3:30 We're actually legally required to remove snow from the roof of the car before driving. If you slam on the brakes with that chunk of snow on the roof it will become a projectile shooting forward, and even though snow seems pretty harmless it can cause MASSIVE damage
Think it was a van some years back that they made a point of.. It had so much, probably wet snow, that it was above the weight limit of the license the driver had. Just to prove a point. This is the weight of what you have on top of your car. Think it was something like 1500 KG.. He lost the license I think.
more likely to come off when you get up to speed, good luck to the poor bastard behind you, which is of course part of the reason for why we have laws to remove the snow.
@@theldraspneumonoultramicro405 It all depends if you'll have to break first or whatever may happen. Basically we like to have the inside of our cars above freezing, so you'll get a thin film of melted snow beneath that heavy pile. So whenever that happens you have perfect conditions for an avalanche, whichever direction the acceleration of your car may force the snow at that moment. The outcome isn't good at any rate, but I agree some things can be worse than others.
The grass roof is now mostly a traditional thing. But it is very effective as insulation, and require relatively little maintenance compared to other historical materials. And yes, it also looks amazing.
It's sod. Which insulates. Requires a sturdy building & rafters, but whole timbers takes care of that. First timbers, then planks, then a layer of birch bark , and finally the sod. 😊
Yes, we have these toilets as well 1:40 but most of them are closed. If they have open stalls it’s only 3-5 inches above the floor. Some older variants have more open stalls, but they are pretty rare today.
I live in MALANGEN, and can confirm. That northern ligths picture is enhanced with color, and lights. The oilrig has hollow legs, and was floating in the water. Pulled by the boat ahead, and support-tugs. It is now secured to the bottom of the sea, and only visible from the narrowest part of the legs. The wintersunset is real. and the sunset lasts for around 1 hour... Some places, like in Malangen, we don`t se the sun for 13 week
The American correction system is based on punishment. If a guy is sentenced for 20 years and is being punished every single day for 20 years, what kind of person is he gonna be when he gets out? That guy is gonna be your neighbor, so good luck with that.
Exactly, few people understand this. So usually they think, if you do a crime, you should be treated like an animal for all your time spent there as punishment. Sure, might be good and all when they are in prison, but then what? They do said sentence, get out, and have lost a bunch of opportunities to get back into a normal life (especially if growing up in a bad place to begin with). Be it completely broken mentally or that they can't get jobs and such since they are a convicted criminal. What do they do then? Go back to their old ways, and for the most part end BACK into prison. What logic is this? The fact is, no matter how naive the Norwegian prison system looks like from Americans or other countries with similar prisons, it works. The people going into prison usually stay out of prison. Heck, if they are lucky, they have actually gotten a better opportunity to become a better person or even educated before getting out again, and have a more normal life than they have ever had going in (bad upbringing, bad crowd etc).
We try to make the prisoners to be better persons than when they got arrested. We want them to be part of society when they return, to have jobs and vote and pay taxes and be polite to little old ladies, and all that
And also, being trapped in prison is punishment even if you have access to video games. You’re constantly monitored/watched, you have almost no freedom, you can’t go out into the world, you can’t see the people that you love unless they come visit you etc.
11:34 We pay a little deposit when we buy bottled beverages, so when we recycle them, we get appr. 20 or 30cents for each bottle or can. So it soon adds up!!!
Thank you for making these videos, I was born and raised in Norway and sometimes forget how nice it is to live in Norway, it's nice to hear your perspective who doesn't live here. 👍
I grew up Inn Finnskogen "The Finnish Forest". Where the treehouse cabin is. Yes, you can rent it. The Cabin is located in same municipality as the World Largest Toothpick, that you reacted to a couple of days ago. I've been thinking about making an English video about the Finnish forest. It's so much mysique and trolls and nuek and huldra there. Plus a very historic area.
@@TTDahl My mother's family is from Solør. Farming family from Arneberg. They have a seter in Finnskogen and everything. Lots of happy childhood memories from my summers there, Finnskogen, Flisa and my grandparents. 🤗
@Kari.F. oh how nice. My grandmother was a daughter of a finnish farmer in Posaasen and she married another farmer called Rokkerud.I have moved away 30km north to Elverum, and live there.
The Troll oil platform went in to Guinness Record book in 1996 as the largest object transported ever and also as the deepest concert place. No one have beat the moving object or concert record as of 2024. There were a band playing a concert 303 meter (~1000 feet) under water on the oil platform, another world record.
Slartybartfast got the award for the Norwegian coastline for a reason. But don't forget his special mention for New Zealand. :) (I've lived in both countries. ) Seigman and Seigdamer are great and I think they made Seigbabies for a while. I had to send a bag to a friend in the US because he didn't believe me they existed.
5:40 Still images don't really do it justice, because the Aurora Borealis (northern lights) are usually in motion and can range from barely noticeable (have you ever been driving at night - pitch black, and driven towards a town or city and there's an aura of light pollution or the light just kind of bounces off the clouds) to what you see in the picture... It's also not a nightly event - plus you have to remember that picture of the car with 2 meters of snow. There are a lot of cloudy and snow filled evenings... and shoveling. Thank god for snowblowers...
No Tyler, I never get bored. I've driven quite a bit in Norway for 50 years and I'm just as overwhelmed when I see these enormous mountains that meet me almost everywhere from north to south. And of course the fjords. I get very humbled. I love my country….😃🐈🇳🇴
I know, but I think they can tone it back a bit and get the same results. Video games really aren't necessary. Do board games and book readings instead.
@Emperor_Nagrom The point is that life on the inside is supposed to mirror life on the outside, to make the rehabilitation easier on the mind of the inmate. It's a very simple, but very smart strategy.
How do you make gras grow on the roof?? Soil!! It's incredible. :) These days they have boards and plastic under it. Back in the days it was boards and birch bark. It's for isulation.
And when you don’t win in the lottery, the «gambled» money mostly goes to the Norwegian Red Cross. In quite a few places there might also a box where you can put your ticket («pantelapp»), which then will support some local charity (not some local business, as I wrote earlier).
Jeg mente «veldedig formål» (charity). Rettet det nå. Tror ikke jeg har sett noen bokser (typ postkasser) der man kan donere pantelappen til lokale bedrifter ennå jeg heller, nei :)
Actually it's a 'sperm-seed', a play by the artist on the nearby 'industries' that is an animal breeding station and the largest agriculture areas in the country.
I drive up and down Ekeberg every day, and some of the winter sunsets, when the sky is all red and orange, reflecting in the Oslo Fjord making the entire view orange, with the islands like black dots.❤
It's a reason i don't wanna too leave Norway for another country in the holidays. What's the point? Norway are one of the best country in the world for living, but also visit other city.
In Norway, its well known that as long as its not lemming season, glacier water or any proper stream of running water is generally very clean ans safe to drink. During many hikes, summers and work days Ive filled my bottle with water from a stream. Clean and good and naturally cold
I celebrated my birthday at Preikestolen with a glass of whiskey 🥃🎉 and two friends from America who had never been to Norway before. That made the day so much more special. ❤ I got to show my American friends our beautiful country and share a beautiful memory. 🥰🇧🇻🇺🇲
The Oil platform u saw, is the biggest man made object that is moved on the ocean ; ) What u saw was when was finished and towed out to it's place in the North Sea, most off that is under water, just over 300 m deep. hehe I work for a short time one it on the final stages , before was towed out; ))
Ive seen that winter sunset and ive seen a sumemr version. I was camping with friends on an island in norway and we say tat sunset and the islands up ahead looked like balck clouds and it was beautiful
I remember when the seigdamer came when I was little! I thought it was so cool, as the seigemenn had been around for a long time. The gummy men had been made since 1965, and the female version came in 2001. I can’t believe I actually remember it, I was 6 years old, but it still meant a lot. Now we have gummy kids as well, but they’re sour instead of sweet (sur is Norwegian for both sour and cranky)
The oil rig is that tall after production is done. Then it is towed out to the oilfield and it is lowered down into the water so about 100 ft of it is above water line.
Interesting to see your reactions, I'm so used to all of this that I don't give it a second thought. The Krampus isn't as common in Norway as it is in Germany, more a local thing.
No, there is no Krampus March in Norway. We have Julebokk (Yule Buck - which has similarities) and Juleskåka (lesser known but common in the far North of Norway). For Julebokk we may dress up and do trick or treating, sing songs, dance around the Christmas tree. For Juleskåka we'll do tricks on other people's farms, or try to sneak inside the room of our favourite girl for some late night smooching. If you're discovered, you have to knit seven pairs of mittens to the house owners.
It's not Norway. Someone posted it as Norway and it's been repeated, but it's in Austria. It's Austria - exactly Tirol, village is Itter and the Name of the Group is "Lauda Pass"
About the Troll oil platform. This is only while they tow the platform to the area where it is supposed to be installed. then they fill the concrete legs with water and it sinks down to the seabed. Only the top is over the water.
The Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) are an incredible sight to behold. I was blessed being in Tromsø on October 6, 2024 when there was the most colorful and longest running display in over 50 years (much like in the photo you showed). Tromsø is 250 miles north of the Arctic Circle; it´s a city of 70K+ with a university of 3k student body and there is also a botanical garden of arctic and alpine flora. Recommend you or anyone going to Norway should visit Tromsø, besides the Northern Lights in Winter, there is 24 hours of sunlight during the Summer months (Land of the Midnight Sun). When are you going?
The gummy persons are the same as you had in a commercial series in a previous video. Where they transplanted a leg, one paid for the taxi and the photographer ate the children. The oil rig is towed out at sea and set down on the sea floor. The tallest rigs are around 400 meters tall.
Renndølsætra is located in the valley Innerdalen. The valley is ranked Norways most beautiful valley. It’s located in the middle of Norway. The mountain is Innerdalstårnet. (Tower og Innerdalen) you have to walk by foot to get to it. They serve the best waffles with black current jam and sour cream.
2:33 Many reasons like: Plants absorb and retain parts of the rainwater, insulation (both sound and temperature (against cold in wintertime, and heat in summertime)), increased lifetime (prevent UV), safety (keeps snow and ice on roof) and aesthetics (which clearly is demonstrated on the picture as you pointed out).
10:44 so basically there is a system where bottles and cans cost a little bit more but you get the money back for recycling this makes Norway really good at recycling bottles
2:33 I don’t really know why we have grass on the roofs of huts (hytter) but i see it everywhere when i’m at my dads cabin (hytte), It’s just normal. 10:00 also, you guys don’t have these types of sunsets?
Modern cameras will enhance the visuals from Northern Lightning by way of being more sensitive to light etc. It's not quite that impressive in real life as in the static shot, but OTOH it becomes mesmerizing when it starts dancing quickly across the sky.
The Northern Lights; who needs to get high with a light show like this? The Krampus March: They're not fat, they're fluffy... bordering on DAMN! (Credit given to Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias for the partial quote) Return on Bottles: You don't? I seem to recall an entire episode of Seinfeld dedicated to getting the most return for each bottle and can by filling Newman's mail truck and driving it to Maine (or somewhere else, it's been a while).
Yes, we have over-top and under-bottom stalls also in Norway. It's usually the sign of money-saving going on. It's used for less savoury places and some older shopping malls. Usually the private style is preferred, though. But most places have a toiled for disabled people, that's bigger and has way more room and amenities.
The sculpture might look like a sperm cell, but given the name ‘Seeding’ and the fact that you up close can see that it actually is a germinating seed ;)
I've never seen those can holders on trash cans, but I know it's pretty common to deliberately put bottles with "pant" (the deposit you get back for returning them) right next to the trash can or on top of it instead of inside it if you don't want to bother returning the bottle yourself, so that whoever want's to do that can do it without digging through the trash. I'm guessing those holders are from a more windy part of Norway because without them the bottles would tend to blow away.
Those bottle/can holders are, or at least were, a thing in Oslo. The whole idea behind them is that although Norwegians do recycle their cans and bottles for the most part, when they barbecue or party in the city's parks in summer, they tend not to bother taking their 'pant' with them when they leave. So, you'll always have people sweeping these areas for empty vessels, and having little conveniences like these shelves makes that so much easier for everyone. I just think that the sheer volume of empty cans and bottles on warm summer nights sort of made these things insufficient...
Well northern Norway connects to the arctic circle so that should give you an idea of how bad the snow can get. I live in Oslo which is in southern Norway so we don't see snow like they do in the north.
Regarding the northern lights: Those were particularly awesome. It's rare to get anything but green. And photos messes with them. Because they undulate all the time, the long exposure time of a nighttime photo makes it look like there is a lot more than it is in reality. OTOH you freeze the magic. It's like photos of fireworks. It's nothing like the real thing.
There are some toilets that have some space bellow the stall walls, but it's a lot more privacy respecting than how it is in the US, and generally. Toilets here are either individual rooms with a toilet, trash can, and a sink, or it is just a toilet, and shared sinks outside.
Well.. the concrete part of the platform is floating and being towed. When they let the air out the legs sunk down to the bottom and submerged most of the "legs"
The can recycling outside of the waste like that is also practical. We recycle waste, so plastic bottles should be reused, while metal cans should be smashed and melted like metals.
Grass on roofs are not normal for modern buildings in Norway, but are not uncommon. Mainly to insulate the roof of older cabins and farm buildings in windy areas without the shelter of tall vegetation like trees. The soil and grass draw most of the moisture away from the underlying timber and excess water is drained off by the steep angle of the roof.
01:09 I had the pleasure of using a Walmart stall, not very pleasant, the bottom portion being so freaking high up from the ground, and I think the top was far enough down that a tall person could easily look over if they wanted to. Norway does have toilet stalls in that fashion, but the bottom is far closer to the floor than in the USA, and I'm pretty sure the top is also much higher. This particular bathroom seems to be in a mall or something, otherwise there wouldn't be this many stalls, and in malls it's very common to come upon these kinds of stalls with regular doors. 02:37 I've heard they lay down a tarp of torched asphalt onto the roof, then the bedding for the moss/grass on top, though that's information taken from a video I watched on YT. And as far as I can think, aside from the aesthetics, it might give an additional layer of insulation from the cold? I'm really not sure, though.
03:35 No, that would be dangerous and illegal, they would have likely shoveled off the snow after taking the picture. I have never had to do this myself, but I can imagine 30 minutes earlier out the door for work would be the minimum for shoveling off that much snow. 06:50 This is Laban Seigmenn, though I don't know if "Seigmenn" is the same still, or if they changed that. They used to all be male, but at some point in the past - I don't remember when, or why - they suddenly started adding female shaped ones, too.
10:25 Don't just come anywhere to Norway expecting to see this, I'm pretty sure this is far more North in Norway than Oslo, while you do occasionally get red/orange skies like this down in the more Southern areas of Norway, it's usually nothing close to like this. 10:50 This must be new, or specific to a certain area in Norway, whatever the case is, I have never seen this in my 30 years growing up and living in Norway.
12:03 This looks like yet another of the many many AI or Photoshopped house images circulating the internet, I would never believe this sort of image without seeing it in real life. 14:00 Makes me think of my own interpretation of this statue as being "When Earth was fertilized by the Universe and gave life to all its animals and vegetation."
The reason the oil platform is so tall and standing out of the water is because it is being transported to location, as noted below it is the largest human made structure moved across the planet.
@1:30 hehehehe funny,, yeah, in the children schools we had that , but that was way back in the 50-60 and 70`s afte that we got rid of it and made what you see in the first photo.
Im a mid 30's Norwegian, and ive never seen the aurora borealis, i live way south, and it rarely happens down here. Norway sure is beautiful, truly is, but i feel like the pictures people see of Norway for the most part is the best of the best views, not actually representative of how most of us live. Been watching a few of your videos regarding Norway and Norwegian history, and ive learned a few things i never knew as well.
The sculpure at the end is both a sp*rm cell and a sprouting seed to symbolize the fertile soil and the fertilization of cows in that region called Stange.
I used to live In Finnskogen at Svullrya, part of Grue Finnskog. Really miss that place. Never seen this "cabin". :) We actually have a cabin in Finnskogen, but nothing like this. It's in the middle of nowhere in Åsnes. :)
12:26 Lofoten... pronounced like loo-foo - tin. The letter 0 has an oo sound in norwegian. And the letter A has a long sound as well.. so Ah in Norwegian. Å sounds like aww.
The reason why the Troll A platform is so high up is because they moved it from Stavanger to the north sea.Troll A is the biggest thing ever moved in history.
There are also gummy’s like that but just babies with diapers. And the gummy’s are called Seigmenn but if you translate that you get strongmen or stickymen 6:32
Yep, and the ladies are called Seigdamer. I think the babygummies are called Skrikerunger? Crybabies in english. Seigmenn have been used as decour on home made cakes for as long as I can remember.
Search for Norway and Snowfall. There should be a picture where they had to go out from the second floor through the window to get out. The front door was blocked by snow. 😊
Most prisons don’t look like this. There are one or two specific prisons that look like this. and it was in the news X months ago that they had a lot of issues or what not, so not perfect. And here in Oslo, there’s no snow yet and we’re in December… last year I believe there was snow. But not might come right before Xmas Eve. Hopefully😝
Ahhh...I hate that prison thing!! I have been a teacher in several Norwegian prisons. And I have been to this one. It's Halden. It's always Bastøy and Halden!! These are NOT typical Norwegian prisons!!!
That large sperm/seed sprout (it was meant to be seen as both) is not far from where I live. It symbolizes the fertility of both land and livestock in the farming community. The artist who made this (designed rather) has made more cool statues that can be seen along roads around Norway. Like a Dragon, a gigantic moose and a huge mammoth skull, all in the same chrome finish.
10:50 I have never seen that in my city in Norway, but yes they do check the trash bins for empty bottles. Mostly collected by beggars, or drug addicts that hang around in the park doing their drugs
You couldn't pay me enough to sit on the edge of Prekestolen. Before getting 10 feet from the edge I would've needed to have changed my underwear at least ten times! But the view is absolutely breathtaking!
The statue at the end, while definitively looking like a sperm, is actually supposed to be a seed starting to grow, and Stange where it is located is an area with lots of agriculture which is why they had it made. I will say though, everytime I drive past it, it makes me giggle, cause my brain does not think "seed" 🤣
Can you react to the comedy duo Ylvis mini documentaries "stories from Norway" told as musicals? They are the talkshow hosts that made "what does the fox say?" For example the episode of when Norway almost started WW3, ep. 5 😂 or episode 2. The automatic english translation from the spanish translation seems correct and the songs are in english anyway. A playlist with some of the episodes: ruclips.net/video/2g5ygalARAo/видео.html
I don't think that the Krampus march is in Norway. It's probably Austria or Switzerland. Found the source: It's Austria - exactly Tirol, village is Itter and the Name of the Group is "Lauda Pass"
So, when are you coming to Norway for a visit? If you're ever in Oslo , then I'm more than happy to show you around, you're even welcome to stay at ny house (Live 10 minutes outside of Oslo) if you can handel the occasional "attack cuddles" from a Mini Schanuzer and listen to the occasional cello practise of mine. And by occasional, I mean all the time :P
3:30 We're actually legally required to remove snow from the roof of the car before driving. If you slam on the brakes with that chunk of snow on the roof it will become a projectile shooting forward, and even though snow seems pretty harmless it can cause MASSIVE damage
But true enough, the snow on the roof is often some of the last you remove. It's great to be able to access it from all sides first.
Same in Sweden. Snow left on the roof can easily cover your windshield and all of a sudden you can't see where you are going.
Think it was a van some years back that they made a point of.. It had so much, probably wet snow, that it was above the weight limit of the license the driver had. Just to prove a point. This is the weight of what you have on top of your car. Think it was something like 1500 KG.. He lost the license I think.
more likely to come off when you get up to speed, good luck to the poor bastard behind you, which is of course part of the reason for why we have laws to remove the snow.
@@theldraspneumonoultramicro405 It all depends if you'll have to break first or whatever may happen. Basically we like to have the inside of our cars above freezing, so you'll get a thin film of melted snow beneath that heavy pile. So whenever that happens you have perfect conditions for an avalanche, whichever direction the acceleration of your car may force the snow at that moment. The outcome isn't good at any rate, but I agree some things can be worse than others.
The grass roof is now mostly a traditional thing. But it is very effective as insulation, and require relatively little maintenance compared to other historical materials. And yes, it also looks amazing.
Actually, the true purpose of the grass roof was camouflage the vikings’ houses in case enemy jets fly overhead.
Plus, they often let the cattle graze on it. With the sparse agricultural land we often have, why not use it?
Not so much cattle, more sheep and goats.
It's sod. Which insulates. Requires a sturdy building & rafters, but whole timbers takes care of that. First timbers, then planks, then a layer of birch bark , and finally the sod. 😊
@@cieludbjrg4706 we have so many trees growing here in Norway, building materials have never been a problem
Yes, we have these toilets as well 1:40 but most of them are closed. If they have open stalls it’s only 3-5 inches above the floor. Some older variants have more open stalls, but they are pretty rare today.
And chances are, if they're open stalls, they're open on the top, not the bottom.
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OK! I haven’t been in all of the public bathrooms 😅
We do not have Krampus in Norway. That's from Germany.
We sort of do, Julebukk, but not as a march.
Yes, but this is very spesific German
@@stefflus08 Julebukk is not the same, and originates from our Nordic mythology.
You are wrong. It is more like a thing you believe in like Jesus for eksempel. Its not something that is in folktales all the time
@DIY_SURGE
NA, they're right. The krampusnacht is a southern germanic thing, not a north germanic one so does not apply to us in the Nordics. :)
I live in MALANGEN, and can confirm. That northern ligths picture is enhanced with color, and lights.
The oilrig has hollow legs, and was floating in the water. Pulled by the boat ahead, and support-tugs.
It is now secured to the bottom of the sea, and only visible from the narrowest part of the legs.
The wintersunset is real. and the sunset lasts for around 1 hour... Some places, like in Malangen, we don`t se the sun for 13 week
The American correction system is based on punishment. If a guy is sentenced for 20 years and is being punished every single day for 20 years, what kind of person is he gonna be when he gets out? That guy is gonna be your neighbor, so good luck with that.
If you treat poeple like animals they become like animals 🤷♂️
Exactly, few people understand this. So usually they think, if you do a crime, you should be treated like an animal for all your time spent there as punishment. Sure, might be good and all when they are in prison, but then what? They do said sentence, get out, and have lost a bunch of opportunities to get back into a normal life (especially if growing up in a bad place to begin with). Be it completely broken mentally or that they can't get jobs and such since they are a convicted criminal. What do they do then? Go back to their old ways, and for the most part end BACK into prison. What logic is this? The fact is, no matter how naive the Norwegian prison system looks like from Americans or other countries with similar prisons, it works. The people going into prison usually stay out of prison. Heck, if they are lucky, they have actually gotten a better opportunity to become a better person or even educated before getting out again, and have a more normal life than they have ever had going in (bad upbringing, bad crowd etc).
We try to make the prisoners to be better persons than when they got arrested. We want them to be part of society when they return, to have jobs and vote and pay taxes and be polite to little old ladies, and all that
And also, being trapped in prison is punishment even if you have access to video games. You’re constantly monitored/watched, you have almost no freedom, you can’t go out into the world, you can’t see the people that you love unless they come visit you etc.
@8:15 This picture of Troll A is from May 1995 when they towed the platform out to sea. Most of the concrete pillar structure is under water.
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Yeah. My dad worked on it. He had to walk sown and up the stairs inside the leggs each day.
Then platform will be lowered down on the seabed when it's out at the right position.
11:34 We pay a little deposit when we buy bottled beverages, so when we recycle them, we get appr. 20 or 30cents for each bottle or can. So it soon adds up!!!
Thank you for making these videos, I was born and raised in Norway and sometimes forget how nice it is to live in Norway, it's nice to hear your perspective who doesn't live here. 👍
I grew up Inn Finnskogen "The Finnish Forest". Where the treehouse cabin is.
Yes, you can rent it. The Cabin is located in same municipality as the World Largest Toothpick, that you reacted to a couple of days ago.
I've been thinking about making an English video about the Finnish forest. It's so much mysique and trolls and nuek and huldra there.
Plus a very historic area.
@@TTDahl My mother's family is from Solør. Farming family from Arneberg. They have a seter in Finnskogen and everything. Lots of happy childhood memories from my summers there, Finnskogen, Flisa and my grandparents. 🤗
@Kari.F. oh how nice.
My grandmother was a daughter of a finnish farmer in Posaasen and she married another farmer called Rokkerud.I have moved away 30km north to Elverum, and live there.
The toothpick is in Flisa, standing right by one of the longest wooden bridges, over glomma.
We don't have krampus, that's wrong
yeah that video is from Austria
I’ve never seen this.
Imagine digging your car out of the snow for hours just to realize you've been digging out your neighbours car instead.. 😅
Ha ha I did that at my work place. The car who stood beside my car had the same colour and size. It's frustrating but funny. 😂
The Troll oil platform went in to Guinness Record book in 1996 as the largest object transported ever and also as the deepest concert place.
No one have beat the moving object or concert record as of 2024.
There were a band playing a concert 303 meter (~1000 feet) under water on the oil platform, another world record.
Katie Melua had a concert in the bottom of one of the legs..
It was Katie melua that had the concert and Think it is here on youtube.ruclips.net/video/_YtCHHpZNxo/видео.htmlsi=RYXI83n9_wU_F3jd
Slartybartfast got the award for the Norwegian coastline for a reason. But don't forget his special mention for New Zealand. :) (I've lived in both countries. ) Seigman and Seigdamer are great and I think they made Seigbabies for a while. I had to send a bag to a friend in the US because he didn't believe me they existed.
Sure skrikerunger (sour crybabies) loosely modelled after the 'sinnataggen' statue located in Vigerlandsparken, they were quite good!
5:40 Still images don't really do it justice, because the Aurora Borealis (northern lights) are usually in motion and can range from barely noticeable (have you ever been driving at night - pitch black, and driven towards a town or city and there's an aura of light pollution or the light just kind of bounces off the clouds) to what you see in the picture... It's also not a nightly event - plus you have to remember that picture of the car with 2 meters of snow. There are a lot of cloudy and snow filled evenings... and shoveling. Thank god for snowblowers...
No Tyler, I never get bored. I've driven quite a bit in Norway for 50 years and I'm just as overwhelmed when I see these enormous mountains that meet me almost everywhere from north to south. And of course the fjords.
I get very humbled. I love my country….😃🐈🇳🇴
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seter is a rural mountain farmstead used in the summer
If you look at repeat offenders and compare the US and Norway the results are baffling and show's you why we do it the way we do.
I know, but I think they can tone it back a bit and get the same results. Video games really aren't necessary. Do board games and book readings instead.
@Emperor_Nagrom The point is that life on the inside is supposed to mirror life on the outside, to make the rehabilitation easier on the mind of the inmate. It's a very simple, but very smart strategy.
Also, about 1/3 of the inmates are foreigners, we do have very little crime here.
That Krampus march is from Austria I think
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How do you make gras grow on the roof?? Soil!! It's incredible. :) These days they have boards and plastic under it. Back in the days it was boards and birch bark. It's for isulation.
small bottles = 20 cent big bottles = 30 cent, In all food stores you can collect the money or gamble to win up to 100k $
And when you don’t win in the lottery, the «gambled» money mostly goes to the Norwegian Red Cross. In quite a few places there might also a box where you can put your ticket («pantelapp»), which then will support some local charity (not some local business, as I wrote earlier).
@@Spurveskoen Ha, det har jeg aldri hørt om eller sett. Hvor har du funnet det?
Jeg mente «veldedig formål» (charity). Rettet det nå. Tror ikke jeg har sett noen bokser (typ postkasser) der man kan donere pantelappen til lokale bedrifter ennå jeg heller, nei :)
«Grass-roof» is cheap, good and long lasting insulation. 😊
Haha - It's not cheap!!
And the sculpture is a sprout growing from a seed. Not a sp3rm cell 13:28
Actually it's a 'sperm-seed', a play by the artist on the nearby 'industries' that is an animal breeding station and the largest agriculture areas in the country.
It's both, actually. That duality is the whole point of the sculpture.
@@youoptigan About to penetrate the "egg" (earth)
Love waking up in Norway and see the beautiful light in different colors from the sun ❤️🇳🇴❤️
I drive up and down Ekeberg every day, and some of the winter sunsets, when the sky is all red and orange, reflecting in the Oslo Fjord making the entire view orange, with the islands like black dots.❤
It's a reason i don't wanna too leave Norway for another country in the holidays.
What's the point? Norway are one of the best country in the world for living, but also visit other city.
In Norway, its well known that as long as its not lemming season, glacier water or any proper stream of running water is generally very clean ans safe to drink. During many hikes, summers and work days Ive filled my bottle with water from a stream. Clean and good and naturally cold
I celebrated my birthday at Preikestolen with a glass of whiskey 🥃🎉 and two friends from America who had never been to Norway before. That made the day so much more special. ❤ I got to show my American friends our beautiful country and share a beautiful memory. 🥰🇧🇻🇺🇲
6:21 it can be safe depending on a few different things, but I wouldn’t recommend drinking water from a glacier unless you know its safe
The Oil platform u saw, is the biggest man made object that is moved on the ocean ; ) What u saw was when was finished and towed out to it's place in the North Sea, most off that is under water, just over 300 m deep. hehe I work for a short time one it on the final stages , before was towed out; ))
So did I, Vats was cold.
Katie Melua held a consert at the bottom of the Troll platform in 2006, 303 meters below sea level
Ive seen that winter sunset and ive seen a sumemr version. I was camping with friends on an island in norway and we say tat sunset and the islands up ahead looked like balck clouds and it was beautiful
I remember when the seigdamer came when I was little! I thought it was so cool, as the seigemenn had been around for a long time. The gummy men had been made since 1965, and the female version came in 2001. I can’t believe I actually remember it, I was 6 years old, but it still meant a lot. Now we have gummy kids as well, but they’re sour instead of sweet (sur is Norwegian for both sour and cranky)
The oil rig is that tall after production is done. Then it is towed out to the oilfield and it is lowered down into the water so about 100 ft of it is above water line.
Interesting to see your reactions, I'm so used to all of this that I don't give it a second thought. The Krampus isn't as common in Norway as it is in Germany, more a local thing.
No, there is no Krampus March in Norway. We have Julebokk (Yule Buck - which has similarities) and Juleskåka (lesser known but common in the far North of Norway). For Julebokk we may dress up and do trick or treating, sing songs, dance around the Christmas tree. For Juleskåka we'll do tricks on other people's farms, or try to sneak inside the room of our favourite girl for some late night smooching. If you're discovered, you have to knit seven pairs of mittens to the house owners.
8:35 this is not in Norway. Some place in Austria i think it was.
8:29 Krampus, I have never heard about this.
It's not Norway. Someone posted it as Norway and it's been repeated, but it's in Austria. It's Austria - exactly Tirol, village is Itter and the Name of the Group is "Lauda Pass"
Winter sunsets are just mind blowing. They are gorgeous. So many colors.
I am from Norway!❤🇳🇴
About the Troll oil platform. This is only while they tow the platform to the area where it is supposed to be installed. then they fill the concrete legs with water and it sinks down to the seabed. Only the top is over the water.
The Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) are an incredible sight to behold. I was blessed being in Tromsø on October 6, 2024 when there was the most colorful and longest running display in over 50 years (much like in the photo you showed). Tromsø is 250 miles north of the Arctic Circle; it´s a city of 70K+ with a university of 3k student body and there is also a botanical garden of arctic and alpine flora. Recommend you or anyone going to Norway should visit Tromsø, besides the Northern Lights in Winter, there is 24 hours of sunlight during the Summer months (Land of the Midnight Sun). When are you going?
The gummy persons are the same as you had in a commercial series in a previous video. Where they transplanted a leg, one paid for the taxi and the photographer ate the children.
The oil rig is towed out at sea and set down on the sea floor. The tallest rigs are around 400 meters tall.
11:40 Modern cabin high above the ground (if the snow gets too deep)!
Renndølsætra is located in the valley Innerdalen. The valley is ranked Norways most beautiful valley. It’s located in the middle of Norway. The mountain is Innerdalstårnet. (Tower og Innerdalen) you have to walk by foot to get to it. They serve the best waffles with black current jam and sour cream.
the reason for grass on the roof is mainly Insulation, Sound insulation, Environmentally friendly, Tradition and aesthetics
2:33 Many reasons like: Plants absorb and retain parts of the rainwater, insulation (both sound and temperature (against cold in wintertime, and heat in summertime)), increased lifetime (prevent UV), safety (keeps snow and ice on roof) and aesthetics (which clearly is demonstrated on the picture as you pointed out).
10:44 so basically there is a system where bottles and cans cost a little bit more but you get the money back for recycling this makes Norway really good at recycling bottles
2:33 I don’t really know why we have grass on the roofs of huts (hytter) but i see it everywhere when i’m at my dads cabin (hytte), It’s just normal. 10:00 also, you guys don’t have these types of sunsets?
Modern cameras will enhance the visuals from Northern Lightning by way of being more sensitive to light etc. It's not quite that impressive in real life as in the static shot, but OTOH it becomes mesmerizing when it starts dancing quickly across the sky.
The Northern Lights; who needs to get high with a light show like this?
The Krampus March: They're not fat, they're fluffy... bordering on DAMN! (Credit given to Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias for the partial quote)
Return on Bottles: You don't? I seem to recall an entire episode of Seinfeld dedicated to getting the most return for each bottle and can by filling Newman's mail truck and driving it to Maine (or somewhere else, it's been a while).
Yes, we have over-top and under-bottom stalls also in Norway. It's usually the sign of money-saving going on. It's used for less savoury places and some older shopping malls. Usually the private style is preferred, though. But most places have a toiled for disabled people, that's bigger and has way more room and amenities.
The sculpture might look like a sperm cell, but given the name ‘Seeding’ and the fact that you up close can see that it actually is a germinating seed ;)
Everyone, except the politicians in Stange refers to it as the sperm cell.
It's intended to convey both meanings. The sprouting of seeds, as in plants, but also the fertilization of animals (specifically cattle in this case).
I've never seen those can holders on trash cans, but I know it's pretty common to deliberately put bottles with "pant" (the deposit you get back for returning them) right next to the trash can or on top of it instead of inside it if you don't want to bother returning the bottle yourself, so that whoever want's to do that can do it without digging through the trash. I'm guessing those holders are from a more windy part of Norway because without them the bottles would tend to blow away.
Those bottle/can holders are, or at least were, a thing in Oslo. The whole idea behind them is that although Norwegians do recycle their cans and bottles for the most part, when they barbecue or party in the city's parks in summer, they tend not to bother taking their 'pant' with them when they leave. So, you'll always have people sweeping these areas for empty vessels, and having little conveniences like these shelves makes that so much easier for everyone. I just think that the sheer volume of empty cans and bottles on warm summer nights sort of made these things insufficient...
We have some of those stalls where you can peek top and bottom, but those other stalls you showed are becoming more common than not.
Well northern Norway connects to the arctic circle so that should give you an idea of how bad the snow can get. I live in Oslo which is in southern Norway so we don't see snow like they do in the north.
Regarding the northern lights: Those were particularly awesome. It's rare to get anything but green. And photos messes with them. Because they undulate all the time, the long exposure time of a nighttime photo makes it look like there is a lot more than it is in reality. OTOH you freeze the magic. It's like photos of fireworks. It's nothing like the real thing.
There are some toilets that have some space bellow the stall walls, but it's a lot more privacy respecting than how it is in the US, and generally.
Toilets here are either individual rooms with a toilet, trash can, and a sink, or it is just a toilet, and shared sinks outside.
didnt expect to see åsane vgs in the first photo xD
Most of the oil/gas rig is under water just like an iceberg..
Well.. the concrete part of the platform is floating and being towed. When they let the air out the legs sunk down to the bottom and submerged most of the "legs"
The can recycling outside of the waste like that is also practical. We recycle waste, so plastic bottles should be reused, while metal cans should be smashed and melted like metals.
i love your reacting to norway videos.
The turf on the roof was traditionally also just soil. The point was keeping the Birch bark roof from flying away.
Grass on roofs are not normal for modern buildings in Norway, but are not uncommon. Mainly to insulate the roof of older cabins and farm buildings in windy areas without the shelter of tall vegetation like trees. The soil and grass draw most of the moisture away from the underlying timber and excess water is drained off by the steep angle of the roof.
8:27 it’s under transport from where it’s build to where it’s going to live the life out in the North sea.
01:09 I had the pleasure of using a Walmart stall, not very pleasant, the bottom portion being so freaking high up from the ground, and I think the top was far enough down that a tall person could easily look over if they wanted to. Norway does have toilet stalls in that fashion, but the bottom is far closer to the floor than in the USA, and I'm pretty sure the top is also much higher. This particular bathroom seems to be in a mall or something, otherwise there wouldn't be this many stalls, and in malls it's very common to come upon these kinds of stalls with regular doors.
02:37 I've heard they lay down a tarp of torched asphalt onto the roof, then the bedding for the moss/grass on top, though that's information taken from a video I watched on YT. And as far as I can think, aside from the aesthetics, it might give an additional layer of insulation from the cold? I'm really not sure, though.
03:35 No, that would be dangerous and illegal, they would have likely shoveled off the snow after taking the picture. I have never had to do this myself, but I can imagine 30 minutes earlier out the door for work would be the minimum for shoveling off that much snow.
06:50 This is Laban Seigmenn, though I don't know if "Seigmenn" is the same still, or if they changed that. They used to all be male, but at some point in the past - I don't remember when, or why - they suddenly started adding female shaped ones, too.
10:25 Don't just come anywhere to Norway expecting to see this, I'm pretty sure this is far more North in Norway than Oslo, while you do occasionally get red/orange skies like this down in the more Southern areas of Norway, it's usually nothing close to like this.
10:50 This must be new, or specific to a certain area in Norway, whatever the case is, I have never seen this in my 30 years growing up and living in Norway.
12:03 This looks like yet another of the many many AI or Photoshopped house images circulating the internet, I would never believe this sort of image without seeing it in real life.
14:00 Makes me think of my own interpretation of this statue as being "When Earth was fertilized by the Universe and gave life to all its animals and vegetation."
The tree house/cabin does exist. Its for rent. We have many airbnb tree houses in Norway 😊
We also have a football field on one of these small islands in Henningsvær Lofoten, seek up👍 that’s pretty unique 👍🇳🇴
The reason the oil platform is so tall and standing out of the water is because it is being transported to location, as noted below it is the largest human made structure moved across the planet.
And Unstad surfing school where some of baywatch and several other movies are made👍❤️🇳🇴
That’s my childhood place(Lofoten) ❤️
@1:30 hehehehe funny,, yeah, in the children schools we had that , but that was way back in the 50-60 and 70`s afte that we got rid of it and made what you see in the first photo.
After all these videos I can help but ask, are you planning on visiting or moving to Norway?
Im a mid 30's Norwegian, and ive never seen the aurora borealis, i live way south, and it rarely happens down here.
Norway sure is beautiful, truly is, but i feel like the pictures people see of Norway for the most part is the best of the best views, not actually representative of how most of us live.
Been watching a few of your videos regarding Norway and Norwegian history, and ive learned a few things i never knew as well.
The sculpure at the end is both a sp*rm cell and a sprouting seed to symbolize the fertile soil and the fertilization of cows in that region called Stange.
I used to live In Finnskogen at Svullrya, part of Grue Finnskog. Really miss that place. Never seen this "cabin". :)
We actually have a cabin in Finnskogen, but nothing like this. It's in the middle of nowhere in Åsnes. :)
12:26 Lofoten... pronounced like loo-foo - tin. The letter 0 has an oo sound in norwegian. And the letter A has a long sound as well.. so Ah in Norwegian. Å sounds like aww.
13:30 it's a statue of a seed sprouting XD
The reason why the Troll A platform is so high up is because they moved it from Stavanger to the north sea.Troll A is the biggest thing ever moved in history.
There are also gummy’s like that but just babies with diapers. And the gummy’s are called Seigmenn but if you translate that you get strongmen or stickymen 6:32
Yep, and the ladies are called Seigdamer. I think the babygummies are called Skrikerunger? Crybabies in english. Seigmenn have been used as decour on home made cakes for as long as I can remember.
Search for Norway and Snowfall. There should be a picture where they had to go out from the second floor through the window to get out. The front door was blocked by snow. 😊
Most prisons don’t look like this. There are one or two specific prisons that look like this. and it was in the news X months ago that they had a lot of issues or what not, so not perfect. And here in Oslo, there’s no snow yet and we’re in December… last year I believe there was snow. But not might come right before Xmas Eve. Hopefully😝
Ahhh...I hate that prison thing!! I have been a teacher in several Norwegian prisons. And I have been to this one. It's Halden. It's always Bastøy and Halden!! These are NOT typical Norwegian prisons!!!
That prison is not an ordinary prison, you have to earn your stay there with well behavior and other stuff in another prison and so on..
That prison is typical of our ordinary prisons.
I recognized the prison. That’s the absolute maximum security facility in Norway
I have been traveling to Lofoten - the colors of the sky is for real - I have photos like that ;-)
That large sperm/seed sprout (it was meant to be seen as both) is not far from where I live. It symbolizes the fertility of both land and livestock in the farming community. The artist who made this (designed rather) has made more cool statues that can be seen along roads around Norway. Like a Dragon, a gigantic moose and a huge mammoth skull, all in the same chrome finish.
Stange FTW!
Aurora = Natures own fireworks...
10:50 I have never seen that in my city in Norway, but yes they do check the trash bins for empty bottles. Mostly collected by beggars, or drug addicts that hang around in the park doing their drugs
That Photo with the cabins are real. I have been there many times 😀
I went to Norway 🇳🇴 a few times in the military. Only other country I'd live in. Amazing.
You couldn't pay me enough to sit on the edge of Prekestolen. Before getting 10 feet from the edge I would've needed to have changed my underwear at least ten times! But the view is absolutely breathtaking!
The gummies are Seigmenn and Seigdamer :) The Seigdamer is newer then the Seigmenn :)
Here in Norway we love nature and we take care of nature. Its part of us.
The statue at the end, while definitively looking like a sperm, is actually supposed to be a seed starting to grow, and Stange where it is located is an area with lots of agriculture which is why they had it made. I will say though, everytime I drive past it, it makes me giggle, cause my brain does not think "seed" 🤣
2:40 im a dumb Norwegian but i guess it function like isolation. and in newer times as decoys from the air. haha
Can you react to the comedy duo Ylvis mini documentaries "stories from Norway" told as musicals? They are the talkshow hosts that made "what does the fox say?" For example the episode of when Norway almost started WW3, ep. 5 😂 or episode 2. The automatic english translation from the spanish translation seems correct and the songs are in english anyway. A playlist with some of the episodes:
ruclips.net/video/2g5ygalARAo/видео.html
You should come visit Norway to see everything because it's wonderful that I live here.
according to the buildings, I would guess the Krampus march is a Austrian or German thing, not Norwegian
I don't think that the Krampus march is in Norway. It's probably Austria or Switzerland. Found the source: It's Austria - exactly Tirol, village is Itter and the Name of the Group is "Lauda Pass"
I’m from Norway and have never seen or heard of that krampus thing. Looks cool though 👍🏻
So, when are you coming to Norway for a visit? If you're ever in Oslo , then I'm more than happy to show you around, you're even welcome to stay at ny house (Live 10 minutes outside of Oslo) if you can handel the occasional "attack cuddles" from a Mini Schanuzer and listen to the occasional cello practise of mine. And by occasional, I mean all the time :P