermarket : but its nothing alike in term of quality in US you cant see the difference cause everything is made for the maximum of people or greater size , but the quality is so low .
We have bigger grocercy stores too. But having 10 bags of groceries on the bus is not convenient., So those are not often located right by the subway or train station. You basically need a car to go to those. And the majority of families and such only shops at these kinds of wallmart-esque stores. The corner shops are for tourists, hipsters other dwellers living in the city cores. =) Not enough room in the city cores for the major stores.
This was an odd one.... He's generalising based on his limited experience. Norways quite a bit more diverse: Some places has a lot of snow - but some has none, We have large grocery stores in malls and food courts - but also there's a lot of others both small and in-between, we do eat a lot of meat, pork and chiken as well as fish (and even vegan stuff), we do live in appartments: but just as well row-houses and detatched houses (even a few manions too :-)) The biggest cities has great public transport but the rural places and small towns got bad public transit and relies much on cars. It may be midnight sun north of the arctic circle, but most norwgians live quite a bit soth of the arctic circle, Some live high up on the mountains or inland, but most norwegians live along the coast with the gulf stream(or north atlantic current) to equalize the temprature. -> Norway is not ONE thing!. .... So, maybe his opinion should be "taken with a pinch of salt" (popular norwegian expression) and we should remember "the kings speech" (that you also showed earlier) and rememeber that Norway is a lot of things, and it's the diverstity of both nature, people (in all its own diversity), geography, history, future and so much more that IS what Norway happens to be(?)
I'm sorry, but I couldn't let it go... So I measured wth Google Maps (direct distance by air): -Norway: Mandal to North Cape: 1 686,72 km (1 048,08 mi) ... approx -USA: Seattle to San Diego: 1 676,78 km (1 041,90 mi) ...approx Should we, after visiting Seattle, say "It rains sooooo much in San Diego"?
wonder if he think about our regular food market as a corner market. our food markets are not so small. You can get every food you need in one market. However. The ones who can affored to use some ekstra money to get the very best quality. We also have specialty store for some food. It sounds like this guy who got every bread at the bakery. A bit more expencive. But it is actually worth it if you have the money😍
Norway also prefer having their own house, but it is hella expensive so whatever you can afford with enough space works. Big cities has more blocks, while countryside living we prefer houses if we can afford it
Nah depends on where you are. We have beef, pork, chicken, fish everywhere. You get more fish if the town is next to the ocean, just like you get more snow the higher up north you go. Beef would be like its own steak house, very expensive and hella jummy. But it depends on the restaurant you chose. Steak house vs chinese vs mexican foor, i mean obv it is gonna depend where u go.
As someone who's born and raised in Bergen, Norway, I'm like WHAAAATTT???? I was in Wisconsin in early February years ago, I've never seen that much snow in my life. And as a Bærgenser, I prefer rain over snow and cold. Never went back to Wisconsin 🤣 I haven't eaten fish since I was a kid. I eat beef, yes we have beef 😂
He must have been living here in the 50-60ies... we dont have much fresh fish all over, most frosen only and if you dont live i a city, public transport is horrible.. and we have stores more likse wallmart but much smaller. I dont recognize my daily life in a small city here at all.. well the snow he got right. The house dream is the same here as in us.. We have a lot of apartments, especial in the cities but most wants a house, but its really expencive so if you are single its even hard to buy an apartment.
i am a girl who has lived my hole life there so i dont minde the winter so much just when i am slading down from school home because every year my school is up heil so it gets ice down it so every one falls down and go down it is so funny but no at 8am when your not a wake jet and you omus fall down motepolitiets times
I assume it's been a long time since this guy was in Norway. It's not like that with the groceries, at least not anymore. You CAN do that, but 99.9% of people go to the grocery store.
This guy lived in Norway as a missionary from the Mormon church, as a young man. So he probably lived here like 40 years ago. A lot has changed since then 😊
I wish it still was like that with the stores😊
i was just gonna say that. 35y ago aint today. no more cornershops. no more busses in time, but you can get 2 of em bunched up on the same route...
I live in Oslo and does not own a car. I really don’t need one. There are 4 different busses going in every direction. One of the routs i can get on every 6 minute. And by the way…we eat things like tacos also. 🤣
In the winter we are good when it comes to driving in the snow. I have watched several videos from other countries where there is caos with just a few centimeters of snow. Most of the farmers in our country have an extra job in wintermonths removing snow from the streets. Like 24/7
It sounds like it was a while since he lived in Norway. The milkshop/butcher/fishshop on the corner is almost all gone thanks to the shopping centers in the outskirts of town.
Agreed. It has probably been a while since he was here. It sounded like he was describing my childhood in the 70s and 80s. At the end of the 60s, there were also some fierce winters with huge snowfalls, at least at the coast of Southern Norway.
Or maybe he thinks Kiwi and Extra and Joker are small corner shops?
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I remember the winters of the late 60's.
We'd have a couple of metres/7 feet of snow.
Piled high.
To us kids it was a bonanza of snow men, snowball lanterns, snow fortresses, igloos, and snow tunnels in the sloped garden to slide through.
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As usual people from the US tend to see the whole of Norway as this one thing, which won't give you an accurate depiction of the country.
Norway is one of the most diverse countries in Europe when it comes to nature and climate, and so there's huge regional differences when it comes to the weather.
Some parts of Norway don't even get snow in the winter, only rain and maybe some sleet which melts as soon as it hits the ground.
Or maybe it will stay for a day or two and then it's gone again.
In those areas the first signs of spring might show up as early as February, while in other parts it might not start until May/June.
True. And also what the man said about the grossery stores. We have that big shops were you can get everything in one place, and that's more common in the country. The way he explains his experience, is really unknown for me. I never go in different shops to buy milk and bread and so on.
Weather really depends on where you are in Norway. Remember that lenght of Norway is about the distance from Norway to Italy. It's the longest country in Europe, actually.
I live in the southeast. We are sheltered by the mountains to our west (where all the weather systems usually come from). So instead of the humid and relatively mild climate year around, it's quite dry with cold winters and warm summers. When you get up in elevation or further north, you can expect more snow. Elevation is very important. We could have almost no snow in town at 150 meters elevation, but if we drive 20 minutes away at 300 meters elevation it could be 1.5 meters of snow.
I'm pretty sure Russia is both longer and wider than Norway, and that's partly in Europe. Norway is definitely the _thinnest_ country though, measured by the ratio between length and width.
@@Henrik46 The first rule of Europe is that we don't consider Russia as part of us. The second rule of Europe is that we don't consider Russia as a part of Europe 😜
You could say that Russia is a transcontinental country geographically speaking, parts of which are in Europe. But Russians would not consider themselves European and Europeans definitely would not consider them that, especially now.
@@AudunWangenOf course we consider Russia a part of Europe.
But it's always the odd one out.
When talking about the thickest etc country in Europe we usually talk about countries *fully* within Europe, not the transcontinental ones...
@@AudunWangenare you even european?
@@Lysandra-8 Easy to tell by my name where I'm from. Take a wild guess 😄
Hello from the south-west coast of Norway 😀 Love your videoes as always 😁 Looking forward to part 2 🥰 Stay safe and have a wonderful day Tyler 😇
The speicialty stores he talks about are usually pretty small, and they will often be in a shopping area that is smaller than an american mega mart.
So, instead of having a mega mart with different sections, you have speciality stores right next to each other, owned by different people.
The Norwegian health authorities issue advice on what to eat and what a healthy meal should consist of, but also what Norwegians eat is very dependent on what resources people have around them. Like in Northern Norway they have an abundence of fish and so eat more of that, while the inner parts of Sourthern Norway has more wild animals and livestock. Western parts of Norway has other livestock, the kind that enjoys living in hilly terrain, like goats. We do transport fish from the coast all over Norway and the world, so we tend to have fish at least twice a week and perhaps even more. The health authorites recommend fish at least twice a week I think.
As a Norwegian, let me say that I haven’t eaten any single fish the last 6 months to a year…
Ta tran !
@@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131 Trenger ikke tran når jeg spiser fisk ;)
@@NorweiganKarldet bør du gjøre noe med :) 🐟
@@Raastoff 🤭🤭skal ha fisk denne uken…
The whole "dark winter" thing is poorly explained as well.
The further north you go the in the winter, the darker it will be.
In the south of the country it's not really THAT bad.
Already in January you will start to notice that the days are beginning to get longer.
I live not too far from Trondheim, and I have some sunlight all year.
It's not up for many hours in late December, but it's there even then.
I'm actually happy that the winter is darker as it makes it easier to get sleep/rest so the days will go by faster until it's spring again, and if the weather is nasty outside, at least you don't have to see it.😆😂
And in spring/summer it's nice to have longer days to get stuff done/enjoy the season.
I could do with a bit earlier spring where i live as im not the biggest winter person, but it's not nearly as bad or extreme as some people make it out to be.
It does not snow that hard everywhere in Norway.
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No, but some areas also have 6-7 meters instead of 6-7 feet :p
@@tigerman1978
Which areas have 7 meters snow?
@@lillm6874 southeastern mountains did this year. Was still over 3 meters left long after easter in some areas. That doesnt happen every year though, but its not unheard of either.
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Although fish is common but so is beef. Humidity varies from coastal ares to the inland. In general humidity is lower in winter than summer.
Tyler!! We do have the big grocery stores where you can get everything you need, like food, bread, snacks, clothes, paint and brushes for painting the house, flowers, kitchen items, bedroom items, living room items etc. etc. and we also have the smaller corner shops and other shops all over the place. Most places we have smaller grocery shops in our neighbourhoods..... so we don't have to drive to the bigger shops. There's a grocery shop in my neighbourhood, it takes me under 2 minutes to walk to it. There I can get food, snacks, flowers, some kitchen items, some hobby stuff, etc. etc. And the shop also has a small Post Office where I can pick up my packages, and send post and packages. There are places in Norway where you have to drive to the shops, but in many, many places the shops are right around the corner.... 😊
Snow depends on where in Norway you are. In the mountains I have experienced 6ft of snow. But in the lowlands 3-4ft is considered a lot of snow. On the west coast a snow man usually lasts for a couple of days.
We have some bakeries and along the coast some fish shops, but not as many as in the 90s. Now larger stores with its own meat disks and daily bread are now much more common.
I would seldom take the bus. I even take the car 500 meters to the grocier store 😅
I'd be interested in knowing when this guy lived in Norway, because it sounds very old-timey. Especially with the grocery stores. Now we do have grocery stores that carry a variety of items. Not completely like Walmart where you can get groceries, electronics and home appliances all at the same store, but grocery stores are more common these days than specialized stores. Of course we do still have the bakeries and butcherers, which are specialized. Also with the meat - I think these days, beef is often considered more common than fish and poultry. However, what he said about our beef being primarily ox is still true. Cows are used for milk, whilst ox is used for beef.
You’re wrong, cows are used as beef as well, if it’s ox it says so
@@lillm6874 Thank you for making me check myself. Actually, according to producers such as Jacobs and Nortura, they don't mark is at either ox nor cow. It's just marked under a single name "storfe" (or "beef" in English). But they estimate they use about equal amounts ox and cow - the consumer will just not know the difference.
@@Henoik
I know, I was a dairy farmer for years 😊
We also had castrates, and that meat was marked as mountain ox beef, and it had a much higher price.
It´s not snow everywhere in Norway in the winter.
I lived in Bergen for over 30 years.
And the winter there is quite mild.
It usually rains and is wind.
Not that much snow really.
I wish I knew where and when this guy lived in Norway.
Because most grocery stores I know have everything you need.
Meat, dairy, bread and the things you usually will need.
It is usually a time during winter when there is snow there as well.
@@ragnarkisten i only said not much snow.
In a total winter it might be 2 weeks in total spread over the entire winter.
Some winters have more but some winters have less.
I have experienced winters with no snow at all there.
I gave even been out mowing the lawn at 23 of december.
@@denisspratt926 You didn't though. You said it is not snow everywhere in Norway. And mowing the lawn at little Christmas eve? Really, that must be some really special type of grass you have there....
@@ragnarkisten the grass stops growing when the ground temperature is under 7 degrees celsius.
So when it is warmer than that it still grows.
And that does happen sometimes in Bergen and the western Norway in the winter.
@@denisspratt926 Nah! 10 degrees for the most part, and it has to be pretty stable conditions, and light. And both is lacking in winter. But, yes grass might grow some, particularly underneath snow, as the snow covers and provides moist. However, hardly so much that you need to cut it!
Snow depths of 6-7 foot is not uncommon and in some areas 6-7 METERS (20+ feet) is not unheard of.
With regards to meat vs fish there is regional differences as well as variations in what type of meat is used. Some coastal areas use more fish, some inland areas use more meat and more use wild game.
The public transportation is also not good in many areas outside of the cities. There may be buses, but not every 10 minutes, but rather 2-3 times a day.
Most Norwegian lives in their own house or apartment today. We still have local stores few minutes away from home, but
most of them are small versions of the grocery stores today and they often have a mini bakery inside the store.
We do also have malls close to the bigger cities but also traditional towns with shops and bigger grocery stores nearby.
In Norway, you will still find shops in relation to the representative local market.
4:23 I sometimes dig snowforts in those big and tall piles of snow.
It's really fun!
In my town Stavanger, the busses are now free.
4:00 Norway is very coastal, with warm gulf stream water, so a lot of water evaporates, making winters have extreme humidity. in the inland areas you can ride a snowmobile at -40C (-40f or so) no problems at all (sure you bundle up well, fur mittens, warm helmet, wool underneath oversize winter jacket and pants). But on the coast, due to the humidity, -25C can be even more cold (especially when traveling at 50mph).
I live in the north of Sweden and I've lived in Norway for a year and it can easily be 1-2 meters of snow when it's wintertime. Fish is surely popular in Norway but people eat chicken and meat too. Fish is cheap plus you can get it for free from any nearby lake. meat is quite expensive so if you wanna save money fish it is. :) Having a car is just a hazzle in Oslo. Parking is more expensive than taking the bus or the subway. The subway goes like every 5-10 minutes and you can get to any place in Oslo within 30 minutes, it's just excellent. I miss that when I live here in a small city in Sweden were we don't have a metro. I don't agree that you buy chicken in one place and fish in another. I bought everything in an ICA, Kiwi, Rema 1000 or whatever.
You can’t fish for free in all lakes, most times you have to buy a fishcard, but in the sea you can fish for free👍
@@lillm6874 yeah, or you can be a total gangster and fish without buying a card. ;) haha
@@RuthlessMetalYT
Yeah you can lol
We own several lakes, and we keep an eye on people fishing for free🧐😅
When I was in Montreal, Canada February 2020, I remember it was so hot I could basically go around in a thin sweater and jeans without thinking about the cold, I brought too much clothes..
Yes humility have great impact in how you feel the cold. More wett and the temperature feels colder than the thermometer shows.
We do have big grocery stores that most go to, but we also have smaller specialties stores like a pure butcher shop for fancy meat vs plastic bag meat in a big store. It is just so we have the "better quality
"-small specialty stores if wanted.
My bestfriends husbond is from Finmark, north of Norway to the east towards Russia. He say that he has newer been so cold as when he lived in southwest, because of humilety and wind 😊😊😊
Concerning the humidity, this has nothing to do with the lack of daylight, but rather with the location you are in. The humidity in the inland is low, but along the coast, the humidity is much higher, and in the same way as a high humidity will make a summer day feel warmer, it will make a winterday feel colder. I think most people will prefer to have a house of their own, but if you are living in a city, the cost of land may be beyond reach, and people therefore may not have an option of getting a house. I notice though, the elderly people, often may sell their house and buy an apartment to get rid of the garden and maintenance work.
i live fairly close to the south of Norway. in the summer time it never really gets total darkness, theres a few hours where you think its gonna get dark, but at like 2am it starts getting lighter again.
Alaska actually has tougher winters than Norway.
Exactly! He should start a new channel learning about his own country👍
Based on his accounts, it sounds like he lived somewhere in the vicinity of theTromsø or Lofoten areas. Abundant in fish, with proximity to the ocean, and the midnight sun and access to public Transportartion. Most other places north of Tromsø has much less access to public transport due to remote locations and harsh weather conditions. The comment about single product corner store is throwing me off, most our grocery stores sell almost all the essentials in the same one. I can not think of anywhere in that region where products are sold separately in specialty stores. Hopefully he mentions where he lived in the next part.
I’m always amazed of how little you know about your own country, maybe you should make a channel about the US as well?👍
There’s many places in the US where it’s cold and snows a lot, and Alaska has dark winters also. I think it’s even colder there, because of the gulf stream the coast of Norway is rather mild.
Yes, he should try to get an old school Globus to find out Norway in Europe is the same northern latitude as Alaska, the most northern state of the USA. And there its also cold, dark and snowy in winter but no gulf stream heating.😊
I remember like 20 years ago i had to walk home in snow that reached all the way up to my chest because they had not gotten to us yet when plowing the snow
13:01 the grocery store thing is not true at all. We have lots and lots of grocery stores, big and small, where you can find all you need.
Yeah, the way this man described, walking from store to store, is like my father told me it was like when he grew up in the forty’s and fifties 😂
To imahine the position of Norway on the map, you have to know that the Canadian borderline is at the same grade north as the Capital City of France, Paris. 49 grades north. Southern part of Norway is at 58 gradeas north and North Cape, Norway is 71 grades north. The arctic sircle is at 63,4 something, south of the city of Bodø.
It’s only in cities where there is good public transport in Norway as well.
Its the same in US and in Norway.. Everybody wants their own house, but it is costly. Therefor many live or rent a flat until they can afford a house.
This man must have spent his time in the North West.
On the Hardangervidda, the snow can be 7 to 12 feet deep.
Pork is used more than beef.
I agree that Norwegian bread is among the best of its kind.
He mentioned great public transportation, the metro and busses every 10 minutes. Sounds like he lived in Oslo.
Norwegians mostly prefer houses, but a "block" apartment is not really considered a negative.
It's not really about "community", as you probably know Norwegians are considered quite reserved. It's more about convenience.
In a Block apartment you don't really need to care about unexpected expenses and they are often easier to maintain if the responsibility falls on the apartment owner at all.
For a busy person or family this can outweigh the negatives, so it's not really considered as a "lesser" solution by most Norwegians.
The "competition/class" is more on size and location.
Love the guy you reacting to, seen a couple of his videos. A few times I get the feeling he talks about Norway 20+ years ago, but he have for sure traveled all across Norway and picked up on traditions cross country.
Winter is all kind of winter as we have hot steams from Mexico along the shore of western eaurope. Then we have the artic futher north and the more europian winter in the east. Norway is a kind of everything all the time❤
We make (older than 40) so much ourselfes. If we need to go to buy bread, we will do this but if we wish "homemade" we go to a bakery, if we live in a city... most people dont. Bread is important so even "bad" bread is good and healthy.
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No, the length of the night isn't what matters.
It's our location on the Atlantic ocean coast.
Also, the climate has changed since he visited.
5:32
Things has changed since his visit.
But yes, when he was young it would have been common here with fish for dinner 6 days a week.
7:39
It's so weird to me that English use different words for spreads and toppings...
For us it's all just "pålegg".
4:72
We're definitely up there with the Germans.
They *might* have us beat though, especially these days...
A lot of our bakeries are gone and people buy breads in stores these days...
Regarding our apartments, we often own or at least a share in it, so it's not like renting at all.
11:35 This sounds very outdated, someone else commented as much that it was probably 40 years ago. I'm soon 33 and have lived here in Norway for 30 years now, ever since I can remember, there has always been grocery stores that sold everything from milk and dairy products to meat and fish products, and everything in between dry and wet.
We do have specialty meat stores, but I'm fairly certain (not having bothered looking for statistics) that the vast majority of Norwegians just buy their meat in the local grocery store which, depending on their location, could vary from a single grocery store far away from their home (if they live out in the boonies), to what would probably not be an exaggeration to say 14+ grocery stores in walking distance from where they live.
We don't have Walmart in Norway, the closest thing we get to that would be Coop Obs, they are a grocery store combined with various other things like sports, clothing, shoe, gardening, electronic, film store, but they are smaller in size compared to a Walmart, and I don't think they have furniture to be bought in them like Walmart does.
@Tyler Walker here in norway our hot dogs contain mix meat mostly but you can get turkey/Chicken hot dogs aswell :) But in finnmark there is more snow then this guy speaks about seems like he was more down in telemark in norway describing 6-7 feets snow
Sounds to me he lived in Norway for like 50 years ago or so. There are small shop “around the corner”, but mostly in city’s. We have the same type of malls you’re referring to, with everything in one place etc. when it comes to public transportation, I have no idea, since I’m using the car(s) when I need to go some places. But, you should really come and explore our beautiful country, and in my opinion who hates winter, do it it summer time. Norway is really great(except of all the taxes…😵💫
I love beef and whiskey. But Fish is a protein that is easy available many places in Norway. And if you can get fish from the ocean, and it is fresh as it can get. It is another experience. Better than anything you get from a store anywhere in the world.
if you live on the country side in Norway, public transportation is basically none, the only thing that goes is basically the school bus, and then out of town to other places. So to get around then you need a car, bike, scooter, moped etc
Me who lives in a place where the bus comes twice a day XD
The public transportation thing is mostly a city thing. DEFINITELY need a car where i live😂
No. The consumation of fish is all time low in Norway. We love beef and chicken, and the fishi is expensive.
Hah!
Have you ever been to North Dacota in winter, i.e. Rugby, the geographical center in North America? I have seldom been a place where it was as cold mid winter...
Yeah, we can have loads of snow, but specially by the coast, due to temperature changes, the snow get compressed between snowfalls, or it rains away.
More than 80% of Norwegians ovn theyr Home, wether it’s a house or an apartment.
Apartment buildings are set up as a Ltd company and you but the shar that represent your part of the building, and you pay a service fee for maintinance of common arias.
Many houses have a rental apartment in them.
The taxation in Norway stats that if you rent out less than 50% of your house it’s not taxable incom.
Taxation of profit of selling a house/apartment is taxexemt if you have ovned the house for atleast 2 years and lived in it for atleast 1 year in the last 2.
Mostly immigrants from the third world who do not own the home they live in.
The old guy considers a "taxi" as public transport?!
(The situation in Oslo is not going to be matched elsewhere in Norway.)
My guess is the snow banks are 6 to 7 feet resulting from plowed or blown snow. I doubt it’s that deep everywhere.
We don't get that much in lower areas or by the coast. Up on the mountains or up north however then 6ft is just the tip on the snow mountain.
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Correction. Buses every 10 minutes. Heavily depends on where you live. Rural, non-rural, big city, small city and where you are going.
Also trains, depending on where you live some places they are often delayed, changed out for buses which take twice as long etc. it's ridiculous
But yes you don't need a car, but in most of Norway it is really, really nice to have IMO. I do have many family members without a license even.
Also, almost all grocery stores has fresh bread and packaged (non-fresh) meat. In rural areas, you might struggle more, but bakeries are in basically all cities. But we have extremely few stores that resemble a Walmart or alike. That would have to be "Coop Obs".
Also, as others mentioned, 6-7 feet of snow isn't that usual in the south but definitively happens up north. And all the way up north, you might as well forget about the sun in the winter.
Sausages, at least in Norway, are made from pork, pork/beef mix, or even chicken. The percentages of the mixed meat is usually not provided, but I believe it is mostly pork as beef is more expensive. If you can't see (or taste) what kind of meat it is, there is no need to go for the most expensive type. 😉
our barn door is about 6 feet tall...and it was gone last winter
6ft of snow is not that horrible, I've seen snow up to 15ft.
Up on the mountai passes tho, we don't get that much in lower areas.
Bus every 10 min is in the cities, they don't come that often in the countryside.
Some places by the roadside we get snow as high as 10-13ft
6-7 ft? That's just around high traffic, highly populated areas. Where my parents are from, between those 2 places you have to drive over the mountain and some areas with 16-17 ft with snow. I remember as a kid i was always terrified when we drove to my grandparents in the winter. I was afraid the snow would cave in and cover us 😳
The shop-descriptions seems a little off. He sounds a little like describing Norway in the 60's Granted, we do have a lot of food-shops that by american standards perhaps are not that huge, like 1000 square meters, etc, and in the top 6 biggest towns, there are some local grocery stores, and you do have bakeries. However, there are tons of supermarkets; huge complexes of several square km's, with a ton of shops and humungous parking lots, usually outside the city centres, leaving them to mostly serve tourists, and "normal" shops struggle and go bankrupt. Theese shopping areas started becoming many around 2000, so perhaps he visited before that.
As for the snow, in the mountains and in eastern Norway, the snow can pile up pretty high. However, as global warming is a thing, it's extremely rare to see snow acumulate mor than perhaps 3 feet most places.
It all depends on where in Norway you live... the cities are not the same as the small towns/villages
The first thing... The midnight sun is pretty much just in midd-Norway and northern-Norway. Most people live south of midd-Norway. Either in, or around Oslo and Bergen. Trondheim is pretty much the only citty in northern norway. I can't say exsact how manny people never experiences the midnightsun and three months long night, but it's under half. Most people upp there are also depressed because of the long night.
I think Alaska is over the northern circle aswell, so they might have midnightsun and a long night
I do wonder when he was here was a few years ago or like 20+ years ago. There have been huge change in those years
Hotdogs is for celebration or kids party mostly and sometimes odd for dinner
I'm guessing he belongs to the Church of Later Day Saints. Guessing from his age he was here a long time ago, when he was a young missionary. These days the specialty shops are mostly gone and replaced by supermarkets, like in the US.
As Norwegian economy has soared, meat has become more ubiquitous and while fish still is a mainstay dish due to culture and availability I think we on average eat a lot more meat now. (Being an 80's kid I experienced the "Americanization" of Norway first hand.)
Norway is really different from one area to another weatherwise. At the coast you won´t always get even 6" every winter, while the highest mountain passes can easily have 12 feet.
How do you distinguish beef from oxen meat? I thought that was pretty much what beef meant - or put it like this - oxen is also beef, only considered a bit more desireable. Fish is not the main staple all over Norway. It really depends on where you are in the country. But it would always be possible to get high quality fish I guess.
Today, public transport is useless in most of Norway. It works well in the biggest cities. The rest of the country very much depends on cars. When he was here, we probably had better bus and train services at least. Also, cars were not so common yet, and less people worked awkward hours, so more people could actually make public transport work.
a appartment can cost the same as a house, abselute not cheap
This guy must have lived in Norway very long time ago. We also got big malls and super markeds. He is taking about Norway year 1960 or something Also he probably lived in the nordern part. They eat lots of fish in the nordern part but we do eat beef and other meat 😅.
where i live we normally have around a meter of snow
Public transport only work in the big city's, and the snow can easy reach 12 feet in the mountains, oslo is not the same as Norway
I think this guys perception of Norway is heavily related to where he lived. It is not like that many other places! (For instance specialty stores instead of malls).
It also depends a bit on where in Norway you live on how well the public transport is. If you live in the city, fir example like Bergen or Oslo, the public transport is better than kt would be in the more rural areas
Norwegian bread is the best in the world!!!🎉
Have you tasted German bread? 😬
Norway is all about the artic circle, the perfection of the North, with its own conditions. Remember Viking s of the Norway reached American continent before Columbus made it to the America. No need to go far, you can find Vikings of the Norway, at home in the state of Michigan upper peninsula.
I have met these American Mormon missionaries a few times and have been impressed by how quickly they learn to speak Norwegian fluently.
Uhm..buses run regularly ?? Where I live there is one bus in each direction 2 times a week. Yes, I live in Norway. If I remember correctly this man lived in Bergen, public transportation is different in the cities.
At some point in france history the little comerce stuggle against big compagny of supermarket : but its nothing alike in term of quality
in US you cant see the difference cause everything is made for the maximum of people or greater size , but the quality is so low .
I feel like this guy's experience is a little outdated. You can generally get most of the most common groceries in grocery stores.
We have bigger grocercy stores too. But having 10 bags of groceries on the bus is not convenient., So those are not often located right by the subway or train station. You basically need a car to go to those. And the majority of families and such only shops at these kinds of wallmart-esque stores. The corner shops are for tourists, hipsters other dwellers living in the city cores. =) Not enough room in the city cores for the major stores.
This was an odd one.... He's generalising based on his limited experience. Norways quite a bit more diverse:
Some places has a lot of snow - but some has none, We have large grocery stores in malls and food courts - but also there's a lot of others both small and in-between, we do eat a lot of meat, pork and chiken as well as fish (and even vegan stuff), we do live in appartments: but just as well row-houses and detatched houses (even a few manions too :-)) The biggest cities has great public transport but the rural places and small towns got bad public transit and relies much on cars. It may be midnight sun north of the arctic circle, but most norwgians live quite a bit soth of the arctic circle, Some live high up on the mountains or inland, but most norwegians live along the coast with the gulf stream(or north atlantic current) to equalize the temprature.
-> Norway is not ONE thing!. .... So, maybe his opinion should be "taken with a pinch of salt" (popular norwegian expression) and we should remember "the kings speech" (that you also showed earlier) and rememeber that Norway is a lot of things, and it's the diverstity of both nature, people (in all its own diversity), geography, history, future and so much more that IS what Norway happens to be(?)
I'm sorry, but I couldn't let it go... So I measured wth Google Maps (direct distance by air):
-Norway: Mandal to North Cape: 1 686,72 km (1 048,08 mi) ... approx
-USA: Seattle to San Diego: 1 676,78 km (1 041,90 mi) ...approx
Should we, after visiting Seattle, say "It rains sooooo much in San Diego"?
wonder if he think about our regular food market as a corner market. our food markets are not so small. You can get every food you need in one market. However. The ones who can affored to use some ekstra money to get the very best quality. We also have specialty store for some food. It sounds like this guy who got every bread at the bakery. A bit more expencive. But it is actually worth it if you have the money😍
Light rail here in Bergen normally goes between 3-7 min
You look good in black! It suits you a lot!
Its obviously a long time ago he was here. However he is talking about unprocessed meat when he talks about beef that is considered expensive.
Nowadays beef is pretty common in Norway. In the past, it may have been otherwise.
Norway also prefer having their own house, but it is hella expensive so whatever you can afford with enough space works. Big cities has more blocks, while countryside living we prefer houses if we can afford it
Nah depends on where you are. We have beef, pork, chicken, fish everywhere. You get more fish if the town is next to the ocean, just like you get more snow the higher up north you go.
Beef would be like its own steak house, very expensive and hella jummy. But it depends on the restaurant you chose. Steak house vs chinese vs mexican foor, i mean obv it is gonna depend where u go.
He get the grosery shoping wrong. Now we have a lot of big stores
depends a lot on where you live
As someone who's born and raised in Bergen, Norway, I'm like WHAAAATTT????
I was in Wisconsin in early February years ago, I've never seen that much snow in my life. And as a Bærgenser, I prefer rain over snow and cold. Never went back to Wisconsin 🤣
I haven't eaten fish since I was a kid. I eat beef, yes we have beef 😂
He must have been living here in the 50-60ies... we dont have much fresh fish all over, most frosen only and if you dont live i a city, public transport is horrible.. and we have stores more likse wallmart but much smaller. I dont recognize my daily life in a small city here at all.. well the snow he got right. The house dream is the same here as in us.. We have a lot of apartments, especial in the cities but most wants a house, but its really expencive so if you are single its even hard to buy an apartment.
i am a girl who has lived my hole life there so i dont minde the winter so much just when i am slading down from school home because every year my school is up heil so it gets ice down it so every one falls down and go down it is so funny but no at 8am when your not a wake jet and you omus fall down motepolitiets times
When did this guy live in Norway? It sounds like it was a looooong time ago
It have to been 30 years since he leveled here…
I assume it's been a long time since this guy was in Norway. It's not like that with the groceries, at least not anymore. You CAN do that, but 99.9% of people go to the grocery store.
Where i live it is raining a lot but if it was snowing There World be 1 meter of snow
Common hotdogs are pork😉
Medisterpølse is pork, which we eat it at Christmas. Common hotdogs are a mix of beef and pork.
Some times the snow is taller than two busses.
I think you need to translate that to washingmachines. Aprox. 5-6 washingmachines.
@@Zhylo washing machines are smaller than people. Americans know what busses are but if you want it in meters. Its 6.
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in the nort it can be 20 ft
From a french perspective : bread in norway is passable nothing to compare to ours :)
Good transportasion is a city benifit. Elsvere it is poor.
My Windows are 3m high, I still don’t have a view due to the snow outside.