American Reacts to Why is Norway the BEST Place to Live?
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Most countries in the world, including America, tend to believe that they are the best country to live in. However, based on everything I have learned so far I do believe that Norway may have a very good argument for being one of the best places on Earth to live. I am very interested to react and learn about why Norway could be the best Country in the world to live in, from my American perspective. If you enjoy my reaction feel free to leave a like, comment, or subscribe for more videos like this!
my teacher told me several years ago that "Living in Norway is like hitting the jackpot in a lottery"
As an American who recently moved to Norway, I can say that all of this is true! The one problem I have is that when trying to learn the language, often people will switch to English if they see you struggling. Nice and helpful, but often makes learning to communicate in the local language difficult at times. But I have to say I love it here!
Så bra! (good) :)
Hope you find your happiness and a place your heart can call home.
Guilty
Velkommen.
Witch part of norway did you move to?
I met this bloke in a bar some 20 years ago and asked him after we had talked a while, where he was from, since I couldn't quite place his accent. He was from the US and I was really surprised. Most English-speaking people that come to Norway struggle to learn the language since everybody speaks English to them. He had a trick, though. He claimed he was from Slovenia, and said he didn't understand English, so people didn't bother to switch to English and he learned Norwegian really quickly ;)
Weird how these videos always mention winter as a drawback. Ask Norwegian (or Scandinavian) kids what they think of the winters. The joy in their faces when it's finally here. Nothing beats four real seasons. If you use them, you'll love them!
Norway is a country of 5.5 million, and we have participated as much in the winter olympics as USA with its 330 million population. Yet we have 148 gold medals over USAs 113, 133 silver over USAs 122 and 124 bronzes over USAs 95. What about Canada then you might ask? 77, 72, 76.
So yea, many of us would prefer a rerun of summer, but we don't spend the season indoor moaning.
Winther is great! :)
I agree so hard. Back when i went to gradeschool we used to snowbathe in nothing but boxers after gymclass. Winter is absolutely great and i love being able to wear my Mariusgenser again after half a year or more of it hanging in the closet. fins itj dårlig vær, bare dårlig klær.
Winter in southern Norway sucks though. At least the last few years. I call it the slush season since we don’t get proper snow anymore😢 I used to live in Tromsø and now I miss the snow, although I don’t miss mørketida so I ain’t going back.
Exactly. And having a rough dark winter makes you appreciate spring so much more.
Winters make me stronger, summers create memories!
Love Norway❤️ greetings from Denmark! Us in the Nordic are the lucky ones!
Det er deilig å være norsk... i Danmark 🥰
Jeg elsker Danmark
wish i could understand the danes more lol
konge å være norsk i danmark :)
Dk+No = sant
Greetings from Finland 🙋🏼♂️ Yes, I would say that Norway is the best country in the World to live in. I love all the Nordic countries, and I could live any of them, but if I only had to choose one, I would choose Norway.
The only real problem in Norway is an ineffective public sector. I have the impression that Finland is much better than Norway when it comes to the quality of public services. If we could match Finland in this respect, we would come close to being perfect.
@@larsyvindgrindrud8341 but every country has problems but see your point
@@XRARMSS Always improve and some they we might have 1 without them.
@@XRARMSS you only get better by focusing on the problems that are still there, and if you don't you might just risk falling asleep at the wheel =)
Thank you for the compliment 🙂
Norwegians love foreigners who show any interest in our country. Your great videos place you on my absolute top list. But be sure of this: The perfect country does not exist.
Yep.
I feel incredibly sorry for the people trying to move her, refugees, immigrants, students etc...
While the potential for their lives is higher here then in their home countries we're not really doing a good job of treating people well that's coming here and it's often a nasty surprise for people who come here just how difficult it is.
@@Luredreier I moved here from New Zealand. I earn about half here of what I did in New Zealand and I don't get paid for what my training in NZ was and I've been unable to retrain as was planned and promised. Not every story that looks like a fairy tale turns into one. Be careful what you wish for.
no Norwegian love to ask foreigners "what do you think of the country" which is just a passive aggressive way of saying. tell me how great we are.
LOL!
We do have natural disasters, there are avalanches(snow, mud or stone), boulders falling, sometimes we have floods and houses being built on loose foundation of dark clay that can cause the ground to turn into a river of mud moving, tearing down houses as it goes.
Draughts rarely happen, but it does happen, there are volcanic islands around, last one happened on Iceland which covered the entire Europe sky with ash, preventing airlines from being able to fly.
I’m a Norwegian who loves your videos about my country. And since I m also a geek who loves to learn about America, I must say… the more I visit and learn about America, the more grateful I get about Norway. I’m a teacher with a good income, my education was free, and I feel safe here. I know that If something should happen to my health or I get unemployed, my country would take care of me.
I've done a good amount of learning about Scandinavia in general as a canada/america dual citizen I've lived in both countries. The thing I'm interested in is how their governments particularly in norway can work so well (not perfect obviously but overall good). The main reason other big countries like canada and the US dont have so much ownership by the government (canadian gov has more control than US gov) is because the corruption is so rampant by many who get in power. The corruption of both the canadian and american gov have gotten worse and worse over the last 30 years to the point now where you just feel they're very self destructive and incompetent. For example If you gave the US congress the opportunity like norway did to acquire wealth through oil the US would spend it all or funnel it to their corporate donors or friends as soon as the profits came in. Both countries overspend in the trillions both are in massive debt. They would NEVER invest the excess funds to grow a pension fund to actually BENEFIT their citizens. They dont do that very often. The US gov actually has been STEALING or not providing the social security that the citizens invested in decades ago via taxes. Corruption like that is why the founding fathers wanted to limit the powers of the federal gov so they wouldnt be able to destroy the country so easily and there would be some way the people can stop them (legal firearms). It seems in norway the government actually does what its supposed to do and allocate the taxes to the citizens. If the same corruption existed in the Norwegian gov as the US gov however then that system would be a disaster. They'd take all the wealth; for the size of the country you'd prob have 1 trillion in debt instead of a surplus and you would get poor quality health care, education among everything else they 'provide' and the people would have little power to stop them cause they have so much control over the economy and services. When you hear americans fear social policies like free health care its because of that; the government officials have little to no trust among the people they would destroy a social policy implementation .
Makes you wonder why. Crime also is an issue more so in america than scandinavia. For america's size its still relatively safe but it could be better some cities are a war zone which is unacceptable. Despite what anyone will say however mass immigration from countries with totally different cultures does contribute a lot to crime. There is a consequence to 'multiculturalism' it produces a lot of natural segregation among communities and conflicts. Perfect example is the state of Sweden. I learned recently that despite being one of the safest countries on earth their crime rate has reached the same level as the USA. They now have 'no go zones' where its too dangerous for certain people to go there for fear of death or assault. And that crime jump in the last ten years is almost exclusively from a mass of immigrants pouring into sweden.
A strong middle class and free press is generally critical for building a strong democracy and a great starting point for a well-functioning economy. Your comment on salary distribution and education is also very much on point.
As you're noticing the common trend of Scandinavic/Nordic countries of generally doing well and want to look more, I would recommend looking more at how these countries are structured on both economic and political levels. For example, there's a reason why most of us despise politicians who want to sell access to our natural resources to private companies.
My niece just visited Norway as part of a work trip and she talked about how beautiful it was. Said she'd love to go back but for a holiday next time.
After the holiday she will say "I want to move there" it's a story that has happened tomany people visiting us. And you are all welcome to move here 😁
Indeed it's beautiful here. But that's it
@@norwegiangooner6521 ah, winter depression hitting you already? There's quite a bit more
@@norwegiangooner6521 What?
Your niece are right. But, you need a ton off money. And if you gonna visit, Norway in winter time. Bring with you a lot og warm clothes. It will ruin you, to buy all you need, here... Also in winter, dayligths only last for a few hours. But still, it's never all dark. Because of the snow, and reflections from stars, streetligth... And up north, The Northern Light.
In summer, it's opposite, many have problems to adjust. Dayligths to -depending of where in, Norway... But from 19-24 hours. Midnight Sun.
Average income is bogus, for the reasons you mention. The median (most common) salary in Norway in 2021 was 54,425 USD. In comparison, the median income in the US was 31,133 USD, which is a very serious difference at +75% to the Norwegians. The same bogus trick is used with unemployment, which only counts those who are eligible for unemployment pay. If you look at workforce participation instead, you get some very different numbers than the ones politicians brag about. In the US, you can usually only be counted as unemployed for 26 weeks, while in Norway it is 104 weeks, so how would you compare unemployment when the limits are so different? It's bogus and they do it on purpose.
Because better social safety nets are ...bad?
@@TheAccidentalViking: What?
Regarding the knowledge of English, I've actually heard that some from other countries struggle a bit with learning Norwegian, because they can always just speak English, and Norwegians are usually eager to speak it.
This has been my experience. I am in Norskkurs but still struggle to communicate effectively. readying it is easier than actually holding a conversation for me!
I am overjoyed that you figured out the part about distribution of wealth by yourself. Too many times I've argued with Americans who don't understand how this works.
Looking only at average wages does not work when the distribution is as absurdly unequal as it is in the US.
When an ordinary worker can earn minimum wage at e.g. McDonalds, while their CEO and other top exec. earns a $100 million, it goes without saying that the average salary is not a fair comparison. The wealth gap in Norway is one of the smallest in the world, which actually contributes greatly to the fact that Norwegians are happy. Wealth distribution is actually a major factor when it comes to happiness in a country.
Very few, if any, live in extreme poverty, and those who do have access to various support measures.
Myself, e.g. is on disability and has a guaranteed income from the government of about $45,000 a year. Not everyone has the same amount, it is calculated from an average of what you have earned in the last 5 years in the job you had when you became disabled. Fortunately, I had a well-paid job.
When it comes to education, just like health services, the police, the fire service and other basic rights, it is paid for through taxes. Too many US citizens believe that we pay huge amounts of taxes to finance these things, but that is not true. What we save by not needing health insurance outweighs many times what we have to pay in taxes. What many in the U.S. don't realize is the bargaining power our government has when they negotiate on behalf of the entire nation with, say, Big Pharma. This means that our institutions are much cheaper to run than the small, private businesses in the USA. who must negotiate only for themselves.
Moreover, it makes absolutely no sense for young people to start their professional careers with a huge debt! Of course, there are those who have to borrow money to study if they have to move away from home and pay rent, food and other necessary things. For them, we have Statens Lånekasse, which gives students both cheap loans and scholarships as long as they study.
Life expectancy in the U.S. is actually in decline. In parts of the Mississippi Delta and the Appalachians you have a life expectancy below Bangladesh! And as the commissioner from the UN said in 2017 about areas of West Virginia, there were "third world conditions of absolute poverty".
Norway did something very smart when the electric cars started to come on the market. They simply gave people good incentives to buy electric cars. They removed a lot of the taxes that other fossil cars had and at the same time made it free for electric cars to pass tollbooths, take ferries and the like. They also invested in charging stations around the country, which they still do. The financial incentive in particular made it attractive for many people to buy an electric car, especially considering that electricity was cheap at the time and gas in Norway is among the most expensive in the world and Norway has many expensive toll stations and, especially in the West, many ferries.
In addition, many of the other taxes, such as road tax, are significantly lower for electric cars than fossil cars.
I'm not saying that Norway is perfect, but we do a lot of good things and always look for better solutions if something doesn't work as expected. Fortunately, we have mostly sensible politicians on both sides of the spectrum who are all concerned with preserving the welfare state, albeit with different methods. Then it is also good that our democracy works very well so that we can replace the politicians we are not satisfied with.
None of these things are particularly unique to Norway, but are common in Western Europe and especially in the Nordic countries. It is often referred to as "The Nordic Model".
In the US, our government doesn't give a damn about us, that's the big scare about giving them more power, they simply won't do right thing. Maybe the that system would work, I don't know, but the current politicians ( I mean all of them) would have to be removed or they would break our backs with taxes!
sadly the Nordic model is a big pile of nonsense. based on lies, half truth and over hype. Norwegian will lie through their teeth about how great thr country is.
i mean they based there society rules on a fictional book which was meant to be an attack on small town small mindedness. but Norwegian missed the sacrament and build there society around a fictional book.
Norwegians are horrible humble bragging arrogant people who don't like anyone who does not agree to be forced living like a Norwegian. they really hate it when you want to be your own person and not submit the great collective of idiots.
@@kym2834 Are you from Norway?🤔
@@kym2834 So all the worldwide research on how the Nordic model works in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and a good number of other countries in Europe and is successful, is a lie?
Are you saying that everyone in Norway who says that they are satisfied with how society works and life in general in Norway is a liar?
What fictional book is it that we are supposed to have based our society on?
Where do you get that we don't accept people who are different from "the great collective of idiots" that you so charmingly call us? Or is it just that those who disagree with you are not inclusive? I think you'll find that most Norwegians are highly educated people who trust science and proven facts and don't run around the woods looking for Bigfoot, (yes, that's actually what she brags about doing as a job. She's a so-called cryptozoologist, a pseudo-scientist). If that's what you mean by us not accepting others, because we don't believe in Bigfoot and other mythical creatures, then 99.9% of the world is just as uninclusive as we are. Or rational and educated as we call it.
Do you seriously think we are arrogant just because we express our gratitude and happiness for living in a country that, while not perfect, is still better to live in than most other countries in the world?
And the incredible irony in you, a Bigfoot-hunter, calling us horrible, bragging, a great collective of idiots who have built our society on a mythological book. How arrogant is that?
There was a lot of projection going on here, especially the part about being arrogant. The rest was mostly pure ignorance and kindergarten-level defiance from a Scottish Big Foot hunter about a country you very clearly don't know at all.
@@timothyreel716 No, she's a Scottish pseudo-scientist running around looking for Bigfoot. I'm not even kidding.
Pretty much the same for all Nordic countries, I believe Finland is no 1 in the happiest people index, but as you say when one of us isn't on top the rest of us are pretty close
We Norwegians aren't happy. Our government rape us everyday
It's not really worth being unhappy that your neighbour is marginally happier than you. 😀
@@peterc.1618 😂
As a Norwegian
I love our four seasons 😍
When the fall/autumn comes with it’s beautiful colours, and usually in the middle of November it’s snowing (I live high up in the mountains in the southern parts of Norway).
Then it’s Christmas, and it’s so beautiful with the snow. The perfect temperature in the wintertime is not warmer than -10 degrees celsius👍
Then it’s perfect weather to drive a car😊
And also perfect to go skiing (cross skiing).
And I actually love when it’s dark in the wintertime, we have lights and candles lit and it makes it cozy.
In Norway we love being cozy in the evening 💕
The word cozy/koselig is important😄
Then you have spring, and after the winter it’s lovely when spring comes 😍
And of course summer 😊 Even though I live high up in the mountains, the summer is quite warm 18 - 30 degrees.
I feel very lucky being a Norwegian, I wouldn’t want to live any other place 👍
Norway in winter is the most peaceful and beautiful sight i know.
People mention the short time of daylight during winter like its a bad thing,
but nobody also mentions that Norway in winter basically becomes one of those dramatic 1900's tonalism and realism paintings.
White snow in winter darkness becomes a mellow dark blue, and every treetrunk,branch or rock becomes a black contrast,
while the sky is mostly clear in winter, giving really clear frosty nights of stars and even northern lights if you're lucky. The snow also absorbs sound, and being in the woods in wintertime can be so quiet that you can hear your bloodpressure decreasing.
Also, due to us being the first hydro power, aluminum was a massive (and still is) export. Norway had since the 1890s or so 99% renewable energy from hydropower. Meaning it was relatively cheap to produce aluminum compared to most nations at the time
Being able to experience all four seasons in terms of weather, is a huge PLUS, not a minus, not remotely.
Also, the Sun or the Moon taking a little vacation is totally fine, we adapt quickly.
lol, they actually showed the Swedish Wasa ship - you know what'll happen if you're showing something Swedish and claiming it's Norwegian 😅
👍😂😂
Yes, I don't think that particular vessel is a good advertisement for any country's ship building industry.
@@peterc.1618 Uhmmm. Really?🤣🤣🤣 She almost made a mile before she went down 😂
The natural disaster part isn't 100% true, but it's not as common as in tropical regions (in terms of weather extremes).
We do get on rare occasions leftover storms from the hurricane season or strong winter storms that get to hurricane strength.
Tornadoes are extremely rare here, but they do occur, but are much weaker than American ones (averaging below an EF2)
We do have 1 active volcano called Beerenberg on Jan Mayen island, but it's out in the middle of the ocean along the mid Atlantic Ridge. It last erupted in the 1980's
Earthquakes occur as well, but vast majority of them are tremmors with little to no damage or too weak to be felt.
The northern most part of the country, gets 24 hours of day or 24 hours of night depending on the time of year.
Norway is almost as big as Germany, so the regional differences is huge regarding weather. As a general on the west coast they have milder climates and rarely any snow during winter. Only rarely below 0 (Celsius). So saying Norway has extremely cold winters is generalising. Some areas inland or north-east can experience much colder temperatures, but yea huge geographical variations.
Most of the Norwegian population is in the south and near the coast, so the temperatures aren't that extreme. Where I live, our winters are usually slightly above freezing with a week or two with snow at most. But just half an hour inland and we can go skiing most of the winter. two hours in and we can go skiing all winter.
In the north, and sometimes in the west there can be extreme weather every day for weeks during the cold season. They just call it normal... And go to work or school or shops as usual.
No weather that puts life at risk, thats a truth with modifications, there are plenty situations where the weather forces us to stay inside. But we don't have to worry about hurricanes etc
btw in norway when you get to middle school you have to choose a foreign language there are three optiones spannish, french and german
You should make a video about Norway's health care system
Finland doing extremely well in these stats !!
Going to and from school/work in the dark is not that bad, what is bad is never feeling like you are awake.
Education may be free, but the cost of living for students is still high. If you can even find a place near the school/university.
Currently you can apply for up to 129k NOK in loan/grant for a full school year. If you live away from home 51500 NOK can be converted to a grant if you pass the exams.
It may sound like a lot, but when you probably have to pay 5-10k a month to rent a place to live, and pay for food, it is not so much.
You can actually work part time and earn just under 200k NOK gross per calendar year on top of this though.
I love to live in Norway ❤ Greetings from North Norway!!
The hours of sun light in summer 18-19hour is based aroud oslo. Its longer the further north you go, 24 hour at the top..
But also oppositte in wintertime, no sunlight for a few months..
About the languages. We start learning English early in primary school. Later you can take elective classes in another language. Usually German, French or some places Spanish. I elected for German myself. It's been about two and a half decade since then so I'm no longer very fluent in German, but I know enough to get around in places like Berlin. I also last year started learning Russian just to challenge myself. I stopped after the Bucha massacre though. Couldn't bring myself to continue my lessons after that, but I know some basic Russian at least.
Remember that Russian is also the language of many Ukrainians etc.
I think that you should still learn the language, when you feel up for it.
Perhaps read and watch some Ukrainian news?
I completely sympathise with that... The war in itself also, but especially Bucha gave me a sudden distaste for everything russian.
You probably have a next language in mind, but i would suggest Persian if you want to challenge yourself.
It has a different written format so it's definately a challenge, and while it is not as universal as Arabic, it is still spoken in several west-asian countries. Also it has more in common with french than arabic, so a small head start is afforded to europeans who are familiar with some basic french.
!موفق باشید (Good luck!)
We also learn french and german languages, but that's not obligated. Children in school have to possibility to learn these languages if they want to.
Hallo from Norway! I just wanna say how much fun I’m having watching these videos. Keep it up :)
Love your videos on Norway🇳🇴greetings from Northern Part of Norway👏👏👏🇳🇴
On the new HDI Norway is 2nd, the score increased but Switzerland surpassed us, in the top 10 you find 4 of the 5 countries in the Nordic Council with Finland on 11th.
Also worth noting when he talked about the amount of electric cars, Norway also has few cars per capita compared to the US, Norway has about 0.6 cars per person, the US has about 0.8, so you are not just more likely to see a electric car, your much more likely to encounter someone that dont drive at all.
The sunlight thing is only an issue in the far north !
It is actually more of an issue in the west than in the north. Because with high mountains, narrow fjords and low hanging rainy clouds, the long winter nights in the west are much darker than in the north, where the moonshine and northern light from a stary sky lights up the white snowy landscapes.
22:00 Also pretty important, in the very north of Norway the summers are just literally just sunlight all-night all day and the opposite in the winter!
You should note that university in Norway is free for everyone, Including foreign students so anyone can come to study here, you even get to apply for a student loan from statens lånekasse to cover your living expenses. After you've finished your degree 40% of your debt is automatically cancelled, if you haven't paid it down when you die it's cancelled and if you have an accident and can't work anymore they'll also cancel it.
Pretty sure we are getting close to him moving here 😜
I'm a norwegian guy. Our winters are magnific. And the Northern ligth in wintertime... Oh yes, you almost have to rob a bank, to have money to visitt us.
We have a few advantages to learning english in norway, other than learning it in school from a pretty young age.
When english (or other languaged) TV programs and movies are broadcasted, they remain in the original spoken language but have norwegian subtitles. (norwegian subtitles are also very common on most norwegian tv-programs as well to help out the hearing impaired)
Also, most video game titles have translations to the most common languages around the world, either by subtitles or even a full voice over for the biggest titles. So norwegians end up playing the games in english for the most part, unless they happen to be skilled in one of the other languages the game provide.
Thank you, Norway is the best country in the world , I am lucky feeling privileged being a norwegian citizen. ❤️❤️❤️
I loooove the winter and the dark outside, while it's warm and cozy inside, with candles and the fireplace burning. Sipping hot chocolate after being outdoors having fun.
Best time of the year 💙☃️
-and I love skiing ⛷️
The summer is my least favourite season, with all the insects and it's too hot.
Spring and autumn is also lovely!
We have rockfalls and even tsunami made from rockfalls. and we have lots of clay, so mudslides. Both have made havoc of several places in Norway.
Nothing much happened in Denmark - we just didn't climb as fast in the index as the others :)
i live in the middle of Norway, mo i rana, on the polar circle. And my city got like 30k or so, but i swear, 80% of families own a cabin, and they go nuts in the winter time, city is quiet, no cars or people anywhere, everyone migrate to the mountain/forest area, in their cabins, to skii, drink, fish and stay in the snow lol
Norway is the best country to live in for Norwegian, and it can take some time to be Norwegian. You may try it someday 😊
The prices are high because of taxes, but also because of the high salary. Everyone has a decent amount of income. Few Norwegian wills, of course, agree with my last statement.
After you've had your fill with reacting to Norwegian videos, I'd love to see you react to similar videos of Sweden/Denmark as well, getting to see you draw from your knowledge of Norway whilst researching the other Scandinavian countries would be cool :)
The Nordics are basically at the same level in each of the points made in the video. I don't think that there's one Nordic country that's less than top 10 in any index.
Nono, no one cares about those two other Scandinavian countries.
Not even Swedes care about Sweden, they don't even celebrate their national day, they rather celebrate mid-summer something walk-around-a-stick-thing.
@@mynewname7830 True, but there's still cultural nuances.
For instance Icelandic people are more similar to Americans in valuing self reliance more then continental Nordics as a example.
Norwegians are more nature and hiking focused.
Sweden is more urbanized and has more incentives for starting new companies and being incentive as well as just making pop and honestly in general grabbing opportunities I'd say.
Swedes and Danes are both more cosmopolitan then Norwegians.
I don't know...
There's just nuances, and he might find them interesting.
These videos don't capture the essential native experience of these countries however.
Not a single video on Norway will show that we are mostly made of brown cheese and speak sing-songy while hiking with a stick.
No videos on Sweden will show that they are exclusively too nice and gullible and that all swedes are made by Volvo.
No videos on demnark will reveal how their language is so gutteral that nobody actually understands eachother, and that they have been relying on secretly passing eachother written notes for the last 400 years to communicate.
love you'r content and this vid boosted me up knowin that i live in NORWAY! no but syriesly, this made my day 100x better :o
I guess us Norwegians won the lottery when we were born here. 😊 There is one thing I personally find difficult in Norway: I’m a Sami (Nor; Same), we are the indigenous people of Norway. The history of the assimilation of our people is a dark chapter of Norwegian history. 😢
Just like history is full of dark chapters all over the world. It is really not that interesting. More interesting is how things are today,.
But you're not indigenous in the sense of being the first inhabitants of the country. Archeology, genetic research and language research has shown this. This doesn't mean that the Same population wasn't treated wrongly after today's standards though, but this also has changed enormously.
You are not _the_ indigenous people of Norway. That myth has been busted a long time ago. You're one of them. Oh, and the only requirement for being a Sami, is that you know a Sami who wants you to be. That sort of reduces the claim of being "indigenous" quite a bit.
@@catsandcrows8880 Sadly, they are not the first inhabitants, but it shouldn't matter anyway. Sami people are a great part of our country in my view
Oh shut up, Wolf Ram. Things like that will be like poison for generations. We are guilty of terrible things and should come to terms with it. These are our fellow norwegians. Don't act like the past isn't a big deal.
Part of Norway, above the arctic circle have 24h of darkness in the winter and 24h sunlight in the summer..
Regarding extreme weather; The one talking in that video has obviously not been in Northern Norway. It's normal to have severe storms here with wind velocity over 130 mph. But we know how to build our houses here; it is not uncommom on the coast to put wires over your roof then bolt it in the ground to keep your house from being taken by storm. We have done that for centruries up here.
above the polar sircle we have 1600hours of uniterupted sun during summer, and in winter the sun never rise. it is dark all day. at the best it is like twilight. the temps go down to around -40 on bad days in select parts of the north.
VI KAN KJØPE HELE SVERIGE OM VI VIL✊🇳🇴💰💪
And who in their right mind would buy Sweden?
Men da blir det jo like dyrt på Svinesund som her.
Hvem vil det? No way!
I like Sweeden. I would buy it 😃
I live in Norway, i love it. Pretty much everything is fantastic about Norway one of the only things i dont like is the expensive food, and in general everything. But overall very nice country to live in...
As Roald Amundsen said: "Human kind are adapted to cold better than warm." Because it's easier to put clothes on and stay warm than be naked and keep cool.
I just found your channel, and im so impressed by your thoughts. You are pretty much spot on in this video. The thing you said about average income in Norway, that most norwegians are closer too this avg is true. All tho we have some very rich people here aswell, top jobs regularly doesnt pay more then 2-3 times the avg. The norwegian primeminister i believe have an income around 80k dollars, and doctors about the same.
As a norwegian i can confirm all of these points made in these video. Just want to add another good reason to live here. I believe we have the best internetspeed and uptime. Hope you get to experience Norway on a trip one day. Would love to see that video. All the best.
And about the air pollution, i never think of this when i travel in norway, the air is good everywhere except maye on the street with lots of cars. But going up to the mountains the air is even so much fresher... it's amazing:)
As an Norwegian the only wrong in the video is that stuff is expensive. Because the money used is going back into the economy of Norway, that is the reason that we have free education and healthcare etc.
You make great videos! As a norwegian I really won the lottery, yes.
I live in the north, near Lofoten. In december and january we have no sunshine at all. We have the northern light, and it is amazing even if I have seen it all my life.
But in june and july we have sun all threw the night, so it makes up for it.
Come visit!
A goal for Norway is that we want to be able to live off the interest on the money we have managed to save in one fund. At the end of the first quarter of 2024, the fund's market value was NOK 17,719 billion. We have many natural resources, but we also have responsible politicians who do not waste our money. Although we produce and export a lot of oil, petrol prices here are quite high, but public transport is quite cheap.
About the no sun winter and just sun summer thing, I think he was speaking about the mid nordland, further north like in Finnmark you probably have no nights from mid may to mid august ... it will be daylight all around, then again ... from 22 november to 20th of january we do not see the sun, we get a diminishing daylight up to around 20th of december when we say "Sun is turning" as that it begin to get more and more daylight up to we see the sun at around 4th of february. Because of our place we have some mountains between us and sunrise .. means we do not see the first sun before 4th of February. School used to have a day off once we saw the first school I remember as a kid.. but we had to meet at school, walk up to the mountain and see if we could see the first sight, if we did not see it, it was back to school hehe.
He was actually speaking about the southern parts of Norway.
He said there were daylight from about 9 am until 3 pm, and in summertime there were only dark a few hours. But around june 24, there’s no darkness in all of Norway 😉
Our winters are a nice thing. i could not always have it hot. And as a ginger living in Norway i still get what i need of vit-D. So that is kinda not a thing. If you are in the Northern part of Norway in the Winter the sun never fully rises, it just gets a little less dark. In the summer the sun never set, it is only gets a litle less bright. Look at Midnight Rock in Finnmark. and you see something amazing.
We do get hurricanes, don’t know how they compare to the ones typically seen in the Gulf of Mexico. But something as easy as how buildings are constructed differs. My experience with typical US homes is that they are built less sturdy than the typical Norwegian home. Just my 2 cents
No, er don't have hurricanes.
Instead we have storms with brief gushes of hurricane force winds that can do a lot of damage.
Where I live in Canada, the longest day is about 17 hours and the shortest is about 7 1/2. 🇨🇦❤️
We do eat healthy foods, but not all do, and certainly not all of the time. The same can be said of exercising. We do walk a lot, even those that prefer a car walk more than the average American, I think.
Norway is not perfect and there is no need for us to gloat. We have our issues and problems.
PS: winters in Norway is quite diverse, depending on the region. Mild to cold winters in the west, cold in the north and the east (mostly). This goes for summer as well.
Agreeing with this. As with everything there are extremes on both ends - some take healthy living extremely far, while some do nothing. Most of us are probably somewhere in the middle, but tourists and journalists often point out that we're a very active people, so i guess there's a slightly higher average perhaps in norway?
In either case, since the goverment pays for everything that happens in a hospital, it's in their interest to keep us out of it as much as possible. So they promote healthy things, and discourage unhealthy things - which is why smoking is extremely expensive, while healthy food like fish and vegetables are generally cheap compared to junkfood.
Basically, the genius move the norwegian goverment made, was to make healthy living the path of least resistance.
Hi Tyler! Great videoes! in Norway «everyone» is «equal», (thats A mindset), none of us is extremly poor and just A few extremly rich. Most of us have access to the wealth and we also have A great welfare system here. Regarding the weather, I like the fact that we have 4 seasons with change of weather and the nature is extremly beautiful here. Im greatful to live A place like this. Love from Oslo❤️
I think you had a good point when you were surprised that the US and Norway have the same average salary. As you pointed out the salary distribution in the US probably is quite different. So I think what you are looking for is the median income. Here, the US median income is roughly 35.000 USD, and the Norwegian is roughly 55.000 USD.
The sunrise sunset times stated is misleading. Further north you live in Norway the more extreme it is. In Northern Norway (north of the artic circle) the sun doesn't go down at all during the summer and it doesn't rise in the winter.
I live in Sweden, and as you say the nordic countries are much like each other (even though there of course is a lot of differences between them as well). You're very welcome to visit the nordic countries and get even more inspired ;) Just beacuse these countries are in the top of much things doesn't mean that we want to compete against others. I hear almost every day(!) that if we in Sweden do what we can to live more enviromental friendly and be better at everything we do, others can join us and then the whole world will be better.
No one can do everything alone, and to get the world a better place, we need other countries to change as well. Just imagine for example if the US changed it systems to more afforable health care and school for everyone. People would get more education and live longer, healthier lives. And you in the US can see that it's possible by looking at the nordic/european countries and get inspired.
The sunlight thing in Norway, if you go to the most Northern parts of Norway, the sun never sets during summer. This happens for the most part in most places that are above the polar-circle during the summer months.
as an norwegian i can confirm that we do learn english we start learning english at the age of 6, it is even a deducated subject in school.
when we begin in middle school we can pick between dutch, spanish, french and immerson in english.
so technically every norwegian should know 3 languages by the age of 16.
As an norwigen it’s very fun to see you so yelus
13:16 To your question about Norwegian health habits - we've always been a winter athlete country, but ofcourse have extremes on both sides, with most people somewhere in the middle.
(TLDR: Being healthy and active is cheaper than being a couchpotato in Norway)
What you would probably be most surprised to know is that the norwegian goverment actively encourages healthy lifestyle choices, while discouraging unhealthy choices.
Carrot and stick, basically.
The "Carrot" to encourage people to make healthier choices is mainly to be healthy in itself,made easy by goverment initiative such as providing tons of options to work out or hike in nature or open-air gym parks, use your bike to and from work or school, and making things like sports clubs, soccer teams, and judo clubs free or cheap for children and young adults, and a LOT of money is spent on these things, keeping people active if they choose to.
The main way is probably the "Stick" but it's not as bad as it sounds. People don't get punished for being unhealthy, but unhealthy choices are made highly unattractive. Smoking is a good example,as it is very hazardous to peoples health. To discourage smoking, it has a higher salestax and becomes quite expensive,as well as illegal in any public space or indoor business area. (A pack of 20 cigarettes will cost you about 23 USD - thats 8400 USD a year for an average smoker.). Eating unhealthily will also be an equally daunting strain on your wallet, and while you can get by just fine if you spend your money on cigarettes and mcDonalds every day, **the genius move by the norwegian goverment has been to make healthy eating and healthy living the path of least resistance.**
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Well, to be fair, if it's too dark to see that beauty, and even if it wasn't it's hidden by bad weather all the time you kind of loose out on it, you know...
And you don't necessarily have time to appreciate it in day to day life...
as a norwegian we had Spanish, English, German or french at school. english was like mandatory. and the others were like extra
As a norwegian I am worse off than most of my countrymen. But seeing this still puts it in perspective for me, and makes me grateful to live here, regardless of my personal struggles. I mean, even if I am poor, I still live a fairly good life compared to living in any other country.
4:51 Yup, absolutely 😉 (jk, we love Denmark)
I grew up in Massachusetts and learned two other languages in school besides English. I went to Norway years ago and the landscape was beautiful and the people were very nice.
You are a darling, I live in Norway, and its always gives me joy to watch your videos, and facial expression.
And darling, I understand you very well. And now, TUSEN TAKK.😀
Scottish here, and many people Takao about how beautiful my country is, but my breath was absolutely taken away my first time visiting Norway and I didn't even visit the most scenic areas.
The video was right, vitamin D deficiency happens, and quickly. I have to take vitamin supplements most of the year. You wake up to darkness, go to work/school that is probably inside, then go home in darkness or at least with the sun hidden behind clouds or weak light.
Yes, knowing a 2nd language is great! I've been in a few situations abroad where I've been very thankful for the ability to switch to Norwegian, a language spoken by about 5.5 mill world wide. It's like always having a "secret language" in your back pocket, if you need to get out of a sticky situation or want to discuss something with your friends without everyone overhearing!! Although it's easy to get too comfortable, like the time I made a joke to my friend , while getting a Thai massage, and said something about "happy endings". Being so confident that no one understood me, only to realize I said "happy ending" in English 😬 🤦🏽♀️ very awkward!! And my German friend and I used German as a "secret language" in England, and then I tried doing the same while visiting her in Germany 🙈 suddenly our "secret language" was not so secret 🤣
I feel we do appreciate being on the top of the hdi. I remember being disappointed in 2007 when our 6 year streak was broken by Iceland.. We were 2nd for 2 years before reclaim 1st place in 2009 and holding it until 2020. There was no ranking in 2021, which looks at the previous year, 2020, due to corona, and in 2022 Switzerland overtaken us, and we're back in 2nd.. With that being said, I can't recall ever hearing a Norwegian politician or such call Norway "the best country". Though our score is high, it's still not 1, and there are always room for improvements, so we tend to focus on the road forward. We should always lift our gaze, look around and see how other countries are doing things and draw inspiration. No country is best in every category, so we can all learn from one another 👌🏼
And I feel the weather is a very subjective thing! I love having our 25+/-5°C summers and snowy winters! I would go crazy if every day, year round, was pretty much "the same".. And I find 30++ °C uncomfortable and not enjoyable, so I love the Norwegian climate ❤️ Granted, I live south of the artistic circle, so I don't experience 24 hour sunlight followed by 24h no sunlight every year.. But I do still catch myself being a little surprised most autumns and spring/summers by the short/long days 😅 but in winter, with the snow, it doesn't feel as dark 😁👌🏼
"Artistic circle"? I assume the automatic spellchecker is to blame.
@@Muchoyo hahaha 🤣 indeed!
Funny thing about electric cars in norway, is that most people own a electric car but use it to get to work, but also own a normal car for longer drives
Im from Germany and actually saving to buy a beautiful cabin/house in Norway. The country just got me and I can’t wait to live there ❤
I wanna live in Norway too...amazing country 😍
19:07 It is the exact opposite here in Norway!
Yeah we are.. Ive been far and around.. this is where its at. clean fresh and expensive. I learned english and german in school. Then swedish and danish which were simple since i knew norwegian. Currently learning spanish and portuguese :) Languages are fun !! And i drive an electric 4x4 sedan :) Also discgolf is HUGE here
04:52 If it was Sweden, that would defiantly be the case! But for Danmark, I feel bad 😥
The only thing about student debt is that, yes the tuition is free but most people leave to study somewhere else in the country so we get debt anyways. To pay for rent.
But its technically possible to work on the side in many studies and just live for less with no student loan.
tysm!!
Also Norway 1 year later.... this year 2023. Found the biggest source of phosphates in the world along critical minerals and metals worth an eye watering 23 trillion USD. And might make Norway much richer. Phosphate is a source of phosphorus one of the most important ingredient in fertilizer, but also for a myriad of other uses like EV battery technology etc.
Im a norwegian and listening to this right now.
We do get earthquakes, although very weak ones. And the ones you feel are 1 every 100 years. Also with global warming tornadoes have been getting closer and closer to making it to Norway.
Probably our main concern in the future will be floodings and clayslides, which can be some pretty big disasters if they happen in the wrong place. Rockslides and clayslides have even caused tsunamis in norwegian fjords historically, i think the last big one was in 1936 which had a 70m tall wave originating from a single massive boulder dropping into the fjord.
We have tiny disasters compared to elsewhere, but we're going to get more in the future probably.
Imagine a 70 meter tall wave of ocean. 70 meters. Im getting sweaty just thinking about it 😵
It's all about the Nordic Welfare Model. That's why the nordic countries are so highly linked. Both Finland and Iceland are above us from time to time. But Denmark and Sweden are pretty close as well.
It would be interesting to see how each state in the US would be ranked separately. That may be more inspiration for you. It is s too easy to hide behind 350 million citizens. It is more than 500 million in the EU.
For the people in the comments who are Norwegian, or have been a lot in Norway, what is your favorite Norwegian city? For me its åndalsnes
All university's in Scandinavia (and Finland ;) ) are tuition free btw
I would say there is quite a few native Norwegians, that speak better English that some brits and americans. I am super happy I got to learn from such a young age.
When gaming online, I actually have to switch to a Norwegian english accent for them to believe me beeing Norwegian. They always think i'm Australian or british.
So oslo english? 😅
Came across this video now, I'm a Norwegian working in home care. I help a 100 year old person that only need help 2 times a day, to put on and take off the support stockings. Otherwise the person does everything else at home alone.
its funny how he always watch the videos first, then pause it to say what happens next as he is guessing it xD i like it tho! you have prpeared urself
If you don't know norwegian there is actually no problem as you said with we knowing english, but most people in norway usually are either fluent in english or close to fluency so if you just speak english, they would probably asnwer you in near perfect english aswell :D
The fact that the narrator of the video said that the lack of sunlight some places in norway have can lead to depression and such is something i really am happy with, i feel alot of people who look into norway think "Oh they are the happiest in the world" when that is not really the case. The people who are happy are happy but there are people with depression obviously as every other country, aswell as we also have bad things about the country.
As far as winters goes, the chilliest I have experienced in southern Norway is -38 Fahrenheit. The coldest temperature ever recorded in Norway was in Northern Norway more than 100 years ago, when they had a biting -60 Fahrenheit. Still not as cold as it can get in Alaska though :-)
This is far from the truth.
The lowest temperature in the last 30 years is -124,16 fahrenheit (-51,2 grader celsius i Karasjok).
Where I live, in the mountains in the southern parts of Norway, we have had
-30 degrees celsius, and in Finnskogen It’s even colder😉