If you are a foreigner in Norway, I can't stress how important your point of ''taking initiative'' actually is. As Norwegians might come across mistakenly as ''reserved'' when what they actually are doing is attempting to be humble and respectful of your privacy as they don't want you to feel like they are ''bothering'' you or invading on your personal space or erands. In many cases you can probably find this mentality of ''standing open invitation'' in Norway, hence why ''taking initiative'' is a very good thing. If you want to tag along, join something or do something, be vocal about it. If you ever come across an instance where you feel left our or not included, it is 9 out of 10 times not because people don't want to include you, unless they have a strong reason to do so. It is most often because people assume that you are busy with personal and private erands unless voiced otherwise, because there is this mentality where people don't want to ''put you on the spot''. People want to avoid putting you in a situation where you might end up feeling bad or uncomfortable for having to turn them down. It's this whole mentality about that it might be difficult and people might feel bad if they reject or turn down other people. Norwegians are very humble and highly socially aware.
thank you so much for this. I'm stuck in America and plan to get to Norway in about 5 years, but absorbing every bit of content that I can. Can't wait to dive into your channel.
If you are interested in exercise my biggest advice would be to seek out a crossfit gym. They arrange Summer and christmas partys and there is a much more social vibe than in normal gyms, people are there to socialize. the premium you pay is worth it in my opinion. Over 3/4 of my friends in Oslo i met initially at Crossfit
Oh Girl I’m only one and half minutes into your video and there’s snow blowing off the roof behind You 😳 Think I’ll Visit in the Summer and Come Back Home 🤣🤷♂️🤔 Don’t get me Wrong… Norway is a Beautiful Place!!! 🇳🇴❤️🇳🇴 The Landscape is Just Breathtakingly Beautiful!!! Thanks for the Videos and information!!! Jfyi I live in the South Eastern US-Out in The Woods 😊 Love Nature 😊❤️👍 Gonna look for Some More of The Scenery of This Beautiful Country 😳❤️🇳🇴
haha, I know.. The winter here is PSYKO long... and that is a big con if you settle in Norway. Winter from November/ start december - middle of April.. meaning - there are often snow during this time.. so its pretty much actually.
Great video, amazing view, delicious food, beuatiful beach and interesting explanation. I like food Norway is Kransekake, Blotkake, Fattigman, Berlinerkranser, Lefse, Farikal, Gravlax and Kumla. I like tourist place in Norway is Vugeland Park, Geiranger Fjord, Lofoten, Alesund, Tromso, Kjeragbolten, Svalbard, Preikestolen and Trolltunga. I not Norway but I know about Norway.
Hilarious! A Dane talking about having to learn a new language when moving to Norway? What you basically have to do is to learn a totally new pronunciation - Danish virtually IS Norwegian Bokmål (or vice versa?).
Thank you so much for those precious advice. We could feel that you're a little gloomy. Maybe because the night is earlier and earlier. Hold on. On Dec 21st (less than a month), the day will start to be longer and longer. Then the winter will be more and more beautiful!!! Voilà
@@sarainnorway I don't know, you look sad...or maybe tired. Anyway, nothing ends forever. After winter comes spring! After the rain comes the sun! As master Yoda said one day : "May the force be with you little norwegian padawan" 🌞
We have 4 seasons. It’s not just cold, snow and ice here. It also varies greatly depending on where in Norway you live, north VS south, west VS east, and die to climate change, winters are less cold, more rain, little snow, and summers are hotter, dryer and lasts longer. It’s all about being properly dressed and have the right attitude.
Interesting. You're from Denmark and consider yourself a "foreigner" in Norway. If you speak Danish aren't you more than halfway into speaking Norwegian? Norwegian's are actually very kind people but my father, a Norwegian, was heard to say that "Danish isn't a language at all, just an awkward way of expressing yourself." LOL.
If you as a white girl(which can easily blend within the Norwegian culture) find it difficult to integrate in the Norwegian culture NOW imagine a none white person trying to integrate in the Norwegian culture 😂 how difficult would that be WOW lol
It's not about appearance but about the cultural norms one is used to. Something more appropriate would probably be something such as "If she's from denmark, a country very similar to Norway, imagine how difficult it'd be for someone from a different continent 😂"
Hei Sara, takk for all den flotte informasjonen du gir om å få jobb og flytte til Norge - du gjør en fantastisk god jobb. Jeg er interessert i å flytte til Norge hvor jeg har mange slektninger. Jeg er 69 år og trenger ikke jobb. Kan du fortelle meg hvilke muligheter jeg har for å flytte til Norge? Tusen takk for svar på forhånd, Norman Nass
Quite impressive of a dane talking english without the typial danish accent shining through) I was guessing american. You have maybe lived and studied there?
Things i wish i knew BEFORE moving to Norway - 2022
If you are a foreigner in Norway, I can't stress how important your point of ''taking initiative'' actually is. As Norwegians might come across mistakenly as ''reserved'' when what they actually are doing is attempting to be humble and respectful of your privacy as they don't want you to feel like they are ''bothering'' you or invading on your personal space or erands. In many cases you can probably find this mentality of ''standing open invitation'' in Norway, hence why ''taking initiative'' is a very good thing. If you want to tag along, join something or do something, be vocal about it. If you ever come across an instance where you feel left our or not included, it is 9 out of 10 times not because people don't want to include you, unless they have a strong reason to do so. It is most often because people assume that you are busy with personal and private erands unless voiced otherwise, because there is this mentality where people don't want to ''put you on the spot''. People want to avoid putting you in a situation where you might end up feeling bad or uncomfortable for having to turn them down. It's this whole mentality about that it might be difficult and people might feel bad if they reject or turn down other people. Norwegians are very humble and highly socially aware.
With all due respect. You are not a foreigner. You are Danish. Danes are not foreign to Norwegians. Denmark-Norway ❤
thank you so much for this. I'm stuck in America and plan to get to Norway in about 5 years, but absorbing every bit of content that I can. Can't wait to dive into your channel.
I took exactly the same approach as you at first but I have been advised to go sooner than later.
same plan but going sooner than later.. stuck in the Caribbean right now and i want out !
need a roommate? i know i will lol..
@@JaneP-xj4inwhy are u moving , if you don't mind me asking?
@@kdwh1why are you moving, if I may ask?
Hey! A fellow American with the same plan!
Thanks for all your videos, im from Ireland and thinking of moving there soon.
As a snow-winter-lover this sounds paradise to me! regards from Switzerland (yes we have snow too, but Norway get`s colder and snow stays longer)
If you are interested in exercise my biggest advice would be to seek out a crossfit gym. They arrange Summer and christmas partys and there is a much more social vibe than in normal gyms, people are there to socialize. the premium you pay is worth it in my opinion. Over 3/4 of my friends in Oslo i met initially at Crossfit
That is so cool! I live down south so I can not come there. But definitly a good place to meet norwegians if you live in Norway
I wonder in your mind, what are the differences between Danish and Norwegian culture? Would be nice to make a video about that😃
Your English is like perfect, it's unbelievable
I’m just worried about rent and tax and work but I really wanna move to Norway
Oh Girl
I’m only one and half minutes into your video and there’s snow blowing off the roof behind You 😳
Think I’ll Visit in the Summer and Come Back Home 🤣🤷♂️🤔
Don’t get me Wrong…
Norway is a Beautiful Place!!! 🇳🇴❤️🇳🇴
The Landscape is Just Breathtakingly Beautiful!!!
Thanks for the Videos and information!!!
Jfyi
I live in the South Eastern US-Out in The Woods 😊
Love Nature 😊❤️👍
Gonna look for Some More of The Scenery of This Beautiful Country 😳❤️🇳🇴
haha, I know.. The winter here is PSYKO long... and that is a big con if you settle in Norway. Winter from November/ start december - middle of April.. meaning - there are often snow during this time.. so its pretty much actually.
What mindset did you have because like 50% of the reasons are pretty obvious like you have to step out of your comfort zone!?😎
Great video, amazing view, delicious food, beuatiful beach and interesting explanation.
I like food Norway is Kransekake, Blotkake, Fattigman, Berlinerkranser, Lefse, Farikal, Gravlax and Kumla.
I like tourist place in Norway is Vugeland Park, Geiranger Fjord, Lofoten, Alesund, Tromso, Kjeragbolten, Svalbard, Preikestolen and Trolltunga.
I not Norway but I know about Norway.
I’m an American planning on moving to norway to visit some family for the first time. Pretty scared!
you are danish , how can you feel it is difficult when you move to norway. norway belongs to debmark once upon a time.
Hilarious! A Dane talking about having to learn a new language when moving to Norway?
What you basically have to do is to learn a totally new pronunciation - Danish virtually IS Norwegian Bokmål (or vice versa?).
welcome to norway, hope you're doing good so far.
Thank you
@@sarainnorway no probs. enjoy and more success to you! we’re supporting
Thank you so much for those precious advice.
We could feel that you're a little gloomy.
Maybe because the night is earlier and earlier.
Hold on. On Dec 21st (less than a month), the day will start to be longer and longer. Then the winter will be more and more beautiful!!!
Voilà
What is gloomy ?
@@sarainnorway I don't know, you look sad...or maybe tired.
Anyway, nothing ends forever.
After winter comes spring!
After the rain comes the sun!
As master Yoda said one day : "May the force be with you little norwegian padawan" 🌞
I’m planning on visiting next month.
Jeg flytter fra Denmark til Norge næste måned har lige fået job idag så tak for en god video 😊
Not sure how excited the wife will be with the Norwegian weather, but I love Winter.
Haha lots of winter here
We have 4 seasons. It’s not just cold, snow and ice here. It also varies greatly depending on where in Norway you live, north VS south, west VS east, and die to climate change, winters are less cold, more rain, little snow, and summers are hotter, dryer and lasts longer. It’s all about being properly dressed and have the right attitude.
norwegians don't see danish people as foreigners,FYI
Thank you so much Saraaa❤
You are very welcome Matt :) Are you wanting to move to Norway someday?
@@sarainnorway yess i do have the intention of it
Interesting. You're from Denmark and consider yourself a "foreigner" in Norway. If you speak Danish aren't you more than halfway into speaking Norwegian?
Norwegian's are actually very kind people but my father, a Norwegian, was heard to say that "Danish isn't a language at all, just an awkward way of expressing yourself." LOL.
I am planning to move to Norway..
If you as a white girl(which can easily blend within the Norwegian culture) find it difficult to integrate in the Norwegian culture NOW imagine a none white person trying to integrate in the Norwegian culture 😂 how difficult would that be WOW lol
Exactly. Privileged 1st world white people problems🤡🫠🫣
It's not about appearance but about the cultural norms one is used to. Something more appropriate would probably be something such as "If she's from denmark, a country very similar to Norway, imagine how difficult it'd be for someone from a different continent 😂"
Stick with the familiar. The new WOKE world ideas are stupid. Stick with your roots don’t move to Africa if you are an Eskimo it will be very hard.
WOW😂😂
Hei Sara, takk for all den flotte informasjonen du gir om å få jobb og flytte til Norge - du gjør en fantastisk god jobb. Jeg er interessert i å flytte til Norge hvor jeg har mange slektninger. Jeg er 69 år og trenger ikke jobb. Kan du fortelle meg hvilke muligheter jeg har for å flytte til Norge? Tusen takk for svar på forhånd, Norman Nass
I guess at 69 you have no possibilities to work in Norway. I bet so. Why change America to Noway at this age?
Thank you for these informations beautiful soul ❤️❤️❤️🤗🤗🤗
You are very welcome
Quite impressive of a dane talking english without the typial danish accent shining through) I was guessing american. You have maybe lived and studied there?
I have lived and gone to High School in the states for a whole year, yes.. Lived in Sigourney, Iowa... what a place :D !!
Sara ❤
wtf. Norwegian and danish is basically the same language...
how can norwegians hate danish people,we have a danish king after all,and we love our king.
Beautiful soul❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Please tell me how to go Norway from Bangladesh
I would move there and it's a pretty country. But the USA looks like a trash compactor
Bravo! Beautiful! Homages! 🧚🏻♂️🧚🏻♂️🧚🏻♂️ JAR
sound way to low :(
ok, thanks. I am sorry.
Hi madam, i have a question for you. A boy who is 22 year old and he know Norwegian language 50 or 60 % can he apply for asylum as refugee?
Can you provide the work permit?
Aha, Dansker er ikke utlendinger... kom igjen :-)
Vi er et broderfolk ❤
Hahaha
Youre like from across the street, youre not even really a foreigner
yes, i am.
@@sarainnorwaydo they make jokes about the Danes in Oslo?
Hey, did you live in Australia before you moved to Norway?
I have messaged you on Instagram please check it.. mam🙂
Okay cool!