American Reacts to Popular Norwegian TikToks | Part 11
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As an American I really enjoy watching TikToks about Norwegian culture. The internet has a funny way of creating the most random, fun, and educational videos about Norway. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
- The blinds on the outside of the buildings are regulated by a sensor so they go up and down automatically, depending on the light conditions.
- The police car is obliged to give way from the right as long as there are no signs giving them the right of way. The same rules apply to police cars as to others as long as they don't turn on their blue lights.
- En spark, can be translated to a kicker. When I was a kid they only sanded half of the pavement to make it possible to use the spark. It's not so common anymore, unfortunately. It's really useful, both for speed, but also you get support on the ice (so you don't have to use the skates, lol)
- The dude with the moose... that's crazy and something you really, really shouldn't do. They can absolutely attack. This moose looked young though, and is probably more curious than scared, as kids sometimes are. But even more important to stay away. You actually want wild animals to be scared of humans so they stay away from people and don't get themselves into dangerous situations.
Yeah the moose dude has a death wish 😂 Lucky it was not so young the mother was with it..
The traffic the cop car gave way to had a give way sign so the cop actually DID let them in even if he/she didn't have to. The driver probably waved the traffic through because he was in no rush and the queue was building up on the side road. You can see the first car hesitate for a second or 2 before finally start driving lol.
@@Qyngali The sign looks like it's on the main road (where there are also markings on the ground). Pretty sure the cops stopped because they had to, not sure what was so strange about this situation.
@@Qyngali No, you are wrong. The road the cop came from, and the side road the cars pulled out infront of the cop on - had no yield sign. The yield sign is for the bigger road they both turned onto. If there are no signs saying you have to yield, the two roads meeting requiers the driver who gets a car on their right side to yield. Unsure if you are norwegian, but its called "høyreregel". Or in english, "the rule of right". Incase youre not norwegian, and want to learn I'll explain. The law states: "a driver must yield from vehicles approaching from the right. The same applies when a driver wants to turn left and gets a vehicle on the right side" (trafikkreglene. 1986. Lovdata) basically this means if there are no signs. And someone crashes into your right side in an intersection. Youre at fault and you did something wrong. Back to the video. There were no signs stating either driver had to yield. And the way traffic rules are set up in Norway goes as following. In order of what trumps the next. 1. Manual dirigation (applies above all lights, signs and rules) 2. Lights (applies above all signs and rules) 3. Signs (applies above all rules) 4. Rules (applies only if other information is not given by either manual dirigation, lights or signs). Now since there were no signs telling either driver (the cop, or the ones he let out first) they had to yield, so- no manual dirigation, no lights, or no signs. The rules state a driver must yield for an approaching driver from the right. So the cop followed the law, and let the vehicle from the right go, as per the rule of right. After that they have a sign telling them both, you have to yield onto the next road. They both did and went on their way. So the sign telling drivers to yield didnt apply to the first intersection, only the second. So the cop did right, and followed the law, letting the other drivers go. As long as a cop doesnt use blue lights with or without sirens, they are concidered normal vehicles that must abide by the traffic rules at all times, only exception is uniformed cop cars like this one are allowed to traverse the buss lane.
@@SAGITTARlUS ok, I just got a quick glimpse of it so you're probably right. :)
The policecar has to wait until the cars from the right has driven. They have give way from the right if not a sign say other.
The police need to fallow rules to you know.👍🏻🫡🇳🇴
For the Police car part.. In Norway you have duty to give way for trafic from the right as a main rule if there is no signs telling you otherwise.. We call it "høyreregelen" that more or less directly translate to "the right rule"
Yeah, same here in Denmark
I have commented this earlier in a different video, but no, it's not like EVERYTHING is closed on sundays.
At the very least, gas stations will be open.
Relax, you won't starve to death.
And I mean, come on now... If the grocery stores are closed on sundays, you will just have to shop a little bit extra on friday or saturday, it's not like you will die from them being closed for ONE day...
A lot of people only go to the store once or twice a week anyway, and do the entire weeks shopping in one go.
This past sunday the grocery stores and even shopping malls were open in my area, since it was the last weekend before Christmas.
So it's not THAT dramatic.
Norwegian here: 1) can't say I've ever seen anyone ice skating in the streets, then again I've only lived in hilly areas. 2) a lot of cabins in Norway were built with no water and/or electricity included. Some are even so old that they have outhouses. 3) blinds on the outside prevents heat on the inside. access by remote. 4) Police here are chill. 5) Could never happen as long as sweden is a member of the EU. Also, Norway should be in charge if such a union ever happened. 6) 'Spark' is norwegian for 'kick'. How common they are depends on the area, though I think they are the least common along the coast, not that anyone should quote me on this. 7) No, we are not Disney-princesses, nor should you ever seek out a møøse on your own. 8) Every dialect is different, though some are more different than others, seemily more noticable the further away from the big cities you get, probably due to lack of outside influence. 9) those same areas experience 24 hours of sunligh during the summer. 10) ...no comment. 11) small groceries (there's an interior areal limit) can be open on sundays, in addition to a general exception for any shop leading up to Christmas. If restaurants have days they must close, it would be red letter days, if at all. And if you want to live and/or work here, knowing English is the bare minimum. 12) those two møøse went on to rob the neighbourhood, ensuing in a three day hunt before the møøse surrendered. Their head now serve as a warning to any would-be criminal møøse in the area. 13) perhaps a thing for people with a special interest. Fun fact though; Keiko, the Orca from 'Free Willy' spent his last years in Norway.
Love this - want to add - 4) Tyler: The Police too have to follow traffic laws in Norway ;)
You can ice skate in the streets in the north of Norway. Even in the cities.
Damn m8. That was a nice summary. Den må bare respekteres.
Keiko is a Japanese woman's name, and Keiko/ Willy was a female orca. She died from pneumonia. BTW we dont have moose in Europe or Asia (They only exist in North America). We have elks. They are a little bit smaller than moose, and they are a little bit genetically more distant from deer than the moose.
wtf are you talking about? our scandinavian moose is damn near identical to northern ameican once. elk is a totaly differant species. get real m8 and stop lying. jeg er norsk, og jeger, hvis du lurte på det. les helge ingstad.
@@skinnyjohnsen. this is not cool man. peddeling lies as it was gospel. folks like you is what is wrong in the world
Spark means kick. In english this is probably best called a kicksled. They are less common now that roads are more salted. They used to be super common. Much easier than to walk especially with groceries. They are not heavy at all
Stil common outside the big city's and big residential areas
A quick note on the deer. Deers are actually extremely good swimers, much better than humans.
Kicksleds are absolutely a thing. My school was 5 minutes away by foot but 20 seconds on that thing. I think I must've done 40mph. Once I hit a patch of asphalt in a turn going top speed and knocked the wind out of me, broke the handle too.
They aren't hard to push uphill. They've saved many old people's femurs through the ages.
You don't learn much about Norway from TikTok!!
in nordic we are forced to use winter wheels by law some month of the year. im half norweigan half swedish. got family in both, and na we dont want to combine , we are happy brother nations, no need point to combine, videos like that you see people pretty much from every country do couse they wanna be a super power fantasy or something.
My grandparents didn't have a car, and living in the countryside in a hilly area, my grandma would often use a spark when she was going to work on the farm.
She would also use it when she was going to the bus stop, when she had to go to the store to get groceries.
If the conditions are right, It's actually much better to put your stuff on the spark and push it, compared to holding the bags in your hands, or have it in a backpack even.
It has to be either smooth ice, or nice, thick snow without any rocks in it for it to work though.
The spark also works as something to hold on to if you are older, or have a weaker balance in general.
It is mostly used by older people and kids, and the little ones for the children are really cute!
Spark means kick in Norwegian, and that's what you do when you use one, you kick to get the right speed, so that makes sense.
I had a spark as a kid and so did my nanny. The rest of my family prefered skiing. They where a lot faster than me. But I loved my spark and I used it to bring my dog everywhere with me.
That car has right of way since he's coming from the right side as long as the police aren't running blues
Since when can one only swim with orcas in Norway?
You can do that in Washington State, USA, in British Columbia, Canada....
(There's even an island with a pop. of 5K-6K off the coast of Washington named Orcas Island.)
The toilets in old cabins are normally in an outhouse. They are drafty and cold and some people find them scary, so they just skip the pooping 😅
When I was a kid I always had to constantly look down to see if any spiders or snakes or anything unlikely came crawling up the toilet to bite my bum 😅 And if it was dark I didn't dare to go to the toilet at all because of all the warewolfs and witches that to get to me on the few meters between the cabin and the outhouse 😂
And the shower would have to be a dip in the lake down the hill!
The police car is just following the rules of traffic? Shouldn't be only in Norway, im sure thats the case in most countries.
That police car stopped because that is the law. The cars were coming from their right, and they did not have inherent right of passage, so they had to stop. Any driver worth their salt would have stopped there. They weren't on what we would call "forkjørsvei." Which I bet you guys have too. Some roads you have to stop for cars on your right, on other roads you have inherent right of passage and they just have to find an opening. In short, the cops were just following the laws they are charged with enforcing :)
12:28 I'll get in trouble with certain people deep into the whole spoken vs written language stuff, but Oslo Dialect is basically just spoken Bokmål, or at least the closest to it that you get with any of the Norwegian Dialects. I think this is what the meme is about.
If you find near total darkness cool, you could move to Alaska; you wouldn't even need a passport, as it is part of the USA (which you'll forget in 3 seconds, goldfish).
the shuters are usualy automatic (but have a button inside to change it manualy) and most of the time they are on offices or schools. so when the sun shines at the window the shuter goes down and closes. my gues for it being on the outside is that it then also blocks the heat insted of traping the heat between the window and the shuter
Um, yes, a combined powerhouse ... of about 15 million people....
You need to watch "the cabin", a song from Ylvis- It describes Norwegian cain life like it is. :D
Orcas are dolphins. They are very smart and generally friendly.
I would not go as far as saying they are friendly. Other Dolphins yes, but not Orcas. They are the ultimate predators in the world. We are just lucky that we are not part of their menu, and that they are intelligent enough, not to mistake us as an food item.
@@palmarolavlklingholm9684 in the ocean not eating you is generally friendly, i would say :)
@@trulybtd5396 Well they eat seals... my concern would be that me in a diving suit would look alot like a seal haha
I would MUCH rather swim with orcas than dolphins.
Dolphins have a dark side and are think they are scary. They can be aggressive. They are called rapers of the sea for a reason. Lol. And they also even kill for fun.
Orcas, on the other hand. Are complex and intelligent creatures. There have been no verifiable attacks and deaths of humans caused by wild orcas.
@@palmarolavlklingholm9684
NORSWE? We spent enough time in "union" with the Swedes already ty. If the guy that made that video is Norwegian he needs to study harder or go back to school. :P
I have family in Sweden but they can stay on the other side of the border.
Not all stores are closed on Sundays! Maybe in rural areas but most cities have some grocery stores that are open, either fully or with parts of the store closed off.
That map ... Africa is actually 14 x larger than Greenland. That police car ... Police cars that are not on call are just ordinary cars in traffic, they must follow normal traffic rules.
when I was a kid, I often skate at the road in winter, It`s fun :) and I got my first spark (kicksledge) at age 6 :) and by the way, some dialekts can be hard to understand 😅
The police car has to give way to the people coming from the right, so he's basically just following the law I guess.
Norswe was a thing until 1905. If we could use norwegian laws I wouldn't be against doing it again and have the swedes ditch EU.
Also, Tyler seems to be scared of absolutely every wild animal, probably due to lack of knowledge, of course you need to have respect for them and not do anything stupid, but there are not many animals who will purposefully attack/harm humans unless either threatened, spooked or if you get between them and their young
Yup. Our had no shower. We had to take a bath in the lake. but we had out-toilet. A bench with a hole in it where wee poop.
Not all stores are closed on Sundays. Stores that are less than 100 square meters can stay open. I live in Oslo and I have like 4 stores like that within a 5 minute walk
You can,,t take this serious.
Blinds on the outside keeps the sun and heat out. Blinds inside lets the sun through the window and traps the heat inside. You can operate the blinds with a string through the wall or remotely if they are powered. Some are automatic.
In Norway, cars coming from the right has right of way if no other signs apply.
Same in Portugal
15:06 Not only can they swim, but they can swim long distances, and will even swim between islands/islets to get to their destination.
My family's summer house is on a small island about 7 (+-3) minutes with 4HK motor off the mainland, and one year not too long ago we heard talk from others about how they'd seen deer on the island. There are no deer on the island year-round, so that means the deer must have swam from the main land to the island, probably resting on the other smaller islets between the main land and our island along the way.
The 24h darkness is only in Svalbard.
yea keep your distance with moose, that guy was lucky it didnt trample him
It's a Roe deer and it may have bit off more than it can chew.
Spark means kick we use it in Sweden
There are a few dialects I really have to focus when hearing.
Cops must yield to traffic from the right like everyone else - unless when they need sirens.
i am mainly from Oslo, but I understand the other dialects, but sometimes it is true that we don't understand
A lot of this is regional. And only certain grocery stores are open on Sundays (Joker and Rema 1000). The thing about being closed on Sunday stems from Christianity “keeping the Sabbath holy”. Also Sunday open stores are probably more common in urban areas and cities than in the smaller villages/towns… It’s winter and 5 days away from Xmas here in Oslo, and it’s not dark all day long. Of course dark when you wake up and dark when you get home from school/work, but there’s sunlight in the middle of the day. Only in Northern Norway is it continuously dark until the time changes from winter to summer time. In the summer it’s the opposite, the sun never goes down😝 Most cabins now days has a modern bathroom, and traditionally we have outhouses. But back when I grew up, if not new, most cabins didn’t even have water, some not even electricity. We updated our cabin with a bathroom, no going out during winter, and a bigger kitchen with a oven and fridge. Before that we didn’t even have that or the space for it.
Fun fact deer can swim really well bc their bodies float. The cross big fjords at jump from island to island
Small grocery stores are open on sundays. Restaurants too. What we do? We don't consume stuff 100% of the week, that sounds like a very american approach to life
The police have to follow standard traffic regulations.
I guess the "spark" is directly translated to "Kick". Its commonly used all around Norway. At least the parts that has snow in the winter (which is most of us)
I live in a part of Finland that is at about the same "height" on the map as Oslo, and here, right now, at the height of winter (4 days until winter solstice when it slowly starts moving towards longer, brighter days again) the sun rises around 09:30 am, stays very low in the sky and then sets around 03:30 pm
"No pooping for a week."
Maybe that constipation accounts for the unfriendly reservedness.
6:52 it's obviously a joke..
..however, if Norway annexes sweden, we would call it "Norden".
I was in the USA in 1979 - we were a group of Norwegians (about 15) in a restaurant and spoke to each other with our dialects. The American waiter came over and asked us Which countries we were from? as our dialects sounded so different to him.
We just put skates on our cars.
"Norswe" makes sense. Open border and it's like you are still in Norway when you are in Sweden mostly.
Restaurants is open in Norway on sundays too, and i have 5 grocery stores nearby me which is also open on sunday.
"What if Norway and Sweden combined? What? That would... Not happen!"
Me: *points to a history booy* : "The Union of Kalmar was a thing... Not a good thing, but a thing nevertheless..."
Norswe??? sounds dumb... Swenor is better xD "I'm a Swenorian!" .... Norswegian?
Well... As a Swede I understand both 'Bokmål' and 'Nymål'. Perhaps missing some words, but it is not hard. We are brothers and sisters.
If it first come a lot of snow, and then rain it will be solid ice on the road. Its like that her where I live in Norway right now. You need spike tire on your car for this type of winter whether 😉 Love your videos of my contry btw ❤
Trying to learn Norwegian is not easy cuz WE LOVE speaking English! Kids start English in 1st grade. (6 year old...)
The younger generation is used to saying "Black" to the black nowadays. Tho the 30+ years KNOW that the Norwegian word for black is "svart" and for 100's of years "svartinger" (blacks) was the swear word for people seen as lesser like the people emptying the outdoor toilets or criminals and so on. Then black people came and after a couple of decades they decided that OUR WORD for the race sounded too much like the English "N" word and DEMANDED for us to remove it! I would say that is a HUGE misunderstanding of the meaning & as far from RESPECTING our CULTURE as POSSIBLE! Making us BAN BELOVED SONGS and I think it suck!
btw : USA is supposed to be VERY Christian so what happened to keep the 7th day Holy? lol ONLY big food stores and normal stores are closed. All entertainment is open & resturants + even the grocery store delivering to your door is open at Sundays. This is 2024 after all! ;-D
I'm Norwegian and it's the outdoor toilet in most old cabins in Norway
if I'm not completely mistaken, he has the right of way to all the other cars
Mooses often attack, - they use theirr front legs and can hurt so much, - and kill
- if see a mom moose or/ and calves most of us DONT go near moose (check on TH-cam how they attacking (I been close, but NO WAY I BE GO CLOSER!!!!)
I can't see NorSwe ever happening. Norway used to be under Swedish and Danish 'control' and I can't see them ever wanting a union with them again. For instance Oscar II (Oscar Fredrik; 21 January 1829 - 8 December 1907) was King of Sweden from 1872 until his death in 1907 and King of Norway from 1872 to 1905. I think Norwegians and Swedes prefer the friendly rivalry they have as separate nations.
Also Sweden is a member of the EU while Norway is not. Norway is protective of its markets.
Police cars also need to follow the driving code...
Everywhere.
Cars coming from the right have priority.
I think it would be funny, if you watch what The Norwegians watch right now. Christmas kalenders. They are made like a countdown untill Christmas (the 24th), just on TV.
My favorit kalenders to watch are «Jul i Svingen»(my childhood.)(an adoreable komedie, evolved with kids and family),
«The julekalender»(a old one, with a hilarious mixture of English and Norwegian),
and a new one i really like «Asbjørns julekalender» (sort of a talk show, but where «Asbjørn»(a character(you should read about him to understand)) has a visit of one guest per day (he kind og roasts them in a friendly way). Read a little about every kalender to understand the consept.
I just think this would be werry funny to watch you react to. We norwegians gro up wacthing this, and we still love them till this day. 🎅🇳🇴🇳🇴🎁🎄
you sir are absolutely RIGHT. NO WAY NORWAY WOULD MERGE WITH SWEDEN
the blinds are on the outside to prevent heat from the sun getting in. They are also electronic, either full automatic or controlled with a switch.
I don't get the "stores are closed on Sundays" thing. I hear it all over TH-cam, but never encountered it anywhere (I'm Norwegian). It's usually just non-grocery shops that are closed. Where I live all grocery stores are open until 10 or 11 every day of the week. Except 17th of May and Christmas day, and other public holidays (10 per year, I think).
Haha! Ok! You've actually learned a whole lot about Norway. Probably a lot more than u think. Not getting fooled d by the Norswe thing is a good start :D
"Norswe" is a historical fact and was a reality from 1814 to 1905. before that it was "Nordan", we were in a union with Denmark. and before that it was the Kalmar union, Norway, Denmark and Sweden together.
probably wont happen again, but i still think it is a good idea.
The blinds are outside to block the heat during summer. Having blinds on the inside only blocks the light, but not heat from passing through the glass. This makes it cheaper to cool down buildings.
3. Yes, on office buildings there are often blinds on the outside. They are automated and a bit more solid.
4. Norwegians have a very relaxed relationship with the police. Not being alowed to think you are better than others goes for the police too.
5. Nahhh, we'll never combine our country with the monkey nation (KIDDING). That would be a "what would happen"-video.
Sundays are for resting =)
That part was not entirely truthful, though. Grocery stores are allowed to stay open for a limited amount of hours if they are smaller than a certain number of square meters. If the shop is too large, they can still stay open if they section off enough aisles that the total area is within the specified regulations. Also, gas stations and small convenience stores are allowed to stay open on Sundays. It´s stores like outlets and fashion retailers that have to close down completely on Sundays as far as I know. That being said, I don´t know everything. I´d be happy to recieve corrections if I missed any of my marks here =)
One thing people from outside of Norway is that Norway is looooong... From north to south in Norway is about as far as from Norway to Italy.
That means what you see in these videos are not representative for the whole of Norway. Like here in Bergen (south west) we don't even have moose. Nor wolfes.. We have deer.(not reindeer) Sometimes they're right outside where I live.. We don't have the darkness all winter or the midnight sun. We do occasionally see the northern lights though. 😍
The language changes between the regions but we have a common written language :) You can't compare north and south, east and west here. Norway is like many worlds in one country ❤ but it's mostly beautiful wherever you go. And yes we have a lot of land. You can always find a place to be alone.
1:33
No, it's not normal, but it's not extremely rare either.
Basically if it's been cold and suddenly rain then freeze over again it'll be slippery till they get around to apply sand, gravel and ice.
2:52
No bathroom, no.
There's nature though, just bring a shovel.
8:15
Nope, we wouldn't...
500 years of unions is more then enough for us...
We do have small shops open on Sundays. A lot of shops with foreign food also has open on sundays in the cities(Imported fruit, veggies, rice etc.). Grocarie stores under 100kvm can stay open. Same with kiosks under 150kvm. Shops in camping areas are allowed to stay open. Some times the county governor can give stores the OK to stay open on weekends. catering establishments, auction places, museums, sale from museums or conventions, Places that foremost sell plants, gardening supplies(etc) and places that sell locally crafted housework and souvenir wears are allowed to stay open. So there is some stores that stay open on sundays, and stuff to do that you need to pay for. Just not the regular shopping. I've taken these facts straight out from our law data. I think it was the original deceleration.... I don't often check Norwegian law....
Sometimes it rains after a few days of freezing temperatures, so the streets become icy, and the best way to get around is on ice skates. 2, Of course you go to the bathroom, even if the cabin is spartanly furnished, or it would have gone really wrong. 3 The police do nothing but patrol, and that they stop for those coming from the right is completely normal, because in Norway you have to give way from the right. 4 THAT will never happen, they can produce as many cars as they want, but we never share the oil! hehehehee.5. "Spark" is a way of getting around that was much more used in the past, but I know that many people still use it in the countryside. And today such costs 200 dollars. 6. Moose can become quite friendly with people, since they often move to residential areas in the autumn to eat, among other things, apples that are still growing on the trees. 7, yes, sheep can be quite talkative, but they use a dialect that few people understand. 8. No, it is not dark all the time in winter here in the south, but near the Arctic Circle you will hardly experience daylight in midwinter. 9. Deer swim to move, just like many other animals.10 It is true, we are perhaps the country in Europe with the fewest multi-lane motorways. But we have what we call "Motorvei B", which is a two-lane road with good width. But yes, you soon encounter narrow and winding roads, and of course many tunnels. 11. Yes, we use a lot of skis when we go on trips or train in the winter, but you don't see them in the cities. 12. It is also true, the vast majority of shops are closed on Sundays, but in the cities you will find some grocery stores that are open. 13. Absolutely, learn Norwegian if you move here, it will always be a good idea! 14. Close to 12,000 moose, deer and roe deer are killed in traffic every year. 15. Yes, you can swim with killer whales on the northern coast of Norway, but would not recommend it. Merry Christmas everyone!
8. Yes, swimming raindeers may mean that santa will NoT be joining us this year. (Just had to)
9. Companies closing early is constructed for families to have more time together. Funny enough we want them open! ;P
If you have any more questions about Norway, write them in the comment field to my comment
we use a control from the inside
Hah, the first one is the only comparison with something like "snow day" in America. When the roads gets this slippery, only thing you can do is call your supervisor/boss and school to tell them that we are stuck until "strøbilen" (a big truck filled with sand and/or salt) drive by and makes the roads and walkways somewhat driveable.
And on your way you probably slide off the road and into a ditch so you have to wait on a tow truck to arrive, and you know that there are probably hundreds of others in the same situation! For sure one of the worst days of the year but at the same time I love them. Its a day with waiting and sleeping in your car alongside the road and relaxing
Not all grocery stores are closed, only the bigger ones (it makes no sense). I have a small grocery store two minutes away from where I live that’s open on Sundays. Restaurants are open. We can order fast food and groceries to our home. I think the reason that stores are closed on Sundays is because it stems from an old Christian tradition, where people should rest on Sundays, and it’s just stuck around.
I’m from Oslo and I struggle with some dialects when they speak fast.
many cabin outhouses
on old cabins haven`t been servised for hundreds of years....she probably didn`t even go in there.. -)
1. If your lucky and love skating you may have a few hours until they get to your icy street with either sand or salt! :)
2. Well, if it's a simple cabbin you may have to boil water and wash with a wash cloth and pope in a shed outside. It may not be very tempting for her if visiting and not being ised to "rough it".
20:50 Only until they see you as food, after which they may - and I joke not - literally start playing with their food.
And by playing with their food, I mean grabbing you with their teeth, then breaching the surface and throwing you away by flicking their head, then swim up and grab you again to do it all over again. If you don't believe me, look it up online, if not even here on TH-cam, you'll find Orcas doing that with seals or penguins, or whatever it was I saw them do it with.
Meeting a moose like that, with it's ears back, AND with a dog, you are risking getting attacked, it's like 90% or more chance, and it will mainly focus on the dog and consider it a threat. But in general the moose is more likely to run away from you. It's not common to get this close at all, but if you ever do. Stay calm.
Haha she probably did not want to go to the outhouse to go to the toilet. But no, most people have modern cabins now. Unless you want to own or rent a cabin without running water or toilet inside.
Some buildings might have that yes, but honestly, I have not seen that much. I am used to blinds on the inside unless it is blinds specifically made for the outside.
If Norway had gotten together with Sweden to create one country I would have been angry, so would a whole bunch of Norwegians and Swedes as well. We got freed from Sweden in 1905 after fighting them since we were handed over by Denmark. When Norway was looking for their king they went to Denmark to get a Danish Prince and not to Sweden, which shows that even with us not wanting to be under Danish rule anymore our trust was much more towards Denmark and not Sweden. No way in h3ll that we would combine with Sweden to one country.
Norswe would want Denmark, findland, and island to... And throw in scotland shetlandsislands and the faro islands to. And let's just call in Norway for simplisity. =P
For the car scenario, the police car had to let the car through. The car was pulling out from a sideway on the right side, which we call "right rule".. Anytime you're at a cross with a car coming at the same time from the right side of the car, you have "vikeplikt", or translated to english as "Duty to give way". This helps for smoother traffic flow, and better regulations.
I couldn't see any lights at the roads so the car didn't do anything illegal and yeah our policemen are much more friendler then americans.
Specially when they have stopped they kinda signals too you. You can drive.
As you can see here our policemen or women are for the most of the time very friendly: th-cam.com/video/Cd8ZTKU8csw/w-d-xo.html
That's just normal behaver from the police in norway (in the video link above). Most of the time are just beeing friendly and avoid people to getting frustrated and avoid too heat up the whole situations unnecessary. Americans police need to have more education because we are seeing so many videos from youtube how stupid polices there are in america. They have alot of learn by norwegian police.
If this would happend in U.S.A the guns would most likely be pointed a gun on him or at least a teaser. (We don't use teaser).
The Police one is easy. its equal priority roads (you guys would have firs come firs serve), we have yield from the right. So the cops are simply following the law letting traffic from the right through.
No, we would most def not go back to an union with Sweden. However, the amount of money we have thru the oil fund, we could buy Sweden if we want. We also have a song about this topic, just to make fun of Sweden. And Sweden responded with a song too. lol
Here is our song to Sweden: th-cam.com/video/9hSO7x8oLnI/w-d-xo.html
Sweden's responce: th-cam.com/video/rdLbxpolipo/w-d-xo.html
There is no way in hell, Norway would become part of Sweden again. We are good neighbours. But neither Swedes, nor Norwegians would ever agree to a Norswe. Ridiculous.
hehe... tiktok isn't exactly the best education platform :D
Stores are closed. That's a good thing because When I was a kid in Canada. This was the way it was. Everything was closed on sun. People play outdoors on weekends. They love the outdoors. And they go for walks and hikes skies and all kinds of things
Blinds outside are muuuuch better thann inside, - cus in the summer the heat be "bllocked" and not be to hot inside. = Not need aircondition (= save money to the elecktrianbills) Of course we adjust from the inside.
Just comon sence
10:30 yes sir, moose are VERY territorial, can become easily angry and on the offense and theyre VERY bloody dangerous, BUT, theyre Sweet so Long as you dont intrude or try any shit
As plenty of people have said already, the blinds are most likely automated by sensors, or you have a button or controller on the inside to open and close them.
In our school, they automatically closes if it gets too bright, and we have a button on the wall that we use to raise or lower the blinds manually.
Here in norway all shops are closed on sundays. The only exception is special grocery stores thats only open on sundays (usually a part of a normal chain store). Originally, the closed on sunday-rule was a christian thing, being that God himself slept on the seventh day of creating the world. Now its continued with a more secular reason: the people who works in shops needs a free day once a week
The video of the goat and the cat was really exaggerated, people from Oslo are often really petty and think they are the epitome of Norway but as a great Karmøybu I can say that Oslo dialect sounds like that goat to us and to them south Norway/karmøy dialect sound like the goat to them.
Well mooses ar quite common in sertain places, I was 2 meters (about 6,56 feet) away from one yesterday...
The reason stores (over 100 sqm) aren’t allowed to e open on Sundays is due to the work environment act and doesn’t really have anything to do with religion (even though the tradition of Sundays as a Christian resting day have influenced the selection of the day).
Deers and moose in the wild will give of signals if you getting too close and they will attack, best thing do do is to back off. It happens then wild animal will approach you out of curiosity, best thing to do then is not to do anything and let it happen because of you do scare them with sudden movement they may be scared and potentially attack. This apply to most herbivore not all so you don't mix it, so if you see a bear or wolf you definitely should get away. Normally animals are more scared of humans in Norway and they will stay away.