@Carl Stone How can it not be a personal preference? Of course it is. New Zealand is less actively hostile towards immigrants. They are more friendly and likely to give someone a job, even if they lack some sort of paper qualification, if they can show they can do the job, they get the job. Not so here in Norway. Also, the climate absolutely sucks in Norway. Cold and dark winters drain a person's will to live.
The parts of Russia that have "Nordic" flags, are also tied to Finland and Sweden. Add to this that that area was known as Gardarike once, which was a viking kingdom.
@@mexitegel That is false. Gardarike comes from the norse word Garða which means Fortification/Town, Gård originates from the same word but a better translation of Gardarike would be "The Realm of Cities". Which also makes more sense since the taiga around Novgorod would make farming absolutely terrible.
One thing I as a Swede would say contributed to our good living standards, is the strong presence of unions. There is no minimum wage set by the government, they all are decided through negotiations between unions and the emloyers (Jeff Bezos' nightmare). Same goes with parental leave, payed vacation etc
@@jimothypersson8306 Your agenda is, that unions are nice. There are strong unions other places than in the Nordic countries. And not immediately apparent to me, why monopolies should be better at setting the wage than the government. In the economic literature, you talk about "insiders" (in unions) vs "outsiders" (unemployed not in a union). When the unions negotiate the wage, they have no incentive to take the interests of the outsiders into account. I.e., higher priority to high wage perhaps at the expense of the unemployed outside unions (classic tradeoff in economic theory).
@@raahauge only place that has as high union membership as the Nordic countries is Belgium (which also has very good living standards). Unions negotiating wages almost always leads to a higher wage and I can’t see how that’s bad. It sounds ridiculous to me that every single job in a country would have the same minimum wage
@@jimothypersson8306 High wages are bad, if they causes higher unemployment. Perhaps not relevant in recent years with high employment, but during the 70-80ies it was an issue. Switzerland, which comes out as good as the Nordic counties (and better than Belgium) on most list of "Quality of life" etc has a union membership rate of 22%, which is way below the "Nordic rate". You can, of course, also find the reverse examples. And you don't know the causality as far as I know: Is Nordic culture causing high wealth/quality of life AND union membership, or (as you claim) union membership causes high quality of life. On the single minimum wage: Usually, the minimum wage is only relevant for a limited part of the worker force. Typically the potential "outsiders".
Regarding the high taxes in the nordic countries: It seems most of us have some sort of understanding that even though taxes kinda suck, you know they're worth it the second you need the government to back you up. Unemployment, sickness, pension, a life without stress or whatever - You'll get your money worth in the long run. :)
Must be nice to know that your high taxes go to a worthy cause rather than failing dismally to even keep up with servicing the interest on your national debt...that you not only have zero national debt, but that your country has a dragon horde full of cash.
If you think we've got high taxes, just add in your American health care insurance as "tax", and you'll most likely pay _more_ than in the Nordics. Also, since it's not insurance-driven, you don't have to worry about your company being too small to be taken seriously to get good health care.
Here in nordic countries we have this really cool thing, it's almost like a superpower you could call it: *COMMON SENSE* also *~ erhem ~ SUOMI MAINITTU TORILLA TAVATAAN!!!!!!* 🇫🇮 🇫🇮 🇫🇮
Ha ha, very funny. I have an icelandic friend who said he wish Norway took Iceland with them when they left Danmark. Like Iceland felt left alone out there in the sea
Well, no. It literally means "bottom price" but that's not what we call the total on a receipt; that's called "totalen" or "sum". I think the name "Bunnpris" is simply meant to suggest it's the cheapest (bottom is the lowest possible) without literally claiming it (as that would be illegal advertising unless it really always was). The gramatically correct way to claim that, would be "billigst" (cheapest) or "lavest pris" (lowest price), but that would be an illegal claim as they cannot possibly always be cheapes or they'll go broke. (The "mini pris" slogan of Kiwi is similarly nonsensical but vaguely suggesting its very "small" prices; I do think I remember they (or some other low price grocery chain with a similar name or slogan) got in some trouble for that but they managed to argue it was a name not a positive claim, or that it didn't say cheapest but cheap or something like that) It may also be a pun/reference to English expression "the bottom line" or the Norwegian word "bunnlinjen" (both literally meaning the same), which I think used to refer to the total on a receipt or in a budget; but nowadays is mostly used metaphorically to mean the essence in english, while "bunnlinjen" is mostly used by economists to refer to the budget or more broadly how well a company is doing.
@@SteinGauslaaStrindhaug that does make more sense yeah Always thought bunnpris was just a synonym for Bunnlinje ye so I just commented that cuz the dude asked
Heh... when I saw "Bunnpris" it made me think _"Farmers price?"_ to my self. Because there is a Swedish slang word which is "bonne", it is slang for the word "bonde" which is "farmer" in Swedish. But the "o" in these words are pronounced more like a Swedish "u". And "pris" is also the Swedish word for "price". Plus, in Swedish it is somewhat easy to put together different words and as such create a new word as well. So when I saw "Bunnpris" it almost looked (and sounded) to me like a Norwegian farmer opening a store where they sold all their goods at a "Bonnpris"... which is what the Swedish word would look like if a Swede decided to sell things at a "Farmers price". XD
Did you ever hear the tragedy of Estonia not being classified as Nordic? (I'm basing this of research and an actual Estonian, Estonia is closer to Finland and the Nordics than Latvia and the Baltics (despite Estonia having a land border to Latvia).
@@CO0L_CAT Can I ask what was wow worthy? (And in case you were wondering, said Estonian would be more accurately put as listening to and watching Artur Rehi's CZcams videos).
@@AlexTheYugoslav Fingers crossed NATO does it's job enough to protect Estonia. And while yes, Russia did spread it's influence to Estonia during the USSR's occupation of Estonia, it's language is still closer to Finnish and culturally I believe I'm correct in saying they're closer to again, Finland.
Good to know there's a fellow Norway obsessive out there. En dag vil jeg bor der. It's got to a point where if there's a Scandinavian/Norwegian option in any decision I'm making I will always take that. When I was buying a boat I turned to the Norwegian company Pioner because why wouldn't I. When I was buying a car I bought a Volvo. They just do everything so well. Most of my drive and passion for Scottish independence is based around the idea that Scotland could continue down a path of Scandinavization. Since the Scottish parliament was set up in 1998 we have been inspired by these great countries in so many of our policies. The land reform and right to roam laws in Scotland is something that Scandinavians have enjoyed for years. The baby box scheme is straight from Finland. Generally progressive policies such as free tuition fees too. I know it's a lost cause at this stage but I can't help but feel a little hacked off by the oil situation too. If we were independent back in the seventies then we could have been in a similar situation as Norway now; a country of 5.5 million people and a $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund. But instead, we got fifteen years of Thatcher and food banks. The money went straight to London and the pockets of oil executives. Maybe I should just be grateful for the Scottish parliament and the political drive we have here for a better and fairer country. I can't imagine living in England and not having the benefits that we enjoy. Nothing beats Norway though. Vi elsker deg, Norge.
our wealthfund grew in 2020 with like 116 billion dollars, despite government using lots of money on various programs to save businesses in these Corona times.
Now you made me want to visit Scotland, travelling around for a bit to explore the Scottish Highlands and cultural treasures. When we can travel again , of course.... Greetings from Norway!
5:48. Speaking of skewed statistics, I would like to remind everyone that Vatican City has 2.27 Popes per square kilometre. EDIT: Fixed "metres" to "kilometres".
I am genuinely quite disappointed that Caithness wasn't even touched upon about having a Scandinavian flag for the county. We're not an island, we're northern Scottish mainland, but we do have some history and culture relating to Scandinavia.
The reason the Shetland Islands have white and blue is because the Nordic cross is to represent their Scandinavian heritage also Blue and white is to represent their Scottish heritage also Scotland because the Scottish flag has the colours white and blue on it.
A few points, Finland was the first country in the world that gave all women all the right to vote and also stand for parlament. All other Nordic countries also understood the value of women for a decent society. Then it's quite obvious that poverty is easier to disregard in a warm country, even in rich countries still today. Poverty in the winter is lethal and cannot be bypasses just like that. And then there is education and the understanding and demand that it's not just for the elite and the rich kids but for all kids including girls. Now there is still one country that could fit into this group of countries and that is Scotland perhaps. From the Nordic Model in the Wikipedia. "American author Ann Jones, who lived in Norway for four years, contends that "the Nordic countries give their populations freedom from the market by using capitalism as a tool to benefit everyone" whereas in the United States "neoliberal politics puts the foxes in charge of the henhouse, and capitalists have used the wealth generated by their enterprises (as well as financial and political manipulations) to capture the state and pluck the chickens."
Well, not correct. The first sovereign country was Norway, but the Russian Grand Duchy of Finland did allow women to vote 7 years before Norway, but it was a part of Russia. New Zealand gave universal suffrage un 1893 , 13 years before Finland, but NZ was also not sovereign country, Universal suffrage was a fact in the state of Wyoming in 1869, and most Australian states in the 1880s.
@@perperald21 Finland was never "part of Russia". Finland was part of the (Russian) Empire, which is quite a different thing. During the time of The Autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland 1809-1917 the only things Finland and Russia shared were - the Empire - the Emperor - the flag - the foreign policy Finland had own - laws - government - parliament (the Senate) - religion - official languages - money - stamps - officials, no Russians allowed - education system - etc. Even the militaries were more or less separate. There was even a customs border towards Russia.
So basically you're buying the narrative that our ancestor oppressed women and didn't value them... Show some respect to your roots, these people were not savage nor idiots as today's media tries to portray them in the blasphemous name of progre$$
My sisters boyfriend whom she met in England came over to Norway and lost his shit at the name Rema 1000. He just found it so funny for some reason and kept referring to it as Rema one thousand
There are plenty of people in Finland (mainland) that speak sweadish as their native language. Although it is not entire similar to swedish in Sweden.. same goes for Åland, the autonomous part of Finland. Finland also had this status when it was a part of Russian empire.
"Plenty" = 290,000 (including 30,000 people of Åland). That's 5.2% of the population of Finland - 4.8%, if Åland is excluded. Those are the official numbers. In reality the vast majority of the official Swedish-speakers are bilingual - or sometimes even native Finnish-speakers. The intermarried couples usually choose Swedish as the offical first language of their children (regardless of the reality) - especially, if they live in the Swedish language majority area. The Finnish overgenerous minority laws provide better benefits for the Swedish-speaking minority than for the majority! Also the recent flow of immigration from the underdeveloped countries lowers the learning standards in many of the Finnish-language schools - making the Swedish-language schools more appealing.
@@peacefulminimalist2028 as a finn learning swedish in school, the finnish-swedish is much easier to grasp. we used to listen to sentences in swedish and finnish-swedish and often the swedish was way too fast, incomprehensible gibberish. to be honest i never really cared about learning it cause to finns it's such a pain in the ass but i'm proud to know how to spead some swedish, even if it is finnish-swedish.
@@lilian1960 The Finnish Swedish is actually a misleading term. In reality they are not Swedes but Finnish Swedish-speakers. After centuries of intermarriages and changing languages and cultural indentities back and forth, one can no longer tell by language and/or name only, whether the roots of a person in Finland are originally - and to which extend - in Finland or Sweden.
i replied to you with the dumbest hate comment against denmark but youtube went all laggy and buffery and shit so i had to restart the app to get the video going and when i did i saw that my comment was gone :(
I'm from the north of Scotland and have spent much time in Shetland. Most of the people there consider themselves "Shetlanders" not Scottish and many would prefer to be part of Norway. I also know lots who have emigrated there. Now, I live in Åland with my Swedish partner and our kids that were born in Finland. I love Scotland and it will always feel the most like home but living here, "the system" is so much better.
As a mapper I always find it awesome seeing someone enjoy geography and the world and stuff. This video was entertaining as your content usually is keep up the great work. And geography and statistics needs an hour plus long video to properly explain all the different skews that happen
"That place in russia and estonia" used to be swedish (together with Latvia) for a couple of centuries (up until the early 1800s). So it isn't that strange that it has a nordic cross. (A bit of an aside - do look up the Republic of Jamtland (Jämtland) for a quirky weirdness)
@@Dampfish The personal union with Denmark lasted from 1397 to 1816. The personal union with Sweden lasted from 1816 to 1905 when the parliment of the now constitutional monarchy told the kinkg of Sweden to bugger off and asked a Danish prince to become king of Norway. And its not like being in a personal unionj means one country owns another like a colony - it just means that the members of the union have the same king (or queen) like the members of the Commonwealth -would you say that today the UK owns Canada ?
This is the most entertaining video I have seen in some time. Talking about my country and our nordic brethren. Also I always find it funny the way English speaking people say Norwegian names
@@BosisofSweden Finns have a rudimentary understanding of Swedish as it is the second language in our country. Let's see you try speaking Finnish :) (and without the use of the word Perkele) :D
@@harri9885 😅 I have tried and my god it is difficult. I drove Taxi in Borås, lot of Finns. But when I try I seldom use prerkele it actually ends up worse ... like vi&&o... Love my Finnish friends though.
Just the fact that you know the difference between the Scandinavian and Nordic countries made me like your video before even watching it all ;) As an Icelander I had no idea that the flags of Orkney and Shetlands are "Nordic" - thanks for informing me about that ;)
19:31 or maybe, having nothing for half of the year made them build a more resposible society in general, contrary to what you'd have in all year round warm countries where they might have a more irresponsible society because they never really needed to change anyway. "if you need more potatoes just plant more potatoes, doesn't matter if it's June or January, just the damn potatoes"
I agree. The cold and snow probably contributed to less warfare. Warfare requires lots of food which there were not lots of in the winter, and winter warfare is a real pain in the butt. (especially in the olden times)
@@Cromag3 *lols in viking* no, their secret is low population size, look at any low pop country in the world, they exhibit pretty much the same qualities as nordic countries
Wow I remember joining one of your Minecraft Xbox 360 hunger games sessions when I was young and coming second place to you in a really memorable final 2. It's super great to see that your channel is still live and well!!!
@@Mira_linn do you mean Norways the wife even tho we were occupied and were tranfered to Sweden and they decided it was ok thatDenmark could keep iceland, denmark and the faroe islands
@@nyronlord2425 5 realms 1 king however the king was just as much acting on the behalf of one country as the others as he was elected by the ruling class separately in each country.
I was rubbish at geography at school. I really like learning things from you ,tc , and you send me down lots of geo-rabbit holes . So , yeah , thank you x
Dude, I saw some of your videos from the other channel from time to time, never subbed as I barely play Minecraft (and not on console), and just found this channel by complete accident!! Needless to say, this is probably the best surprise in a while, I love geography and I really could not have foreseen this! Love your style of videos regardless of the content, keep up the great work across your channels! :D
Travelling in the Faroes by public transport is quite doable. They have a pretty good bus network and you can get a pass that covers them all (or certainly did a few years ago). The only challenge is that you are meant to tell the driver your destination which means having to try and work out how to pronounce the string of letters on the map.
@@Art-zn6ji Finland and Estonia are closer than Finland and the Scandinavian countries. For example, Sweden and Finland actually have different languages cultures and customs. The Scandinavian countries are Norway Sweden and Denmark, but technically Denmark is not a part of the Scandinavian peninsula, the reason that label exists is because we are very similar otherwise. If the point of the "Nordic country" label is to make sense geographically and it does not have the Baltics, it should also by that same logic not include Denmark. If it is supposed to refer to countries that are similar or share more history, it should also include the Baltics, or at least Estonia. Because Estonia and Finland are very similar. If Estonia is not a Nordic country, then Denmark and Finland are probably not either
@@vetar3372 Estonia even has an alternative version of its flag to be more Nordic. Lithuania and Latvia have been with Poland for most of their history.
@@274727 their tradisions and language are completely different, norwegians can understand swedish, danish and maybe icelandic but the finnish language is wack
He didn't get it completely right though. It's the Scandinavian Peninsula, but his map included Svalbard in that. And even though Svalbard is part of Norway (which is obviously Scandinavian), Svalbard itself is not.
@@Dampfish If it was only the Scandinavian Peninsula then Denmark would not be a part of it ;) It has more to to with the history of the 3 kingdoms (Norway, Denmark, Sweden) and how they where linked. A part of Sweden (Scania/Skane) was Danish and then there was the Kalmar Union.... So Svalbard belongs to Norway and therefore is a part of the Scandinavian countries.
@@compatriot852 It is kind of boring as they in the states all speak the same language. No long history either. Many borders just a straight line. No real culture. Only two party political system. There isn't much to get curious about.
4:16 - Almost. Norway, Sweden and Denmark entered a union, far back at the end of the Viking era. Sweden left the union, Norway... became a vassal of Denmark. In 1814, some unknown French dude lost some wars. Denmark was on that dudes side. Sweden helped fight the French dude. In return, Sweden got Norway, which from now on was their vassal. How ever... Denmark lied, and pretended that Greenland, Iceland, Færøyene, and what ever else they could manipulate from the Swedes, were never Norwegian, but Danish. And this is how Greenland, Iceland and Færøyene, became Danish.
@@aceomiq Sov du i historie-timmarna? Sverige var inte på Napoleons sida, hör du... Danmark-Norge var däremot det. Och i fall du inte fått med dig vad som hände i Waterloo... Googla, jag tror du skulle tycka det vore intressant! Åh, och svenska knugen på engelska är "the Swedish knig".
I watched your videos some years ago and remember getting a headache because you talked too fast. Now you have toned it down, and your videos are a lot better paced! Really like that, since the subject matter is very interesting. Soo. Thanks for that! Now I might even consider subscribing.
Greenland and the Faroe Islands are part of the Kingdom of Denmark (i.e. a Commonwealth of sorts), but not part of the state of Denmark. (Which is also why neither is a member of the EU. The Faroe Islands never joined the European Community back in the day, and Greenland joined, but left after a referendum in 1986.) They have more devolved governments than, say, the countries of the UK (so far...), so it's a different sort of construction and that warrants them being called separate countries, and Greenland has a roadmap of sorts for independence, though there is no time frame for it as of yet. (Iceland, of course, managed an orderly and peaceful independence from Denmark back in the 1940s.) Anyway, sorry for ranting... Great video!
Absolutely loved this video being a scot living with a dane really enjoyed seeing her claim most of the territories of orkney and shetland for scandinavia
how is this coincidence i just looked this map up this morning and looked into it then got into the Nordic flags today then my favourite youtuber for history and geography makes a video on them. im mind blown at that.
Dammit Toycat, why must you make me super want to travel during a pandemic and also when I live in the middle of nowhere! I wanna do a big nordic trip now!
11:40 the Flag for Scania (below sweden right to Denmark) is supposed to be little bigger, at the map it currently only shows todays size/region of Scania, while back in the days it also contained the areas Blekinge, Halland, (parts of) Småland and even Gotland. But it got divided when sweden annexed it from Denmark.
8:31 ah yes, Auckland, biggest city in the Nordic island nation of New Zealand. I find it funny that my country is really similar to the Nordic countries in terms of happiness and stuff like that.
@@Pining_for_the_fjords That's what I've been thinking too. They have roughly the same population and size and they are both advanced, peaceful and stable countries. I bet they also have a lot in common when it comes to politics. Heck, they both even had tragic mass shootings by right wing extremists in recent years.
Hiking in the Faroe Islands is a matter of keeping an eye on time, knowing when the sun will set, changing weather conditions and beeing realistic to what you can accomplish in such a short period with not that many sunlight hours. Don't take chances, they are plain stupid. I went there with my two kids here in December 2020 (3 and 6 y.o.), and we had great fun - and did do both easier child friendly routes and more advanced (advanced for a child). So yes it can be dangerous, but not if you consider all risks about taking a hike, and you'll need to be realistic... and not to be afraid of sheeps!! haha And yes, I went on the hikes alone with two small kids! and they got to be in quite dangerous positions as well, but as long as they know how to handle those kind of situations correctly, it's not a problem ;)
I specifically love this because A. Gives some actual attention to the Nordic Countries & states & islands B. I myself am a very large portion Scandinavian, and am currently planning on moving to Norway C. There was a good bit on information in here *I didn’t even know existed*
I was really surprised when he pronounced "Åland" like "o-land", rather that "ah-land". It's still not correct, but it's way closer, and it shows that he put in some effort.
You should looked up the tunnel projects in Faroe Islands. Pretty amazing connecting together all the islands and making shortcuts so make safer roads than the open ones. Makes you wonder if its made by norwegians and their oil money lol. Been living in Sweden for approx. 20 years, all im missing from my bucketlists hearby in "nordi-scandi world" is so far Iceland, Faroe, and well.. Shetlands too i guess.
"it's almost like nordic nature has been romantisized" keeps romanticicing a little more "so good infrastructure, govermwnt caring about the future etc" lmao.
I mean to be fair a lot of the Nordic countries have had really strong romatisization periods of their history. Heck the Danish national anthem was written under such. But yeah aesthetic is something we take very dear... which is also why despite foreigners liking the modern architecture here, we as local often don't do as much.
The Norwegian infrastructure is actually a nightmare, but it might look like the perfect dream from the outside. We have everything we need to improve it but it never happens.
You don't have to be determined at all to make things work here. You just invent stuff that makes living way easier. Often they are invented for you, so that you can stay comfortably inside. But then again, I'm born and raised in Denmark, been to all of the nordic countries - I don't really appreciate travelling south. I just like the cold and also the dark. You get to appreciate it in a whole other way I guess. And hey... Canada must feel the same ;)
I've lived in various parts of the US for 25 years, The French/Swiss boarder for 10 years, and Finland for 2 years. I've been happy everywhere. Finland is still my favourite though.
As a Scot I would be fine with that. It would certainly break the link between the Saltire and the Union flag of Great Britain. Keep the colours, just re-orientate the cross.
My daughter was working offshore and went to Norway - her comment was 'Dad, they've got their shit together'.
yeah actually im an exchange student there and norway is probably the healthiest most fair and most advanced society on the planet
@@ckvt1337 I've lived in New Zealand and Norway. I'd rather live in New Zealand.
@Carl Stone No, because it makes me closer to a job and friends.
@Carl Stone How can it not be a personal preference? Of course it is. New Zealand is less actively hostile towards immigrants. They are more friendly and likely to give someone a job, even if they lack some sort of paper qualification, if they can show they can do the job, they get the job. Not so here in Norway. Also, the climate absolutely sucks in Norway. Cold and dark winters drain a person's will to live.
DENMARK HAS THE LEAST DEBT!....awkward..........
"do you know how many Mexicans there are? lots. several. many."
-toycat
I live about 150 miles north of the Mexican/US border and I can tell you, Toycat is right.
several or even not less
like at least 4
The guy is an incisive genius of socio-political knowings and stuff...now if only he learned numbers...
facts
Alternate title: Talking about Norway for 20 minutes
There's Norway I would ever do that
@@ibx2cat I don't belize it
Are you syria's?
i’ve always wanted togo to norway
@@albthewise6135 first Togo was a french colony now you want it to be a Norwegian one😮
Thank you for boosting my Nordic patriotism
Tak tak
@@johndavidcollins6163 shush
@@other8040 herre gud da, ro deg ned
@Edison David toxic relationship alert + sketchy advertismet alert
@@optforthyname3800 lol Norwegian is danish
Why are all the Nordic countries so happy? Well, the flags are a big plus
we have no sand , get rid of sand
@@kaur9384 i don't like sand. it's coarse, rough and irritating and it gets everywhere.
Yes Switzerland also
That’s all I took from the video
@Respectable Username I love that comment! ROFL 😂
The parts of Russia that have "Nordic" flags, are also tied to Finland and Sweden. Add to this that that area was known as Gardarike once, which was a viking kingdom.
Gårdarike=the realm of farms
Karelia
@@mexitegel That is false. Gardarike comes from the norse word Garða which means Fortification/Town, Gård originates from the same word but a better translation of Gardarike would be "The Realm of Cities". Which also makes more sense since the taiga around Novgorod would make farming absolutely terrible.
@@KittenCritters makes sense!
Gardariket was further south towards kiel. And this kingdom existed long before scandinava got their flags
"sorry about my spelling"
One thing I as a Swede would say contributed to our good living standards, is the strong presence of unions. There is no minimum wage set by the government, they all are decided through negotiations between unions and the emloyers (Jeff Bezos' nightmare). Same goes with parental leave, payed vacation etc
ibx2cat: Anyone who claims they know the answer, is advancing their agenda.
Jimothy Persson: One thing ....
@@raahauge ?
@@jimothypersson8306 Your agenda is, that unions are nice. There are strong unions other places than in the Nordic countries. And not immediately apparent to me, why monopolies should be better at setting the wage than the government. In the economic literature, you talk about "insiders" (in unions) vs "outsiders" (unemployed not in a union). When the unions negotiate the wage, they have no incentive to take the interests of the outsiders into account. I.e., higher priority to high wage perhaps at the expense of the unemployed outside unions (classic tradeoff in economic theory).
@@raahauge only place that has as high union membership as the Nordic countries is Belgium (which also has very good living standards). Unions negotiating wages almost always leads to a higher wage and I can’t see how that’s bad. It sounds ridiculous to me that every single job in a country would have the same minimum wage
@@jimothypersson8306 High wages are bad, if they causes higher unemployment. Perhaps not relevant in recent years with high employment, but during the 70-80ies it was an issue.
Switzerland, which comes out as good as the Nordic counties (and better than Belgium) on most list of "Quality of life" etc has a union membership rate of 22%, which is way below the "Nordic rate". You can, of course, also find the reverse examples.
And you don't know the causality as far as I know: Is Nordic culture causing high wealth/quality of life AND union membership, or (as you claim) union membership causes high quality of life.
On the single minimum wage: Usually, the minimum wage is only relevant for a limited part of the worker force. Typically the potential "outsiders".
Regarding the high taxes in the nordic countries: It seems most of us have some sort of understanding that even though taxes kinda suck, you know they're worth it the second you need the government to back you up. Unemployment, sickness, pension, a life without stress or whatever - You'll get your money worth in the long run. :)
Totally agree!
Indeed!
Must be nice to know that your high taxes go to a worthy cause rather than failing dismally to even keep up with servicing the interest on your national debt...that you not only have zero national debt, but that your country has a dragon horde full of cash.
If you think we've got high taxes, just add in your American health care insurance as "tax", and you'll most likely pay _more_ than in the Nordics. Also, since it's not insurance-driven, you don't have to worry about your company being too small to be taken seriously to get good health care.
@@kebman add the schoolfee. Poor och rich all got rights to the educationsystem.
Literally seen a picture of these flags yesterday and was wondering about them
Same lol but this morning
Yesterday I was talking with someone in Omegle about Nordic countries
CZcams knows.
@@BaraIsrael no no no
Toycat knows
saw*
A language called Norn used to be spoken in the Shetland Islands. It is related to other Nordic languages but is extinct now
We must bring it back
@@noticerofpatterns9188 You really do. Imagine sayin fk off in Norn when the taxman come 😄
Here in nordic countries we have this really cool thing, it's almost like a superpower you could call it: *COMMON SENSE*
also *~ erhem ~ SUOMI MAINITTU TORILLA TAVATAAN!!!!!!* 🇫🇮 🇫🇮 🇫🇮
Yes , that's pretty much it 🙄
Meil ei ole seda veel 🇪🇪
@@kaur9384 Sunn fornuft :-)
Something about tortilla?
It looks Swedish more than Norwegian, so I’m lost.
In Norwegian, ø, and æ are used, rather than ö and ä, å is used in both, however
@@TheLittleTrombone_01 it’s finnish
Love the phrasing, Denmark got to keep the kids 😂
Ha ha, very funny.
I have an icelandic friend who said he wish Norway took Iceland with them when they left Danmark. Like Iceland felt left alone out there in the sea
@@kirstireinholdtsen5844 I can imagine. Good they got their independence from us in the 40s :)
it makes me happy knowing that someone knows the difference between the nordics and scandinavia
Why? What does it matter?
@@auvomesilampi6325 EVERYTHING!
@@johhhnsen I imagine. I think some people tend to mix up the Celts and Nordic at times as well.
@@auvomesilampi6325 voi vittu 🤦♂️
yeah as if finland is scandinavian which it’s not
Bunnpris literally means "bottom price"
When you've got a receipt, the total amount you gotta pay is the bunnpris
Well, no. It literally means "bottom price" but that's not what we call the total on a receipt; that's called "totalen" or "sum". I think the name "Bunnpris" is simply meant to suggest it's the cheapest (bottom is the lowest possible) without literally claiming it (as that would be illegal advertising unless it really always was). The gramatically correct way to claim that, would be "billigst" (cheapest) or "lavest pris" (lowest price), but that would be an illegal claim as they cannot possibly always be cheapes or they'll go broke. (The "mini pris" slogan of Kiwi is similarly nonsensical but vaguely suggesting its very "small" prices; I do think I remember they (or some other low price grocery chain with a similar name or slogan) got in some trouble for that but they managed to argue it was a name not a positive claim, or that it didn't say cheapest but cheap or something like that)
It may also be a pun/reference to English expression "the bottom line" or the Norwegian word "bunnlinjen" (both literally meaning the same), which I think used to refer to the total on a receipt or in a budget; but nowadays is mostly used metaphorically to mean the essence in english, while "bunnlinjen" is mostly used by economists to refer to the budget or more broadly how well a company is doing.
@@SteinGauslaaStrindhaug that does make more sense yeah
Always thought bunnpris was just a synonym for Bunnlinje ye so I just commented that cuz the dude asked
Heh... when I saw "Bunnpris" it made me think _"Farmers price?"_ to my self.
Because there is a Swedish slang word which is "bonne", it is slang for the word "bonde" which is "farmer" in Swedish. But the "o" in these words are pronounced more like a Swedish "u". And "pris" is also the Swedish word for "price". Plus, in Swedish it is somewhat easy to put together different words and as such create a new word as well.
So when I saw "Bunnpris" it almost looked (and sounded) to me like a Norwegian farmer opening a store where they sold all their goods at a "Bonnpris"... which is what the Swedish word would look like if a Swede decided to sell things at a "Farmers price". XD
Estonia: *crying intensifies*
1 like = 1 Estonia into nordic
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Did you ever hear the tragedy of Estonia not being classified as Nordic? (I'm basing this of research and an actual Estonian, Estonia is closer to Finland and the Nordics than Latvia and the Baltics (despite Estonia having a land border to Latvia).
@@FirstNameLastName-tg3rc wow
@@CO0L_CAT Can I ask what was wow worthy? (And in case you were wondering, said Estonian would be more accurately put as listening to and watching Artur Rehi's CZcams videos).
@@AlexTheYugoslav Fingers crossed NATO does it's job enough to protect Estonia. And while yes, Russia did spread it's influence to Estonia during the USSR's occupation of Estonia, it's language is still closer to Finnish and culturally I believe I'm correct in saying they're closer to again, Finland.
"look how adorable these trash cans are"
-toycat 2021
> 14:13
"Look how cute the graveyard is."
-2cat
So appropriate in these pandemic filled times.
> 14:04 < graveyard
The fact that ToyCat kept the subject (mostly) on Scandinavia is a miracle on itself.
Good to know there's a fellow Norway obsessive out there. En dag vil jeg bor der. It's got to a point where if there's a Scandinavian/Norwegian option in any decision I'm making I will always take that. When I was buying a boat I turned to the Norwegian company Pioner because why wouldn't I. When I was buying a car I bought a Volvo. They just do everything so well. Most of my drive and passion for Scottish independence is based around the idea that Scotland could continue down a path of Scandinavization. Since the Scottish parliament was set up in 1998 we have been inspired by these great countries in so many of our policies. The land reform and right to roam laws in Scotland is something that Scandinavians have enjoyed for years. The baby box scheme is straight from Finland. Generally progressive policies such as free tuition fees too. I know it's a lost cause at this stage but I can't help but feel a little hacked off by the oil situation too. If we were independent back in the seventies then we could have been in a similar situation as Norway now; a country of 5.5 million people and a $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund. But instead, we got fifteen years of Thatcher and food banks. The money went straight to London and the pockets of oil executives. Maybe I should just be grateful for the Scottish parliament and the political drive we have here for a better and fairer country. I can't imagine living in England and not having the benefits that we enjoy. Nothing beats Norway though. Vi elsker deg, Norge.
our wealthfund grew in 2020 with like 116 billion dollars, despite government using lots of money on various programs to save businesses in these Corona times.
Now you made me want to visit Scotland, travelling around for a bit to explore the Scottish Highlands and cultural treasures. When we can travel again , of course.... Greetings from Norway!
Didn't mention Volvo is swedish *triggered swedish noices*
You might be disappointed when you see the price of Scotch whiskey in the Vinmonopolet.
I am norwegian
16:35 and another map without New Zealand...
Lol yeah bruh 😂
I will never see new Zealand
Doesn't exist
I'm from nz how dare you im real i think
I'm form nz to
Toycat:looks at a trashcan
Also Toycat: look how adorable this stuff is
5:48.
Speaking of skewed statistics, I would like to remind everyone that Vatican City has 2.27 Popes per square kilometre.
EDIT: Fixed "metres" to "kilometres".
There's a million popes?
Probably more like per square kilometer. Or mile.
@@markmh835.
Noted, and fixed.
The vatican also had 256 murders per 100000 people in 1998. Which was about 4 times more than the second most dangerous country.
I am genuinely quite disappointed that Caithness wasn't even touched upon about having a Scandinavian flag for the county. We're not an island, we're northern Scottish mainland, but we do have some history and culture relating to Scandinavia.
The reason the Shetland Islands have white and blue is because the Nordic cross is to represent their Scandinavian heritage also Blue and white is to represent their Scottish heritage also Scotland because the Scottish flag has the colours white and blue on it.
I hope Scotland will brake free from that unhappy forced marriage soon and join EU and it’s brothers and sisters in Northern Europe. Welcome. ❤️
@@bokhans Hopefully the Shetlands will break away from Scotland and remain outside the EU.
@@PsychicLord hopefully not
A few points, Finland was the first country in the world that gave all women all the right to vote and also stand for parlament. All other Nordic countries also understood the value of women for a decent society.
Then it's quite obvious that poverty is easier to disregard in a warm country, even in rich countries still today. Poverty in the winter is lethal and cannot be bypasses just like that.
And then there is education and the understanding and demand that it's not just for the elite and the rich kids but for all kids including girls.
Now there is still one country that could fit into this group of countries and that is Scotland perhaps.
From the Nordic Model in the Wikipedia.
"American author Ann Jones, who lived in Norway for four years, contends that "the Nordic countries give their populations freedom from the market by using capitalism as a tool to benefit everyone" whereas in the United States "neoliberal politics puts the foxes in charge of the henhouse, and capitalists have used the wealth generated by their enterprises (as well as financial and political manipulations) to capture the state and pluck the chickens."
Well, not correct. The first sovereign country was Norway, but the Russian Grand Duchy of Finland did allow women to vote 7 years before Norway, but it was a part of Russia. New Zealand gave universal suffrage un 1893 , 13 years before Finland, but NZ was also not sovereign country, Universal suffrage was a fact in the state of Wyoming in 1869, and most Australian states in the 1880s.
*Don’t Touch My No No Square intensifies*
@@perperald21 Finland was never "part of Russia". Finland was part of the (Russian) Empire, which is quite a different thing.
During the time of The Autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland 1809-1917 the only things Finland and Russia shared were
- the Empire
- the Emperor
- the flag
- the foreign policy
Finland had own
- laws
- government
- parliament (the Senate)
- religion
- official languages
- money
- stamps
- officials, no Russians allowed
- education system
- etc.
Even the militaries were more or less separate. There was even a customs border towards Russia.
That you said Scotland could fit in genuinely made me really happy.
So basically you're buying the narrative that our ancestor oppressed women and didn't value them... Show some respect to your roots, these people were not savage nor idiots as today's media tries to portray them in the blasphemous name of progre$$
12:01
Toycat: "All the tiny islands"
Greenland:
Why am I still watching? Because it's interesting, and I feel flattered being from a Nordic country. Btw Bunnpris = Bottom Price.
I'm sad id love to be part of a nordic countries im from UK where so close yet so far
@@javierhillier4252 you’re welcome over anytime!
My sisters boyfriend whom she met in England came over to Norway and lost his shit at the name Rema 1000. He just found it so funny for some reason and kept referring to it as Rema one thousand
@@petfama4211 because they (used to) sell 1000 unique products. originally some of the stores were called Rema500 too.
@@javierhillier4252 As a Brit living in Norway, I have no regrets so far. I'm just glad I got here before we lost our freedom of movement from brexit.
There are plenty of people in Finland (mainland) that speak sweadish as their native language. Although it is not entire similar to swedish in Sweden.. same goes for Åland, the autonomous part of Finland. Finland also had this status when it was a part of Russian empire.
"Plenty" = 290,000 (including 30,000 people of Åland). That's 5.2% of the population of Finland - 4.8%, if Åland is excluded.
Those are the official numbers. In reality the vast majority of the official Swedish-speakers are bilingual - or sometimes even native Finnish-speakers.
The intermarried couples usually choose Swedish as the offical first language of their children (regardless of the reality) - especially, if they live in the Swedish language majority area. The Finnish overgenerous minority laws provide better benefits for the Swedish-speaking minority than for the majority!
Also the recent flow of immigration from the underdeveloped countries lowers the learning standards in many of the Finnish-language schools - making the Swedish-language schools more appealing.
they speak swedish, just much slower and with finnish intonation :) it sounds kinda cute if you're into that kind of stuff
@@peacefulminimalist2028 as a finn learning swedish in school, the finnish-swedish is much easier to grasp. we used to listen to sentences in swedish and finnish-swedish and often the swedish was way too fast, incomprehensible gibberish. to be honest i never really cared about learning it cause to finns it's such a pain in the ass but i'm proud to know how to spead some swedish, even if it is finnish-swedish.
There is Ålandic swedish and finnish swedish.
@@lilian1960 The Finnish Swedish is actually a misleading term. In reality they are not Swedes but Finnish Swedish-speakers.
After centuries of intermarriages and changing languages and cultural indentities back and forth, one can no longer tell by language and/or name only, whether the roots of a person in Finland are originally - and to which extend - in Finland or Sweden.
I haven't seen sun this year 🙂 🇫🇮
Same 🇳🇴💻
@@Helperbot-2000 what is sun?
@@ritz5606 something visible 1/3 of the year here
Here in northern Norway, the sun should be visible for the first time in the coming few days.
I've seen the sun🇸🇪
as a Dane i am glad that people like our nations, even the strange peeps from Sweden.
i replied to you with the dumbest hate comment against denmark but youtube went all laggy and buffery and shit so i had to restart the app to get the video going and when i did i saw that my comment was gone :(
Kamelåså
DANSKJÄVLAR!! 😘
@Vinther1991 Svenskefaen!
@Vinther1991 _harold hardrada wants to know your location_
I'm from the north of Scotland and have spent much time in Shetland. Most of the people there consider themselves "Shetlanders" not Scottish and many would prefer to be part of Norway. I also know lots who have emigrated there. Now, I live in Åland with my Swedish partner and our kids that were born in Finland. I love Scotland and it will always feel the most like home but living here, "the system" is so much better.
"There's a certain happiness to Norwegians"
*Lands on a graveyard street view*
🤣
Keep up the geography stuff lol, almost as interesting as Minecraft
You're much more interesting than my geography teacher XD
You have a geography teacher?
@@user-hk1vi9pz9s Yes, I'm in year 9 at school lol
@@DwellerUK year 10 American, I don't have a geography class and never have...
@@user-hk1vi9pz9s year 7, I have geography class
@@nearlysplit year 9, and i also have geography class
It is absolutely impossible to get around the Faroes without a car.. Plus you get to do the crazy tunnels!!
One of the first places I'm going when they allow British travellers back :)
@Carl Stone Yes massively limited. Car is the only way really.. There are quite a few public scheduled helicopter services though!
As a mapper I always find it awesome seeing someone enjoy geography and the world and stuff. This video was entertaining as your content usually is keep up the great work. And geography and statistics needs an hour plus long video to properly explain all the different skews that happen
"That place in russia and estonia" used to be swedish (together with Latvia) for a couple of centuries (up until the early 1800s). So it isn't that strange that it has a nordic cross.
(A bit of an aside - do look up the Republic of Jamtland (Jämtland) for a quirky weirdness)
What I take from this video is:
1. Norway had a ton of stuff in the past, that is now owned by others.
2. Romanticism is scandinavialised.
1. Honestly same for Denmark. I mean you know about the US Virgin Islands? Or the gold coast of Ghana? Or Iceland.
2. True.
@@drdewott9154 Or England, the Kalmar Union etc.
1. And to complicate things even more, all of Norway once belonged to Sweden xD
@@Dampfish "Belong" as in same king and foreign ministry, yes.
@@Dampfish The personal union with Denmark lasted from 1397 to 1816.
The personal union with Sweden lasted from 1816 to 1905 when the parliment of the now constitutional monarchy told the kinkg of Sweden to bugger off and asked a Danish prince to become king of Norway.
And its not like being in a personal unionj means one country owns another like a colony - it just means that the members of the union have the same king (or queen) like the members of the Commonwealth -would you say that today the UK owns Canada ?
This is closest you will come to someone flirting with an entire country.
My dads is a of sore oil worker and every time he works in Norway he has nothing but positive things to say and really enjoys his experiences there
Cool!
My dad has worked in norway for 8 years and he doesnt like it at all.
Great video filled with interesting facts and very entertaining commentary. Thanks Toycat!😎
This is the most entertaining video I have seen in some time. Talking about my country and our nordic brethren. Also I always find it funny the way English speaking people say Norwegian names
If it were up to me, as a Finn, I would welcome Scotland to the Nordic countries and back into the EU without a slightest hesitation!
Hell yeah! I am all for it! Lets vote! Men already wearing skirts so they would fit right in with swedes too. And we could learn Scottish Gaelic.
@@BosisofSweden Finns have a rudimentary understanding of Swedish as it is the second language in our country. Let's see you try speaking Finnish :)
(and without the use of the word Perkele) :D
@@harri9885 😅 I have tried and my god it is difficult. I drove Taxi in Borås, lot of Finns. But when I try I seldom use prerkele it actually ends up worse ... like vi&&o... Love my Finnish friends though.
But Estonia?
@@wofuldragoon5057 But Estonia what?
Just the fact that you know the difference between the Scandinavian and Nordic countries made me like your video before even watching it all ;)
As an Icelander I had no idea that the flags of Orkney and Shetlands are "Nordic" - thanks for informing me about that ;)
13:35 imagine watching some random video youtube recommended you and toycat pulls up your house on google maps
19:31 or maybe, having nothing for half of the year made them build a more resposible society in general, contrary to what you'd have in all year round warm countries where they might have a more irresponsible society because they never really needed to change anyway. "if you need more potatoes just plant more potatoes, doesn't matter if it's June or January, just the damn potatoes"
I agree. The cold and snow probably contributed to less warfare. Warfare requires lots of food which there were not lots of in the winter, and winter warfare is a real pain in the butt. (especially in the olden times)
@@Cromag3 *lols in viking* no, their secret is low population size, look at any low pop country in the world, they exhibit pretty much the same qualities as nordic countries
Wow I remember joining one of your Minecraft Xbox 360 hunger games sessions when I was young and coming second place to you in a really memorable final 2. It's super great to see that your channel is still live and well!!!
9:48 Toycat Norway didnt sell those Norwegian islands, Denmark did
Denmark sold the kids huh
@@toastytoast9800 yep sold them to the devil, and kept the rest
@@nyronlord2425 the damn ex wife allays saying it was the housebound even thou it was a common decision
@@Mira_linn do you mean Norways the wife even tho we were occupied and were tranfered to Sweden and they decided it was ok thatDenmark could keep iceland, denmark and the faroe islands
@@nyronlord2425 5 realms 1 king however the king was just as much acting on the behalf of one country as the others as he was elected by the ruling class separately in each country.
I was rubbish at geography at school.
I really like learning things from you ,tc , and you send me down lots of geo-rabbit holes . So , yeah , thank you x
You should look into the "Law of Jante", it will explain a lot about the nordic nations.
Jantelagen is the best thing ever!
It would be much more fair to call it Jantenormen (Norm of Jante)
Dude, I saw some of your videos from the other channel from time to time, never subbed as I barely play Minecraft (and not on console), and just found this channel by complete accident!! Needless to say, this is probably the best surprise in a while, I love geography and I really could not have foreseen this! Love your style of videos regardless of the content, keep up the great work across your channels! :D
Travelling in the Faroes by public transport is quite doable. They have a pretty good bus network and you can get a pass that covers them all (or certainly did a few years ago). The only challenge is that you are meant to tell the driver your destination which means having to try and work out how to pronounce the string of letters on the map.
Estonia Probably
@@Art-zn6ji Finland and Estonia are closer than Finland and the Scandinavian countries. For example, Sweden and Finland actually have different languages cultures and customs. The Scandinavian countries are Norway Sweden and Denmark, but technically Denmark is not a part of the Scandinavian peninsula, the reason that label exists is because we are very similar otherwise.
If the point of the "Nordic country" label is to make sense geographically and it does not have the Baltics, it should also by that same logic not include Denmark. If it is supposed to refer to countries that are similar or share more history, it should also include the Baltics, or at least Estonia. Because Estonia and Finland are very similar.
If Estonia is not a Nordic country, then Denmark and Finland are probably not either
@@vetar3372 Estonia even has an alternative version of its flag to be more Nordic.
Lithuania and Latvia have been with Poland for most of their history.
One simple and obvious solution to Estonia's Baltic-or-Nordic question is to invite all three Baltic states to joning the Nordic community.
@@vetar3372 Finland was part of Sweden for almost 700 years from around 1150 until the 1809. The culture and customs are very similar.
@@274727 their tradisions and language are completely different, norwegians can understand swedish, danish and maybe icelandic but the finnish language is wack
One thing I find interesting is that the main political parties in the Nordic countries are their labour parties (Centre-left).
THANK YOU for explaining that Scandinavia and the Nordics are two different things!!!!! I'm so tired of people using them interchangebly
same. i even got confused myself because of other people getting confused XD
He didn't get it completely right though. It's the Scandinavian Peninsula, but his map included Svalbard in that. And even though Svalbard is part of Norway (which is obviously Scandinavian), Svalbard itself is not.
ME TOO!! It's tiring when have to explain to fellow finns, no we don't belong to scandiavia.
@@Dampfish If it was only the Scandinavian Peninsula then Denmark would not be a part of it ;)
It has more to to with the history of the 3 kingdoms (Norway, Denmark, Sweden) and how they where linked. A part of Sweden (Scania/Skane) was Danish and then there was the Kalmar Union....
So Svalbard belongs to Norway and therefore is a part of the Scandinavian countries.
Totally agree! It is like FINALLY someone got it right ;)
Scandivanian here, I aprove this video!
Lite sen men ja, video godkänd!
Hvilket av landene er du fra?
The Faroes (when I was there) had a very good bus and ferry system.
You should look into Svalbard! It is probably the most interresting nordic island of them all!
Rockall MUST belong to Iceland once and for all ! I said it.
I don't know why I look at his titles, it's the rants that are the best bits :)
Keep safe everyone.
Maybe a secret in the US but not in Britain. We actually have geography classes in school
maybe you actually have an semi functioning educational system
Kinda funny considering how little Europeans know about American states and countries in the Americas
@@compatriot852 It is kind of boring as they in the states all speak the same language. No long history either. Many borders just a straight line. No real culture. Only two party political system. There isn't much to get curious about.
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4:16 - Almost. Norway, Sweden and Denmark entered a union, far back at the end of the Viking era. Sweden left the union, Norway... became a vassal of Denmark. In 1814, some unknown French dude lost some wars. Denmark was on that dudes side. Sweden helped fight the French dude. In return, Sweden got Norway, which from now on was their vassal. How ever... Denmark lied, and pretended that Greenland, Iceland, Færøyene, and what ever else they could manipulate from the Swedes, were never Norwegian, but Danish.
And this is how Greenland, Iceland and Færøyene, became Danish.
@@aceomiq Sov du i historie-timmarna? Sverige var inte på Napoleons sida, hör du... Danmark-Norge var däremot det. Och i fall du inte fått med dig vad som hände i Waterloo... Googla, jag tror du skulle tycka det vore intressant!
Åh, och svenska knugen på engelska är "the Swedish knig".
That intro with all of the "proven points" was really smart dude.
I watched your videos some years ago and remember getting a headache because you talked too fast. Now you have toned it down, and your videos are a lot better paced! Really like that, since the subject matter is very interesting.
Soo. Thanks for that! Now I might even consider subscribing.
BEST geography CZcams channel by far + most knowledge per minute of any channel!
As someone who lives in Yorkshire, having watched this I want to reinstate the Danelaw and become happier...
Well,the Danes were south of York, Jorvik was a Norwegian town.
@@perperald21 i can't find anything on york being Norwegian but a lot on it being Danish. Pls share your sources
@@northbound42 Eitik Bloodaxe was king af Northhumberland, he was Norwegian, Jorvik (York) was a central town in Northumberland.
I was at the Faroe Islands when I was young and it’s absolutely stunning, I definitely recommend visiting it
Greenland and the Faroe Islands are part of the Kingdom of Denmark (i.e. a Commonwealth of sorts), but not part of the state of Denmark. (Which is also why neither is a member of the EU. The Faroe Islands never joined the European Community back in the day, and Greenland joined, but left after a referendum in 1986.)
They have more devolved governments than, say, the countries of the UK (so far...), so it's a different sort of construction and that warrants them being called separate countries, and Greenland has a roadmap of sorts for independence, though there is no time frame for it as of yet. (Iceland, of course, managed an orderly and peaceful independence from Denmark back in the 1940s.)
Anyway, sorry for ranting...
Great video!
Same i want to go to the Faroe Islands badly even though its landscape is similar to ireland its like a different world
Absolutely loved this video being a scot living with a dane really enjoyed seeing her claim most of the territories of orkney and shetland for scandinavia
how is this coincidence i just looked this map up this morning and looked into it then got into the Nordic flags today then my favourite youtuber for history and geography makes a video on them. im mind blown at that.
Do be like that sometimes
happens to me too sometimes, just not the exact situation youre describing
Dammit Toycat, why must you make me super want to travel during a pandemic and also when I live in the middle of nowhere! I wanna do a big nordic trip now!
As someone who lives in Shetland, I can confirm we identify more as Scandinavian than celtic. I think Orkney are the same.
That's interesting, how much of the old language, Norn, is still used today?
20:25, wasn’t paying attention and suddenly you’re in my hometown, in the same spot I was a few hours ago
*He knows what you did last summer*
Ingria has a Nordic cross for a flag
11:40 the Flag for Scania (below sweden right to Denmark) is supposed to be little bigger, at the map it currently only shows todays size/region of Scania, while back in the days it also contained the areas Blekinge, Halland, (parts of) Småland and even Gotland. But it got divided when sweden annexed it from Denmark.
This was amazing, made my day
8:31 ah yes, Auckland, biggest city in the Nordic island nation of New Zealand.
I find it funny that my country is really similar to the Nordic countries in terms of happiness and stuff like that.
Oh no! Now people know why New Zealand is so advanced!
Toycat accidentally let it slip that New Zealand is scandinavian
New Zealand is basically the Norway of the sourhern hemisphere.
@@Pining_for_the_fjords That's what I've been thinking too. They have roughly the same population and size and they are both advanced, peaceful and stable countries. I bet they also have a lot in common when it comes to politics. Heck, they both even had tragic mass shootings by right wing extremists in recent years.
The very best with New Zealand is the haka dance. It's the Worlds most cool dance ever, isn't it ?
Which ISLAND IS BETTER ? North or South ?
Andrew, you HAVE to go to the Faroes! I went there in 2018 and it was stunning!
Yes please come visit us
It was strange seeing you going through my hometown Bodø haha. Thanks for visiting!
Tfw you're chilling watching a Toycat video and he suddenly drops into your hometown via Google Maps
I like how the netherlands almost every time has the same score
Dont go to Faroe Islands in winter.. I was hiking that place you showed in the afternoon and it got all dark while I was chased by sheep :')
Hiking in the Faroe Islands is a matter of keeping an eye on time, knowing when the sun will set, changing weather conditions and beeing realistic to what you can accomplish in such a short period with not that many sunlight hours. Don't take chances, they are plain stupid.
I went there with my two kids here in December 2020 (3 and 6 y.o.), and we had great fun - and did do both easier child friendly routes and more advanced (advanced for a child). So yes it can be dangerous, but not if you consider all risks about taking a hike, and you'll need to be realistic... and not to be afraid of sheeps!! haha
And yes, I went on the hikes alone with two small kids! and they got to be in quite dangerous positions as well, but as long as they know how to handle those kind of situations correctly, it's not a problem ;)
Yeah its gets dangerous when you hike in the snow and mist
Atleast You met someone ! Even IT was just a SHEEP !
This was a beautifully, interesting and fun Video. Thank You for This Video!!!!!
I specifically love this because
A. Gives some actual attention to the Nordic Countries & states & islands
B. I myself am a very large portion Scandinavian, and am currently planning on moving to Norway
C. There was a good bit on information in here *I didn’t even know existed*
Title: This video is about Nordic territories
Toycat: reeeeeeeee give me oil money!
I was really surprised when he pronounced "Åland" like "o-land", rather that "ah-land". It's still not correct, but it's way closer, and it shows that he put in some effort.
You should looked up the tunnel projects in Faroe Islands. Pretty amazing connecting together all the islands and making shortcuts so make safer roads than the open ones. Makes you wonder if its made by norwegians and their oil money lol.
Been living in Sweden for approx. 20 years, all im missing from my bucketlists hearby in "nordi-scandi world" is so far Iceland, Faroe, and well.. Shetlands too i guess.
Next time people ask me what is so special about Norway, I can tell them that we have adorable graveyards.
"it's almost like nordic nature has been romantisized" keeps romanticicing a little more "so good infrastructure, govermwnt caring about the future etc" lmao.
I mean to be fair a lot of the Nordic countries have had really strong romatisization periods of their history. Heck the Danish national anthem was written under such. But yeah aesthetic is something we take very dear... which is also why despite foreigners liking the modern architecture here, we as local often don't do as much.
@@drdewott9154 I mean i totally agree, i'd rather live in an older style birch cabin then one of those mordern new apartment areas.
The Norwegian infrastructure is actually a nightmare, but it might look like the perfect dream from the outside. We have everything we need to improve it but it never happens.
Maybe it's because of how cold it gets. You have to be pretty determined to make things work if you're gonna stay in a place like that.
You don't have to be determined at all to make things work here. You just invent stuff that makes living way easier. Often they are invented for you, so that you can stay comfortably inside. But then again, I'm born and raised in Denmark, been to all of the nordic countries - I don't really appreciate travelling south. I just like the cold and also the dark. You get to appreciate it in a whole other way I guess. And hey... Canada must feel the same ;)
@@jagtcurlyDK Canada isn't the same. The cold sucks.
19:45 yeah I can just say right away we’re as much outside in the winter as in the summer😂😂
might gonna use this for my geography
Social democracy?
"christian the one"
is it just me that finds toycat ranting about geography relaxing?
Always fun to hear of our small country in videos like this.
Greetings from the Faroe Islands!
I've lived in various parts of the US for 25 years, The French/Swiss boarder for 10 years, and Finland for 2 years. I've been happy everywhere. Finland is still my favourite though.
you should check out kouvola
A lot of foreign ppl think like that.
"look how cute the graveyard is"
ibx2cat: look how adorable this is
Also him: zooms in on the trash containers
Not really trash containers as many know them, but recycling containers. There's a lot of a difference there!
imagine scotland goes indipendant and just changes their flag to a nordic cross
As a Scot I would be fine with that. It would certainly break the link between the Saltire and the Union flag of Great Britain. Keep the colours, just re-orientate the cross.
I used to have a Shetland pony called Harry coz he had a lightning bolt battery on his snoot
awww