Just to be clear, we're taught proper knife safety too. Stuff like don't cut towards yourself, don't cut towards others, always put the knife back in the sheathe when you're not using it, etc. Basically, we don't just give kids knives and say have fun. There are also always adults monitoring, who have first aid kits available for the rare cases someone does get hurt. If a kid showed up with a knife in kindergarten or school, it would be confiscated immediately, and there would likely be a call to the parents and cps (who would then inform the police about it) to determine the situation. Basically, they only get to use knives under supervision of an adult, and never in public areas (as you can see the photo in the video, they were in a forest).
As opposed to the USA people, Including children, don't have to carry weapons to protect themselves against people that carry weapons to protect them from people carrying weapons to protect themselves from people carrying weapons to ... Get it? Knives are tools here.
knife skills are very useful. Starting young is a good thing since we teach our kids that knifes are more than just dangerous. Making a flout is something my granddad thought me.
Regarding knives: It depends on the context. On a field trip this is absolutely ok. The knives kids use then are typically not the "pointy" ones, but should be usable for simple things like carving sticks. Also, any usage would be monitored by an adult, to ensure they are used as the tools they are, and not as play weapons. However, when playing inside, or on a playground, knives would NOT be ok. Also, typically they are much less used by kids in cities compared to kids in the countryside, just due to the context. This teaches kids that knives are tools, not weapons.
I'm a leader for a scout troop in Norway, and we always make sure they have proper sharp knives with proper points. If you give them dull knives, they will have to use strength to do any carving, and when they (invariably) cut themselves, the cut is a lot more nasty. Most children around where I live (the suburbs of Oslo) were used to knives by the time they started school. Immigrant children are actually taught using knives in school to be able to partake in Norwegian style outdoor life with their classmates.
Week schedules makes perfect sense! The very first example that pops in my head is school. From a very young age I've been used to a week plan. Both for happenings at school and homework. Second example is deliveries, at least at my work. If I order something that is not in stock, maybe the product needs to be made or shipped from abroad, then they estimate a week number. One specific date would be too difficult to hit. Lots of products also have week number and year stamped for when it was produced. I remember you reacted in another video to "week scheduling", but I can't remember if I commented, so I did it here 😛
So in the airports, they have last call announcements, but only in some. Tap water is safe because it runs through several filtration systems, and doesn't use chemicals. We don't play rock paper scissor shoot differently, but we say it differently. We say "Stein, saks, papir" which translates directly to "Stone scissor paper". I think it is because "Stein" and "Saks" both start on the same letter and kinda 'rhymes', and the "Papir" works as the "shoot" too, since the "Pa(PIR)" is very aggressive.
I was flying to the USA, New York, from Oslo Airport Gardermoen. We were seated and ready to go, but one of the passangers was late because of a belated train. So we waited twenty minutes before we could take of. No problem, noone complained. We easily caught up the lost time during the six and a half hours great circle flight to New York, including a nice tailwind. Very relaxed experience.
Have read a bit about American workers hunting for positions. Where it is almost expected that you work overtime every day, you often backbite others to get yourself into a good position. My brother worked in engineering, and there they always worked as a team, also with foreign experts who worked in the same industry. For example, my brother worked for three years in Paris, this to have someone who could follow the progress of the French in a joint project. As he said, the French working day was quite different from Norway, but it still worked really well. Both the Norwegian and French workers had constant meetings in the so-called "thinking box". There, everyone who was involved in the project, no matter how long you had worked, could come up with solutions for the project. Something Europe does not use is entry-level positions. If you are employed, you have just as much to say as someone who has worked for 20 years. Therefore, it is often mutual respect that applies. This is because the "old" can stay in one track that has previously worked, but the "young" come in with new thoughts and input which are often good. Mao one plays each other well is the principle.
Also we choose and show as we say paper(the last one), not on “shot” @Meh_2222 Sorry for jumping on your comment, but figured it might be better than having a lot to go through 😂
I'm sorry, but Norwegians alone don't consider americans simpletons. - the whole world thinks so. It is laughable to hear presidential candidates and celebrities talking about living in the greatest country in the world. They truly don't know anything about the world around them. Americans in this context only applies to people from the US. - Canada is absolutely not included. I would move to (and/or visit) just about any country in Europe before the USA would enter my wish list. Btw, I work full time as a substitude in kindergardens. I have seen children carve sticks with knives for years and have never seen an accident because of it. About guns in Norway You can get them if you have a licence to hunt. - Guns for protection is strictly prohibited. Even the police don't carry guns. They have to go get them if they need to get armed. Which is a problem in Oslo these days. Thank God I don't live there
@@1993Norwegian preach to the capitalism god! Americans should make their country Great again but it is very difficult... I WISH the american people all of luck and joy, but they Will be eaten up by capitalist.
You can get weapons license in Norway without a hunting license. It involves being part of a Shooting Club, and after X amount of practices, you can get recommended by fellow club members to be allowed a license for a select few guns, because they deem you trustworthy to have one.
I cut myself as a kid, my grandmother just walked slowly, then she looked at the damage, I could look inside my left knockel, I was scared, but she was calm like a nice winter storm. She tok me home and patched it. She did not take my knife and she did no shot and screem. I learnt not to cut myself. And I learnt to stay calm. That is the moral of this tale
About Gun laws in Norway, you have two main ways to get a gun, the first is rifles and shotguns you mainly get these by taking a hunting license, and passing. and you need to fill out a written gun application with gun model name and Calibre nr and what you are gonna use the gun for, in this instance for Hunting Purpose, and send it in to the Police, then you need to pass a criminal background check. And this is before you even get to the gun/sport shop to buy your weapon. To get to buy a handgun you need to have at least 6 months membership with active pistol shooting in a Pistols club, and pass a 3 days pistol Security Course with your pistol club Instructor. Then you get to send a written gun application to the police, here you need to write in things like barrel length, model name and which Calibre it is and what purpose the firearm are gonna get used for, finally, then they take a criminal background check on your persona before they approve or decline your application. This application process is about 2-4 months. 😅 So that is, 6 months in a pistol club with active membership, 3 days for a safety Course, and 2-4 months for the gun application and criminal background check, for a total of 8-12 months waiting for a first time hand weapon applicant owner 😅 but after that it's only 3-4 month wait for buying new guns after that.. oh and yeah, you need to file in documentation that you own an approved firearms safe that is bolted to the Floor or wall of your home. This is important because you aren't allowed to carry a gun on your persona here. If you travel to or from a place with a weapon here in Norway the weapon must be kept out of reach of any persona in the vehicle and in its weapons case and stored separately from your ammunition.. 😅🙈
The same laws as we have in Canada. I have hunters in my family,their rifles have a trigger lock & locked in a cabinet that's bolted to the floor & no windows in that room & ammo is in a separate locked cabinet in another room. Police have to be notified when you leave with your gun in a locked cabinet in your trunk & hunting permit tag & when you return!
One may add, you are not allowed to "arm yourself in self defence”. If you show up Down Town with a gun, Police will be with you in minutes and weapon and license is gone. The same with knives. They can freely be carried by a worker or a hunter, but strictly forbidden in more “social” situations.
Rock, paper, Scissors is played kind of the same, exept we dont say SHOOT! We say Rock, Scissors, paper! On Paper we chose what we want to draw. I norwegian it would be like this: Stein (rock), Saks (Scissors), Papir (Paper)! Hope this helps😁!
The tap water seems to be something that sticks with people. I'm from Norway, mainly living in the UK now, but takes friends back there occationally. And anyone who is not from Scandinavian countries REALLY remember how good the tap water was and brings it up years later. Living in the UK I can confirm that it is very good compared to that atleast!
The Norwegian fresh water is really fresh, coming from glaziers and lakes. In Denmark and Southern Sweden the water is pumped up from the ground and seems "dead" in comparison with ours.
The knife thing, my kids got their own knives for their birthday when they turned 6. But by then they had already been learning how to use them for a couple of years. Like “spikking “ stuff with me using my knives.
I'm guessing that the one where they delayed the flight because the bus was late was in one of the smaller airports and not the big ones like Flesland or Gardermoen. Which means that probably ALL the passengers for that flight were on the bus. I remember during my conscription when we got leave we flew home from one of those small airports. There was one flight leaving that day. And when the plane left the staff probably turned off the light in the terminal, locked the doors, and went home for the day. So it makes sense that they would delay departure rather than fly an empty plane across the entire length of the country.
America is not strict on child abuse. It's legal for an adult to marry a 12 year olf girl in many parts of the US and parents are allowed to beat their children.
The easiest way to gauge how right wingers in particular view children is to see the laws in red states: They are perfectly fine with child labor, child marriage, child starvation, child pregnancies, school shootings, etc., the list goes on. It's despicable.
Yep, 12 year olds can marry adults if there's parental agreement. It doesn't happen as much as you fear, but it happens hell of a lot more than it should.
I feel like a lot of these points are things that someone experienced once and assumed it was the norm. I would NEVER consider not introducing a friend to a friend if I was with one and met the other. Also, that guy talking about owning homes and social pressure to be like everyone else, must be particular to the social circle he's in. Everyone I know look at it the other way around, that the social pressure to fit in is MUCH greater in the US. I've NEVER felt pressure to be like everyone else in Norway.
"Katzenjammer" was a Norwegian girl band known for their song "Rock, Paper, Scissors." One significant cultural difference between Norwegians and Americans is that Norwegians do not place a high value on outspoken ambition. Boasting or showing off wealth and career achievements is often viewed as foolish. For instance, if you say, "I want to become the best expert, scientist, salesman, artist, or athlete in the country or the world," people may perceive you as having a bloated ego. It’s generally better to keep ambitions to yourself. Additionally, in Norway, it's not customary to buy rounds of drinks at a bar. This practice is considered too much, because alcohol is very expensive. You can buy a drink for a friend or a date, but not for an entire table or group. I once had to stop an American visitor from doing just that. Moreover, if you start chatting with random strangers on the street, on the bus, or in the grocery store, people might see you as odd or eccentric. But inviting a stranger home for a visit, dinner, etc is fine 😅
We do sometimes use week-numbers to refer to when something is, but we use normal dates much more. Normal dates are the main thing we use. And then week-numbers is more of a supplement. When referring to normal dates, we will sometimes use month names ("7th of April"), and sometimes use month numbers ("7 in the 4th").
lol I grew up with knives and both my brother and I got our 1st “spikkekniv” which is basically a traditional small knife for kids, when we were younger. It may not be the norm anymore, but was common when I grew up during the 90’s. Then again I didn’t grow up in the city.
i things are organised by week # (like summer/winter/easter etc vacation usually starts at a fixed week number), sometimes for business meetings as well you ask "if week x works?" but personally nobody asks you if you wanna hang out on the 42nd week. as for the bus and airport i think its because we have a lot smaller airports and the airport and busses to the airports are corresponding to each other to some degree.
14:25 outdoor activities helps allot. Its something about beeing outside fishing or whatever that makes you forget about your’e problems or help you to think more rational about your’e situation and come up with a good solution to it. Its like when your’e pc is datadumping allot of crap that you dont need.
Week number can be a part of the spesific date, or an alternative ( week 1, the first week of the year )... The rock, paper, scissprs thin... idk, unless you count dynamite :)
Hey Tyler! On your Japan channel, you recently reacted to sushi restaurants serving their customers on conveyor belts. These are not exclusive to Japan. They got these in Norway too. Not just for sushi restaurants, but cafes too.
In Amerika you play with Rock, Paper, scissor shoot and choose somthing at shoot. In Norway you play stein (rock) saks(scissor) papir (paper) and choose something at papir/paper
I think that goes for any country or serious gun user. Never trust a loaded gun, not even with the safety catch on. You simply never point a gun at anyone unless you are in a combat situation.
@@kjellg6532 Yes, for any country, adult and gun user. And then in selfdefence or combat. But my respond was regarding kids with knifes. They need to be tought that. From early on.
Will there be a part 3 of this one? Like you said, the thread goes on and on.
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Nope, it's because research has proven that slower, stable speed traffic flows better than fast and aggressive "start-stop-start-stop-start" driving where everyone 'presses on' to get ahead asap. That creates more queues and stopped traffic.
As a swede.. its this about week planing.. its a thing to talk to your colleges and then further or lather propse to ones company/your boss! Becuse in the whole world we do have "payd days/weeks" of.. exept in USA! Everyone do talk to there colleges.. and as kids get many days of school.. one call those days different in all countrys.. it could be weeks or months! Soo.. are you taking all your payd vacation time when your childs is out of school.. or could we shift our dutys when between us! Anyhow.. in moste european countrys.. one is entitled to at least 4 weeks of payd vacation.. wait, its more to it and that is big factorys and bussines do actualy close for four weeks or less! Everyone like to take vaccation.. big companyes close.. at least four weeks, when there customers close! As a Union man.. when do our big customer close, then we close altso.. my members have to adapt to that!
The "bus to the airport" claim must be one of the small airports at the coast. I've worked at two of the major airports (SVG and OSL), and it's basically a case of "this never happens".
I agree. It would probably only happen when a particular flight and bus are set up to correspond. Which is to say, most of the passengers on the bus, if not all, are bound for the same plane, and many, if not all, of the passengers on the plane are on that bus.
02:18 The only possible reason I can imagine this being the case, is if it was the Plane Bus, the bus dedicated to driving to and from the airport. I haven't ever experienced this scenario myself, as I never take the plane bus, but I'd imagine the airport would be warned somehow about which planes will be affected by the plane bus being late to arrive at the airport, and thus can relay the information to the affected gates. But this is entirely guessing on my part. 04:57 This is one that highly depends on the situation/scenario. Most commonly, people won't schedule things by week number in their every-day life, instead saying "Saturday of next week." If you are talking about at work, or store news papers, then you are far more likely to schedule things by the week number. If you plan a vacation and need to ask your boss for leave, you'll also likely mention the week number, though many might just say "from Friday the 3rd to Saturday the 27th" or add the month if it's split between two months. Aside from store news papers, I can't remember last time I saw or heard of anyone talking week numbers, though I don't have a job. 05:38 Tap water in Norway tastes like drinking water from a fresh-water spring in constant motion that's filtered well. 06:12 If I were to guess, they are likely carving spits to melt marshmallows, hotdogs, or something over a campfire. This looks to be an excursion out into one of their local forests, and I remember that we would do the same thing when I was in kindergarten, and in elementary school. We were taught how to hold the knives, how to carve the spits, all so we would never carve them towards ourselves or accidentally cut ourselves. 15:27 I own an apartment, but I haven't ever felt pressured to own a home, let alone judged for not owning a home before I bought my current home. Maybe that's something that's more common among the older generation? I'm 33 right now, so maybe if I'd been 45+ without owning a home, I would have heard about this judging thing? 15:53 According to Federal Reserve Bank's "Average Sales Price of Houses Sold for the United States" article, prices were steadily increasing at a manageable rate until roughly around Q3 2001 when it started raising at a faster rate than previously, though still not exeeding $322,100 at Q1 2007 where it saw a steady decline to $259,700 in Q4 2011, that's when things started rapidly increasing till around Q2 2020 where it was at $371,100, and that's when it skyrocketed up to $525,100 in Q2 2022, and has been swinging up and down between that and $495,00 ever since. 16:17 This is, unfortunately, true. It doesn't just happen to foreigners, but to Norwegians, too. If you want to involve yourself as the third party in the conversation, you can't really expect to be introduced and invited into the conversation, you have to introduce yourself. This, however, can be seen as rude or very rude, because for all you know, this unknown person that's your friend may have limited time to spend talking and would prefer talking to their friend instead of some stranger, so most times the third party would wait until the other person has left and then ask "who was that?" or some other variant of that.
THE WEAPON! There are a lot of private weapons in Norway, BUT we have very clear rules for who can buy weapons. Hunting is a big sport in Norway, as we have a lot of moose, roe deer and red deer, along with a lot of birds. To be able to hunt, you must take a separate hunting test, where you must be approved. When it comes to handguns such as pistols, there are other rules. You have to join a gun club, take courses, prove yourself good at handling a handgun. And 99% of those who apply to such a club, do so to engage in competition shooting. Even in the Armed Forces, the rules are quite strict, in the first-time service you don't get a weapon the first week, you must first prove that you know how to keep your equipment in order, and show that you can maintain it, then you get a weapon, and again you have to Prove you can take good care of it before you fire a single shot. I think first-time hunters also have to go to a shooting range, and shoot at e.g. wild animals, and or shoot at birds in flight (leather pigeon shooting) to get a hunting licence.
Continuing from Part 1, and please note that much of the following is opinion or conjecture and not necessarily provable fact. 1 Yes, the water is good. 2 Knives in kindergarten is not a common occurrence, at leas to my knowledge. But I can't really argue with the picture which shows two kids whittling away. It used to be perfectly common for men to wear knives on their belt as an accessory, but after it became a handy way to settle disputes the laws tightened up a bit on what you're allowed to carry in public. And by limit I mean blade length and areas of use. The law does not to my knowledge prohibit the boy scouts from learning how to use knives in a survival situation, and they are still issued their standard and frankly painful knives after proving to their troop leader that they are mature enough to handle live steel responsibly. 3 The thing about Americans being "more". I think this harkens back to Janteloven. The best comparison I can think of is from Pixar's research trip to Scotland, where the locals would spend some time studying these strangers among them, then approach and suddenly become very friendly indeed. That sounds to me like my fellow countrymen of Norway. It takes a little while (varies from person to person) to warm up to outsiders enough to include them without reservation. 4 I can honestly say that my time in Higher Education was the best time of my life. I was never more confident or outgoing than those two years, even though I have no degrees to show for it, and it holds no bearing on my job for the last sixteen odd years. (Frankly it was taking a look at my climbing student loans which shook me out of furthering and finishing the education, as I was surpassing 200 000 NOK after only two years, and was sure to double in the third year as it required I study at a sister-school abroad) 5 Gallows humor can be quite common, at least among men. Women might join in with some self-deprecating jokes (which might be angling for contradictions). 6 I have no comment on the obvious, on religion, gun control, or health care. And being (to misquote Mary Poppins) Perfectly Average in Every Way, I cannot make factual statements about the intelligence of Americans, though some of the Woke things can seem a bit out there... 7 Coping mechanism. Yes, it is commonly held that one of the best things for depression is exercise and sunshine and nature. A hike is the perfect combination, and you will find that Norsemen who are grumpy and avoiding socialization in cities will suddenly open up like a weight has been lifted from their shoulders, calling out greetings and throwaway jokes at passing hikers they do not even know. (I know this from the times I've gone hiking, especially the time I went to visit Kjeragbolten about ten years ago and on the way back was nearly run over by a flock of what I can only assume to be Asian monks due to their physical appearance and bright orange robes, equally as eager to experience Norwegian nature) And if you get in enough hikes then taking a hike won't be as exhausting, you'll have more energy, and feel less depressed. Unless of course you slip and fall because you for some reason chose to wear high heels out in nature and break your ankles bad enough you require a permanent cast; what doesn't kill you makes you horribly disabled (see: dark humor). And America has just as much beautiful nature as does Norway... it's just spread out over a larger area... 8 Yes, being a home owner is one of the few topics which will instantly secure a conversation, as there are always problems to be found and lamented with other home owners. It's sort of like talking about the weather, but we can actually do something about it. So it is understandable that renters would feel left out, somewhat like Tom Hanks in A Man Called Otto, where he equates renters with someone who is afraid of making the commitment. 9 I cannot claim that everyone avoids introductions when running into coworkers or friends in the street, seeing as I am in real life quite introverted and avoid human interaction wherever possible (which is why chat and messages are good as they give me the time to formulate my thoughts without feeling the burden of holding up or interrupting the conversation with thinking up my interactions. Seriously, I feel like every second I cannot answer an inquiry in person weighs me down like an anchor around my feet after being tossed in the water). I have noticed that people who see one another frequently will just pick up where their conversation last cut off, and it can take several sentences and or minutes before either conversationalist remembers they're not alone and makes the introductions if they are necessary. I have experienced being in company of people where the conversation dragged on for fifteen minutes before someone remembered their manners, and I have experienced just hollered greetings in passing with a comment on the person's name for possible future reference. It is not a universal that introductions will not be made. 10 Flat Hierarchy can be quite relaxing, as your immediate superior (if one is cursed with such) has nor real power over you other than for instance saying "We need this and that, preferably by then. Can we do that?" or "Word has passed down from [insert department] that this and that needs to be changed." We're more like coworkers than superior and employee, though I'm sure I'm not the only one who has in the back of their head the knowledge that my job MIGHT depend on maintaining an amiable relationship when/if economic difficulties arise and people need to be put on leave or let go. Not even the Union can get your job back if the company cannot afford your wages. 11 Sheep mentality is not a purely Norwegian thing. Plenty of countries in the world (including the US) has a map with certain stops along the road of life, and if you happen to get lost along the way then naturally passersby will wonder where you took a wrong turning and even offer helpful directions to try and recover the path. Though it must be said that in recent decades a lot of people seem intent on throwing away the map entirely, or even change its names and measurements. 12 Making friends, as I mentioned in point 3 on this reply it takes a little time for us to warm up to outsiders. At least after a certain age. Many people stick with the friends they made in school or friends forced upon them through being coworkers and suffering under the same yoke of wage earning oppression. 13 Hobbies... can't really comment on it, as I've seen that plenty of Americans have hobbies and plenty of Norwegians do not have the time for it with life and work piling on. If there's something you really care about then you make the time. This applies not only to hobbies but other pursuits as well.
The things kids in the Nordic countries are allowed, even encouraged to do is alien to 'Muricans: Knifes are TOOLS you learn how to use, not weapons! Later, they learn that firearms are for hunting, not to use against other people - and firearms (as well as cars) are dangerous equipment that calls for training, regulating and licensing. Many Norwegians, once they have done their mandatory military service, have a state-provided full-automatic assault weapon ready in their home for emergencies - the vaunted "well-regulated militia" most nations call "reserves". How you 'Muricans have managed to twist your Constitutional Second Amendment into a parody beyond recognition is probably a testament to how unhinged you have become as a nation.
You pay to use the public bathrooms. That way, it has cleaning service cleaning them like 5-6 times a day. How ever gas station bathrooms are mostly free. But they only clean them a few times a day ...
13:13 to get a gun in Norway is extremely hard. And also laws surrounding guns are very strict. Ammo and gun-case can not be stored in the same box, even when transporting. To b able to store the gun at home the gun must be stored in a locker with a lock, and the ammo cant be in the same locker. To first be able to own a gun you need a clean criminal record, and also participate in a theoretical course. Then you have to be in a firearms club for a few months before being able to own your own gun. Your ID is needed to participate in all of the activities. And only then can you buy a pistol. The fun fact about this is that the average gun per person in Norway is at the average of 28.8 guns per 100 people. Higher than i though it was when i first joined the firearms club.
Paying to use the bathroom is some places, not everywhere. Gas stations usually don't charge. That plane delay might be due most of the passengers on the delayed plane was actually on that bus. Stein, saks, papir/Rock, Scissors, Paper. I have no idea what week number we're in... I need to check my calendar every time someone says "How about monday week 38?"... Just say the damn date... Yeah we allow kids to use knives, obviously to do some "spikking", usually to make a stick with a pointy end do grill either hot dogs or bread on a bonfire. We are friendly, if we know you :P But small talk on the bus or at a bus stop, well you'd look like a crazy person. Some of us have dark humor, but people are to damn sensitive so it's usually between friends that you know can handle it and not some random person on the street. Guns in Norway are only if you're a hunter, competition shooter(handguns and it requires a membership in a shooting club), every gun needs to be applied for. There is also a hunters test and you can't have a police record(I think it depends on the crime though, but I'm not sure about that). So it's rare, but we do have guns, it's just that most people isn't interested in going through all that just to shoot a duck/deer/moose or a target. Anyone trying the "US leader" style is usually considered a bad leader/manager. The manager is dependant on the team they manage and therefore it's highly frowned upon for a leader to just decide something without checking with the people who are actually going to implement said decision.
Norwegian rock paper scissors is slightly different, so instead of saying "rock, paper, scissors, shoot" We say "Rock, scissors, paper" in our language as it flows better, and we do the "shoot" when we end the sentence on paper. Hope that answered your question.
There are actually more guns in norway than i think most people think, 1.5 million from an article in 2017,(1 for every fourth person. Ranked 17th in the world in guns per capita,
That is correct, AND we have lesser gun violence than many countries. Most are bolt rifles for hunting. Hand guns for sports shooting. You are not allowed to arm yourself in self defence and if you show up in town with a gun, Police will take it from you together with your license within minutes.
American Capitalism, me me me, money money money, corporate private greed. Norwegian soscialism, we we we, Split the Bill among all, share hæ public help.
When you need medical treatment, education etc in Norway your bill will be shared by the 4,3 million tax payers. Exept those tax refugees that fled to Switzerland of course. Poor devils!
@@VidarLund-k5q those poor poor milti millionaires that have to Split the Bill with us common folks. Those Who leave, should be banne from returning, ever.
I know that for Americans the ''sheep mentality'' seems weird but it makes alot more sense then to live a totally free life. Sure it can be stressfull but it can give your life meaning even in your darkest times, you always have something to work for and in the end you will have felt a sense of meaning in it all. If you have too much freedom you're like a ghost wandering aimlessly around, and when you feel like you've hit rock bottom you dont have that ''sheep mentality'' to keep you going
In Norway, guns are for hunting. There are a lot of guns in ordinary homes, but they are locked up, and the ammunition is kept separately. It’s not common or socially accepted to brag about your guns. Knives in kindergartens, is not common, but some kindergartens teach children how to use knives as a tool. We don’t see them as weapons.
I love how clever and self aware americans has figured out a way to exploit the way foreigners view them and make react videos they just know will generate engagement. People, and especially Norwegians it seems, love hearing about Americans "discovering" how "great" their country is. Anything from health care and guns to candy and food. As with all of these types of videos, the majority of views and engagement comes from narcissistic norwegians.
Norwegians are just as nice as anyone else, they just aren't NEARLY as extroverted as Americans, so the norm is to basically not interact with strangers at all, and that means they aren't used to it. (as a matter of fact there is a joke about how you can tell who is a tourist by whether or not they try to interact with people)
Nevertheless, we buy bottled water even though the water from the tap is just as good. Not all places in Norway have good water, where I worked before the water tasted strongly of chlorine.
If you are with someone, and you meet someone only you know, it's super rude not to introduce them if you are going to start talking to them. Even here in Norway. But a lot of people seem to have developed some kind of social handicap from living in the digital age.
I agree about the heard mentality. But I think that is going on in different ways all over the world...some places religion dictates everything, gender altso. A lot of Americans seem to think that you have to be married.Here in Norway a lot of people buy a house alone, a lot live in life lasting relationships without getting married.Americans altso talk about race a lot, we do not.The us is more diverce, I guess. But pack behaviour is a problem anywhere.
Give the kids knives to carve sticks? Here the kids got to go and be a part av unaliving some animals and be a part of the whole prosess from slaughter to food 🤩 Getting to use big knives - and learning that meat do not grow in the supermarked 🥰
To buy a firearm here in Norway, you have to pass a test. If you are going to have a handgun, you must be active in a club after completing a course. Then you can apply to the police for a purchase permit.
i'm allways getting confused when it comes to gun-control in the us, it allways feel like people think it's either no control or no guns and nothing inbetween XD
First of all thanks for a really interesting channel. To hear different perspectives of each other's cultures is always worth listening to. On that note, your perspective on the TED Talk in the link below, is something I really would like to hear. ruclips.net/video/A9UmdY0E8hU/видео.htmlsi=mmpAE8ApQyEFeDSW
@@JoannDaviit's more that, in the UK at least, I can't speak for the rest of Europe, you're significantly more limited on how much medicine you can buy. For example, painkillers are sold in a maximum of 16 per packet, and you're only allowed to buy 2 packets at a time. So seeing America selling giant bottles with 1,000s of pills is pretty bloody jarring
That's the American way of everything in excess and also think of only themselves. American citizens are just seen as a commodity a means of making a profit. It's really cynical but that's the way America is they are indoctrinated into cult America from an early age by swearing allegiance to the flag each day.
@@PseudocoreERKO Different how? In how you count? If so, it's different all over the US too... Rock paper scissors shoot, rock paper scissors go, 1-2-3 shoot, 1-2-3 go, and simply just "rock paper scissors" which is how at least I've done it for my whole 28 year long Norwegian life
Tyler, you don’t have to tell us all these things about American culture. We have press and media that actually deal with international affairs. We already know these things. Just react.
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Just to be clear, we're taught proper knife safety too. Stuff like don't cut towards yourself, don't cut towards others, always put the knife back in the sheathe when you're not using it, etc. Basically, we don't just give kids knives and say have fun. There are also always adults monitoring, who have first aid kits available for the rare cases someone does get hurt. If a kid showed up with a knife in kindergarten or school, it would be confiscated immediately, and there would likely be a call to the parents and cps (who would then inform the police about it) to determine the situation. Basically, they only get to use knives under supervision of an adult, and never in public areas (as you can see the photo in the video, they were in a forest).
im that one kid that cut myself by accident 😂
Yeah, kids learn how to use a knife. But we don't allow them to carry guns.
As opposed to the USA people, Including children, don't have to carry weapons to protect themselves against people that carry weapons to protect them from people carrying weapons to protect themselves from people carrying weapons to ... Get it? Knives are tools here.
And in the US it's fine to give guns to toddlers, because
t h a t isn't dangerous🙄😂
"My first rifle" is a thing
We make our kids Get ready for the uk
knife skills are very useful. Starting young is a good thing since we teach our kids that knifes are more than just dangerous. Making a flout is something my granddad thought me.
In Norway we treat children like adults, and i USA you treat adults as children.
Regarding knives: It depends on the context.
On a field trip this is absolutely ok. The knives kids use then are typically not the "pointy" ones, but should be usable for simple things like carving sticks.
Also, any usage would be monitored by an adult, to ensure they are used as the tools they are, and not as play weapons.
However, when playing inside, or on a playground, knives would NOT be ok.
Also, typically they are much less used by kids in cities compared to kids in the countryside, just due to the context.
This teaches kids that knives are tools, not weapons.
I'm a leader for a scout troop in Norway, and we always make sure they have proper sharp knives with proper points. If you give them dull knives, they will have to use strength to do any carving, and when they (invariably) cut themselves, the cut is a lot more nasty. Most children around where I live (the suburbs of Oslo) were used to knives by the time they started school. Immigrant children are actually taught using knives in school to be able to partake in Norwegian style outdoor life with their classmates.
The bottled water called Voss waterwhitch are popular in America is actually just regular tap water from Norway, so now you know.
Week schedules makes perfect sense! The very first example that pops in my head is school. From a very young age I've been used to a week plan. Both for happenings at school and homework. Second example is deliveries, at least at my work. If I order something that is not in stock, maybe the product needs to be made or shipped from abroad, then they estimate a week number. One specific date would be too difficult to hit. Lots of products also have week number and year stamped for when it was produced.
I remember you reacted in another video to "week scheduling", but I can't remember if I commented, so I did it here 😛
So in the airports, they have last call announcements, but only in some. Tap water is safe because it runs through several filtration systems, and doesn't use chemicals. We don't play rock paper scissor shoot differently, but we say it differently. We say "Stein, saks, papir" which translates directly to "Stone scissor paper". I think it is because "Stein" and "Saks" both start on the same letter and kinda 'rhymes', and the "Papir" works as the "shoot" too, since the "Pa(PIR)" is very aggressive.
I was flying to the USA, New York, from Oslo Airport Gardermoen. We were seated and ready to go, but one of the passangers was late because of a belated train. So we waited twenty minutes before we could take of. No problem, noone complained. We easily caught up the lost time during the six and a half hours great circle flight to New York, including a nice tailwind. Very relaxed experience.
Have read a bit about American workers hunting for positions. Where it is almost expected that you work overtime every day, you often backbite others to get yourself into a good position. My brother worked in engineering, and there they always worked as a team, also with foreign experts who worked in the same industry. For example, my brother worked for three years in Paris, this to have someone who could follow the progress of the French in a joint project. As he said, the French working day was quite different from Norway, but it still worked really well. Both the Norwegian and French workers had constant meetings in the so-called "thinking box". There, everyone who was involved in the project, no matter how long you had worked, could come up with solutions for the project. Something Europe does not use is entry-level positions. If you are employed, you have just as much to say as someone who has worked for 20 years. Therefore, it is often mutual respect that applies. This is because the "old" can stay in one track that has previously worked, but the "young" come in with new thoughts and input which are often good. Mao one plays each other well is the principle.
Rock paper scissors shot is played rock scissors paper in Norway
Also we choose and show as we say paper(the last one), not on “shot”
@Meh_2222 Sorry for jumping on your comment, but figured it might be better than having a lot to go through 😂
True we say it like that (stein, saks, papir)
I'm sorry, but Norwegians alone don't consider americans simpletons. - the whole world thinks so. It is laughable to hear presidential candidates and celebrities talking about living in the greatest country in the world. They truly don't know anything about the world around them. Americans in this context only applies to people from the US. - Canada is absolutely not included.
I would move to (and/or visit) just about any country in Europe before the USA would enter my wish list.
Btw, I work full time as a substitude in kindergardens. I have seen children carve sticks with knives for years and have never seen an accident because of it.
About guns in Norway
You can get them if you have a licence to hunt. - Guns for protection is strictly prohibited. Even the police don't carry guns. They have to go get them if they need to get armed. Which is a problem in Oslo these days. Thank God I don't live there
@@1993Norwegian preach to the capitalism god! Americans should make their country Great again but it is very difficult... I WISH the american people all of luck and joy, but they Will be eaten up by capitalist.
You can get weapons license in Norway without a hunting license.
It involves being part of a Shooting Club, and after X amount of practices, you can get recommended by fellow club members to be allowed a license for a select few guns, because they deem you trustworthy to have one.
I cut myself as a kid, my grandmother just walked slowly, then she looked at the damage, I could look inside my left knockel, I was scared, but she was calm like a nice winter storm. She tok me home and patched it. She did not take my knife and she did no shot and screem. I learnt not to cut myself.
And I learnt to stay calm. That is the moral of this tale
About Gun laws in Norway, you have two main ways to get a gun,
the first is rifles and shotguns you mainly get these by taking a hunting license, and passing. and you need to fill out a written gun application with gun model name and Calibre nr and what you are gonna use the gun for, in this instance for Hunting Purpose, and send it in to the Police, then you need to pass a criminal background check. And this is before you even get to the gun/sport shop to buy your weapon.
To get to buy a handgun you need to have at least 6 months membership with active pistol shooting in a Pistols club, and pass a 3 days pistol Security Course with your pistol club Instructor. Then you get to send a written gun application to the police, here you need to write in things like barrel length, model name and which Calibre it is and what purpose the firearm are gonna get used for, finally, then they take a criminal background check on your persona before they approve or decline your application. This application process is about 2-4 months. 😅
So that is, 6 months in a pistol club with active membership, 3 days for a safety Course, and 2-4 months for the gun application and criminal background check, for a total of 8-12 months waiting for a first time hand weapon applicant owner 😅 but after that it's only 3-4 month wait for buying new guns after that..
oh and yeah, you need to file in documentation that you own an approved firearms safe that is bolted to the Floor or wall of your home. This is important because you aren't allowed to carry a gun on your persona here.
If you travel to or from a place with a weapon here in Norway the weapon must be kept out of reach of any persona in the vehicle and in its weapons case and stored separately from your ammunition.. 😅🙈
The same laws as we have in Canada. I have hunters in my family,their rifles have a trigger lock & locked in a cabinet that's bolted to the floor & no windows in that room & ammo is in a separate locked cabinet in another room. Police have to be notified when you leave with your gun in a locked cabinet in your trunk & hunting permit tag & when you return!
One may add, you are not allowed to "arm yourself in self defence”. If you show up Down Town with a gun, Police will be with you in minutes and weapon and license is gone. The same with knives. They can freely be carried by a worker or a hunter, but strictly forbidden in more “social” situations.
Rock, paper, Scissors is played kind of the same, exept we dont say SHOOT!
We say Rock, Scissors, paper!
On Paper we chose what we want to draw.
I norwegian it would be like this: Stein (rock), Saks (Scissors), Papir (Paper)!
Hope this helps😁!
The tap water seems to be something that sticks with people.
I'm from Norway, mainly living in the UK now, but takes friends back there occationally. And anyone who is not from Scandinavian countries REALLY remember how good the tap water was and brings it up years later. Living in the UK I can confirm that it is very good compared to that atleast!
The tap water in Oslo is an enormous luxury that I will never take for granted. I have an almost spiritual relationship with it. :)
The Norwegian fresh water is really fresh, coming from glaziers and lakes. In Denmark and Southern Sweden the water is pumped up from the ground and seems "dead" in comparison with ours.
The knife thing, my kids got their own knives for their birthday when they turned 6. But by then they had already been learning how to use them for a couple of years. Like “spikking “ stuff with me using my knives.
I'm guessing that the one where they delayed the flight because the bus was late was in one of the smaller airports and not the big ones like Flesland or Gardermoen. Which means that probably ALL the passengers for that flight were on the bus.
I remember during my conscription when we got leave we flew home from one of those small airports. There was one flight leaving that day. And when the plane left the staff probably turned off the light in the terminal, locked the doors, and went home for the day. So it makes sense that they would delay departure rather than fly an empty plane across the entire length of the country.
Fun fact: in norway you need basically a safe to keep your gun in, so if someone breaks into your house they won't get to the gun.
America is not strict on child abuse. It's legal for an adult to marry a 12 year olf girl in many parts of the US and parents are allowed to beat their children.
The easiest way to gauge how right wingers in particular view children is to see the laws in red states: They are perfectly fine with child labor, child marriage, child starvation, child pregnancies, school shootings, etc., the list goes on. It's despicable.
The **?!
Yep, 12 year olds can marry adults if there's parental agreement. It doesn't happen as much as you fear, but it happens hell of a lot more than it should.
@@MrGlennJohnsen 😵💫
Is this true???
I feel like a lot of these points are things that someone experienced once and assumed it was the norm. I would NEVER consider not introducing a friend to a friend if I was with one and met the other. Also, that guy talking about owning homes and social pressure to be like everyone else, must be particular to the social circle he's in. Everyone I know look at it the other way around, that the social pressure to fit in is MUCH greater in the US. I've NEVER felt pressure to be like everyone else in Norway.
"Katzenjammer" was a Norwegian girl band known for their song "Rock, Paper, Scissors." One significant cultural difference between Norwegians and Americans is that Norwegians do not place a high value on outspoken ambition. Boasting or showing off wealth and career achievements is often viewed as foolish. For instance, if you say, "I want to become the best expert, scientist, salesman, artist, or athlete in the country or the world," people may perceive you as having a bloated ego. It’s generally better to keep ambitions to yourself.
Additionally, in Norway, it's not customary to buy rounds of drinks at a bar. This practice is considered too much, because alcohol is very expensive. You can buy a drink for a friend or a date, but not for an entire table or group. I once had to stop an American visitor from doing just that.
Moreover, if you start chatting with random strangers on the street, on the bus, or in the grocery store, people might see you as odd or eccentric.
But inviting a stranger home for a visit, dinner, etc is fine 😅
We do sometimes use week-numbers to refer to when something is, but we use normal dates much more. Normal dates are the main thing we use. And then week-numbers is more of a supplement.
When referring to normal dates, we will sometimes use month names ("7th of April"), and sometimes use month numbers ("7 in the 4th").
In USA the attitude towards knives is that it is a dangerous weapon. In Norway, the knife is just a tool, that you need to learn to use properly.
Yes, and a lot of ordinary tools may be used as weapons. E.g. a simple screwdriver in a split second may act as a stiletto.
lol I grew up with knives and both my brother and I got our 1st “spikkekniv” which is basically a traditional small knife for kids, when we were younger. It may not be the norm anymore, but was common when I grew up during the 90’s. Then again I didn’t grow up in the city.
I live in the suburbs of Oslo, and most children around here are used to using knives.
Paying to use the bathroom must be some weird spot since that has never happened to me in any place
It's mostly on the public toilets in big cities
i things are organised by week # (like summer/winter/easter etc vacation usually starts at a fixed week number), sometimes for business meetings as well you ask "if week x works?" but personally nobody asks you if you wanna hang out on the 42nd week. as for the bus and airport i think its because we have a lot smaller airports and the airport and busses to the airports are corresponding to each other to some degree.
14:25 outdoor activities helps allot. Its something about beeing outside fishing or whatever that makes you forget about your’e problems or help you to think more rational about your’e situation and come up with a good solution to it. Its like when your’e pc is datadumping allot of crap that you dont need.
In Lofoten where I'm from it's normal for children to cut fish tongues from Cod to earn a little money.
Another funfact: we always adress our teachers by their first name. No title
rock-paper-scissors in norway is stein-saks-papir and the translation is rock-scissors-paper, we play it the same just different sayings
Children will often use "scout/sami knives", small knives with a sturdy handle. Kids are taught knife safety.
I had four knives before I turned 10 including a very large Sami knives.
In Norway when we play «rock, paper, scissors», we say «stein, saks, papir» which Translates to «rock, scissors, paper».
Week number can be a part of the spesific date, or an alternative ( week 1, the first week of the year )... The rock, paper, scissprs thin... idk, unless you count dynamite :)
Hey Tyler! On your Japan channel, you recently reacted to sushi restaurants serving their customers on conveyor belts. These are not exclusive to Japan. They got these in Norway too. Not just for sushi restaurants, but cafes too.
I have never heard of that before with the cafes, and also, not a lot of places in Norway got the conveyor belts on sushi restaurants.
@@noobgamer1O9909 Yea, they do have a few. But Tyler claimed they don't have em at all in the US.
In Amerika you play with Rock, Paper, scissor shoot and choose somthing at shoot. In Norway you play stein (rock) saks(scissor) papir (paper) and choose something at papir/paper
One important thing we are tought at the same time is respect for weapons. Never point it at anyone.
I think that goes for any country or serious gun user. Never trust a loaded gun, not even with the safety catch on. You simply never point a gun at anyone unless you are in a combat situation.
@@kjellg6532 Yes, for any country, adult and gun user. And then in selfdefence or combat. But my respond was regarding kids with knifes. They need to be tought that. From early on.
Will there be a part 3 of this one?
Like you said, the thread goes on and on.
Nope, it's because research has proven that slower, stable speed traffic flows better than fast and aggressive "start-stop-start-stop-start" driving where everyone 'presses on' to get ahead asap. That creates more queues and stopped traffic.
As a swede.. its this about week planing.. its a thing to talk to your colleges and then further or lather propse to ones company/your boss!
Becuse in the whole world we do have "payd days/weeks" of.. exept in USA!
Everyone do talk to there colleges.. and as kids get many days of school.. one call those days different in all countrys.. it could be weeks or months!
Soo.. are you taking all your payd vacation time when your childs is out of school.. or could we shift our dutys when between us!
Anyhow.. in moste european countrys.. one is entitled to at least 4 weeks of payd vacation.. wait, its more to it and that is big factorys and bussines do actualy close for four weeks or less!
Everyone like to take vaccation.. big companyes close.. at least four weeks, when there customers close!
As a Union man.. when do our big customer close, then we close altso.. my members have to adapt to that!
The "bus to the airport" claim must be one of the small airports at the coast. I've worked at two of the major airports (SVG and OSL), and it's basically a case of "this never happens".
I agree. It would probably only happen when a particular flight and bus are set up to correspond. Which is to say, most of the passengers on the bus, if not all, are bound for the same plane, and many, if not all, of the passengers on the plane are on that bus.
02:18 The only possible reason I can imagine this being the case, is if it was the Plane Bus, the bus dedicated to driving to and from the airport. I haven't ever experienced this scenario myself, as I never take the plane bus, but I'd imagine the airport would be warned somehow about which planes will be affected by the plane bus being late to arrive at the airport, and thus can relay the information to the affected gates. But this is entirely guessing on my part.
04:57 This is one that highly depends on the situation/scenario. Most commonly, people won't schedule things by week number in their every-day life, instead saying "Saturday of next week." If you are talking about at work, or store news papers, then you are far more likely to schedule things by the week number. If you plan a vacation and need to ask your boss for leave, you'll also likely mention the week number, though many might just say "from Friday the 3rd to Saturday the 27th" or add the month if it's split between two months. Aside from store news papers, I can't remember last time I saw or heard of anyone talking week numbers, though I don't have a job.
05:38 Tap water in Norway tastes like drinking water from a fresh-water spring in constant motion that's filtered well.
06:12 If I were to guess, they are likely carving spits to melt marshmallows, hotdogs, or something over a campfire. This looks to be an excursion out into one of their local forests, and I remember that we would do the same thing when I was in kindergarten, and in elementary school. We were taught how to hold the knives, how to carve the spits, all so we would never carve them towards ourselves or accidentally cut ourselves.
15:27 I own an apartment, but I haven't ever felt pressured to own a home, let alone judged for not owning a home before I bought my current home. Maybe that's something that's more common among the older generation? I'm 33 right now, so maybe if I'd been 45+ without owning a home, I would have heard about this judging thing?
15:53 According to Federal Reserve Bank's "Average Sales Price of Houses Sold for the United States" article, prices were steadily increasing at a manageable rate until roughly around Q3 2001 when it started raising at a faster rate than previously, though still not exeeding $322,100 at Q1 2007 where it saw a steady decline to $259,700 in Q4 2011, that's when things started rapidly increasing till around Q2 2020 where it was at $371,100, and that's when it skyrocketed up to $525,100 in Q2 2022, and has been swinging up and down between that and $495,00 ever since.
16:17 This is, unfortunately, true. It doesn't just happen to foreigners, but to Norwegians, too. If you want to involve yourself as the third party in the conversation, you can't really expect to be introduced and invited into the conversation, you have to introduce yourself. This, however, can be seen as rude or very rude, because for all you know, this unknown person that's your friend may have limited time to spend talking and would prefer talking to their friend instead of some stranger, so most times the third party would wait until the other person has left and then ask "who was that?" or some other variant of that.
THE WEAPON! There are a lot of private weapons in Norway, BUT we have very clear rules for who can buy weapons. Hunting is a big sport in Norway, as we have a lot of moose, roe deer and red deer, along with a lot of birds. To be able to hunt, you must take a separate hunting test, where you must be approved. When it comes to handguns such as pistols, there are other rules. You have to join a gun club, take courses, prove yourself good at handling a handgun. And 99% of those who apply to such a club, do so to engage in competition shooting. Even in the Armed Forces, the rules are quite strict, in the first-time service you don't get a weapon the first week, you must first prove that you know how to keep your equipment in order, and show that you can maintain it, then you get a weapon, and again you have to Prove you can take good care of it before you fire a single shot. I think first-time hunters also have to go to a shooting range, and shoot at e.g. wild animals, and or shoot at birds in flight (leather pigeon shooting) to get a hunting licence.
so in Norway we say "Rock, scissors, paper" and then the "shoot" aka when you show the sign usually comes whenever you say paper.
Continuing from Part 1, and please note that much of the following is opinion or conjecture and not necessarily provable fact.
1 Yes, the water is good.
2 Knives in kindergarten is not a common occurrence, at leas to my knowledge. But I can't really argue with the picture which shows two kids whittling away. It used to be perfectly common for men to wear knives on their belt as an accessory, but after it became a handy way to settle disputes the laws tightened up a bit on what you're allowed to carry in public. And by limit I mean blade length and areas of use. The law does not to my knowledge prohibit the boy scouts from learning how to use knives in a survival situation, and they are still issued their standard and frankly painful knives after proving to their troop leader that they are mature enough to handle live steel responsibly.
3 The thing about Americans being "more". I think this harkens back to Janteloven. The best comparison I can think of is from Pixar's research trip to Scotland, where the locals would spend some time studying these strangers among them, then approach and suddenly become very friendly indeed. That sounds to me like my fellow countrymen of Norway. It takes a little while (varies from person to person) to warm up to outsiders enough to include them without reservation.
4 I can honestly say that my time in Higher Education was the best time of my life. I was never more confident or outgoing than those two years, even though I have no degrees to show for it, and it holds no bearing on my job for the last sixteen odd years. (Frankly it was taking a look at my climbing student loans which shook me out of furthering and finishing the education, as I was surpassing 200 000 NOK after only two years, and was sure to double in the third year as it required I study at a sister-school abroad)
5 Gallows humor can be quite common, at least among men. Women might join in with some self-deprecating jokes (which might be angling for contradictions).
6 I have no comment on the obvious, on religion, gun control, or health care. And being (to misquote Mary Poppins) Perfectly Average in Every Way, I cannot make factual statements about the intelligence of Americans, though some of the Woke things can seem a bit out there...
7 Coping mechanism. Yes, it is commonly held that one of the best things for depression is exercise and sunshine and nature. A hike is the perfect combination, and you will find that Norsemen who are grumpy and avoiding socialization in cities will suddenly open up like a weight has been lifted from their shoulders, calling out greetings and throwaway jokes at passing hikers they do not even know. (I know this from the times I've gone hiking, especially the time I went to visit Kjeragbolten about ten years ago and on the way back was nearly run over by a flock of what I can only assume to be Asian monks due to their physical appearance and bright orange robes, equally as eager to experience Norwegian nature) And if you get in enough hikes then taking a hike won't be as exhausting, you'll have more energy, and feel less depressed. Unless of course you slip and fall because you for some reason chose to wear high heels out in nature and break your ankles bad enough you require a permanent cast; what doesn't kill you makes you horribly disabled (see: dark humor). And America has just as much beautiful nature as does Norway... it's just spread out over a larger area...
8 Yes, being a home owner is one of the few topics which will instantly secure a conversation, as there are always problems to be found and lamented with other home owners. It's sort of like talking about the weather, but we can actually do something about it. So it is understandable that renters would feel left out, somewhat like Tom Hanks in A Man Called Otto, where he equates renters with someone who is afraid of making the commitment.
9 I cannot claim that everyone avoids introductions when running into coworkers or friends in the street, seeing as I am in real life quite introverted and avoid human interaction wherever possible (which is why chat and messages are good as they give me the time to formulate my thoughts without feeling the burden of holding up or interrupting the conversation with thinking up my interactions. Seriously, I feel like every second I cannot answer an inquiry in person weighs me down like an anchor around my feet after being tossed in the water). I have noticed that people who see one another frequently will just pick up where their conversation last cut off, and it can take several sentences and or minutes before either conversationalist remembers they're not alone and makes the introductions if they are necessary. I have experienced being in company of people where the conversation dragged on for fifteen minutes before someone remembered their manners, and I have experienced just hollered greetings in passing with a comment on the person's name for possible future reference. It is not a universal that introductions will not be made.
10 Flat Hierarchy can be quite relaxing, as your immediate superior (if one is cursed with such) has nor real power over you other than for instance saying "We need this and that, preferably by then. Can we do that?" or "Word has passed down from [insert department] that this and that needs to be changed." We're more like coworkers than superior and employee, though I'm sure I'm not the only one who has in the back of their head the knowledge that my job MIGHT depend on maintaining an amiable relationship when/if economic difficulties arise and people need to be put on leave or let go. Not even the Union can get your job back if the company cannot afford your wages.
11 Sheep mentality is not a purely Norwegian thing. Plenty of countries in the world (including the US) has a map with certain stops along the road of life, and if you happen to get lost along the way then naturally passersby will wonder where you took a wrong turning and even offer helpful directions to try and recover the path. Though it must be said that in recent decades a lot of people seem intent on throwing away the map entirely, or even change its names and measurements.
12 Making friends, as I mentioned in point 3 on this reply it takes a little time for us to warm up to outsiders. At least after a certain age. Many people stick with the friends they made in school or friends forced upon them through being coworkers and suffering under the same yoke of wage earning oppression.
13 Hobbies... can't really comment on it, as I've seen that plenty of Americans have hobbies and plenty of Norwegians do not have the time for it with life and work piling on. If there's something you really care about then you make the time. This applies not only to hobbies but other pursuits as well.
The things kids in the Nordic countries are allowed, even encouraged to do is alien to 'Muricans: Knifes are TOOLS you learn how to use, not weapons! Later, they learn that firearms are for hunting, not to use against other people - and firearms (as well as cars) are dangerous equipment that calls for training, regulating and licensing. Many Norwegians, once they have done their mandatory military service, have a state-provided full-automatic assault weapon ready in their home for emergencies - the vaunted "well-regulated militia" most nations call "reserves". How you 'Muricans have managed to twist your Constitutional Second Amendment into a parody beyond recognition is probably a testament to how unhinged you have become as a nation.
@Tayler rock, paper sicors is the same here :)
You pay to use the public bathrooms. That way, it has cleaning service cleaning them like 5-6 times a day. How ever gas station bathrooms are mostly free. But they only clean them a few times a day ...
Rock paper siccor norway vertion: Rock Siccor Paper
13:13 to get a gun in Norway is extremely hard. And also laws surrounding guns are very strict. Ammo and gun-case can not be stored in the same box, even when transporting. To b able to store the gun at home the gun must be stored in a locker with a lock, and the ammo cant be in the same locker. To first be able to own a gun you need a clean criminal record, and also participate in a theoretical course. Then you have to be in a firearms club for a few months before being able to own your own gun. Your ID is needed to participate in all of the activities. And only then can you buy a pistol.
The fun fact about this is that the average gun per person in Norway is at the average of 28.8 guns per 100 people. Higher than i though it was when i first joined the firearms club.
Paying to use the bathroom is some places, not everywhere. Gas stations usually don't charge.
That plane delay might be due most of the passengers on the delayed plane was actually on that bus.
Stein, saks, papir/Rock, Scissors, Paper.
I have no idea what week number we're in... I need to check my calendar every time someone says "How about monday week 38?"... Just say the damn date...
Yeah we allow kids to use knives, obviously to do some "spikking", usually to make a stick with a pointy end do grill either hot dogs or bread on a bonfire.
We are friendly, if we know you :P But small talk on the bus or at a bus stop, well you'd look like a crazy person. Some of us have dark humor, but people are to damn sensitive so it's usually between friends that you know can handle it and not some random person on the street.
Guns in Norway are only if you're a hunter, competition shooter(handguns and it requires a membership in a shooting club), every gun needs to be applied for. There is also a hunters test and you can't have a police record(I think it depends on the crime though, but I'm not sure about that). So it's rare, but we do have guns, it's just that most people isn't interested in going through all that just to shoot a duck/deer/moose or a target.
Anyone trying the "US leader" style is usually considered a bad leader/manager. The manager is dependant on the team they manage and therefore it's highly frowned upon for a leader to just decide something without checking with the people who are actually going to implement said decision.
Norwegian rock paper scissors is slightly different, so instead of saying "rock, paper, scissors, shoot" We say "Rock, scissors, paper" in our language as it flows better, and we do the "shoot" when we end the sentence on paper. Hope that answered your question.
There are actually more guns in norway than i think most people think, 1.5 million from an article in 2017,(1 for every fourth person. Ranked 17th in the world in guns per capita,
That is correct, AND we have lesser gun violence than many countries. Most are bolt rifles for hunting. Hand guns for sports shooting. You are not allowed to arm yourself in self defence and if you show up in town with a gun, Police will take it from you together with your license within minutes.
American Capitalism, me me me, money money money, corporate private greed.
Norwegian soscialism, we we we, Split the Bill among all, share hæ public help.
When you need medical treatment, education etc in Norway your bill will be shared by the 4,3 million tax payers. Exept those tax refugees that fled to Switzerland of course. Poor devils!
@@VidarLund-k5q those poor poor milti millionaires that have to Split the Bill with us common folks. Those Who leave, should be banne from returning, ever.
I know that for Americans the ''sheep mentality'' seems weird but it makes alot more sense then to live a totally free life. Sure it can be stressfull but it can give your life meaning even in your darkest times, you always have something to work for and in the end you will have felt a sense of meaning in it all.
If you have too much freedom you're like a ghost wandering aimlessly around, and when you feel like you've hit rock bottom you dont have that ''sheep mentality'' to keep you going
I saw the upload time and forgot that the clock here in Norway has moved back one hour
Oh, that explains my day so far, thanks for the reminder :)
Yeah... I got confused today.. Was to have a beer, and one watch alowed it, TV said NO!!
In Norway, guns are for hunting. There are a lot of guns in ordinary homes, but they are locked up, and the ammunition is kept separately. It’s not common or socially accepted to brag about your guns.
Knives in kindergartens, is not common, but some kindergartens teach children how to use knives as a tool. We don’t see them as weapons.
I learned axe throwing at ten. Sweden, but same same.
All prescriptions are sent electronically to the pharmacies.
I love how clever and self aware americans has figured out a way to exploit the way foreigners view them and make react videos they just know will generate engagement. People, and especially Norwegians it seems, love hearing about Americans "discovering" how "great" their country is. Anything from health care and guns to candy and food. As with all of these types of videos, the majority of views and engagement comes from narcissistic norwegians.
Norwegians are just as nice as anyone else, they just aren't NEARLY as extroverted as Americans, so the norm is to basically not interact with strangers at all, and that means they aren't used to it. (as a matter of fact there is a joke about how you can tell who is a tourist by whether or not they try to interact with people)
Try talking with strangers in northern Norway, just like meeting an old friend 😊
I have never learned the week numbers. It is a new thing.
Most of this is the standard in the entire Scandinavia :) Now its week 44 btw, and I didnt needed to check it on the internet, I simply just know :)
Voss water botel is tap water from norway
We say rock siccors paper, insted of rock papers siccors. In Norwegian of course. And we don’t say shoot.
We say it «Stein saks papir» which means «Rock scissors paper»
I like this Norway 🇳🇴
Katzenjammer is a norwegian girl band, have a song kold rok paper scissors😊
The only thing I think about these days is buying my first home😂 I laughed when you got to that section
In Norway We Do Rock paper scissors just like Americans the only difference is that we say Rock scissors paper
Thumbnail: You give knives to children!
Norwegians: You give guns to crazy people?!
I live in Norway and the first time I learned that Americans and most of the world couldn’t drink their tapwater, I was literally shocked😂
Nevertheless, we buy bottled water even though the water from the tap is just as good.
Not all places in Norway have good water, where I worked before the water tasted strongly of chlorine.
If you are with someone, and you meet someone only you know, it's super rude not to introduce them if you are going to start talking to them. Even here in Norway. But a lot of people seem to have developed some kind of social handicap from living in the digital age.
It is like stein saks papir 😊
Buy a can of Pure Norway Water or a bottle of Voss, both are from Norway, you almost get how good our water taste from the tap here.
we play rock paper siccors the same
I agree about the heard mentality. But I think that is going on in different ways all over the world...some places religion dictates everything, gender altso. A lot of Americans seem to think that you have to be married.Here in Norway a lot of people buy a house alone, a lot live in life lasting relationships without getting married.Americans altso talk about race a lot, we do not.The us is more diverce, I guess. But pack behaviour is a problem anywhere.
Give the kids knives to carve sticks? Here the kids got to go and be a part av unaliving some animals and be a part of the whole prosess from slaughter to food 🤩 Getting to use big knives - and learning that meat do not grow in the supermarked 🥰
To buy a firearm here in Norway, you have to pass a test. If you are going to have a handgun, you must be active in a club after completing a course. Then you can apply to the police for a purchase permit.
The rules are the same in Sweden.
Exercise is the best cure for stress and mental illness.
i'm allways getting confused when it comes to gun-control in the us, it allways feel like people think it's either no control or no guns and nothing inbetween XD
First of all thanks for a really interesting channel. To hear different perspectives of each other's cultures is always worth listening to. On that note, your perspective on the TED Talk in the link below, is something I really would like to hear.
ruclips.net/video/A9UmdY0E8hU/видео.htmlsi=mmpAE8ApQyEFeDSW
@TylerWalkerRUclips When are you moving over here?! 😆 Love your content btw
If you ever have had Voss water, you have more or less had Norwegian tap water. No joke, no taste difference
its rock scissors paper in norway, stein saks papir.
I am from norway
In norway it is rock sicerrs paper. Ther is no shot
The children dont go out without parentes with knifes, it is safa
Rock paper scissors is played LIEK this you start of by saying stein saks paper while u do the ye part
Why you can buy all the alcohol you want to, is not that giving a very bad effect on the health ?
Like the "Sheep mentality" aka the "A4 - life". Definately some truth to this.
Whenever an american say they need guns for protection, my initial reaction is who did you piss off?
Lmao how are you gonna say America has limits on medicine, when you can buy bottles of thousands of paracetamol pills
Um, so? Almost anything can be deadly in excess. A person can die by drinking too much water.
@@JoannDaviit's more that, in the UK at least, I can't speak for the rest of Europe, you're significantly more limited on how much medicine you can buy. For example, painkillers are sold in a maximum of 16 per packet, and you're only allowed to buy 2 packets at a time. So seeing America selling giant bottles with 1,000s of pills is pretty bloody jarring
didn't know there was a limit.
mind you, most of the redditors "observations" sounds like a troll.
That's the American way of everything in excess and also think of only themselves. American citizens are just seen as a commodity a means of making a profit. It's really cynical but that's the way America is they are indoctrinated into cult America from an early age by swearing allegiance to the flag each day.
Find it odd that most americans just ignore half of the second amendment..or even knows why the law was placed there in the first place..
I don't see the point of rock, paper scissors, because rock beats everything.
No
@@gamleskalle1 Yes it does. Rock goes right through paper, and crushes the scissors.
I believe rock - paper - scissors - is played exactly the same here.
Nope. The way we do it here is count 1, 2, 3 where we try throwing off the opponent while counting.
@@MrDonCoyote this😊
It's called rock, scissors, paper over here, ig?
@@Henoik called the same, but plays differently
@@PseudocoreERKO Different how? In how you count? If so, it's different all over the US too... Rock paper scissors shoot, rock paper scissors go, 1-2-3 shoot, 1-2-3 go, and simply just "rock paper scissors" which is how at least I've done it for my whole 28 year long Norwegian life
The flat hiarky is a myth
Id rather have my kid learn how to use and respect a knife- than it carrying a gun or a rifle.
Tyler, you don’t have to tell us all these things about American culture. We have press and media that actually deal with international affairs. We already know these things. Just react.
Fist comment yayyy, much love from norway buddy!
We drive slow because we dont want to hit moose
There are more rifles than people in Norway. (Exaggerating? Or did I?)
You guys don't give them knives, but you give them guns at a young age 😑