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Being British: Joel & Lia this is fun for a change to watch you take on Norway for a change. Haha oh and fyi we all in the west, and America have some Scandinavian its OLD NORSE aka Vikings who moved and settled in everywhere. I'm irish/Scottish, 43% Scandinavian, British, and little bit of greek.
We are in London but mostly near Wimbledon because there is a Norwegian International school there. Scandinavian is actually a geographical point between Norway & Sweden but political it between Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Finland, Greenland Iceland, Faroe islands, Åland Island, Svalbard, Norway, Sweden and Denmark are part of Nordic.
Ironically, real "Aryans" (the noble, the elites) (That Nazis falsely claimed were Germans)were tall dark haired and brown eyed with robust facial features and genetic "tendency" for blondism, lesser than modern south Europeans.-Based on genetic research published in 2015. Aryans is broad label for group of people who domesticated horse and spread the Proto Indo European language. Nazis thought that those people were tall, blond haired and blue eyed therefore the word Aryan "evolved" in every day usage as synonumous to blondism. -Just wanted to share this info! :)
Norwegian viewer here, and finally! Non-Scandinavic people talking about Norway rather than Sweden! To answer your questions: 1.It’s not always winter, but far north the winters are super duper long and super duper dark. They get the midnight sun in the summer, so in the winter it’s always dark. 2. We’re not all blonde, no. You guys would be attractive here, tbh. If you spoke Norwegian perhaps you could maybe even pull off being “one of us”. But brown eyes are not at all common for people who aren’t an immigrant. Most people have some kind of blue/green/grey mix. 3. Tacos are big here! We had taco Tuesday every single week at my old school, and tacos every Friday is super duper common here, especially in families with kids. For our tacos we don’t only have the shells though, we also have those “disks” you wrap burritos in, which I reckon could be even more popular than the shells. It is technically a burrito but we still call it taco. 4. Sadly not many polar bears here, but a lot of deer. I’d like to think we’re all vikings with polar bears as pets, but sadly not. 5. Back to the midnight sun/always dark thing. I’ve heard that psychologists have a lot of job opportunities further north in the winter because so many people get SAD (as you said in the video). In the summer the days are super long, and in the winter they’re super short (in terms of darkness). In December I’ll be walking to school in the dark, and going home as it’s turning dark. In the summer it goes down at 12am and rises at 4am (roughly). Where I live, that is. Which is far south. But it’s not like half a year is dark and half a year is bright and it just suddenly shifts :P 6. YES! Oh my god, someone told me once that Scandinavia is the country and that the actual countries are states and I’m just like?? We’re independent. And I’m not Swedish/Danish/Finish, whatever, I’m Norwegian, and that’s important. Also, we’re really not that big, only 5 million people :) 7. Yeah, in general we don’t eat out a lot. Recently a couple of American friends of mine came to Norway and they said it’s super expensive. We mostly just buy food and prepare it at home. Takeaway too is only for a decently special occasion, or just every now and then. We have a lot of oil money, so we’re one of the richest countries on earth :P 8. I don’t know about urinating on fish, but a lot of our economy depends on selling salmon to other countries. I’d say we eat a fair bit of fish here, yeah. We have a lot of fish dishes that would seem super weird to foreigners, haha. 9. Sadly, that’s not common knowledge so I don’t know. But possibly, I’d like to know! 10. Yeah! I definitely feel super safe here. In bigger cities there naturally is some crime so I do avoid certain places, but overall it’s pretty safe. We have one of, if not the most effective prison systems in the world. We focus on rehabilitation, not just punishment.:) Edit: Wow thank you so much for all the nice/informative comments! :D And Joel and Lia - I really really like your channel and your personalities, keep up the great content!
Kristina Hernandez lol I love exploring other cultures. I laughed when I saw it the tortilla being called a disc. And to the Unicorn I absolutely loved your in-depth comment!
Idk why but I am really excited to learn how much y'all love tacos! Also they are still considered tacos when made with tortillas, tho they are sometimes referred to as soft tacos. The only difference I know of between burritos and tacos is that burritos are normal larger.
Actually 'Scandinavia' usually refers to just Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Finland, Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands and the Åland Islands together with Denmark, Norway and Sweden are the 'Nordic Countries'
I know they are part of Denmark but Greenland for example is an autonomous region and usually not seen as part of Scandinavia. Which is why I listed greenland and similar questionable regions seperately :)
Disappointed Englishman i don’t think I control anything, I’m literally just stating what is defined as Scandinavia and what is defined as the Nordic countries. I’m from Denmark so I would know. Literally Google Scandinavia and you’ll see it only refers to Norway Denmark and Sweden
@Disappointed Englishman sorry to lett you down, but Norway sweden and Danmark formes Skandinavia. I Think IT have a lot to do about Norway have been under ledership off both sweden and Danmark until we got our independenc. And the langauge is rally simmilar.
@Disappointed Englishman i am not lett down bye your cavemen mentality, we are what you say we are. Norway, sweden and Danmark speak the same language and can understand each others, while Finland dose Not. Scandinavian is shaped by the germanic language witch dosent include Finland. While swedes, norweigans and danish can travle around Scandinavia and speak their mother toung, Finland cant. they might be considered Scandinavian, but they are not.
@Disappointed Englishman i dont call people of Estonia for sovjet even doh they where ocupide by sovjet. I dont call englen for scandinavians even you where ocupied by us. Your not å dissappointed englishman but a ignorant one, i do belive they wantet the reality off Scandinavian not your fantasy opinion. And just to put a stopp to you, Here is what your people claim it is dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/scandinavia?q=Scandinavia
1. Short answer: Nope, but it really depends on where you live. I live on the west coast (Rogaland/Karmøy) and we literally had 4 weeks there from the middle of May where we had no feckin rain and it was just pure sunshine, we ended up with bbq bans because it was a fire hazard. Now we're back to the typical cloudy/rainy/dreary weather again (but to be fair, I'm used to it coming from N.Ire). Winter time we get some snow, but you have to go further inland and higher up the mountains to get a lot of snow. 2. Short answer: Nope, but I remember saying to my husband when I first moved here going past a barnehagen (kindergarten) ... jeeez this is like a Nazi paradise :x (I was young and really didn't mean to be offensive). My husband is tall, dark brown hair and pale, so not quite the stereotype :D 3. LOL yes! "Taco Fredag" ... taco Friday is the norm, but I am pretty damn sure any Mexicans would look and be like "ehhhhh... what is that!!!" :D But no, it's not the national food... the top 3 as voted by Norwegians if I remember correctly are: 1. Fårikål (sheep & cabbage thingy), 2. Kjøttkaker i brun saus (Meatballs/cakes in gravy) and 3. Lapskaus (which is like a sausage irish stew). They also love their fish. (and you are right about the Tex-Mex being Texas Mexico... or else I'm just making shite up). 4. Never seen a polar bear... pretty sure you have to go way up to the island of Svalbard way up in the north artic waters. 5. Way up north they have the midnight sun during summer, and dark dark during the winter. Where I live (west coast) during the summer we do have some hours of darkness, like 23:30ish to 03:30ish and during the winter it is pretty dark, but they like their twinkly lights from November til after christmas which makes it pretty and not as depressing. And we do have a SAD light :D (because my husband used to be a big gamer :D) 6. They have a jokey rivalry with Sweden... you know the way we have jokes about Paddy Irish man, English man and Scots man... well Sweden is their 'dumb' one. 7. Yeah, it's feckin expensive as a cheapskate N.Irelander... but they do it for special occasions, they make a bigger deal out of inviting friends and family over to make meals for them and show off their fancy show homes... I'm sitting there like... ehhhh I can make you spuds or... chips... or.... fried stuff... 8. They do love their fish. The stinky fish I think you're talking about is a fermented herring and it's a swedish 'delicacy' called 'surstrømming' I remember a wee while back a kid got suspended from school for opening a box of it in school, nearly 400 kids had to be sent home because of the stink. (I'm not sure about how it's made... :D) 9. Ehhh... Haven't a baldy notion :D but the norwegians think they invented the staple that everyone uses today, and they even have a town with a big statue of a staple (yes, the thing to keep pages together) so I had a great laugh when I found out the version they have as a statue is NOT the norwegian version of the staple and it was actually invented like 30-40 years before the norwegian one haha 10. Yes, I feel very safe here, it's why, despite the fact my parents, 5 siblings and 10 nieces and nephews are still back home in N.Ireland, I don't want to raise my kids there, I feel like it's much safer here and we can come visit my family instead :D BUT I am in a wee town... the bigger cities obviously have more crime but still not that bad. You should look up about their prison system too: www.businessinsider.com/why-norways-prison-system-is-so-successful-2014-12?r=US&IR=T&IR=T (there are videos on youtube showing about it) edit to add: when you were trying to say the word for the stinky fish, I'm wondering if you were trying to say Sild as that's the norwegian for herring *thinking face*
burke615 yes it is possible since everyone under 75 understand English, but if you are moving here, please do us a favour and learn our language. Some café's and restaurants I can't speak Norwegian because people working there doesn't bother.. so my daughter don't understand them because she's a child. Why not learn it, it's easier to get a job. It is so annoying having to speak English to the same people living here for years. My neighbours have lived here for years and haven't learned a word, so if something would of happened my daughter can't communicate with them at all. (That is if you are moving here. Visiting - you don't need to learn it)
Also for question five people think it is so depressing with the dark but we have a lot of sun and it is actually pretty cozy to get home and just relax when it is dark out+ people get more sleep and that makes people happier and more energetic in the winter
I’m Norwegian and live in the east part of the country near Oslo. And every day the last 3-4 weeks have been sunny and the temperature have been between 27-32 degrees! So it’s not winter and cold all year:P And yeah, we love tacos😍 We call Friday “taco Friday” because most people eat tacos at Friday🌮🌮
Although I'm not Norwegian but I'm a linguist and I can say that it's a common mistake to think of Finnland as a part of Scandinavia which is historically a region where viking tribes settled. The Scandinavian language family includes Swedish, Dannish, Norwegian and Icelandic while the Finnish language belongs to the Finno-Ugric family.
Icelandic is not a Scandinavian language, nor is Iceland a Scandinavian country. Icelandic is, however, North Germanic, just like Norwegian, Swedish and Danish (and Iceland belongs to the Nordic region along with Finland and the Scandinavian countries), whereas Finnish (as you said) belongs to the Finno-Ugric language family. So it looks like you got Scandinavian and North Germanic mixed up but it can happen to the best of us :)
It seems to me that the Finns are culturally Scandinavian (600 or so years of Swedish rule would tend to do that but speak a non-Germanic, non Indo-European language (Finno-Ugric with its closest relative being Estonian).
I love these videos bc you guys asked questions everyone has but are too scared to ask. Whether you ask something dumb or something smart, you have no reservations and I love that!
I'm an American of Swedish heritage. The fish you're talking about, I believe, is lutefisk which the Swedes and Norwegians both eat. It is fish that has been soaked in lye to preserve it and then boiled and eaten with mustard. I've never heard that there is any urine involved. It is reputed to have a really awful smell, so maybe that's where the rumor started.
I think they are talking about sturrstrumming. I'm sure my spelling isn't even close. My sister visited some relatives in Sweden and was exposed to this. The family kept it buried in a crock outdoors. She claims the name literally translates as "rotten stinking fish." Lutefisk is cod preserved in lye then soaked and boiled. It is bad stuff also, but not even in the same league.
I live in Iowa, USA and the fish you are talking about is "Surströmming". August is the month it comes on the shelves in Sweden and probably Norway. I have eaten it twice in Sweden and since it is illegal to take on a plane, i shipped mine thru the mail.
1. No, we have lovely summers. Almost all of May had almost +30 C (that's not normal, though). We have four really different seasons, but it varies for different parts of Norway. I think that for many parts of Norway we have a lot more stabil weather than in England. Less rain, less wind (at least in the eastern part of Norway) and more stabil temperatures within each season. 2. I'm a brunette with blue eyes, my youngest has brown hair and brown eyes, as does her father. My two other children are blond with blue eyes... My sister is a red head with green eyes... 3. Taco Friday is an actual thing, but I think Mexicans would be embarrassed by our tacos... Haha... I remember eating my first tacos early in the 90's... The last 10-15 years it has really turned into a "thing". A couple of grocery stores even has cheaper taco ingredients on Fridays to attract customers! 4. No polar bears in mainland Norway... Sorry... You have to go to Svalbard (island north of Norway) for that. 5. Dark during winter, light all night during summer... (look up midnight sun, even if that's a phenomenon in the north, still makes our nights light in the south). The further north you are, the longer you have daylight during summer and the longer it's dark during winter... 6. We're Norwegians, Scandinavians, Europeans. Whatever! 7. Yes! But our average wages are a whole lot higher that yours as well, so... 8. We try to eat fish for dinner a couple of times a week, but the one you're describing I've never heard of. "Salma" (fresh salmon) is amazing! We also use fish spread on bread. 9. Yes. I feel safe anywhere. Even in "dodgy" parts of Oslo. Even if I'm alone at night. Don't think that would be everyone's answer, but... Oslo and other bigger cities are of course not as safe as the countryside, but still... This was fun ;)
Sorry. You are talking bullshit now. Norway has the wettest city in Europe (Bergen) Less wind? Have you never been to the West of Norway. Norwegians are very Nationalistic. To the level of Nazi propaganda.
I'm an old lady and I think you two are so much fun! Never lose the self- depricating humour and the way you bounce fun ideas back and forth between you like a ping pong ball!
You are correct, Joel. Tex-Mex refers to traditional Mexican dishes that are prepared with a Texan influence ... a blend of cultural influences. I was also surprised to hear that tacos are popular in Norway! And, Lia, "Taco" is pronounced "Tah-ko.'" Like when the doctor tells you to stick out your tongue and go Ahhhhh ... Tahhhh-ko
Actually, Arthur, most of the western part of what is now the United States, including Texas, was once a part of Mexico. Texas became independent of Mexico in 1836 and became its own country -- The Republic of Texas. Texas is the only State in the United States that entered the union by treaty rather than by annexation. Besides we are talking about a Texan influence over traditional Mexican cuisine, rather that any governmental influence of one over the other.
I think she pronounces Taco that way because of her British accent. Like in a previous video Joel pointed out that he pronounces grass kind of like grawss, due to where he's from.
I am quite certain you are correct Katie. I was merely pointing out how the word is pronounced at its origin. I was not picking on either Joel or Lia for having a British accent. :)
Guys, you are amazing! I'm in love with all of your videos. It is so interesting to learn something new not only about British culture and day-to-day life, but also learn your vision of different countries and cultures. You are inspiring! Thank you so much for all your work
I am American and quite a few years ago I visited an American friend in Oslo who married a Norwegian guy. Eating out is terribly expensive, so they don't eat out much. They tend to go to each other's houses during the week to watch tv, though there is not much to watch . Though it was a long time ago, I still remember the prices because it was so outrageous. A Big Mac Meal, which in New York City is maybe $7, was the equivalent of US $16. At a Caribbean restaurant, chicken and vegetables on skewers with rice and a coke was US$50, and at a nice restaurant, fresh fish soup (main course), a coke and a dessert was US $100. You guys would starve to death. Stay home:)
I actually would love to know more about Greece! I think Lia could add great insight. Maybe she could interview a few old school family member too... You two are such a positive representation of your generation & great young adults!!!! Love you both ❤
1.no.. 2.no. 3.We lovveeeee tacossssssss!!! 4.No just in Svalbard..... 5. Just in the hig in the north 6.Yesssssssssssssssssssss 7.yes.. 8.no we have good salmon👌 9.idk. 10.Its really safe here!
Yeah, here in Southern California we just have Mexican food, not as much Tex/Mex. Tex/Mex is a modern take of traditional Mexican food. Fajitas is a good example of a dish that originated north of the border. In L.A. there are a lot of family owned Mexican restaurants that serve authentic Mexican food. One chain restaurant that does serve Tex/Mex is Chili's. There's one in almost every town here in SoCal.
Entertaining as always,I've been subbed for a little over a month now and you're always cheerful and witty with humor and good curiosity about the restl of the world.We need more people like you two.
Me too! Just a few weeks ago there was a huge news story about 1 little fox family in our woods and everyone was worried is was gonna cause HUGE problems with their pets and stuff. FYI I live in a town in Pennsylvania, USA. Deer are a big thing around here usually though.
I know these are questions for countries, but since you did one for Texas, maybe you could do one for Alaska! Norway sounds a lot like Alaska in some ways. Cracks me up that you say tack-o for taco. Almost at 100k subs!!!!! Let's go!
Tacos in Norway blows my mind, but it is super exciting. Tex-Mex is a fusion cuisine of Mexican food with an Americanized Texas twist. Tex -Mex is not authentic Mexican food at all but is just as tasty. Do you have Tex-Mex, and Mexican food in London and is it as popular as in the states?
You two are delightful, thanks for the awesome videos! I was raised in a part of the USA where they celebrate Norwegian heritage. There is one food they have which I don't understand... The dreaded lutefisk... Take a beautiful piece of cod, soak it in lye, dry it, reconstitute it in milk and cook it. Every Norwegian church serves this as a fundraising meal every year. Tastes of death, like if you were to have a flavor of Jello called "old fish". Sending love from across the pond.
John Kuschel thanks for your comments about lutefisk. I have some friends of Norwegian heritage here in L.A. and they describe it quite the same way. They make it sound just disgusting. So funny!
We had to eat it as children on Christmas eve. It was cooked in a white sauce with potatoes. Eating it in the candlelight made every forkful like Russian roulette, i. e. were you going to get a piece of potato or lutefisk.
It's kind of funny, my husband is norwegian and we live in Norway... he's never had lutefisk, and neither has anyone in his family (I'm guessing it's been a conscious choice). I don't eat fish or meat so I can say no thank you without worrying about causing offense :D
When you suggested Norwegians tell their friends...I remembered I have a friend who lives in Oslo, who was born in Ireland! (Almost a perfect match to subscribe, right?!)
I’ll answer the questions in norwegian! 1. Det er ikke alltid vinter, i år hadde faktisk en ganske varm sommer, men når det er vinter, er det veldig kaldt og veldig mørt. 2. Nei, det er noen som har mørt hår også, det er omtrent samme mengde med folk som har mørt hår og blondt hår. 3. JA! En veldig norsk familie, som er veldig vanlig, spiser taco hver fredag. 4. Isbjørner er ingensteder! Hele verden tror dette, det er feil! Isbjørner er på Svalbard (en øy i nord). Det er veldig få nordmenn som har sett en isbjørn på ekte, alle ryktene dere har hørt er feil! 5. Det er ikke alltid mørkt, men på vinteren blir det mørkt tidlig. Noen steder i Norge derimot, er det enten, alltid mørkt, eller alltid lyst. Vi kaller dette Mørketid, eller Midnattsol 6. Nei, nordmenn tror at hele verden ikke vet at Skandinavia finnes, og blir kjempeglad for oppmerksomhet. 7. Jeg tror det er like dyrt som i Storbrittania, men jeg vet ikke. 8. Nei, ikke mer enn resten av verden tror jeg 9. Jeg vet ikke 10. Ja. Du kan gå omtrent hvor du vil, du har egentlig ingen grunn til å føle deg utrygg.🇳🇴
You two are so funny! :D I'm from the eastern part of Norway, and from my perspective, I don't mind being labelled as a Scandinavian. It's more annoying if someone assume you're from Denmark or Iceland, or you know. A lot of Norwegians actually travel to Sweden to buy groceries because its supposed to be cheaper, haha! So, to answer your question about eating out at restaurants and so on, yes, it is expensive! alcohol is extremely expensive to buy when you're out. Norwegians also LOVE frozen pizza for some reason. It is very popular here, especially a pizza called "Grandiosa" :)
You guys love frozen pizza so much because you can just store them on your back porch and they won’t thaw out because it is always winter, right? 😉 (I used to live in Alaska. People always ask Alaskans if they live in igloos, so I feel your pain!)
I believe the fish you are referring to may be "lutefisk". It is made from a white fish, which is soaked in lye, then rinsed so it is safe to eat. It is a tradition to eat it around the Christmas and New Years holidays here in Minnesota, which I believe is the U.S. state with the highest percentage of people of Scandinavian heritage. We are Minnesota Vikings!
When we visited Norway a couple of years ago, we stayed mostly in small towns and rural areas, and we felt completely safe the entire 2-week visit. Norwegians are very friendly, helpful and delightful (and I am half Norwegian.)
You are both SO CUTE! Love the chemistry between you, and the topics your pursue. You give me hope that when your generation "takes over the reins", the world will be a better place.
I haven't seen anyone answer nr. 9? But basically yes, it was a very successful campaign to find new markets to sell our salmon. From what I've read salmon wasn't seen as a very high quality fish, not something you would use for sushi, but through campaigning it got popular and we got to export a lot of our salmon, and it has since become a very popular fish for sushi world-wide :D
How have y’all not gotten 100k subscribers yet? I honestly don’t understand why people would not want to subscribe to this. I love literally every video 💕💕💕
As for question 8: Lutefisk is a horrible fermented fish that is a classic Norwegian fish. We have it in Minnesota in the states every year for our Norwegian Heritage festival. Its air dried whitefish, salted & fermented in lye. Comes out this smelly jello like fish. Its terrible. Otherwise, you might mean; Surströmming, which is a horrible Swedish fish. From Wiki: "This fermented herring, a northern Swedish speciality, is widely believed to be the smelliest food in the world. Noxious gases build up in the tin, making the cans bulge, and most airlines in the world have banned passengers transporting surströmming for fear of the cans exploding and causing the plane to be evacuated."
dorelse , they were talking about Surströmming. Also you might not enjoy lutefisk , it is not my favorite but many people love it. I think it is eaten more in USA than in Sweden.
This was possibly your most ignorant and misinformed video yet, and I absolutely loved it. I was laughing so hard, thank you, please never do research. The urban legend about fish preserved with human urine is totally false and rather recent. Also, this urban legend with no basis in reality usually cites Iceland, not Norway, as the country where this is done. Iceland, Norway, and Sweden all have fermented fish that smell strongly of ammonia and thus smell like urine, but they didn't add urine. You misunderstood what Aryan means and the historical context in which it has been used, see my other comment. The nights are very long in the winter, but the days are very long in the summer. Do you understand how the planet Earth works? It's not dark all the time, it's dark in the winter. Toward the end, Joel said he couldn't name a single city in Norway, and I lost it. How about Oslo? Bergen? I'll even give you 75% credit for Svalbard. It's not a city but it does have polar bears. This video would be equally applicable to Sweden and Finland, except for the brief portion where Lia demonstrates that she understands where Norway is relative to Sweden. Here are some UK-and-Norway fun facts: Norway is not in the EU. The UK is leaving the EU. You have that in common. Norway has a King. The UK has a Queen. The UK and Norway both have relatively visible monarchs, in terms of media coverage. Contrast this with the Emperor of Japan. The Emperor of Japan explicitly has "no power in government". He is expected to participate in certain ceremonies, but the frequency and visibility of these ceremonies is low compared to Queen Elizabeth. Norway and the UK are both super tight with the US and with NATO.
@@michelegillespie1971 Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Andorra, Monaco and Spain have monarchies as well. Also, the Vatican City is a monarchy as well
As of this moment you have exactly 100,000 subscribers. I unsubscribed for like two seconds to see if it would go back to 99,000 and it did, so congrats on exactly one hundred thousand subscribers.
Being British: Joel & Lia this is fun for a change to watch you take on Norway for a change. Haha oh and fyi we all in the west, and America have some Scandinavian its OLD NORSE aka Vikings who moved and settled in everywhere. I'm irish/Scottish, 43% Scandinavian, British, and little bit of greek.
I know someone who lived and went to college in Sweden and they said that people spend a lot more time indoors, since it’s so cold and dark there for long periods of time. This may be why the crime rate is low. Food for thought.
Hi Joel and Lia. To be sure your fans from all countries enjoy videos and questions about them. We love your British videos. How about the next ones of more different places in London. Or perhaps go to locations around England and do your accents. Then see how people react. Thanx
And just about every climate except tropical rain forest. Tallest trees, oldest trees, largest trees, hottest recorded temperature, highest and lowest points in the lower 48 (only ~130 miles apart), 5th largest economy... One could just go on and on!
@componenx Thank You for specifically saying the "except tropical rain forest" part. A lot of people probably don't know we Do have rain forest. California really Is diverse. I believe we have almost every type of biome except for like 3, which I've always found pretty cool :)
They're talking about countries. I know you think that California is a country but it's not. California is a state in the country of the United States.
🎉🙌!!!100000!!!🙌🎉 Amazing! Fantastic! Congrats guys! So well deserved. Thanks for all your help and hard work. And fabulous sense of humour. Very much appreciated. Great job! Happy Solstice! Summer has officially arrived. Let the prosecco flow!!! 🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷 Haha! Love and cheers! 👍👍👏💗😘🙋🇬🇧
Mat great question! I love it! Prosecco is a dry to semi-sweet sparkling wine produced in Northern Italy around the the area of Venice. It's delicious! Thanks for your comment! 👍💙🍷
1.We are not always always in the winter full time, but it splashes where you are, because if you are at the very top of norway it is that way. a ecsampel is kutekino
Hi Joel and Lia, can you please do videos where you collate all the comments answering the questions to the countries and read some of the general comments out? Love your videos x
Japan invented sushi (people started acquiring a taste for the preserved /salted food when they started skipping the cooking part in times of need), but the Norwegians sold them the salmon as a popular accompaniment.
You guys are so funny Noway it’s basically just like England I went there and it was actually quite warm When I got back to England it was freezing lol But yeah it’s very nice there I would say it’s like 70% like England A lot of people speak English The trains are very efficient. And no There is not polar bears walking around everywhere lol
Really loving this video series! Keep em coming! And they're a lot of fun, too! BTW: today is the big day for the 100k milestone, isn't it. I can taste it. Lots of prosecco bottles are awaiting Haha! 🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷 Love and cheers! 👍💗😘🇬🇧
My development in the US is next to a little patch of woods and every once in a while we will get a little fox or two walking in our yards but they definitely aren’t common like deer or squirrels.
NORWEGIAN HERE TO ANSWER 1: It is NOT always winter. In the northern part of the country, it can be really cold, but not many people live there. We have around 3 months of winter(like every other country) and it usually on oh snow 2 or three months in the year 2: No, we don't look the same at all. It's actually more normal to have brown hair and brown eyes, than blonde hair and blue eyes. Black hair is also normal. Because of immigrants, around 40% I think, don't have white skin 3: Yep, tacos wis really popular. It's not our national food, but it's normal to eat tacos every Friday. It's not like Mexican tacos, more an American version 4: Polar bears don't exist in Norway, and no they are not our pets. No it's not our flag... 5: In northern norway, one month it's actually not dark at all. And then I mean sun 24/7. No night. But it's not dark half of the year 6: YES, Norway is an independent country, and we have fought hard for it. Btw, Scandinavia is only Norway, Sweden and Denmark 7: Everything is expensive. But Sweden is really cheap. We actually drive to Sweden some times in the year to buy food 8: I actually don't know 9: Yes, it's safe. In 2014 a guy called Andes Breivik did a terror attack on an island we call Utøya, and he pretty much shot random people. But that's the only thing in years. There are around five big cities in Norway who are less safe than others, but it's more safe than other countries. It's completely safe to walk in the streets And remember, Norway isn't the North Pole...
Do you still have 2 tax rates? I remember basics (food) had a low tax, but alcohol had a higher rate? We use to go to the POs mess when one of our (British) warships came in to port.
Answers from Norway: 1.Wintertime (snow on the ground) can vary from 3-8 months on the mainland, mostly dependent on latitude and altitude and distance from the coastline. 2. Ethnic norwegians come in many different colors and different shapes. 3. Taco is inexplicably popular in Norway. It took over from Pizza as primary weekend food. 4. Svalbard is in most regards part of Norway and is full of polar bears. None on the mainland. 5. North of the arctic circle there is 0-4 months of no sunshine, only twilight. 6. Scandinavians are like siblings, but we overemphasize the differences between us. 7. Norway is probably like 20-30% more expensive in general than the UK, but the actual buying power of the population is about the same as the UK. Alcohol and tobacco have special taxes. 8. Norwegians traditionally eat enormous amounts of fish. - Norway have fermented fish called "Rakfisk". It is a trout dish. - Sweden have "Surstrømming" that is much worse. - Iceland have "Hakkarl" which is fermented shark, and that is probably the one you are referring to for being peed on to balance the fermentation process. Shark is lethal without the fermentation. 9. YES! Norway introduced using salmon for sushi to the japanese. 10. Norway is pretty safe, much like rural UK probably. Even Oslo is concidered rural in many ways, but there are crime in Norway too.
I went to Norway a few years ago and I flew in a blizzard but it was the first snow in 10 months! It was 3 feet of snow and made it too difficult to see the Northern lights which was the whole reason we went to Tromso. On the bright side, I can say I've been to the arctic circle and Tromso is a beautiful city. Also, Norwegian men are gorgeous!
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Being British: Joel & Lia this is fun for a change to watch you take on Norway for a change. Haha oh and fyi we all in the west, and America have some Scandinavian its OLD NORSE aka Vikings who moved and settled in everywhere. I'm irish/Scottish, 43% Scandinavian, British, and little bit of greek.
We are in London but mostly near Wimbledon because there is a Norwegian International school there. Scandinavian is actually a geographical point between Norway & Sweden but political it between Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Finland, Greenland Iceland, Faroe islands, Åland Island, Svalbard, Norway, Sweden and Denmark are part of Nordic.
Ironically, real "Aryans" (the noble, the elites) (That Nazis falsely claimed were Germans)were tall dark haired and brown eyed with robust facial features and genetic "tendency" for blondism, lesser than modern south Europeans.-Based on genetic research published in 2015. Aryans is broad label for group of people who domesticated horse and spread the Proto Indo European language. Nazis thought that those people were tall, blond haired and blue eyed therefore the word Aryan "evolved" in every day usage as synonumous to blondism.
-Just wanted to share this info! :)
Norwegian viewer here, and finally! Non-Scandinavic people talking about Norway rather than Sweden!
To answer your questions:
1.It’s not always winter, but far north the winters are super duper long and super duper dark. They get the midnight sun in the summer, so in the winter it’s always dark.
2. We’re not all blonde, no. You guys would be attractive here, tbh. If you spoke Norwegian perhaps you could maybe even pull off being “one of us”. But brown eyes are not at all common for people who aren’t an immigrant. Most people have some kind of blue/green/grey mix.
3. Tacos are big here! We had taco Tuesday every single week at my old school, and tacos every Friday is super duper common here, especially in families with kids. For our tacos we don’t only have the shells though, we also have those “disks” you wrap burritos in, which I reckon could be even more popular than the shells. It is technically a burrito but we still call it taco.
4. Sadly not many polar bears here, but a lot of deer. I’d like to think we’re all vikings with polar bears as pets, but sadly not.
5. Back to the midnight sun/always dark thing. I’ve heard that psychologists have a lot of job opportunities further north in the winter because so many people get SAD (as you said in the video). In the summer the days are super long, and in the winter they’re super short (in terms of darkness). In December I’ll be walking to school in the dark, and going home as it’s turning dark. In the summer it goes down at 12am and rises at 4am (roughly). Where I live, that is. Which is far south. But it’s not like half a year is dark and half a year is bright and it just suddenly shifts :P
6. YES! Oh my god, someone told me once that Scandinavia is the country and that the actual countries are states and I’m just like?? We’re independent. And I’m not Swedish/Danish/Finish, whatever, I’m Norwegian, and that’s important. Also, we’re really not that big, only 5 million people :)
7. Yeah, in general we don’t eat out a lot. Recently a couple of American friends of mine came to Norway and they said it’s super expensive. We mostly just buy food and prepare it at home. Takeaway too is only for a decently special occasion, or just every now and then. We have a lot of oil money, so we’re one of the richest countries on earth :P
8. I don’t know about urinating on fish, but a lot of our economy depends on selling salmon to other countries. I’d say we eat a fair bit of fish here, yeah. We have a lot of fish dishes that would seem super weird to foreigners, haha.
9. Sadly, that’s not common knowledge so I don’t know. But possibly, I’d like to know!
10. Yeah! I definitely feel super safe here. In bigger cities there naturally is some crime so I do avoid certain places, but overall it’s pretty safe. We have one of, if not the most effective prison systems in the world. We focus on rehabilitation, not just punishment.:)
Edit: Wow thank you so much for all the nice/informative comments! :D And Joel and Lia - I really really like your channel and your personalities, keep up the great content!
Kovu is a unicorn thank you.. this one is very enlightening :)
Kovu is a unicorn the "disks" you use to wrap burritos or make tacos are called Tortillas
Kristina Hernandez lol I love exploring other cultures. I laughed when I saw it the tortilla being called a disc. And to the Unicorn I absolutely loved your in-depth comment!
Thanks so much for this!
Idk why but I am really excited to learn how much y'all love tacos! Also they are still considered tacos when made with tortillas, tho they are sometimes referred to as soft tacos. The only difference I know of between burritos and tacos is that burritos are normal larger.
Actually Norway has warmer summers than Britain
Haha, that's not true. I've lived in Norway for 20. Here's the proof.
jakubmarian.com/highest-recorded-temperature-by-country-in-europe/
Maybe Oslo
@@beff7900 No. Britain has longer. Warmer summers. This woman is drunk. The averages and records are much higher. Stats dont lie.
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Actually 'Scandinavia' usually refers to just Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Finland, Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands and the Åland Islands together with Denmark, Norway and Sweden are the 'Nordic Countries'
I know they are part of Denmark but Greenland for example is an autonomous region and usually not seen as part of Scandinavia. Which is why I listed greenland and similar questionable regions seperately :)
Disappointed Englishman i don’t think I control anything, I’m literally just stating what is defined as Scandinavia and what is defined as the Nordic countries. I’m from Denmark so I would know. Literally Google Scandinavia and you’ll see it only refers to Norway Denmark and Sweden
@Disappointed Englishman sorry to lett you down, but Norway sweden and Danmark formes Skandinavia. I Think IT have a lot to do about Norway have been under ledership off both sweden and Danmark until we got our independenc. And the langauge is rally simmilar.
@Disappointed Englishman i am not lett down bye your cavemen mentality, we are what you say we are. Norway, sweden and Danmark speak the same language and can understand each others, while Finland dose Not. Scandinavian is shaped by the germanic language witch dosent include Finland. While swedes, norweigans and danish can travle around Scandinavia and speak their mother toung, Finland cant. they might be considered Scandinavian, but they are not.
@Disappointed Englishman i dont call people of Estonia for sovjet even doh they where ocupide by sovjet. I dont call englen for scandinavians even you where ocupied by us. Your not å dissappointed englishman but a ignorant one, i do belive they wantet the reality off Scandinavian not your fantasy opinion. And just to put a stopp to you, Here is what your people claim it is dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/scandinavia?q=Scandinavia
Dette er hvor mange som er norske!
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Jeg er norsk🤗
1. Short answer: Nope, but it really depends on where you live. I live on the west coast (Rogaland/Karmøy) and we literally had 4 weeks there from the middle of May where we had no feckin rain and it was just pure sunshine, we ended up with bbq bans because it was a fire hazard. Now we're back to the typical cloudy/rainy/dreary weather again (but to be fair, I'm used to it coming from N.Ire). Winter time we get some snow, but you have to go further inland and higher up the mountains to get a lot of snow.
2. Short answer: Nope, but I remember saying to my husband when I first moved here going past a barnehagen (kindergarten) ... jeeez this is like a Nazi paradise :x (I was young and really didn't mean to be offensive). My husband is tall, dark brown hair and pale, so not quite the stereotype :D
3. LOL yes! "Taco Fredag" ... taco Friday is the norm, but I am pretty damn sure any Mexicans would look and be like "ehhhhh... what is that!!!" :D But no, it's not the national food... the top 3 as voted by Norwegians if I remember correctly are: 1. Fårikål (sheep & cabbage thingy), 2. Kjøttkaker i brun saus (Meatballs/cakes in gravy) and 3. Lapskaus (which is like a sausage irish stew). They also love their fish. (and you are right about the Tex-Mex being Texas Mexico... or else I'm just making shite up).
4. Never seen a polar bear... pretty sure you have to go way up to the island of Svalbard way up in the north artic waters.
5. Way up north they have the midnight sun during summer, and dark dark during the winter. Where I live (west coast) during the summer we do have some hours of darkness, like 23:30ish to 03:30ish and during the winter it is pretty dark, but they like their twinkly lights from November til after christmas which makes it pretty and not as depressing. And we do have a SAD light :D (because my husband used to be a big gamer :D)
6. They have a jokey rivalry with Sweden... you know the way we have jokes about Paddy Irish man, English man and Scots man... well Sweden is their 'dumb' one.
7. Yeah, it's feckin expensive as a cheapskate N.Irelander... but they do it for special occasions, they make a bigger deal out of inviting friends and family over to make meals for them and show off their fancy show homes... I'm sitting there like... ehhhh I can make you spuds or... chips... or.... fried stuff...
8. They do love their fish. The stinky fish I think you're talking about is a fermented herring and it's a swedish 'delicacy' called 'surstrømming' I remember a wee while back a kid got suspended from school for opening a box of it in school, nearly 400 kids had to be sent home because of the stink. (I'm not sure about how it's made... :D)
9. Ehhh... Haven't a baldy notion :D but the norwegians think they invented the staple that everyone uses today, and they even have a town with a big statue of a staple (yes, the thing to keep pages together) so I had a great laugh when I found out the version they have as a statue is NOT the norwegian version of the staple and it was actually invented like 30-40 years before the norwegian one haha
10. Yes, I feel very safe here, it's why, despite the fact my parents, 5 siblings and 10 nieces and nephews are still back home in N.Ireland, I don't want to raise my kids there, I feel like it's much safer here and we can come visit my family instead :D BUT I am in a wee town... the bigger cities obviously have more crime but still not that bad.
You should look up about their prison system too: www.businessinsider.com/why-norways-prison-system-is-so-successful-2014-12?r=US&IR=T&IR=T (there are videos on youtube showing about it)
edit to add: when you were trying to say the word for the stinky fish, I'm wondering if you were trying to say Sild as that's the norwegian for herring *thinking face*
Thanks so much for this!!
This saved me a lot of time hahahaha, I’m moving to Rogaland next month, so excited!
This was so informative! I love it! ❤️
Gina, thanks for this answer! I have another question for you: Do you speak Norwegian? Is it possible to get by there without knowing Norwegian?
burke615 yes it is possible since everyone under 75 understand English, but if you are moving here, please do us a favour and learn our language. Some café's and restaurants I can't speak Norwegian because people working there doesn't bother.. so my daughter don't understand them because she's a child. Why not learn it, it's easier to get a job. It is so annoying having to speak English to the same people living here for years. My neighbours have lived here for years and haven't learned a word, so if something would of happened my daughter can't communicate with them at all. (That is if you are moving here. Visiting - you don't need to learn it)
Also for question five people think it is so depressing with the dark but we have a lot of sun and it is actually pretty cozy to get home and just relax when it is dark out+ people get more sleep and that makes people happier and more energetic in the winter
“Always winter, but never Christmas.” I see you pulling out those Narnia lines, Joel. Go ahead, brother! Lol. 👏🙌
hahahahha!
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Question five: nope it is not always dark, in winter it gets dark outside early but in summer it is light out almost all the time which is very nice
I’m Norwegian and live in the east part of the country near Oslo. And every day the last 3-4 weeks have been sunny and the temperature have been between 27-32 degrees! So it’s not winter and cold all year:P And yeah, we love tacos😍 We call Friday “taco Friday” because most people eat tacos at Friday🌮🌮
Ahhh! Thanks so much for commenting!! Now I want a taco!
I guess you aren't in to the alterations that Americans love with "taco tuesday" 😸
Yes - in the US we have Taco Tuesday! Alliteration ftw
TexMex is Texas’ version of Mexican food.
read under moonlight, 27 to 32 degrees sounds very cold LOL I live in California where the average temperature is 60 to 90!
Although I'm not Norwegian but I'm a linguist and I can say that it's a common mistake to think of Finnland as a part of Scandinavia which is historically a region where viking tribes settled. The Scandinavian language family includes Swedish, Dannish, Norwegian and Icelandic while the Finnish language belongs to the Finno-Ugric family.
Icelandic is not a Scandinavian language, nor is Iceland a Scandinavian country. Icelandic is, however, North Germanic, just like Norwegian, Swedish and Danish (and Iceland belongs to the Nordic region along with Finland and the Scandinavian countries), whereas Finnish (as you said) belongs to the Finno-Ugric language family. So it looks like you got Scandinavian and North Germanic mixed up but it can happen to the best of us :)
Don't tell the Finns they are Scandanavian. They are Nordic, but not culturally Scandanavian.
ahhh okay!
It seems to me that the Finns are culturally Scandinavian (600 or so years of Swedish rule would tend to do that but speak a non-Germanic, non Indo-European language (Finno-Ugric with its closest relative being Estonian).
I’m sure Finland has taken some things from their surrounding countries. I would love to visit Finland.
It's related to Hungarian.
I guess we/I (Finns) are Nordic cuz we once belonged to Sweden
I love these videos bc you guys asked questions everyone has but are too scared to ask. Whether you ask something dumb or something smart, you have no reservations and I love that!
I'm an American of Swedish heritage. The fish you're talking about, I believe, is lutefisk which the Swedes and Norwegians both eat. It is fish that has been soaked in lye to preserve it and then boiled and eaten with mustard. I've never heard that there is any urine involved. It is reputed to have a really awful smell, so maybe that's where the rumor started.
I think they are talking about sturrstrumming. I'm sure my spelling isn't even close. My sister visited some relatives in Sweden and was exposed to this. The family kept it buried in a crock outdoors. She claims the name literally translates as "rotten stinking fish." Lutefisk is cod preserved in lye then soaked and boiled. It is bad stuff also, but not even in the same league.
Surstrømming ("sour streaming"). It's not made with pee, but the smell is extreme! Awful!!! I believe it's a Swedish dish, though...
Craig Benz no surstrøming is 100% swedish we can have lt for urself lol
I think Joel is thinking of hakarl, it's an Icelandic food made from fermenting shark meat that apparently has a very strong urine smell.
I live in Iowa, USA and the fish you are talking about is "Surströmming". August is the month it comes on the shelves in Sweden and probably Norway. I have eaten it twice in Sweden and since it is illegal to take on a plane, i shipped mine thru the mail.
1. No, we have lovely summers. Almost all of May had almost +30 C (that's not normal, though). We have four really different seasons, but it varies for different parts of Norway. I think that for many parts of Norway we have a lot more stabil weather than in England. Less rain, less wind (at least in the eastern part of Norway) and more stabil temperatures within each season.
2. I'm a brunette with blue eyes, my youngest has brown hair and brown eyes, as does her father. My two other children are blond with blue eyes... My sister is a red head with green eyes...
3. Taco Friday is an actual thing, but I think Mexicans would be embarrassed by our tacos... Haha... I remember eating my first tacos early in the 90's... The last 10-15 years it has really turned into a "thing". A couple of grocery stores even has cheaper taco ingredients on Fridays to attract customers!
4. No polar bears in mainland Norway... Sorry... You have to go to Svalbard (island north of Norway) for that.
5. Dark during winter, light all night during summer... (look up midnight sun, even if that's a phenomenon in the north, still makes our nights light in the south). The further north you are, the longer you have daylight during summer and the longer it's dark during winter...
6. We're Norwegians, Scandinavians, Europeans. Whatever!
7. Yes! But our average wages are a whole lot higher that yours as well, so...
8. We try to eat fish for dinner a couple of times a week, but the one you're describing I've never heard of. "Salma" (fresh salmon) is amazing! We also use fish spread on bread.
9. Yes. I feel safe anywhere. Even in "dodgy" parts of Oslo. Even if I'm alone at night. Don't think that would be everyone's answer, but...
Oslo and other bigger cities are of course not as safe as the countryside, but still...
This was fun ;)
Sorry, missed your 9th question!
We do export a lot of fish to countries like Japan, but I don't know if we "invented" it. Don't really think so?
Sorry. You are talking bullshit now. Norway has the wettest city in Europe (Bergen) Less wind? Have you never been to the West of Norway. Norwegians are very Nationalistic. To the level of Nazi propaganda.
Did you at all read what I wrote? Never said it's the same for all of Norway, quite the contrary!
@@SumnerLine I read everything. It's the typical xenaphobic anti English crap ive had to live with here for 20 years. Sad.
We never eat fish in norway🙄
I'm an old lady and I think you two are so much fun! Never lose the self- depricating humour and the way you bounce fun ideas back and forth between you like a ping pong ball!
You are correct, Joel. Tex-Mex refers to traditional Mexican dishes that are prepared with a Texan influence ... a blend of cultural influences. I was also surprised to hear that tacos are popular in Norway! And, Lia, "Taco" is pronounced "Tah-ko.'" Like when the doctor tells you to stick out your tongue and go Ahhhhh ... Tahhhh-ko
Texas was part of Mexico before 1900 so i don't think you can really say a "Texan influence in Mexico"
Actually, Arthur, most of the western part of what is now the United States, including Texas, was once a part of Mexico. Texas became independent of Mexico in 1836 and became its own country -- The Republic of Texas. Texas is the only State in the United States that entered the union by treaty rather than by annexation. Besides we are talking about a Texan influence over traditional Mexican cuisine, rather that any governmental influence of one over the other.
I think she pronounces Taco that way because of her British accent. Like in a previous video Joel pointed out that he pronounces grass kind of like grawss, due to where he's from.
I am quite certain you are correct Katie. I was merely pointing out how the word is pronounced at its origin. I was not picking on either Joel or Lia for having a British accent. :)
Arthur, Texas never happened?
100,000 subs! Congrats! Y'all definitely deserve it!
Guys, you are amazing! I'm in love with all of your videos. It is so interesting to learn something new not only about British culture and day-to-day life, but also learn your vision of different countries and cultures. You are inspiring! Thank you so much for all your work
Aw thanks so much!
LOVED the Narnia comment by Joel!
I discovered you recently. So entertaining and I love how you bring cultures together!
Aw thanks so much Dorothy!
I am American and quite a few years ago I visited an American friend in Oslo who married a Norwegian guy. Eating out is terribly expensive, so they don't eat out much. They tend to go to each other's houses during the week to watch tv, though there is not much to watch . Though it was a long time ago, I still remember the prices because it was so outrageous. A Big Mac Meal, which in New York City is maybe $7, was the equivalent of US $16. At a Caribbean restaurant, chicken and vegetables on skewers with rice and a coke was US$50, and at a nice restaurant, fresh fish soup (main course), a coke and a dessert was US $100.
You guys would starve to death. Stay home:)
You two are just so charming. It’s been nice spending time with you. Keep it coming!
I actually would love to know more about Greece! I think Lia could add great insight. Maybe she could interview a few old school family member too...
You two are such a positive representation of your generation & great young adults!!!! Love you both ❤
1.no..
2.no.
3.We lovveeeee tacossssssss!!!
4.No just in Svalbard.....
5. Just in the hig in the north
6.Yesssssssssssssssssssss
7.yes..
8.no we have good salmon👌
9.idk.
10.Its really safe here!
haha...we love tacos!
Everybody loves tacos!!!
I hate tacos 🤮
Erik how-
Poisonous farmed salmon, full of metal.
TexMex refers to Americanized Mexican food, so Texas/Mexico is pretty accurate.
Ahhhh sounds delicious!
It is. Taco Trucks on every corner!
Yeah, here in Southern California we just have Mexican food, not as much Tex/Mex. Tex/Mex is a modern take of traditional Mexican food. Fajitas is a good example of a dish that originated north of the border. In L.A. there are a lot of family owned Mexican restaurants that serve authentic Mexican food. One chain restaurant that does serve Tex/Mex is Chili's. There's one in almost every town here in SoCal.
Entertaining as always,I've been subbed for a little over a month now and you're always cheerful and witty with humor and good curiosity about the restl of the world.We need more people like you two.
I know it's a video about Norway, but I felt really surprised to know we can find foxes on london streets! lol
yeah LOADS of foxes!
Wallace Santos Same here! I never would have guessed there were foxes roaming around London.
I think they ought to bring back fox hunting.
Me too! Just a few weeks ago there was a huge news story about 1 little fox family in our woods and everyone was worried is was gonna cause HUGE problems with their pets and stuff. FYI I live in a town in Pennsylvania, USA. Deer are a big thing around here usually though.
Katie - BVB I live in PA as well!
Y'all look like you're so much fun to hang out with! Hope you're like this off camera as well because you two are awesome!
I am just so sure that today is THE 100K day, c'mon y'all, you KNOW you wanna. .lol
Cheri Dampier omg ive been watching that counter every day now! Lol COME ON 100k!!!!
ding ding ding ding ding :D it happened :D
Yessssss bout time. ( I am from South Georgia so yes that is how I say it, just stretch it out a bit lol)
Congratulations Joel and Lia!!!!!!!!! 100k!
I know these are questions for countries, but since you did one for Texas, maybe you could do one for Alaska!
Norway sounds a lot like Alaska in some ways.
Cracks me up that you say tack-o for taco.
Almost at 100k subs!!!!! Let's go!
Tacos in Norway blows my mind, but it is super exciting. Tex-Mex is a fusion cuisine of Mexican food with an Americanized Texas twist. Tex -Mex is not authentic Mexican food at all but is just as tasty. Do you have Tex-Mex, and Mexican food in London and is it as popular as in the states?
You two are delightful, thanks for the awesome videos! I was raised in a part of the USA where they celebrate Norwegian heritage. There is one food they have which I don't understand... The dreaded lutefisk... Take a beautiful piece of cod, soak it in lye, dry it, reconstitute it in milk and cook it. Every Norwegian church serves this as a fundraising meal every year. Tastes of death, like if you were to have a flavor of Jello called "old fish". Sending love from across the pond.
Thank you John! Yeah I think I've heard of that - their tastebuds must be very weak haha!
John Kuschel thanks for your comments about lutefisk. I have some friends of Norwegian heritage here in L.A. and they describe it quite the same way. They make it sound just disgusting. So funny!
We had to eat it as children on Christmas eve. It was cooked in a white sauce with potatoes. Eating it in the candlelight made every forkful like Russian roulette, i. e. were you going to get a piece of potato or lutefisk.
I would skip Christmas to not eat Lutefisk! You have been hurt, that much is clear. Clear some time with your therapist. (You will need 4-5 sessions)
It's kind of funny, my husband is norwegian and we live in Norway... he's never had lutefisk, and neither has anyone in his family (I'm guessing it's been a conscious choice). I don't eat fish or meat so I can say no thank you without worrying about causing offense :D
Congratulations on 100K subscribers. Keep up the good work.
When you suggested Norwegians tell their friends...I remembered I have a friend who lives in Oslo, who was born in Ireland! (Almost a perfect match to subscribe, right?!)
Ah amazing!!! Perfect!!!
happy 100k subscribers to you both! well deserved x
TexMex (Texas Mexican) is Mexican food with Texas culinary influences.
Ahhh amazing!
I wish I would have scrolled to your answer instead of putting my own answer later on.
Alex Rud been there done that. Hard to see every comment on a popular video.
Isn't the Texas "culinary influence" quite spicy also?
Angela Witherington not really. I find TexMex rather bland compared to the Mexican food I grew up with in San Diego.
I’ll answer the questions in norwegian!
1. Det er ikke alltid vinter, i år hadde faktisk en ganske varm sommer, men når det er vinter, er det veldig kaldt og veldig mørt.
2. Nei, det er noen som har mørt hår også, det er omtrent samme mengde med folk som har mørt hår og blondt hår.
3. JA! En veldig norsk familie, som er veldig vanlig, spiser taco hver fredag.
4. Isbjørner er ingensteder! Hele verden tror dette, det er feil! Isbjørner er på Svalbard (en øy i nord). Det er veldig få nordmenn som har sett en isbjørn på ekte, alle ryktene dere har hørt er feil!
5. Det er ikke alltid mørkt, men på vinteren blir det mørkt tidlig. Noen steder i Norge derimot, er det enten, alltid mørkt, eller alltid lyst. Vi kaller dette Mørketid, eller Midnattsol
6. Nei, nordmenn tror at hele verden ikke vet at Skandinavia finnes, og blir kjempeglad for oppmerksomhet.
7. Jeg tror det er like dyrt som i Storbrittania, men jeg vet ikke.
8. Nei, ikke mer enn resten av verden tror jeg
9. Jeg vet ikke
10. Ja. Du kan gå omtrent hvor du vil, du har egentlig ingen grunn til å føle deg utrygg.🇳🇴
You two are so funny! :D I'm from the eastern part of Norway, and from my perspective, I don't mind being labelled as a Scandinavian. It's more annoying if someone assume you're from Denmark or Iceland, or you know. A lot of Norwegians actually travel to Sweden to buy groceries because its supposed to be cheaper, haha! So, to answer your question about eating out at restaurants and so on, yes, it is expensive! alcohol is extremely expensive to buy when you're out. Norwegians also LOVE frozen pizza for some reason. It is very popular here, especially a pizza called "Grandiosa" :)
Ah that's so interesting! Thanks so much for the answers!!
You guys love frozen pizza so much because you can just store them on your back porch and they won’t thaw out because it is always winter, right? 😉 (I used to live in Alaska. People always ask Alaskans if they live in igloos, so I feel your pain!)
Congrats on 100k guys!!!!
I always notice when brits say tack-os, instead of tah-cos. :)
BillionSix LOL!! I have never heard this pronunciation (tack-o) before! Makes me giggle! 😁
Are you from California, because many Californians hear that too.
I've never heard a true Californian say "tack-o". We all say tah-co.
I believe the fish you are referring to may be "lutefisk". It is made from a white fish, which is soaked in lye, then rinsed so it is safe to eat. It is a tradition to eat it around the Christmas and New Years holidays here in Minnesota, which I believe is the U.S. state with the highest percentage of people of Scandinavian heritage. We are Minnesota Vikings!
Yes!! I'm originally from Norway and I live in the uk 🇳🇴🇳🇴🇬🇧🇬🇧
When we visited Norway a couple of years ago, we stayed mostly in small towns and rural areas, and we felt completely safe the entire 2-week visit. Norwegians are very friendly, helpful and delightful (and I am half Norwegian.)
You are both SO CUTE! Love the chemistry between you, and the topics your pursue. You give me hope that when your generation "takes over the reins", the world will be a better place.
aw thanks so much Rob!
I haven't seen anyone answer nr. 9? But basically yes, it was a very successful campaign to find new markets to sell our salmon. From what I've read salmon wasn't seen as a very high quality fish, not something you would use for sushi, but through campaigning it got popular and we got to export a lot of our salmon, and it has since become a very popular fish for sushi world-wide :D
ollierkul it's the most popular and expensive fish I think I've heard of in the US. Could be wrong because I don't try a lot of fish.
I love salmon...
Same. Specifically smoked salmon. My grandfather catches wild salmon and smokes it himself.
How have y’all not gotten 100k subscribers yet? I honestly don’t understand why people would not want to subscribe to this. I love literally every video 💕💕💕
No idea!!! Thanks for the support!
They're gaining viewers fast. When they do their next video, they'll probably have 100 thousand.
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They've reached it.
AHHHHH THEY REACHED IT!!!!! YAYYYY
Wow!! I just now noticed that you have reached 100,000 followers!! Congratulations Joel & Lia!!! 😊❤️🙌🏻
Thank you so much
As for question 8: Lutefisk is a horrible fermented fish that is a classic Norwegian fish. We have it in Minnesota in the states every year for our Norwegian Heritage festival. Its air dried whitefish, salted & fermented in lye. Comes out this smelly jello like fish. Its terrible.
Otherwise, you might mean; Surströmming, which is a horrible Swedish fish. From Wiki: "This fermented herring, a northern Swedish speciality, is widely believed to be the smelliest food in the world. Noxious gases build up in the tin, making the cans bulge, and most airlines in the world have banned passengers transporting surströmming for fear of the cans exploding and causing the plane to be evacuated."
dorelse , they were talking about Surströmming. Also you might not enjoy lutefisk , it is not my favorite but many people love it. I think it is eaten more in USA than in Sweden.
Found you guys a week ago, absolutely love your videos!
Thanks so much John!
Is there a video for the state California?!
Please.
Mexicans & Jews who occupy Hollywood, there’s your California in a nut shell
liver666, Man, you're a freaking racist aren't you?
1:09 there actually was a heatwave in norway 2 weeks ago so its not always cold
Yay, norway :D Im from Norway :D is someone else here from Norway?
Csp Gaming: no, we've all gone into hiding.
i was born in norway
Congrats on reaching 100k! Keep up the hilarious content, you’re still the most entertaining creators on RUclips.
This was possibly your most ignorant and misinformed video yet, and I absolutely loved it. I was laughing so hard, thank you, please never do research.
The urban legend about fish preserved with human urine is totally false and rather recent. Also, this urban legend with no basis in reality usually cites Iceland, not Norway, as the country where this is done. Iceland, Norway, and Sweden all have fermented fish that smell strongly of ammonia and thus smell like urine, but they didn't add urine.
You misunderstood what Aryan means and the historical context in which it has been used, see my other comment.
The nights are very long in the winter, but the days are very long in the summer. Do you understand how the planet Earth works? It's not dark all the time, it's dark in the winter.
Toward the end, Joel said he couldn't name a single city in Norway, and I lost it. How about Oslo? Bergen? I'll even give you 75% credit for Svalbard. It's not a city but it does have polar bears.
This video would be equally applicable to Sweden and Finland, except for the brief portion where Lia demonstrates that she understands where Norway is relative to Sweden.
Here are some UK-and-Norway fun facts:
Norway is not in the EU. The UK is leaving the EU. You have that in common.
Norway has a King. The UK has a Queen. The UK and Norway both have relatively visible monarchs, in terms of media coverage. Contrast this with the Emperor of Japan. The Emperor of Japan explicitly has "no power in government". He is expected to participate in certain ceremonies, but the frequency and visibility of these ceremonies is low compared to Queen Elizabeth.
Norway and the UK are both super tight with the US and with NATO.
WHAT? Norway has a king? Im sorry I had no idea.
@@michelegillespie1971 yup... his name is Harald the 5th
@@Inzpectre thank you
@@michelegillespie1971 np
@@michelegillespie1971 Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Andorra, Monaco and Spain have monarchies as well. Also, the Vatican City is a monarchy as well
CONGRATULATIONS JOEL AND LIA on 100K subscribers! Woo hoo!
0:44 is me when you make the version for Italy. I can’t imagine those questions lol ❤️ I loved it :)
TexMex means Texas Mexican, which usually indicates Mexican food prepared in a Texas style-slightly different spices and cooking style.
As of this moment you have exactly 100,000 subscribers. I unsubscribed for like two seconds to see if it would go back to 99,000 and it did, so congrats on exactly one hundred thousand subscribers.
Cheeky
Being British: Joel & Lia this is fun for a change to watch you take on Norway for a change. Haha oh and fyi we all in the west, and America have some Scandinavian its OLD NORSE aka Vikings who moved and settled in everywhere. I'm irish/Scottish, 43% Scandinavian, British, and little bit of greek.
You’re so close to 100K 😀. Love from Texas.
Soooo close!
Texas 💕
I know someone who lived and went to college in Sweden and they said that people spend a lot more time indoors, since it’s so cold and dark there for long periods of time. This may be why the crime rate is low. Food for thought.
I love y’all’s videos! I hope y’all hit 100k subscribers today! 💕
OOOOO fingers crossed!
Love you two! Wish the videos were a bit longer. Found you guys a week ago and have been binge watching since.
That’s good to know Sarah, feedback about length/type etc helps us create better content so we’ll bare that in mind!
Hi Joel and Lia. To be sure your fans from all countries enjoy videos and questions about them. We love your British videos. How about the next ones of more different places in London. Or perhaps go to locations around England and do your accents. Then see how people react. Thanx
Aw thanks so much! Yeah definitely, that's a good idea!
Tex-Mex means Texan and Mexican and is basically a fusion of Mexican and American cuisine. It started in the southern border states of the US.
Cannot wait for you to do California. Where you can go from Surfing to Skiing in a 3 hour drive
And just about every climate except tropical rain forest. Tallest trees, oldest trees, largest trees, hottest recorded temperature, highest and lowest points in the lower 48 (only ~130 miles apart), 5th largest economy... One could just go on and on!
@componenx Thank You for specifically saying the "except tropical rain forest" part. A lot of people probably don't know we Do have rain forest. California really Is diverse. I believe we have almost every type of biome except for like 3, which I've always found pretty cool :)
They're talking about countries. I know you think that California is a country but it's not. California is a state in the country of the United States.
Congratulations on the 100,000 subs. I’ve learned so much about the UK, so thank you😂
🎉🙌!!!100000!!!🙌🎉 Amazing! Fantastic! Congrats guys! So well deserved. Thanks for all your help and hard work. And fabulous sense of humour. Very much appreciated. Great job! Happy Solstice! Summer has officially arrived. Let the prosecco flow!!! 🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷 Haha! Love and cheers! 👍👍👏💗😘🙋🇬🇧
teknekon what is prosecco? I'm guessing alcohol of some kind. But I've never heard off it before, except using it as a color in makeup lol.
Mat great question! I love it! Prosecco is a dry to semi-sweet sparkling wine produced in Northern Italy around the the area of Venice. It's delicious! Thanks for your comment! 👍💙🍷
1.We are not always always in the winter full time, but it splashes where you are, because if you are at the very top of norway it is that way. a ecsampel is kutekino
Finland does not belong to Scandinavia, but Scandinavia + Finland= Nordic countries.
Ahhhh okay!
Nor does Iceland, but it too belongs to the Nordic region.
Hi Joel and Lia, can you please do videos where you collate all the comments answering the questions to the countries and read some of the general comments out? Love your videos x
OMG I feel left out - Why this video is not about Spain " I am so offended " 😂😂😂
SOOOO offended!
Triggered!! 😊😜
Congratulations on 100k!! Yall totally deserve it and love watching your videos 🎊 🌮🍣🍾
Do Russia next time, please!
P.S. I really enjoy watching your videos, I learned so much about different countries and cultures❤️
yay that makes us happy!
I agree! I unsubscribed from everything a bit ago and then went back and only picked a couple of my favorites. This is definitely one of the best!
Japan invented sushi (people started acquiring a taste for the preserved /salted food when they started skipping the cooking part in times of need), but the Norwegians sold them the salmon as a popular accompaniment.
You guys are so funny Noway it’s basically just like England I went there and it was actually quite warm When I got back to England it was freezing lol But yeah it’s very nice there I would say it’s like 70% like England A lot of people speak English The trains are very efficient. And no There is not polar bears walking around everywhere lol
Never heard of climatized. Acclimated means adjust to ones surroundings
I really like these questions videos guys!! 👏 Very original! Can you please do my country?! Costa Rica? 🇨🇷😁
Thank you! It's on our list!
Costa Rica! Hola yo soy de México :) :)
Anahí Iris En serio?! Q bueno encontrarme otra latina por aquí! Un abrazo! 🙂
Sí, saludos! 🙂 🙂 🇨🇷
1. Yes we do have summer. But it doesn't always get that hot. The tempature can be around 20° when it's summer.
SPAIN WHEN???
sooooon!
it might be expensive but we get much more money than you think
You two look lovely, today.
Thanks so much!!!
Hola. Do you know anything good about Peru, in Latin America? I was curious.
Really loving this video series! Keep em coming! And they're a lot of fun, too! BTW: today is the big day for the 100k milestone, isn't it. I can taste it. Lots of prosecco bottles are awaiting Haha! 🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷 Love and cheers! 👍💗😘🇬🇧
Thanks so much! Yeah it's happening sooooo slowly for us, but we know it's only because we're watching it like a hawk! haha!
I am sooo addicted to your vids. You two are just adorable!
Make video on Russia please ❤️
I Get snow but IT is much summer
Tacos should be every country's national food! lmao!
Agreed!!!
Hi! Do Russia, please. Love ya
We will!
Are there many Russians watching you?
Five likes at the comment. It's pretty few for national J&L fan-league.
Maxim Vasiliev This channel is priceless and it certainly deserves a huge audience from Russia;)
My development in the US is next to a little patch of woods and every once in a while we will get a little fox or two walking in our yards but they definitely aren’t common like deer or squirrels.
NORWEGIAN HERE TO ANSWER
1: It is NOT always winter. In the northern part of the country, it can be really cold, but not many people live there. We have around 3 months of winter(like every other country) and it usually on oh snow 2 or three months in the year
2: No, we don't look the same at all. It's actually more normal to have brown hair and brown eyes, than blonde hair and blue eyes. Black hair is also normal. Because of immigrants, around 40% I think, don't have white skin
3: Yep, tacos wis really popular. It's not our national food, but it's normal to eat tacos every Friday. It's not like Mexican tacos, more an American version
4: Polar bears don't exist in Norway, and no they are not our pets. No it's not our flag...
5: In northern norway, one month it's actually not dark at all. And then I mean sun 24/7. No night. But it's not dark half of the year
6: YES, Norway is an independent country, and we have fought hard for it.
Btw, Scandinavia is only Norway, Sweden and Denmark
7: Everything is expensive. But Sweden is really cheap. We actually drive to Sweden some times in the year to buy food
8: I actually don't know
9: Yes, it's safe. In 2014 a guy called Andes Breivik did a terror attack on an island we call Utøya, and he pretty much shot random people. But that's the only thing in years. There are around five big cities in Norway who are less safe than others, but it's more safe than other countries. It's completely safe to walk in the streets
And remember, Norway isn't the North Pole...
I really enjoyed your answers. I am fascinated to hear people talk about their countries and I always learn something new. Thanks.
Correction: polarbears do exist in Norway. But not mainland Norway, only on Svalbard.
Do you still have 2 tax rates? I remember basics (food) had a low tax, but alcohol had a higher rate? We use to go to the POs mess when one of our (British) warships came in to port.
Portugal? :-)
Answers from Norway:
1.Wintertime (snow on the ground) can vary from 3-8 months on the mainland, mostly dependent on latitude and altitude and distance from the coastline.
2. Ethnic norwegians come in many different colors and different shapes.
3. Taco is inexplicably popular in Norway. It took over from Pizza as primary weekend food.
4. Svalbard is in most regards part of Norway and is full of polar bears. None on the mainland.
5. North of the arctic circle there is 0-4 months of no sunshine, only twilight.
6. Scandinavians are like siblings, but we overemphasize the differences between us.
7. Norway is probably like 20-30% more expensive in general than the UK, but the actual buying power of the population is about the same as the UK. Alcohol and tobacco have special taxes.
8. Norwegians traditionally eat enormous amounts of fish.
- Norway have fermented fish called "Rakfisk". It is a trout dish.
- Sweden have "Surstrømming" that is much worse.
- Iceland have "Hakkarl" which is fermented shark, and that is probably the one you are referring to for being peed on to balance the fermentation process. Shark is lethal without the fermentation.
9. YES! Norway introduced using salmon for sushi to the japanese.
10. Norway is pretty safe, much like rural UK probably. Even Oslo is concidered rural in many ways, but there are crime in Norway too.
hei alle norske
I went to Norway a few years ago and I flew in a blizzard but it was the first snow in 10 months! It was 3 feet of snow and made it too difficult to see the Northern lights which was the whole reason we went to Tromso. On the bright side, I can say I've been to the arctic circle and Tromso is a beautiful city. Also, Norwegian men are gorgeous!
Do California if you're thinking about doing the states next!!!!🇺🇸😁
California is not a country