Along with your choices of Bowie, Dafoe & Serkis plus the additional commentors adding Robert Palmer & Mick Jagger, I will add straight to the top of this list Buster Poindexter aka David Johansen. Above all, I think he looks like a perfect mix of Buster Poindexter and Robert Palmer.
it is not free healthcare . they pay for it thru there taxes and are heavily taxed. not sure why people think social healthcare is "free" it is just forced.@@artiecon97
Me, Too! My dna says I'm about 10% Norwegian, but after watching these videos I think it must be higher. I even use potted meat spread on very plain sandwiches.
R Picifica 😂 I grew up with an Irish-American mom from the depression era. She had about a dozen recipes in her repertoire, all involving overcooked meat and boiled potatoes and the only "spices" in the cupboard were salt 'n pepper. The first time I ever ate Chinese food was in college. Mind blown.
@@drkatel Honestly salt and pepper is all you really need, but maybe I'm the opposite case, I grew up with Mexican food and as an adult I only eat plain rice, grilled meats, and simple vegetable soups. As a child everything was salsas, seasoning salt, cinnamon, cumin, coriander. Or just too much seasoning
@@drkatel Haha, it's funny people, even cultures always go to one extreme or the other, not enough balance, but as they say "the grass is greener on the other side"
Your Norwegian food videos explain why my Norwegian mother always buys and serves the cheapest and most tasteless foods available. You've cleared up a 50 year mystery that I did not realize existed until now.
@Merlene Taylor Yeah, especially considering the lions share of salmon (they call it differently) here in Moscow comes from Norway. Kind of ironic actually.
@@SavingOurRepublic The problem we have is there is corn syrup in just about EVERYTHING! Things that don't need cornsyrup and it literally DOUBLES the fat. If you look at Martin's Tributes of EPCOT videos and people watch you can see a huge difference between 80s/90s vs 2010 on which is when the corn syrup phase took over. People didn't any less back then then they do now.
Myth 1: Norwegians have no sense of humor. Myth 2: Norwegians love to try new things. Myth 3: Norwegians take lots of time to shop for groceries. Myth 4: Norwegians enjoy surprises.
@electric messiah When you subsist entirely off of canned preserved food your entire life, it's a lot easier to pack for a trip to the top/bottom of the world. Norwegians are already accustomed to a survival diet lol.
@@rhondajohnston3084 I have cousins who won't try anything new. I think they must eat only baby food. They won't even try cranberry sauce! This is New England! Not eating cranberry sauce is socially deviant!
@@bichela "De gustibus non disputandem" as the Roman said, I'm not wildly fond of it like some people around here, myself. My best friend and university housemate had to have it with every meal other than breakfast.
LOL I was enjoying this, kinda makes me feel the same way especially when there is no locally grow produce its all imports I get so ANGRY & have to let the store know how disgruntled I am about imports LOL
Eruvos this is so funny to me, I’m from Minnesota USA and there is a saying around here called “Minnesota nice” which is really our way of acknowledging that we are all just really passive aggressive. It makes sense when there are 850,000+ people with Norwegian ancestry here lol Minnesota nice urban dictionary definition: to be "Minnesota nice" is to be passive aggressive. I'm Minnesota nice. When I'm angry at someone, I don't let them know. I just smile pleasantly to his or her face and then proceed to talk about them behind their back. I will most likely hold a grudge too.
This guy is really funny. Clearly, Norwegians eat to live not live to eat. They have thousands of miles of coast line but no fresh seafood? They just view it as a luxury item and no one buys it, so the store has to throw it out.
@@YOURWAY2NORWAY Oh come on, that has to be a joke. I'm a New Englander and the best local food here is seafood. I find it unimaginable that a coastal country like Norway with a famous fishing industry is averse to seafood. You have fishcakes, which we have too [either frozen or in the fresh seafood counter], so it's a huge surprise if our customs are so different, but individual tastes DO differ a lot and I'm sure I would not like lutefisk.
@@JMM33RanMA Lutefisk, even Andrew Zimmern wouldn't eat that. I thought for sure this guy was going to break out a jar of lutefisk to make his matpakke.
I've read a little bit about Norwegian history, but I've never seen anything regarding food. I'm shocked, horrified, and fascinated all at the same time. I love the video; you have a humorous way of describing your country's customs.
@@zigmeisterful Ours in America are usually organized by brands. All the Kellogg's together, all the Post cereals together, etc. Each store may have a "store" brand they sell, as well, mixed in with the name brand cereals (cheaper alternative.)
Also it's only the cereals you would find in the "healthy cereals" area in an American store. Even the "sugared" versions are way way way less sweet than the American version of the same cereal.
Norwegian here, trust me, he does NOT speak for ALL of us, far from it. I care about good taste, prices doesn't mean that much to me. Cheaper it is, less nutrients it has, and often taste like sh*t...So...nope. He doesn't speak for ALL Norwegians...
I`m Swedish and I did not know that the shops in Norway is so much different from ours. I mean, this was one of the sadest thing I've seen in a long time.
@@RIUUI007 Coop är inte ALLS som Rema 1000! Då har du inte varit inne in en bra affär. De har jättefina grönsaker o frukt, härliga delikatess-, fisk-, ost- o bröddiskar, med ypperlig service. För att inte tala om väldigt vänlig och hjälpsam personal.
I'm also mystefied as to why I got this in my 'scroll', but am also glad I did. I think he looks a bit like Graham Norton. He's very funny & self deprecating. Originally from Ireland but living in NYC & both places have much better (and fresher) choices than this. Am kinda horrified.
Same here- except my Nana was from Norway! Lol and she said she loved the food- but, she lived on a farm (which we still have cousins that live there)and close to water, so her father brought home fresh fish. 🤷🏻♀️ But, that was a long time ago.
I moved to Norway from Australia in February 2020, I came across your youtube channel today and absolutely love it!!! Your videos are so good, they are not only educational for those who wish to visit here but also great for those that have moved here and are adjusting to the lifestyle etc. Your videos are so funny, I am so glad I came across your channel. I can definitely see everything you have talked about since living here 😂 Keep up the great work!!!
So happy you like our work. Very cool and motivating to hear Reena. Thanks! Hope Norway treats you well. Would love to learn more about your experience on other topics :) Cheers from Ronald and Mads
thevioletskull as funny as this is it’s not that far from reality in norway!! Although I’ve notice food choice has slowly been increasing over the 7 years I’ve been here
See? That's why they say we here in Germany don't have a sense of humour. We do, but a lot of the jokes just go by unnoticed by someone from the anglophone part of the world.
Grocery shops in Norway dont usually have the best selection of beers, thats why we have liquor stores( Vinmonopolet ), which has a great selection of beers, at 4.8% and up( grocery stores can sell max 4.7%)
He's in a kind of shop whose entire strategy is to minimize the number of items to reduce costs. It's obviously like Aldi or Lidl (German) and they have been very successful because they are relatively cheaper than more conventional supermarkets. In Norway cost would be extra important because it's such an expensive country.
No Italian would eat that canned meatballs 🤣🤣🤣 so funny! That kind of food in Italy will be in the pet food aisle ahhhhaaaahaaa Plus, our prices are way lower
@@anthonyferguson9282 love your program. Always curious as to what other countries grocery stores look like and what they sell. Thank you for the video
yes there's a guy who does one from Russia, grocery stores, cafe's..it is very interesting. and on google maps Ive noticed a lovely little cafe in western Mongolia and inside it has chocolate cake for sale!
I watched this at work and laughed so hard I got in trouble for watching RUclips at work! When I was in school, we had German, Polish, and Danish foreign exchange students. It was always funny their first time at our grocery stores. They always said "Why is there so much cereal???!!" Now I see why 😂😂😂😂
So I accidentally found your vids and now, after much laughter I am subscribed. Love your humor and sarcasm about where your from. People from all places should be doing this!
He was about to venture out into a NEW, UNKNOWN flavor of beverage....cameraman gasps!!! He puts it back...yeah you're right probably dangerous!! Too Funny :)
That cracked me up too. All the canned stuff has high sodium. If everything is packaged it must have insane preservatives too. I'm wondering what typical breakfast lunch and dinner are on a regular day.
I've never wondered what a Norwegian grocery store was like. Now I feel like I know nothing of the world. I now know 432% more about Norway and its people. Thank you!
Try going to Asian supermarkets where you live. They are a pretty good cultural experience. When I travel to a new country I always go to a supermarket. The supermarkets that is closest to a US supermarket are German, more than even London supermarkets.
In the united states up until very recently Aldi Markets had no fresh groceries that's gradually beginning to change ant the newer locations . The brand is thought of mostly as a lower tier than say Whole Foods or Fresh Grocer markets which feature an endless array of fresh meat , sea food and vegetables and prepared hot foods like ribs , chicken , vegan, pizza , salad bar ......Aldi has canned goods and mostly nonperishable food .....where poor people/ cheapskates shop ......I'd never shop there life is to short to eat boring ,processed food America = Freedom of choice
ChrisAndTommy GoodTimeFolkRockShow - you’re actually missing out if you skip shopping at Aldi. It’s always had some fresh produce and some tasty treats, and it’s a great time and money saver if you’re in need of milk/bread/eggs. Life is too short to spend milling about in the grocery store and working longer hours to buy prestige dairy products and bananas!
@@goodtimefolkrock Strange. Here in Ireland Aldi always has fresh food and vegetables and salads. My local Aldi has a regular selection of fruits and vegetables for 49 cents each. They change the choice weekly, depending on what's in season, so everyone gets to try out different recipes according to what's available. I always check them out before travelling into town to any food markets. I also like their selection of seafood and fish.
I'm watching videos about life in Norway to prepare for my moving to Tromsø and just now found this video. I'm laughing my ass off. Thank you for making me laugh and forget about the stress this moving is bringing me.
Fake news. Being Norwegian I can tell you this is a typical lowprice store. We do of course have fresh fish and all that in stores like Meny. Fake news XD
This man just showed the best part..... Say no more. I hate norwegian shops. Im lucky living next to sweden with good shops there. Meat in Norway is frankly a joke...
I was in Norway 2 weeks, every day, 2 or more times in day we eated fresh fish directly from fjords, because all food in cafe and shops was ridicule expencive, we fished it in fiords and prepared + ate lots of berries directly from woods and a water directly from springs and nothing more, after this trip our health and skins were perfect.
My corner Speedway gas station has more choices than this! 😅 Thanks for a wonderful tour and you had me laughing out loud many times. Do more tours! How about clothes shopping or a hardware store? Subscribed.
we have plenty of Speedways in Kentucky and I've NEVER seen one with even 5% of that size or selection it's 1,000 items.. how many does a local Speedway carry? I can check on Google or even call our local Speedway to ask if they carry 1,000 items I think they'd laugh at me it being a gas station and all.. but our Walmart's are way bigger full of crap but bigger and costs from what I saw in this videos about the same(if I could get free medical care I'd give an extra 20 cents for a box of cereal!)
@@YOURWAY2NORWAY Here in Wisconsin its insane how many choices we have for Brots and cheese. Its so insane that my local grocery store has 3 completely different areas with just cheese!
@@bathtownship Obviously he's comparing this with other Western countries. I think we all know that as a given. It would be cruel to compare to 3rd world countries in this particular and funny way. I don't think anyone would regard that serious situation as funny. That goes without saying. It's very clear that he made this video to explain one aspect of the Norwegian people that he finds funny.
laughing so hard right now because this is all so true :))) I'm french and have been living in Norway for 30 years. btw, it was way worse before, believe it or not :p
Yes! This was my biggest re-verse culture shock after returning to the U.S. after a summer trip in Norway. I was overwhelmed by the entire aisle of breakfast cereals at my neighborhood grocery store in America. Oh, and the ice cream - I noticed that Norwegians only seem to like chocolate flavored ice creams, and there was only a tiny little case for the ice cream selection. They didn't have a lot of crazy birthday cake flavors or berry flavors like we have in the U.S. Fortunately, I came for the great nature and not the food. :-)
This is hilarious. As a German I can relate to many things. Obviously the further north you go in Germany, the more Norwegian it gets. Please never change, Norwegians!
Very strange to see for an American. Just the cereal alone. Our small grocery stores have entire aisles for cereal. All the way down both sides top to bottom
Chad W4CHD Suggs I think every country has their “entire aisle” of something. In an Asian grocery store is an entire aisle of noodles, noodles and more noodles. Go around the corner, look! More noodles!!
Ha ,I remember trying to get my grandmother Matilda to eat mushrooms. She looked at me like I was out of my freaking mind. I believe she used the Norwegian words for dirt and rotten.
We had a similar experience with a relative bec they tried to feed him garlic on some dish or other. He left the house saying “I’ll be back when you’re done eating & just let me know when there’s proper food on the table!”
She probably looked at you like that because you were being an annoying shit. She didnt want to eat something and there are you her piece of shit grand daughter forcing her to do something she didnt want to do.
I’m from the San Francisco Bay Area, and the selection of food choices is astonishing. I’ve traveled quite a lot and always look forward to grocery shopping wherever I go. If I took you to my local Safeway, you’d need to spend the night to see everything.
MAN you guys are insaaanely hilarious, that dramatic beer section and the "if you read the ingredients list you wont find any vanilla in it EHEHEHEH" ahahahah, instantly subscribed!!! would love to visit Norway just to meet you guys! love from India!
In the U.S. we have a problem with knowing what to properly eat because we have way too many things to choose from. As consumers we do not really consider what we should be eating for its nutritional value. There’s a great book called The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan that goes into further detail.
Well, in Italy if you don’t find that specific cheese (out of like, a 100 variations) you’re looking for, you complain and go look for it at another supermarket. Ahhhhaahhaa Not joking
I live in a small town, less than 2000 citizens, and the shelf space for just Little Debbie snack foods is as big or bigger than the shelf space for cereal in RAMA 1000. And yet, I have never seen a store with as much freezer space devoted exclusively to pizza...anywhere, as that Norwegian store.
I don't think it's sad,necessarily... Americans are so extra with needing a thousand different food brands... All of the same shit... And wasteful on top of that...
The RUclips recommendations have been good to me lately. Saw this on my recommended videos and have watched a bunch of your videos. You have such a good energy and sense of humor!
Wow... Five, or even ten, minutes sounds like a dream. It takes five minutes just to hike to the back of some chain stores in the U.S., and you might be waiting in line for ten minutes or more lol.
@Nemanja ĆIrić oh yes. We are spoiled for choice. We think we are anyway. We are basically indoctrinated by advertising and fear. And distracted by all the pretty packaging. 😉
I think most of countries I’ve been to had the entire aisle dedicated to cereals. It almost fully depends on the size of particular supermarket. Likewise in small chains in here New England would have very limited selections..
Well...yes. Too many Americans ARE spoiled and too many in the richest of countries are broke, living from paycheck to paycheck, with no emergency reserves or retirement savings.
@@beatricekarbaumer-jones6514 That is because rents/costs are just as high as income in the US. In fact costs have been going up much faster than salaries. Its almost impossible to find housing less than $800/mo even in smaller towns and by the time you add power/water/internet/cellular/food and a car and insurance you need $2000/mo AFTER taxes to survive. (minimum wage is $1250 a month gross) We don't have "Boarding Houses" anymore that are decent -- that used to be the normal for the US. You are stuck with at LEAST a studio unless you want to play with room-mates. The trick with that of course is that if your roomie leaves or shorts you then you get stuck with a $1200+ rent bill. Rents have gone up sharply in any big town, pay has not.
@@redwolfexr Where TF do you live?!? My two bedroom, fully equipped, all amenities including golf course and club house, apartment was $525 a month. I worked in a food production factory and lived quite happily there, by myself. Also had enough to travel and vacation left over. That was just a few years ago, but I've bought five acres and a three bedroom house since then. I need room for my horses, now. My mortgage isn't even $800 a month. Wherever you are, you are getting ripped the hell off. I'm
You must be very lucky, Pro3110. @Daniel Sifrit is bang on when it comes to costs outstripping incomes. Which is doubly hard for retired folks, who aren't "hireable", and therefore have very few options for earning $'s (Fast food if they are healthy enough to stand on their feet all day and work over hot grease). This is true all over North America
I loved the jokes, you guys have a very good sense of humor. I loved when you guys got to the beer and that inspirational sounding music began playing.
As an American, the limited selection would drive me crazy. My girlfriend is here visiting from Finland at the moment. She is amazed by our huge Walmart supercenters and she seems to love shopping and spending time there. I hate shopping anywhere and only do it twice a month if possible...usually spending one to two hours at a time. I usually spend $200 to $450 dollars each time but that includes all of my shopping for groceries, prescriptions, vitamins, tools, paint and anything else that I could possibly need...all in one store. She likes to go shopping in our Walmart Supercenter 2 to 3 times per week and usually spends more time shopping for 1/5 of the items that I usually buy. I can imagine that any non American person would be very similar to her because foreigners seem to be overwhelmed by such a large selection of choices...so much so that it takes them much longer to decide what they want to buy. I've never been to Finland or Norway but I could imagine the distress that I would feel from such a limited amount of choices and spending money on brands that I have no familiarity with.
That's true huh? At my local food store (HEB, the best place ever imnsho) We have an entire isle dedicated to just boxed or bagged breakfast foods. One entire wall is just cereal of all flavors. However, here, my husband and I live for frozen pizza. It was a staple in our home before our kids lol
Amiek VDB I think it's more like "self deprecating manner" than sarcasm and I'm sure I'll be critiqued for this but either way, I would've liked it better if there was less of it. Otherwise I really found the content interesting. And a few folks in the comment thread confirmed his point. Thank you. Overall, I liked it.
I lived in Norway for 2 years, 20 years ago. First I loved Norway and the people are fantastic. Yes, the grocery stores offer a frustratingly limited selection and the prices are very high. That said in my quiet, leafy suburban neighborhood on the edge of Stavanger we had access to two small grocery stores, far from a commercial district, that you could walk, bike or send a young child to pick up a few items for dinner. You seldom find a small grocery store embedded in a residential USA neighborhood, however, this is precisely what we need to reduce our use of cars. The Norwegians have organized their society in many positive ways, and Americans could learn a lot by living there.
Joe Piombino yes walking and biking more needs to be done but look at the overly processed foods, Premade, lack of veggies so then it’s not that healthy their. Orange drink soda pop?!! French eat a lot of veggies at home and soups with children. Germany stores seamed better with selection.
Thnks for the video, I learned so much about grocery shopping in Norway. Here in the U.S., I don't care if it is more expensive, I want fresh and good quality.
Very engaging and amusing tour of the grocery store! I felt like I was there in person being introduced to the food culture and idiosyncrasies of the people
This is reminding me of the old Prairie Home Companion radio show. Remember, NPR listeners? Lake Woebegon, Minnesota with its Norwegian bachelor farmers and the "fake" commercials. One was for Ralph's Pretty Good Grocery. Its motto was, "Remember, if you can't find it at Ralph's, you can probably get along without it."
Haha It’s funny how we perceive a different country. Americans need a whole push cart because we only shop once a week or every 2 wks. Usually a 3 hr trip. The cereal isle is big with too many options.. 200+ types of cereal (I don’t even go down that aisle). We do become cheap on canned food items or frozen vegetables, store brand is the cheapest. Most of us hate the grocery store so we order online now and just pick it up after someone else shops for us. It actually saves us money because we aren’t tempted to buy everything we see. Thanks for the great video, it was hilarious!
It's interesting also to notice how different the stores are depending on where in the country (US) you're shopping at. I'm from the south and we have lots of fresh stuff from the farmers markets local (which is more common now I think everywhere) but we also have all this fried stuff everywhere and stuff specifically for our area. Whereas out west they have things specifically from that area and so on.
@@lesliesauceman8093 Yes, I used to live in Southern California, and grocery stores were centered around the produce section-a HUGE section full of inexpensive fresh locally grown produce. And then they'd have Californian grown olive oil, Californian wine, etc. Now I'm in the Midwest and grocery stores are pretty boring. The produce is both expensive and old. Not much even that's unique to the area. Never been grocery shopping in the south, unfortunately, but I'd love to visit someday.
Rebecca Hicks in my town in northern Texas, we have such a huge Mexican American population that we have a grocery store called Amigos (we have like 4 different ones, each one is known and liked for different things, Food king sells their fruits really cheap.) where there’s fresh meat that’s even already seasoned and fish and Mexican food/ products, like Mexican cokes and Pepsi, etc. So yeah it has a lot to do with the population and the area. Our family used to only make home cooked meals, we only used to go out to eat every 2 weeks, but not we got a little lazy and eat out once a week, but we are keeping back on track lol. There’s not a huge tax in Texas for food, so all in all, it’s very cheap.
@@rebeccahicks4949 I'm in Missouri (considered the Midwest of the US) and we are part of the "Bread Basket" of America and our produce in our store sucks! We grow our own in the summer and I try to can as much as possible in the summer to get us through winter but it is lousy and old. Food desert in the Heartland! Amazing.
I lived in Paris in the 1970s and there were no traditional grocery stores with aisle after aisle. There were farmers markets in every neighborhood where people shopped for fresh everything twice a day. After the lunch crowd, the market cleared the sidewalks until the dinnertime. Everything was fresh from 12-kilo rounds of butter to live eels squirming in buckets of water. For breakfast I walked a block to the bakery; every neighborhood had at least 1 where I bought croissants daily. I walked home for lunch, Parisians get 2 hours for lunch, stopped at the farmers market and bakery and still had time for a short nap. For me Paris before the Islamic invasion was Paradise. Now in America, there are stores that can serve as airplane hangers selling mostly processed foods, but also clothing, hardware, electronics etc. I long for the old Paris which I'M AFRAID WILL DISAPPEAR. I've rambled too much already.
"If I didn't taste it as a child, I wont taste it now."
Where's your sense of taste adventure?
Guess I’m lucky then to have tasted sushi as a kid. Glad I didn’t miss that out
I know people like that here in the US, really.
Yeah that's actually very pathetic.
@@valphipps6509 So do I
A little David Bowie, a little Willem Dafoe, a pinch of Andy Serkis and a Norwegian accent.
omg you're right.
I was thinkin he looked like someone
Little Mick Jagger too...
I'm glad I'm not the only one that sees David Bowie!
Along with your choices of Bowie, Dafoe & Serkis plus the additional commentors adding Robert Palmer & Mick Jagger, I will add straight to the top of this list Buster Poindexter aka David Johansen. Above all, I think he looks like a perfect mix of Buster Poindexter and Robert Palmer.
Jesus. Norwegians have the diet of an American college student .....
victor urbina socialism at work
skeet shooter At least they have free healthcare so they can use preventative medicine to help them offset the negative effects of a bad diet
@@Debre. Sophism will get you nowhere.
it is not free healthcare . they pay for it thru there taxes and are heavily taxed. not sure why people think social healthcare is "free" it is just forced.@@artiecon97
This is very exaggerated tho, haha. Most Norwegians are pretty healthy.
"Norwegians are a creature of habit and hate surprises." ... I think I'm secretly Norwegian.
Can totally relate!
Lisa I relate
Lisa me too and i am brazilian 🤭
Me, Too! My dna says I'm about 10% Norwegian, but after watching these videos I think it must be higher. I even use potted meat spread on very plain sandwiches.
Or OCD.
"I didn't taste it as a child and I will *not* taste it now!" 😂
We heve som muth fun tako borito frech everyphing ask the lokels.
LOL
We have that nonsense everywhere!! Too bad!
Americans are the opposite. We don't want to eat the food our parents fed us.
I believe you. Not because I’ve ever been to Norway, but because I’ve never seen a Norwegian restaurant
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PyrusPerseus WHAT WAS THE TOTAL COST OF YOUR SHOPPING SPREE? HOW MANY EUROS DID YOU PAY? WWG1WGA MAGA 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Oh noooooo LoL
@D B lol
So I'm part norwegian (but I don't live in Norway) and when he said "I didn't taste it as a child so I won't taste it now" my entire life made sense.
R Picifica 😂 I grew up with an Irish-American mom from the depression era. She had about a dozen recipes in her repertoire, all involving overcooked meat and boiled potatoes and the only "spices" in the cupboard were salt 'n pepper. The first time I ever ate Chinese food was in college. Mind blown.
@@drkatel Honestly salt and pepper is all you really need, but maybe I'm the opposite case, I grew up with Mexican food and as an adult I only eat plain rice, grilled meats, and simple vegetable soups. As a child everything was salsas, seasoning salt, cinnamon, cumin, coriander. Or just too much seasoning
@@drkatel Haha, it's funny people, even cultures always go to one extreme or the other, not enough balance, but as they say "the grass is greener on the other side"
You can get olmost everyphing frech just ask the lokels. Bother beikery fich. Not everyphing in RUclips is true you noe.
Kristine Meihack yous speka me langwich!
"I didn't taste it when I was a child and I won't taste it now"
airingcupboard 😂😂😂😂😂
i'm like that too.
When I go to Norway, I won't be eating reindeer, mutton, or whale. I'm just not adventurous enough to try.
Came out of curiosity, stayed for the humour
Same here. 🤣
Yes . I find it sometimes strange especially the matpake sandwich. The guy is really funny! I was laughing crazy!
"Came out of curiosity, stayed for the humor." *HA, gaaaaaaaay. :D*
me too
Me too...
*picks up soda*
"its not norwegian and its new"
"you're right its probably dangerous"
*puts back*
LOL "It's probably toxic"
OMG.. LOL.. Peeing pants here. I Loves you guys!
hey i am norwegians and i love trying new stuff its fun and its not cool to say that all norwegains dont like tryinfg new stuff
Chi Kerong By your name you’re a South Korean, not Norwegian
Kurosu LoL
"i didn't taste it when i was a child so i will not taste it now" cracked me up hahaha
Remember in Norway you are not supposed to enjoy your food. It is meant to be disappointing.
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Depends on wheter you can cook or not lol
@@VIKING-VIKING-VIKING you just have to know how to use a toaster oven or microwave
Why so?
This sentiment seems more Finnish than Norwegian
I can’t tell where the line between jokes and reality is and I love it. 😂
Kelsey Doyle i kno n i ♥️it !!!
I know me too!
I 'm scratching my head here. Is this reality or satire? Our guide has such a way as to keep you guessing. I think he found a new audience.
I enjoyed it too,and I partly grew up in Norway,so...It's like a stand-up,walk&talk🏃📹little Norw.comedy show:)
Your Norwegian food videos explain why my Norwegian mother always buys and serves the cheapest and most tasteless foods available. You've cleared up a 50 year mystery that I did not realize existed until now.
@Merlene Taylor rushing out the house to the nearest Mickey D's !!
@Merlene Taylor Yeah, especially considering the lions share of salmon (they call it differently) here in Moscow comes from Norway. Kind of ironic actually.
This guy should be a TV personality xD He's so funny and charismatic!
“We don’t care about the taste, only low prices.” 😂
That's so sad.
Many Americans only care about taste not health so both are bad. I'm a nurse in the states and see many die from poor food and lifestyle choices 😥
this video is blatant lies. Norwegians prioritise quality next to pricing
He just explained my Norwegian father in a nutshell....I can stop therapy now!
@@SavingOurRepublic The problem we have is there is corn syrup in just about EVERYTHING! Things that don't need cornsyrup and it literally DOUBLES the fat. If you look at Martin's Tributes of EPCOT videos and people watch you can see a huge difference between 80s/90s vs 2010 on which is when the corn syrup phase took over. People didn't any less back then then they do now.
This is why I love RUclips, getting to know different cultures
It's all we got now 😂
Myth 1: Norwegians have no sense of humor.
Myth 2: Norwegians love to try new things.
Myth 3: Norwegians take lots of time to shop for groceries.
Myth 4: Norwegians enjoy surprises.
electric messiah Easy. They were looking for places with fewer surprises. 😆
@electric messiah When you subsist entirely off of canned preserved food your entire life, it's a lot easier to pack for a trip to the top/bottom of the world. Norwegians are already accustomed to a survival diet lol.
@@soliscrown1272 I actually nearly spit out of drink when I read your comeback. Very very good.
Mr Haze i like surprises so idk haha
I HATE surprises, but I enjoy trying new things
Hilarious! The Norwegian motto: "Go away suprises!! If I didn't taste it as a child, I won't taste it now" You really made my day 🤣🤣😄
Sounds like my Mom. The first time I made Greek food for dinner she did not want to touch it because she did not eat it growing up.
You made my day too!
Because once you try real food you have to move out of Norway!
@@rhondajohnston3084 I have cousins who won't try anything new. I think they must eat only baby food. They won't even try cranberry sauce! This is New England! Not eating cranberry sauce is socially deviant!
@@bichela "De gustibus non disputandem" as the Roman said, I'm not wildly fond of it like some people around here, myself. My best friend and university housemate had to have it with every meal other than breakfast.
It's like the only joy in Norway is telling people how boring it is (therefore this guy is the happiest man in the country).
You should buy Pakistani products from Pakistani markets Pakistani products are famous in the world forigners should buy Pakistani products
Pakistani products are very unique and worthable forigners peoples should buy Pakistani products from Pakistani markets and companies bazaars
Is it really boring!?
@@javeedhameed1650 nah
Lol never heard of Pakistani products
I love the passive aggressiveness in this video lol
We learn that in school. All norwegians are masters in the art of passive aggressiveness.
LOL I was enjoying this, kinda makes me feel the same way especially when there is no locally grow produce its all imports I get so ANGRY & have to let the store know how disgruntled I am about imports LOL
Eruvos this is so funny to me, I’m from Minnesota USA and there is a saying around here called “Minnesota nice” which is really our way of acknowledging that we are all just really passive aggressive. It makes sense when there are 850,000+ people with Norwegian ancestry here lol
Minnesota nice urban dictionary definition: to be "Minnesota nice" is to be passive aggressive. I'm Minnesota nice. When I'm angry at someone, I don't let them know. I just smile pleasantly to his or her face and then proceed to talk about them behind their back. I will most likely hold a grudge too.
LoL 😂 to funny
Nicole right lol it’s not that at all
This guy is really funny. Clearly, Norwegians eat to live not live to eat. They have thousands of miles of coast line but no fresh seafood? They just view it as a luxury item and no one buys it, so the store has to throw it out.
Exactly how it is 👌😂
@@YOURWAY2NORWAY Where in Norway are you?
No fresh fish are you joking it’s everywhere and most people go to the fish market or the boats for their fish.
@@YOURWAY2NORWAY Oh come on, that has to be a joke. I'm a New Englander and the best local food here is seafood. I find it unimaginable that a coastal country like Norway with a famous fishing industry is averse to seafood. You have fishcakes, which we have too [either frozen or in the fresh seafood counter], so it's a huge surprise if our customs are so different, but individual tastes DO differ a lot and I'm sure I would not like lutefisk.
@@JMM33RanMA Lutefisk, even Andrew Zimmern wouldn't eat that. I thought for sure this guy was going to break out a jar of lutefisk to make his matpakke.
I've read a little bit about Norwegian history, but I've never seen anything regarding food. I'm shocked, horrified, and fascinated all at the same time. I love the video; you have a humorous way of describing your country's customs.
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The cereal aisle in America is as big as the whole store. Not even exaggerating...
Even in Canada, it can take up the whole side of one often very big aisle. Most sugary to least sugary usually runs from left to right.
@@zigmeisterful Ours in America are usually organized by brands. All the Kellogg's together, all the Post cereals together, etc. Each store may have a "store" brand they sell, as well, mixed in with the name brand cereals (cheaper alternative.)
And our food is full of chemicals to improve taste
Also it's only the cereals you would find in the "healthy cereals" area in an American store. Even the "sugared" versions are way way way less sweet than the American version of the same cereal.
And they are all made of about 3 ingredients between them. Not so different after all.
"We don't care about taste, we care about low prices." HAHAHAHAHA!!
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smart shopper.
Norwegian here, trust me, he does NOT speak for ALL of us, far from it. I care about good taste, prices doesn't mean that much to me. Cheaper it is, less nutrients it has, and often taste like sh*t...So...nope. He doesn't speak for ALL Norwegians...
@@thomassilver2529 I meant no. I know is not Norwegian palette police, but that statement is very very funny
@@ST8URCASE hehehe, totally agree with you, He has some funny statements in the video... :)
I`m Swedish and I did not know that the shops in Norway is so much different from ours. I mean, this was one of the sadest thing I've seen in a long time.
Annorlunda? ICA, Willys och Coop är ju *precis* likadana som REMA 1000.
Well... I think the weird thing norwegians have for frozen pizza is pretty well known in Sweden. 😁
We were in Norway a few years ago and I was impressed with grocery shopping in the Co-ops. This guy is trying to be funny
Yea plus you guys have the freshest fish, Swedish Fish™️
@@RIUUI007 Coop är inte ALLS som Rema 1000! Då har du inte varit inne in en bra affär. De har jättefina grönsaker o frukt, härliga delikatess-, fisk-, ost- o bröddiskar, med ypperlig service. För att inte tala om väldigt vänlig och hjälpsam personal.
I don't know why this popped up in my recommended. But I'm glad it did!
I'm also mystefied as to why I got this in my 'scroll', but am also glad I did. I think he looks a bit like Graham Norton. He's very funny & self deprecating.
Originally from Ireland but living in NYC & both places have much better (and fresher) choices than this. Am kinda horrified.
Same and I don't regret watching this at all lol
Same!
Same
Same here- except my Nana was from Norway! Lol and she said she loved the food- but, she lived on a farm (which we still have cousins that live there)and close to water, so her father brought home fresh fish. 🤷🏻♀️ But, that was a long time ago.
I moved to Norway from Australia in February 2020, I came across your youtube channel today and absolutely love it!!! Your videos are so good, they are not only educational for those who wish to visit here but also great for those that have moved here and are adjusting to the lifestyle etc. Your videos are so funny, I am so glad I came across your channel. I can definitely see everything you have talked about since living here 😂 Keep up the great work!!!
So happy you like our work. Very cool and motivating to hear Reena. Thanks! Hope Norway treats you well. Would love to learn more about your experience on other topics :) Cheers from Ronald and Mads
This shouldn’t be as interesting as it is.
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I can’t tell what’s a joke and what is serious. but this guy is great.
thevioletskull as funny as this is it’s not that far from reality in norway!! Although I’ve notice food choice has slowly been increasing over the 7 years I’ve been here
James Hooker well I got to remember to bring my own food into Norway
See?
That's why they say we here in Germany don't have a sense of humour.
We do, but a lot of the jokes just go by unnoticed by someone from the anglophone part of the world.
@Sun Shine I was thinking the same thing I love this guy ha
It's legit not a joke. This coming from a Norwegian 17 year old. It's actually sad because I've never realized we are SO BORING PEOPLE 😂😂
I loved it when he calls the beer selection humongous....he has never been in a US walk in beer cave!
Or a Wisconsin Beer Cave at the Gas Station!
Grocery shops in Norway dont usually have the best selection of beers, thats why we have liquor stores( Vinmonopolet ), which has a great selection of beers, at 4.8% and up( grocery stores can sell max 4.7%)
Remember he doesn't like change or big surprises, so it's probably just a-ok for him
He's in a kind of shop whose entire strategy is to minimize the number of items to reduce costs. It's obviously like Aldi or Lidl (German) and they have been very successful because they are relatively cheaper than more conventional supermarkets. In Norway cost would be extra important because it's such an expensive country.
Angie H I was just about to say come to Wisconsin. We gots lots of beer caves lol
Norwegian probably will last longer in food when apocalypse. Most of them are canned food 😂
No Italian would eat that canned meatballs 🤣🤣🤣 so funny!
That kind of food in Italy will be in the pet food aisle ahhhhaaaahaaa
Plus, our prices are way lower
@Mr. P. Enis lies. Are you struggling with the concept of google?
little did they know...
@Mr. P. Enis all because they eat processed food.
If David Bowie and Willem Dafoe had a baby.
That would be a miracle; And being that I am not blinded by the lies of some GAWD. I fully realize that miracles do not exist so... lol.
It would be a miracle .... ( hehe sorry.. could not resist ! )
hahaha good one.
I totally see it!
😅😅
you look like william dafoes younger brother .
Awesome complimet - thanks!
And David Bowie's YOUNGER cousin, once removed! 😊
I had the same thought. I was actually scrolling into the comments to see if it Was Willem doing some role prep or something.
@@anthonyferguson9282 love your program. Always curious as to what other countries grocery stores look like and what they sell. Thank you for the video
He does!
I love seeing grocery stores around the world.
Really? I really love the ones on Mars😂
Me too! I also like hardware and art stores.
Me too, somehow calming
yes there's a guy who does one from Russia, grocery stores, cafe's..it is very interesting. and on google maps Ive noticed a lovely little cafe in western Mongolia and inside it has chocolate cake for sale!
Goto Aldi's
I watched this at work and laughed so hard I got in trouble for watching RUclips at work!
When I was in school, we had German, Polish, and Danish foreign exchange students. It was always funny their first time at our grocery stores. They always said "Why is there so much cereal???!!" Now I see why 😂😂😂😂
And where are u from ?
So, why is it so much cereal?
Hahaha Ronald! "We don't care about the taste" lol
Low prices seems to taste much better😋😋
Haha 😂
Lola i thought at first he was saying that the canned goods were 200 years old....then he clarified that he meant the 'brand' itself!
Deborah Hanna I don’t think you can find 200 year old wine in any supermarket in any country
There's truth in this. Perhaps it comes from centuries of tradition with preserving fish in the most disturbing ways
" we don't care about how good it tastes we care about the low prices you know" 🤣 now that is brutally honest ! Haha.
does not reflect most Norwegian tho :P
So I accidentally found your vids and now, after much laughter I am subscribed. Love your humor and sarcasm about where your from. People from all places should be doing this!
Me too!!!! Laughter + subscribed
Me also!
This is so interesting. Since they are bordered by the ocean, you would think they had lots of fresh fish.
He is so funny.
seafood is readily available, fresh and delicious. He is joking. Norway has wonderful seafood.
Well we dont realy need to go to the store to buy fresh fish. I normaly just contact a local fisherman :D
He is kind of doing a satirical bit. For fresh fish you just go to MENY or SPAR.
Well here where i live, if u rly want a lot of fish u just go fishing urself (Norway west coast)
He was about to venture out into a NEW, UNKNOWN flavor of beverage....cameraman gasps!!! He puts it back...yeah you're right probably dangerous!! Too Funny :)
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New things= danger (especially when they are from a Norwegian brand)! Soooo hilarious! Thank you for this video!
R Vandenburg and you could tell he really actually wanted it. Lol
I hope he gets the new flavor next time!
7:47 "I haven't tasted it. It's probably dangerous." LMAO!
hahaha my favourite part of the video too.
That cracked me up too. All the canned stuff has high sodium. If everything is packaged it must have insane preservatives too.
I'm wondering what typical breakfast lunch and dinner are on a regular day.
This moment reminded me of 'hydraulic press channel'. "It is very dangerous, we must take care of it."
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I've never wondered what a Norwegian grocery store was like. Now I feel like I know nothing of the world. I now know 432% more about Norway and its people. Thank you!
Awesome story! Thanks for sharing
Try going to Asian supermarkets where you live. They are a pretty good cultural experience. When I travel to a new country I always go to a supermarket. The supermarkets that is closest to a US supermarket are German, more than even London supermarkets.
@@shinnam I live in russia
Any reason you chose 432? Please go to Cosmic Key 432 to unlock the whole universe. Your subconcious mind is telling me you are worthy.
Him: we don't like any new things
New flavor of soda: no I haven't tried this before this might be dangerous
😂😂😂😂So cute
Ok, I have no idea what RUclips is doing to recommended videos, but I am very, very glad it recommended this! :-)
That's why because they know us and that we will like it just like the Norwegian grocery store customers.
I was wondering the same thing. lol
I don't know why this popped up in my feed but I enjoyed it.
Same
same here!!
I guess I have to subscribe.
me too
It looks like Norwegian Aldi!
I love the dramatic music for the beer section.
You two are hilarious. Don’t try that soda! It’s a different flavor!
Actually the creators of Rema 1000 based the store on Aldi. They liked the simplicity.
In the united states up until very recently Aldi Markets had no fresh groceries that's gradually beginning to change ant the newer locations . The brand is thought of mostly as a lower tier than say Whole Foods or Fresh Grocer markets which feature an endless array of fresh meat , sea food and vegetables and prepared hot foods like ribs , chicken , vegan, pizza , salad bar ......Aldi has canned goods and mostly nonperishable food .....where poor people/ cheapskates shop ......I'd never shop there life is to short to eat boring ,processed food America = Freedom of choice
The store reminds me of Aldi, too.
ChrisAndTommy GoodTimeFolkRockShow - you’re actually missing out if you skip shopping at Aldi. It’s always had some fresh produce and some tasty treats, and it’s a great time and money saver if you’re in need of milk/bread/eggs. Life is too short to spend milling about in the grocery store and working longer hours to buy prestige dairy products and bananas!
@@goodtimefolkrock Strange. Here in Ireland Aldi always has fresh food and vegetables and salads. My local Aldi has a regular selection of fruits and vegetables for 49 cents each. They change the choice weekly, depending on what's in season, so everyone gets to try out different recipes according to what's available. I always check them out before travelling into town to any food markets.
I also like their selection of seafood and fish.
I'm watching videos about life in Norway to prepare for my moving to Tromsø and just now found this video. I'm laughing my ass off. Thank you for making me laugh and forget about the stress this moving is bringing me.
Wait until you see how much bland food costs. Shoot a reindeer instead. I lived in Oslo for over 7 years decades ago -- with two always hungry kids.
He is very compelling and quite funny in a weird sort of way - very likeable in fact
This video is the best! My grandmother was from Norway...Everything makes so much more sense now haha.
The Algorithm has spoken.
Cool video
TealMjM same! I saw this video and thought WTF RUclips? Then I binge watched like 5 vids and subscribed.
Oh yea yeah
All hail the mighty Algorithm! Maker and breaker of channels.
Oh yeah yeah
"How old are you?"
Somewhere between 12 and 60
Ahhh, dry sarcastic humor is my cup of tea 😻😆
these guys are so strange but charming lol. I'm sitting here totally fascinated by the Norwegian grocery experience. Why was this recommended to me
Hahaha, love that you do!!
Being Norwegian watching this video, I can tell you this is so accurate.
Julie Overlande really?? That’s amazing!
Fake news. Being Norwegian I can tell you this is a typical lowprice store. We do of course have fresh fish and all that in stores like Meny. Fake news XD
Certain places only have low price stores in Norway though.
I'm not even Norwegian but I have so much tears in my eyes from laughing so hard 😂😂😂
This man just showed the best part..... Say no more. I hate norwegian shops. Im lucky living next to sweden with good shops there. Meat in Norway is frankly a joke...
I have no idea how I got to this video but it was hilarious! And humorously educational! 👍🏻🇨🇦
Saaame
Me too. Lol was watching forensic files and this turns up. Remind me not to buy Norweigen😄🙈
I was in Norway 2 weeks, every day, 2 or more times in day we eated fresh fish directly from fjords, because all food in cafe and shops was ridicule expencive, we fished it in fiords and prepared + ate lots of berries directly from woods and a water directly from springs and nothing more, after this trip our health and skins were perfect.
My corner Speedway gas station has more choices than this! 😅 Thanks for a wonderful tour and you had me laughing out loud many times. Do more tours! How about clothes shopping or a hardware store? Subscribed.
Thanks 🤗🤗 search for yourway 2norway on RUclips. Many other tours and content. Soon we will go shopping for Norwegian fashion. New video almost finish
we have plenty of Speedways in Kentucky and I've NEVER seen one with even 5% of that size or selection it's 1,000 items.. how many does a local Speedway carry? I can check on Google or even call our local Speedway to ask if they carry 1,000 items I think they'd laugh at me it being a gas station and all.. but our Walmart's are way bigger full of crap but bigger and costs from what I saw in this videos about the same(if I could get free medical care I'd give an extra 20 cents for a box of cereal!)
@@YOURWAY2NORWAY Here in Wisconsin its insane how many choices we have for Brots and cheese. Its so insane that my local grocery store has 3 completely different areas with just cheese!
Have any of y’all heard of “buckys” gas station in America? Lol if not google them there beasts
@@bathtownship Obviously he's comparing this with other Western countries. I think we all know that as a given. It would be cruel to compare to 3rd world countries in this particular and funny way. I don't think anyone would regard that serious situation as funny. That goes without saying. It's very clear that he made this video to explain one aspect of the Norwegian people that he finds funny.
laughing so hard right now because this is all so true :))) I'm french and have been living in Norway for 30 years. btw, it was way worse before, believe it or not :p
I remember the meatballs and fish balls in a can. Solo is however exceptionally good.
No clue how I got here but I’m glad I did. I can’t wait to watch all your videos.
Yes! This was my biggest re-verse culture shock after returning to the U.S. after a summer trip in Norway. I was overwhelmed by the entire aisle of breakfast cereals at my neighborhood grocery store in America. Oh, and the ice cream - I noticed that Norwegians only seem to like chocolate flavored ice creams, and there was only a tiny little case for the ice cream selection. They didn't have a lot of crazy birthday cake flavors or berry flavors like we have in the U.S. Fortunately, I came for the great nature and not the food. :-)
This is hilarious. As a German I can relate to many things. Obviously the further north you go in Germany, the more Norwegian it gets. Please never change, Norwegians!
We love your engagement. Thanks 🤗🤗
@Angie Goude Labskaus IS delicious! (well, ok I'm also german..)
salexo9 same
“It’s new”
“It’s dangerous”
😂😂😂
I can only imagine bringing a Norwegian to an American grocery store 🤣🤣🤣
We would faint right away ;) Thanks for engaging!
Psh an Asian market would be wild! 😅
@@YOURWAY2NORWAY flour, water and cheese... enough for a boring lunch.
The younger generation careless
I dont know why I'm here. But I stayed and I'm in love!! You are hilarious. Great video!
This randomly showed up in my recommendations. I was not disappointed! Very interesting stuff. Thanks for sharing. New subscriber!
David Bowie lives in Norway now.
subbookkeeper hahaha!! He does look like bowie.
Willem defo
I was going to say that!
he reminds me of that concrete guy on youtube. cant remember the name just now.
The music during the beer segment is hilarious!!
Well done!
Very strange to see for an American. Just the cereal alone. Our small grocery stores have entire aisles for cereal. All the way down both sides top to bottom
Chad W4CHD Suggs I think every country has their “entire aisle” of something. In an Asian grocery store is an entire aisle of noodles, noodles and more noodles. Go around the corner, look! More noodles!!
@@fayeleexuan it makes sense. I believe America invented breakfast cereal and probably China invented noodles.
@@ericandersen7535 You have something against China?
Germany would have illes of bread, if we'd concluded supermarkets a appropriate place to buy it.
well and 90% of them suck xD
Don't know how I ended up here but LOVE this! You had me giggling nonstop! Love your spirit and attitude hahaha 😂
Ha ,I remember trying to get my grandmother Matilda to eat mushrooms. She looked at me like I was out of my freaking mind. I believe she used the Norwegian words for dirt and rotten.
Hahaha, thats your average Norwegian grandmother! Thanks for sharing
We had a similar experience with a relative bec they tried to feed him garlic on some dish or other. He left the house saying “I’ll be back when you’re done eating & just let me know when there’s proper food on the table!”
I'd agree with her on 'shrooms - yuck!
She probably looked at you like that because you were being an annoying shit.
She didnt want to eat something and there are you her piece of shit grand daughter forcing her to do something she didnt want to do.
ThunderAppeal ouch. Kinda harsh there lol
I’m from the San Francisco Bay Area, and the selection of food choices is astonishing. I’ve traveled quite a lot and always look forward to grocery shopping wherever I go. If I took you to my local Safeway, you’d need to spend the night to see everything.
Haha, would have to use a whole week I think. Too many new things to digest ;)
MAN you guys are insaaanely hilarious, that dramatic beer section and the "if you read the ingredients list you wont find any vanilla in it EHEHEHEH" ahahahah, instantly subscribed!!!
would love to visit Norway just to meet you guys!
love from India!
When the music overtook his voice in the alcohol isle I felt that
So epic! Beer beer beer!
Bahahaha me too!!!
You are a man with great humor! I loved it. Im subscribing
I love Norwegian grocery stores... there are so many choices in the U.S. I get a headache just trying to decide... but in Norway.. EASY.
I don't believe you.
In the U.S. we have a problem with knowing what to properly eat because we have way too many things to choose from. As consumers we do not really consider what we should be eating for its nutritional value. There’s a great book called The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan that goes into further detail.
Well, in Italy if you don’t find that specific cheese (out of like, a 100 variations) you’re looking for, you complain and go look for it at another supermarket. Ahhhhaahhaa
Not joking
@DwarvishPasty dont blame others just because you only hang out next to the frozen pizza
I live in a small town, less than 2000 citizens, and the shelf space for just Little Debbie snack foods is as big or bigger than the shelf space for cereal in RAMA 1000.
And yet, I have never seen a store with as much freezer space devoted exclusively to pizza...anywhere, as that Norwegian store.
Lived here for 5 years... This is 100% accurate 😂
very sad
very sad
Tells me the US corporations can't find a dumb down customer.Good!
I don't think it's sad,necessarily... Americans are so extra with needing a thousand different food brands... All of the same shit... And wasteful on top of that...
Have you ever been to Meny? What's up with all the misleading info? Fake news
Miss bree,
Yes, it's sad. Whenever people say I don't care about taste, that's sad.
The RUclips recommendations have been good to me lately. Saw this on my recommended videos and have watched a bunch of your videos. You have such a good energy and sense of humor!
Me too!
Came yp on my suggested too. Rhis guy is really funny.
Wow... Five, or even ten, minutes sounds like a dream. It takes five minutes just to hike to the back of some chain stores in the U.S., and you might be waiting in line for ten minutes or more lol.
Quit going to walmart man!
In Costco you literally need hours haha
@@lindaclark5911 lol If you think Walmart is the only gigantic grocery store chain in the U.S., you must not shop much.
Sage Treebeard i try not to, im norwegian.
*"Reindeer balls" sound exotic!*
I'm surprised you guys ever dared to see how they taste?
Here in the U.S. some stores have a whole entire aisle (both sides) for cereal alone lol. We enjoy having limitless options :).
So I have heard. It's shocking. I would be gone in a minute. Drowned in a sea of too many choices 😜
Yeah but only downside is it's limitless options of every conceivable artificial color, flavoring and preservative known to man.
@Nemanja ĆIrić oh yes. We are spoiled for choice. We think we are anyway. We are basically indoctrinated by advertising and fear. And distracted by all the pretty packaging. 😉
I think most of countries I’ve been to had the entire aisle dedicated to cereals. It almost fully depends on the size of particular supermarket. Likewise in small chains in here New England would have very limited selections..
True the entire isle is cereal and vendors pay to have their produce placed eye level. Most high in sugar. I buy the cereal on the bottom shelf.
Lmao lord have mercy no wonder you guys think Americans are spoiled haha
That’s nightmare shopping for Americans 😂😂😂
Well...yes. Too many Americans ARE spoiled and too many in the richest of countries are broke, living from paycheck to paycheck, with no emergency reserves or retirement savings.
@@beatricekarbaumer-jones6514 That is because rents/costs are just as high as income in the US. In fact costs have been going up much faster than salaries. Its almost impossible to find housing less than $800/mo even in smaller towns and by the time you add power/water/internet/cellular/food and a car and insurance you need $2000/mo AFTER taxes to survive. (minimum wage is $1250 a month gross)
We don't have "Boarding Houses" anymore that are decent -- that used to be the normal for the US. You are stuck with at LEAST a studio unless you want to play with room-mates. The trick with that of course is that if your roomie leaves or shorts you then you get stuck with a $1200+ rent bill. Rents have gone up sharply in any big town, pay has not.
@@redwolfexr Where TF do you live?!? My two bedroom, fully equipped, all amenities including golf course and club house, apartment was $525 a month. I worked in a food production factory and lived quite happily there, by myself. Also had enough to travel and vacation left over. That was just a few years ago, but I've bought five acres and a three bedroom house since then. I need room for my horses, now. My mortgage isn't even $800 a month. Wherever you are, you are getting ripped the hell off. I'm
Pro3110 so out in the dry, hot boonies. That’s why ur housing is cheap.
You must be very lucky, Pro3110. @Daniel Sifrit is bang on when it comes to costs outstripping incomes. Which is doubly hard for retired folks, who aren't "hireable", and therefore have very few options for earning $'s (Fast food if they are healthy enough to stand on their feet all day and work over hot grease). This is true all over North America
Love the soaring patriotic music when you go to the beer aisle! Hilarious video, great channel :)
😂😂 Thanks a lot for your nice and funny comment Nikita Kandikar!
My husband and I were laughing loads during that bit! 😁
The hysterically funny part. Yes I woke up the man upstairs and he felt he had to stomp on the floor.
This is the first video I have seen of yours and won’t be the last. Truly enjoyable and hysterical 😆. Just now subscribed!
I loved the jokes, you guys have a very good sense of humor. I loved when you guys got to the beer and that inspirational sounding music began playing.
To many choices causes anxiety .
😂😂😂
Yeah I figured that out years ago when I was trying to buy dish soap, I probably stood in that aisle for 20 minutes trying to pick a flavor. Lol
Big time. Like starbucks coffie options. Headache
I don't know about that - I would love to try some Norwegian food, someday.
@@beccareul The problem is soap doesn't have a flavor, just a scent.
This is the BEST VIDEO I've watched in months! Not kidding. Loved this!!!
Thank you for your video! I love to see grocery stores in other countries! Your delivery is clear and Charming.
Omg. Lol I love the commentary. This would have been a very boring video if it wasn't for his personality.
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His personality did make the video. I found the food prospects very depressing! Extremely unhealthy, too.
@@dollyv7882 definately goes against my preconceived ideas on how they would shop and eat.
As an American, the limited selection would drive me crazy.
My girlfriend is here visiting from Finland at the moment.
She is amazed by our huge Walmart supercenters and she seems to love shopping and spending time there.
I hate shopping anywhere and only do it twice a month if possible...usually spending one to two hours at a time. I usually spend $200 to $450 dollars each time but that includes all of my shopping for groceries, prescriptions, vitamins, tools, paint and anything else that I could possibly need...all in one store.
She likes to go shopping in our Walmart Supercenter 2 to 3 times per week and usually spends more time shopping for 1/5 of the items that I usually buy.
I can imagine that any non American person would be very similar to her because foreigners seem to be overwhelmed by such a large selection of choices...so much so that it takes them much longer to decide what they want to buy.
I've never been to Finland or Norway but I could imagine the distress that I would feel from such a limited amount of choices and spending money on brands that I have no familiarity with.
Thanks for taking time and effort sharing your story with us 😃
That's true huh?
At my local food store (HEB, the best place ever imnsho)
We have an entire isle dedicated to just boxed or bagged breakfast foods. One entire wall is just cereal of all flavors.
However, here, my husband and I live for frozen pizza. It was a staple in our home before our kids lol
The beauty of freedom in economy: Offer and Demand.
I'd just get a frozen pizza, and the orange drink, and call it a day.
By any chance, did you take her to visit the Grand Canyon?
Thanks
You are a riot. Love your sarcasm and humour. 😀
Amiek VDB I think it's more like "self deprecating manner" than sarcasm and I'm sure I'll be critiqued for this but either way, I would've liked it better if there was less of it. Otherwise I really found the content interesting. And a few folks in the comment thread confirmed his point. Thank you. Overall, I liked it.
I lived in Norway for 2 years, 20 years ago. First I loved Norway and the people are fantastic. Yes, the grocery stores offer a frustratingly limited selection and the prices are very high. That said in my quiet, leafy suburban neighborhood on the edge of Stavanger we had access to two small grocery stores, far from a commercial district, that you could walk, bike or send a young child to pick up a few items for dinner. You seldom find a small grocery store embedded in a residential USA neighborhood, however, this is precisely what we need to reduce our use of cars. The Norwegians have organized their society in many positive ways, and Americans could learn a lot by living there.
Joe Piombino yes walking and biking more needs to be done but look at the overly processed foods, Premade, lack of veggies so then it’s not that healthy their. Orange drink soda pop?!! French eat a lot of veggies at home and soups with children.
Germany stores seamed better with selection.
Thnks for the video, I learned so much about grocery shopping in Norway. Here in the U.S., I don't care if it is more expensive, I want fresh and good quality.
Very engaging and amusing tour of the grocery store! I felt like I was there in person being introduced to the food culture and idiosyncrasies of the people
The way the climactic beer scene brought it all together was truly masterful. I'm not ashamed to admit I cried.
Lol! 😂
This is reminding me of the old Prairie Home Companion radio show. Remember, NPR listeners? Lake Woebegon, Minnesota with its Norwegian bachelor farmers and the "fake" commercials. One was for Ralph's Pretty Good Grocery. Its motto was, "Remember, if you can't find it at Ralph's, you can probably get along without it."
😂 Bleak, but funny. I'm sure he could have found plenty of fresh food if he had wanted to.
Haha It’s funny how we perceive a different country. Americans need a whole push cart because we only shop once a week or every 2 wks. Usually a 3 hr trip. The cereal isle is big with too many options.. 200+ types of cereal (I don’t even go down that aisle). We do become cheap on canned food items or frozen vegetables, store brand is the cheapest. Most of us hate the grocery store so we order online now and just pick it up after someone else shops for us. It actually saves us money because we aren’t tempted to buy everything we see. Thanks for the great video, it was hilarious!
It's interesting also to notice how different the stores are depending on where in the country (US) you're shopping at. I'm from the south and we have lots of fresh stuff from the farmers markets local (which is more common now I think everywhere) but we also have all this fried stuff everywhere and stuff specifically for our area. Whereas out west they have things specifically from that area and so on.
@@lesliesauceman8093 Yes, I used to live in Southern California, and grocery stores were centered around the produce section-a HUGE section full of inexpensive fresh locally grown produce. And then they'd have Californian grown olive oil, Californian wine, etc.
Now I'm in the Midwest and grocery stores are pretty boring. The produce is both expensive and old. Not much even that's unique to the area.
Never been grocery shopping in the south, unfortunately, but I'd love to visit someday.
Rebecca Hicks in my town in northern Texas, we have such a huge Mexican American population that we have a grocery store called Amigos (we have like 4 different ones, each one is known and liked for different things, Food king sells their fruits really cheap.) where there’s fresh meat that’s even already seasoned and fish and Mexican food/ products, like Mexican cokes and Pepsi, etc. So yeah it has a lot to do with the population and the area. Our family used to only make home cooked meals, we only used to go out to eat every 2 weeks, but not we got a little lazy and eat out once a week, but we are keeping back on track lol. There’s not a huge tax in Texas for food, so all in all, it’s very cheap.
@@rebeccahicks4949 I'm in Missouri (considered the Midwest of the US) and we are part of the "Bread Basket" of America and our produce in our store sucks! We grow our own in the summer and I try to can as much as possible in the summer to get us through winter but it is lousy and old. Food desert in the Heartland! Amazing.
I lived in Paris in the 1970s and there were no traditional grocery stores with aisle after aisle. There were farmers markets in every neighborhood where people shopped for fresh everything twice a day. After the lunch crowd, the market cleared the sidewalks until the dinnertime. Everything was fresh from 12-kilo rounds of butter to live eels squirming in buckets of water. For breakfast I walked a block to the bakery; every neighborhood had at least 1 where I bought croissants daily. I walked home for lunch, Parisians get 2 hours for lunch, stopped at the farmers market and bakery and still had time for a short nap. For me Paris before the Islamic invasion was Paradise.
Now in America, there are stores that can serve as airplane hangers selling mostly processed foods, but also clothing, hardware, electronics etc. I long for the old Paris which I'M AFRAID WILL DISAPPEAR.
I've rambled too much already.
You chose the smallest shop though, they are usually stacked for impulsive people that buy processed foods and alchohol.
"beer, beer, beer, or cider, beer..." *Epic music* that killed me
Monica Villada I just basically made the same comment, but yeah it cracked me up!
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