What to know about Norway before you visit (+full budget)
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- čas přidán 22. 05. 2024
- This is for you if you like adventure, nature, and are planning a trip to Norway. I break down the cost of accommodation, transport, and food while visiting for 10 days. You'll also get everything I learned during these days so you know what to do when you visit and what to expect.
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0:00-0:46 This is NORWAY
0:46-0:1:44 Getting from Oslo airport to city centre
1:44-2:26 Oslo accommodation
2:26-3:16 What Oslo is like
3:16-4:41 Oslo to Bergen train
4:41-5:10 People here
5:10-5:56 Accommodation and a hike
5:56-6:53 Trying a Brunost sandwich thingy
6:53-7:48 Food
7:48-10:14 All the transport
10:14-11:30 Going during outside peak season
11:30-12:52 Jontunheimen National Park
12:52-13:21 To plan or not to plan?
Hello Natasha :)
Great video! I just wanted to mention that for the food to be bought as takeaway its VAT is 15% while it is 25% if you eat inside. :)
What a beautiful story and narration. Loved her excitement. She is a masterful storyteller. I'm glad she enjoyed Norway 🇳🇴.
Great video! I really enjoyed watching this!
Love your personality and positivity! 🤘
10:40 the alarm clocks 😂
Simply awesome
Natasha Bergen was in.... Bergen! hehe (cheap shot but I laughed) Another fantastic video Natasha! I'd do about anything right now for a trip through the Nordic countries (did I ever tell you I'm learning Swedish?). I'm currently sat in a very hot 90 degree day looking at the Rocky Mountains editing my next CZcams video and there is no relief from the heat (except for your incredibly charming video). Can't wait for the next one! Sending love from my little corner of the world to yours 💛💛💛
Thank you for the video’ I really enjoyed it’ & informative. I”m planning to go to Norway in October to hike into Trolltunga and go around Oslo as well.
fun video to watch, subscribed
awesome review, and love your attitude! helped me pull the trigger for my upcoming Norway travel!!
What really?! That’s awesome!! 🤩 enjoy!
As always a fantastic video Natasha!
You are sucha legend!
Let's go Project Highest Peak!!!
Just plan to be safe though...
Thanks Björn!! Ohhhhh yes the next one is already peak 12! In a country you know veeeeery well! ;) I can't wait to share Kebnekaise with you!
Wonderful video ❤🧡💚💛
Well done getting to the peak. I remember my joy of standing there too, was 11-12 years back then and not all in my class made it to the summit. That was a one week school trip, kinda cool thing as not all kids had a mountain cottage, even so, all in my class learned the basics of hiking. I am not sure why skiing down was a challenge, if experienced with cross-country skiing, skiing outside tracks is doable without a special course, but if terrain is steep, it can very much be a challenge. You tired, have a pack, the surface go from icy to snow, and you fall as friction vary a lot. What we did was to use the Telemark turn, and for that the mountain skies are not really optimal they made for ski expeditions and not downhill. If more familiar with alpine skies, using ski touring gear would make the downhill far easier.
Nice!
It was great finally meeting you irl in Stockholm!
Whoop whoop! Yes so glad you came! 🙌 Thanks for taking the time!
*Edit correction* a single coffee is NOT €13 - this one was €7 BUT if you get something like a pastry and a coffee, that will be about €13 😁 Sorry for the confusion 😉... you can find cheaper coffee, that cheapest I found was €3 ☕
7:40 I'm afraid it has nothing to do with using the facilities, but with kleptomaniac authorities. I guess you already knew that, right?
@@CZcams_Stole_My_Handle_Too It's not about kleptomaniac. Just taxing. 25% MVA for sitting in and 14% on the go. The shops have no say and don't get any more or less money.
@@MrMKE100 Tax is theft. Gov't can't stop doing it. Thus kleptomanic.
@@CZcams_Stole_My_Handle_Too No it's not. Gov = The people. The tax goes back into society.
@@MrMKE100 Yes, indeed, it is. Asserting that the government represents the people does not exonerate your position. If a solitary individual expresses a refusal to contribute to taxes but is still compelled to comply, the imposition becomes tantamount to theft. The utilization of taxation for public welfare does not absolve it from the conclusion of being a form of theft. Your argument poses more substantial challenges than those you face from my standpoint. It is noteworthy that even criminal syndicates provide services in return for extorted funds. I would advise you to engage your intellect before formulating your response. Reflect upon whether your objections might be lacking in sound reasoning due to insufficient cognitive development. It is plausible that you have been subjected to ideological influence. I implore you to contemplate this possibility, as it could be beneficial for your intellectual growth.
If you spent 4 days in Oslo, you could have explored a lot of nature. Oslo is at least 50% forest, and there are easy access point for going for hikes all over the city.
Oslo is one of the most boring places in Norway when it comes to nature
@@lillm6874 As someone who has found some real gems in "Marka" I disagree. I've also gotten lost, and found my way again, at least three times. You can walk into the next county if you're fit and have the time from Oslo, just through the woods.
Hello Natasha Bergen, So happy to meet you in Norway and your travelling in Norway is beautiful. I'm living in Sri Lanka and like your travelling videos Natasha
Very cool!! I've been wanting to go to Sri Lanka for some time :) I'm happy you like the videos!
In 7 days im there cant wait!!!
Eeeee super excited!! Enjoy!!
Your enthusiasm for Norway (and my hometown of Bergen in particular), is very endearing :) Glad you enjoyed your stay, and hope you find your way back one day.
(On an entirely different note - I could not for the life of me figure out where you are from, from just listening to how you speak. One moment it sounded North American, the next quite British - maybe even Irish? The mark of a true traveller! ...or - maybe the mark of me just not being as good with accents and dialects as I like to think :D )
Good luck with the remaining peaks!
I, too, was curious about your accent, or rather the lack of it! A fellow Canadian, of course. Well done, BTW. 🇨🇦
Jotunheimen is beautiful... My ex partners family had a hytte near Otta. Amazing powder snow for croas country skiing... Thanks so much for the inspo on Bergwn - my next destination. Hat det fra Australia
That’s awesome!!! Stoked for you 😁 I hope you have a good time 🤩
Take a multifuel stove and eat noodles 😊 that's how I spent months in Norway ❤ 😁
Awe yeeeees they're so yummy too 🤤
Hi - great video! May I ask, what brand and style is your rain jacket, and do you recommend it? Planning a trip for next year in the winter time :)
That’s awesome!! I hope you have a lot of fun!
The jacket is from Forclaz and definitely recommend as it’s as close as you can get to waterproof without it being Gortex 😄
You are rally funny, great video😄
07:20 you don't actually get charge to eat inside the establishment, in Norway there is a 15% VAT for food and 25% VAT for almost everything else.
So if you eat inside it's considered a service and you have to pay the full 25% VAT and if you take it with you, you only pay 15% VAT
Hi Natasha, lovely vlog, very informative! Can I ask whether you used much cash during the trip? Or is everywhere contactless payment now? Thanks.
Yes it was mostly contactless or buy online (in the case of public transit especially) 😁 I hope that helps :)
About the eat in or takeout thing... It is actually not more profitable for the restaurant to serve you in their place. It is a tax thing. If you buy "to go" you buy goods which is taxed 15%. But if you eat it at the restaurant you are served food, which is a service and is taxed 25%. It is honestly really stupid if you ask me, but thats the system we got.
4:57 suddanly got a strong assosiation to "Tom Diner" with Suzanne Vega
Thanks for the video - I am looking to take a spiritual trip to Norway next year and visit many viking/ancient areas - any recommendations. (I recently found from a DNA test that about 80% of my DNA is from Norway and the other 20% is from East Anglia (major viking settlement). Thoughts?
I want to move to this cohntry 😢❤❤❤
I still want to move to this country at this time ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😅😅😅😅
The not so secret secret is that there is only one rail line from Oslo Airport to City centre, so the cheaper Vy trains run the exact same speed as the more expensive Airport Train. The latter is that tiny bit more convenient is all, certainly not really worth the price difference.
Kinda funny. because it is an honest video. Always people show if nice weather in Norway.. and usually its not in May. Also in English Bergen is a backpack. In belguim it's Mons In Norway its where the black plague started (suppsedly) But then it was called Bjørgvin. Small fun facts
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The norwegians have invented, or made their own?, what is called "Slow TV". This is TV without script, such as broadcasting for hours the live footage of a waterfall, or
the footage from a train drivers view, or from a camera mounted on the bow of a ship that travel along the coast, and in the norwegian fjords, (which, as you recall,
Slartibastfast got an award for). I think (with the caviat of me being a swede) that your videos shold have everything needed to be very popular in Norway.
This Slow TV just boggles my mind! I can't believe this is a thing but I am guilty of watch a yule log burn in a fireplace on Christmas day 😂
hi thanks for your viedeo , im a singl mum and we are planning for a trip to norway by the way we are living in germany do you have some mor recommands for as.❤❤❤
Norway has different kinds of Hostels. I think the cheapest ones are the Vandrerhjem hostels (kind of youth hostel I guess)
Would you believe they were all booked? 🤣 I can't imagine going during peak season, my lack of planning ahead would have me sleeping on the street 😂
@@NatashaBergen Yes I can imagine 😁
Your voice sounds nice and your words reveal your sweet spirit. I cannot figure out your accent. Your accents seems Canadian/Irish.
def scottish in there
Not everybody has a city named after them.
Cross country skies have only a toe fixation for the binding....else they are not cross country skies. What makes "Canadian cross country skies" so different?
Funfact about the eating in/out. The surcharge is 25%, and is required by law as it is a tax, not something the cafe/restaurant get. And if you just sit outside, even if they have got chairs etc outside and use their outdoor tables, they are not required to charge the 25%. In other words, quite often just sit outside if they have got a outdoor area. But to be sure, there is no problem in asking if you are confused.
Woah! Thank you! 25%? Wow I had no idea that clears it all up then 😁
@@NatashaBergen I double checked, it is that eating «in» has the regular 25% VAT, however if you have it outside/to go, it is considered «normal food» and therefore subject to the normal VAT for food which is 15%, so there is a 10% surcharge pretty much. Just to be a bit more correct.
That's not one of Amundsen's quotes you should take seriously without context. Nobody ever died in Amundsen's expeditions where he was directly involved. Thus, when reading "Adventure is bad planning" isn't anywhere near the main takeaway from Amundsen's mentality. He was a responsible guy and the complete opposite of ex. Scott.
...cause I'm usually salty. Sooo lame 😊. Sub
That’s my middle name, lame! How did you know 😉 thanks for being here and glad you appreciated the joke haha!
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What is the song that you’ve used ? In chapter 4? @natasha Bergen