Culture Codes You Need to Know to Survive Norway (+ Dating Scene)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 มิ.ย. 2024
- This week, join me in an engaging conversation with Lorelou, the witty author behind "A Frog in the Fjord." In this humorous book, Lorelou shares her personal journey of relocating to Norway. In our latest podcast episode, we delve into the book, highlighting the most captivating aspects - from the distinctive cultural nuances to the challenges of the dating scene and everything in between. If you're moving to Norway, dating a Norwegian or are just plain interested by everything Scandinavian, you're going to love this episode!
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0:00 Intro
5:30 Norwegian codes for food
11:40 Norwegian work culture codes (& how emotion is perceived)
17:04 Are Northern Norwegians less uptight?
19:54 The word you need to know to survive the winter months
21:40 Why Norwegians don't make friends easily?
23:14 How the Norwegian dating scene is different?
35:26 Why you shouldn't use the bathroom if a Norwegian is interested!
41:00 The drinking/hook up culture
45:30 The drunk "overpromise" culture
49:00 Party culture in Norway
59:00 the Christmas parties cheating
1:07:00 What is important in a Norwegian relationship
1:16:00 Typical Tinder profile in Norway
1:22:00 Best things about Norway
1:24:00 The worst thing about Norway
1:29:00 Advice for foreigners moving to Norway
Each week I will interview guests from all around the world on the topics of culture, connection and of course, dating. The goal is to go as deep as possible and to really understand where we all come from and how much culture influences our life.
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As a foreigner living and settled in Norway, I can confirm every single word she mentioned, I used to think that having Middle Eastern background is the reason why I find Norwegian costumes & live style so strange, but working in a hotel and meeting people from different parts of the world, made me realize that it’s not just me lol.
The lady is so sweet and warm, would love to meet her one day, she’s also very good at explaining things. I really enjoyed this episode, wish she’ll be in the show again 😊🤍👍🏼👌🏼
Yes, she really was super down to earth and very honest too which is always great for having these conversations. Happy you enjoyed!
Thank you Marina for making another video about dating in Norway!
All of us are excited to hear about what it's like to date Norwegians.
Thank you for talking to this author and blogger!
It was very exciting for me honestly because I loved her book so much. She was also super down to earth which made the conversation even better. Happy you liked it!
I am Norwegian, born and raised, and with this, I realized that I'm not, there was a lot of nonsense, in what society (bygd) she lived in, which must be a weird one.
This woman just hates Norwegians and Norwegian culture. She even accused Norway of imperialism once, which is ironic coming from a French person. All she does is complasin and stereotype Norwegians to justify her negative view of us.
If she knew a little bit of history, we once had Normandie and robbed Paris...LOL@@Onnarashi
Having lived in Japan for 12 years and now in Sweden for the past 6 months with freqent trips to Bergen and Oslo, I can safely say that Japanese culture is EXACTLY the same in many respects to Norweigian/Swedish society save for the sleeping around and lack of commitment bit. I have no stress here as its just like living over there truly. I shall buy her book!
Yeah this is why I find I'm fascinated both by Scandinavia and Japan - lots of social codes to follow in order to function well in society.. and also highest loneliness unfortunately
@@datingbeyondborderscast Indeed. As much as I like Sweden and its people very much, their family life is a mess with the average family and its members having no less than 3 family names. The loneliness is very great and I could never stop having the lyrics of Elenor Rigby going through my head, ‘Look at all the lonely people’…. I wonder if the cost is really worth it. It’s too high I feel.
Funny to watch and I must say you both have adopted the Norwegian spirit very well. It's like I can see the transformation in your faces.
Have I also? Cause I don't live in Norway 🤣
@@datingbeyondborderscast Yes, you are immersed in the Norwegian. It's evident in both mimicry and tone of voice. Your engagement is magnificent.
I'm surprised to learn that snus tobacco is popular in Norway, especially with the advent of vaping. In America, snus is generally associated with "low class" rural types. The only people I've known to use it have been baseball players. You will never see it used by highly educated urbanites.
Many of their customs seem quite sensible to me, e.g. bringing your own drinks to a party so that everything is very transparent and there's no hidden sense of future obligation.
It's important to consider things through the lens of the harsh climate they acclimated to over several thousands years. It is of utmost importance to be highly self-reliant. Resources are scarce and weak, dependent, overly emotional people are a liability. There is much less margin for error here than in the tropics.
Lorelou has the cutest laugh.❤
They're extremely afraid of emotions and afraid of mistakes. Which is a non logical way of life, surprisingly. Because everythint is practice and part of it is mistakes. So theres a lot of mistakes in relationships/flirting, bad decisions with money, and other things that you only learn with experience.
Theyre growing up with a very infantile approach to things because theyre only mental, 0 experience
And the experience they could have they delete/forget/ignore, never develop. They'll be underdeveloped in many aspects, sadly.
Some people run on enotions. Emotionally weak, irrational people. You're the irrational, weak ones who let emotions rule you. You are insincere, superficial. It's how we Norwegians view you foreigners, including this French woman who does nothing but complain, yet she's still here.
Im Norwegian American, my people are from Voss; appalled at how cold and unfriendly Scandanavians are. For example if someone says hello here in the US, and you dont reply or you treat them as if they have leprosy, half the time there will be a confrontation about it. You MUST show people respect. Be honorable!
As a Norwegian I would like to thank you for shitting on our way of life. Love that the best things about Norway bit is a really short part, then there is basicly "worst part" of Norway for the rest of the video :D But respect for staying as long as 14 years :p
I am wondering how she lasted these 14 years.
Having a community is getting lost now days in a lot of places worldwide
When you are going on a date it always good to ask questions like how long you are going to live here, where do you see yourself in five years and so on so the other person know were your head is at also so that other person knows if he or she wants to continue to see you or not
Going on dates are made with the end goal of protentional having that person you are seeing be your gf or bf because if that not the end goal then what the point on going on dates in the first place
Everyone should have a plan or somewhat know what they want in life because if you do not then what the heck are you doing then
Why should anyone be invested in a person if they do not align with the other person no matter what it is
Everyone should have the talk if you are seeing someone for a good period of time to know were both of y'all stand
You should know if y'all are bf and gf because if you do not know then you are probably not in a relationship
Just because you are dating someone does not mean you can't date other people at the same time because unless you are taken then you are free to do whatever you want
It good that people in Norway don't waste other people time and energy and they just go after what they want and are up front because life is not like a Disney movie
There is nothing wrong for a woman to go up to a man she likes because it does not make her any less of a person unless her intention are bad or she a bad person
I wish more women in the US would make the first move on men and be up front with men
The whole getting drunk to be able to talk to other people part I do not like
Waiting for 8 years is to long for me but I am sure she was waiting for him because probably he was an alpha male
When you are drunk/impaired things will happen that you probably will not remember
Men wanting women to be a responsible adult is understandable because that life as adult for both men and women in modern times
Being a stay-at-home mom aka tradwife should never be a bad thing or have a bad stigma attached to it
Why is it that nowdays having a blue collar job is look down upon
Makeup, tattoos and so on, on women is overrated and more women should be natural looking at all time
Teamwork is very important always no matter if it a relationship or not
All dating apps are lame
Also, Lorelou is French and she lives in Norway
25:08 This can also be a question in general. Are you planning to have children in your life or not.
Yes, I see that question as quite important. There is no point dating a person if they have an opposite opinion about children than your own. It is not if they want them today but sometime in the future.
Sounds terrible, I'm never dating a Norwegian :D. I'd already heard Norway is the chlamydia capital of the world, but this podcast seals the deal :D
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Having watched many videos on nordic countries... Im glad i never visited 😂
We're glad you never visited too.
To each their own. I have visited Finland, Sweden and Norway. For me, Nordic countries are absolutely the best.
Jag vill leva och dö i Norden ❤
@@stormmaster108 The French lady hates Norwegian culture and yet she lives here. I'd rather have someone here who would respect our culture rather than look down on it like she does.
@Onnarashi Yes, I don't understand why people try so hard to live in countries where the culture is not really appealing to them, especially when they had already lived in a lot of places and liked those cultures more. (I mean, when they have options to choose)
Weird culture, I’d be annoyed.