American Reacts to "Only in Norway" TikToks (Part 9)
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As an American I love watching popular TikToks about Norwegian culture. The internet has a funny way of creating the most random, and entertaining videos about Norway. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
The girl crashing with the tree is shouting "Same damn tree" Guess she tried that slope before
7:19 She says "the same f*cking tree!" so I have to wonder how many times she's hit it before 😂
It's called tree hugging in Norway!
“You can ski for ten minutes”. Oh, sweet summer child… You can ski for ten days.
He probably meant downhills, and not crosscountry skiing.
We have many tracks of downhills skiing/snowboarding that last more than 10 minutes :)
we have a saying in Norway. there is 3 months of bad ski condition
@@ahkkariq7406 Ok. You can probably ski for at least a couple of days downhill.
I'm so impressed you remembered about Janteloven!!! That's exactly it!
Well pronounced on those cuss words btw ;)
They wouldn’t close our schools unless the snow goes over the door of your house and you can’t go outside at all, and even then it’s rare they close the school. In my life school has never been closed
"fuck" is from old norse "fokka", so even half of their english curse words are from there in a way 😅
The way he pronounced it ''Kænnelskjnørr'' got me dying 🤧
He's trying and has gotten good at Norwegian!😊
Just a small correction buddy... Whale meat doesn't look like fish because Whales are mammals and not fish 😊
Correct. Very tasty when done right.
Had whalestew for dinner today. 🐋 Nam nam!
Most billionaires in Norway drive around in the same brands of cars as the rest of us, but THEY have the newest top models with every discreet luxurious comfort and technological feature imaginable. This is Norway. Even billionaires need cars that are practical and safe through all seasons, because how else are they going to go to their luxury cabins in the mountains for their Easter holidays? Most of them choose to live rather anonymously. You never see them go on TV to brag incessantly about how rich they are because a) they don't want to be kidnapped for ransom money by international crime enterprises, and b) they leave the tacky, vulgar flashiness and lack of discreet taste to the braggadocious wannabes. It's a cultural thing. They grew up in the same culture as the rest of us did.
.. brother I’m literally in my car on my way to my mountain cabin in Easter holidays..
Tyler, humpback whales could'nt eat you if they wanted to, they are baleen whales, meaning no teeth. The baileen is basically a giant sieve used to strain plankton and tiny crustaceans like krill 😂
Cmon y’all this channel is just a meeting place for all the Norwegians 😂
A lot of our newer outdoor football fields use waterborne heating to prevent it from freezing in the winter time. And around the field you have a typical Norwegian city winter, hard frozen snow and ice impossible to walk straight on without spikes or chains😅🤣
The place I'm from in Norway they are known from their use of the heating from the bottom of the fjord to heat hospitals, schools, sports facilities, sidewalks and so on😀
The “little drum” is a Sami reindeer hide drum/tambourine, traditionally used for magic.
My wife ran out of “sick days” after nine months stricken. She had to go back to work against the doctors explicit warnings. Norway is better than Sweden”
Power is never given, it’s taken💪Thanks to all the workers unions who over the years have fought for every right a worker has, the work place is now completely regulated and people are paid properly. It wasn’t like that when they first started out. If you don’t organisere it’s right back to scratch, the employer have all the power and can treat you as he or she wants. Power to the People!😁💪🤗❤️👏👏👏🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴
The pancake in the ferries called " svele" its not like an usual pancake. Its made with sour milk and baking soda with flour and some more . Whale meat is very dark and its like meat not fish. In middle Norway and north its very very normal to find whale meat in the store.
Which parts of Norway do you count as middle Norway, because I can't remember ever having seed whale meat in stores
@@CleanChimp08 i live in Trøndelag, here its very usual , one hour south of Trondheim is my place. Here its whale all over in the freezers in the stores. 🐳🐳 In west also where day have also more product made of whale . 'spekepølse" . Here its usually as 4-500gram packages, frozen. Or less. ❣️👌🏼 very good meat
I live outside of Oslo and whale meat is very common. A big whale steak is delicious but expensive here in South Norway 🇳🇴 👍
@@elisabethstermo9396 whale kost 180,- pr.kilo and meat from ox/cow are like wayyy more expensive, over 300,- pr kilo. ❣️
@@fjellrosastrikkepodcast good for you, I live in Møre og Romsdal and I haven't seen it before
Whale is VERY common in Norway. it's mostly just the few City-people that haven't tried it or eaten it at all. which is weird since the Whale meat tends to come into ports around the cities first xD
I remember about 12 years ago we had so much snow in norway that in school we build a whole tunnel system in the snow with a big base lmao, And ofc we had some massive wars with snowballs
Janteloven pronunciation - remember in Norway we use soft J's, so it's Yanteloven.
Pancake MUST KNOW:
the waffles are the heart shaped ones, the American pancakes is not what we Norwegians call pancakes, our version of pancakes are thin tortilla shaped pancakes so they are easy to confuse. So don't be surprised if you ask for pancakes then have this super thin tortilla looking thing in front of you, instead of the thick breakfast pancakes you expect. The breakfast pancakes Americans will look for would be closer to the Norwegian dessert/meal: "Lappe".
Norweigan pancaces are more like French «crépes», thin, unsweetened, can go with everything. Just egg, milk and flour.
21:55 In/around Åndalsnes you also find:
- Trollstigen (a serpentine road)
- Trollveggen (Norway's largest mountain wall)
- Trollhammeren (a rock formation that resembles a hammer)
- Romsdalshornet (a peak, level 4 climbing with 60m rope)
- Vintage steam railroad.
Nei Fjord
Norwegians party like CRAZY. Look up the norwegian 'russ' and partying, that's some crazy shit. And explains why I rather be home at the fireplace reading a book...😅
@@awoooooooooo Ah, didn't know. He asked, so..😅
On the work-life ballance, don't forget our 5 weeks vacation each year. And about 12% of the pay each month is set aside from your employer, so you get a big paycheck when you take the time off.
That's pretty smart!
You have to remember that a whale is not really a fish, and it's possible to buy whale steak at a couple convenience stores around Norway(not all of them have it)
Most Americans think that everything that lives in the ocean is a fish.
Whales are mammals, not "not really a fish", they are literally not fish.
At least in the north you can find it in most supermarkets
Yes, we love skiing in the "skogsløype", which translates to the forest track. Typically this is taking the lift up but go down outside the ordinary tracks, but also sometimes just walking up a hill and ski down, typically with forests on the last part of the trip.
Yes, we do ski in wooded areas, and the floating saunas in Oslo are amazing
Little saturday is wednesday, Friday weekend starts and party starts. Sunday is repair day. Monday is "do not want to work day" , Tuesday is "almost weekend day!" as well as Thursday.
Like we have heating floor for use in the winther, - also soccerfields have heatings as well
To the first one, the reason the field is so clean from snow is that it is cables under it, with immediately smelts the snow so that it’s easier to play!
Mentality from the north of Norway: Tame cuss words like "Fillern" (dang it) won't cut it if you're struggling with the fishing nets in the storm (of the Northern Atlantic). Only the strongest cuss words will calm the storms.
btw "kanelsnurr" is directly translated to norwegian, from "cinnemon roll"
We skate around the football field (competetive skating, not figure skating or skating for fun), because it's economic, and saves nature.
Whales are mammals not fish, and their meat is very similar to beef. Had it for dinner today.
Most ferries serve food. They are a part of the road system, and where we haven't built bridges or tunnels, we have car ferries, and some stretches can be long. So we have restaurants in them, just like we have on trains.
I have never heard of any schools closing in winter in Norway, even when there's been five feet of snow.
No such thing as "sick days" in Norway. If you are sick you stay at home. If your kid is sick, you stay at home.
FOR ANYONE WONDERING WHAT SHE SAID 7:21 SHE SAID “same damn tree”
You can get whale meat in most good supermarkets. It looks like meat because it is meat. Whales are animals, not fish.
Whales are Mammals (bouth fish and mammals are animals..) but yeah..
@@hwplugburz Yes, whales are mammals and animals, but not fish.
For the snow, a couple of years ago, we could go from the balcony on the second floor, onto the garden. Just flat on the garden, because there was so much snow. It was like going in tunnels when we went from the house to the streets. And we still have to go to school, I live in the north.
Yess our dear king is wery Humble indeed, but dude still has an Audy Limo, but I guess it is a weary understated limousin
The thing about whale meat is that a lot of folks don't know how to properly prepare it. Whale meat can very easilly get a tran taste (not sure if there is a suitable english word for it), and you need to know how to prepare it to prevent the tran taste, because that isnt a very good taste for the meat.
You'll get whale meat innstores all over Norway, you might have to look a bit for it though, as they not often advertise it 😕
If you get good quality meat, you can make some delicious meals. I often serve first timers a whale carpaccio as a starter for a meal, to really highlight the meat.
Tran = fish oil ☺️
Mixed with garlic, maybe just on the pan while cooking it, can be enough.
Some of us go skiing fast between the trees, some people including me prefer "langrenn" which is a lot calmer
«Langrenn» is known as «cross country» in the U.S.
You could have world record snowfall, let's say 20ft of snow just to have a number. You're still expected to get to school, it ain't closing
The only time my school closed ,was when the water pipes to the radiators froze and it was -20c in the class roomes
@@roojohan really? Weird. We had a similar situation, (not as extreme I guess) where the heating system stopped working so we had -5° - 5° in the classrooms depending on time of day, so we were just told to wear a jacket inside. 😂 Still hotter than the -10° or so that it was outside but still
In Norway we also have a thing called "Janteloven" which can somewhat be summarized as "toxic humility" as it usually is that you aren't better than anyone else and if you are you shouldn't show it. Which is why alot of more richer people are very silent on their wealth.
Kanelsnurr is a cinnamon roll, but more fancy in some cases.
Often the football/soccer fields that are used during winter are heated up so that there won't be snow there.
It's not a pancake, but a Svele.
The King on public transport was the previous king, Olav the 5.th (Olav V) indeed going by public transport to go skiing (cross country) in the forests around Oslo during the «oil crisis» in 1974. To save on gasoline, nobody were allowed to use their cars on Sundays. So the king went by public transport since it was a Sunday, and he decided he shouldn’t go by car when nobody else did. When he held up money to pay for his ride, the conductor politely refused it, because the king’s adjutant (idk, follower, «body guard») had already paid. 😊 This king was very well liked by the people.
The pronunciations are hilarious
Norway is so beautiful, you don't have to go to the most famous places like Trolltunga or Preikestolen. Just go to a random peak and you'll have a great time.
Yes they do, and most of them have a café you can be in. This is because the ferries can take up until two hours. 6:43
23:12 but is almost always rains in Bergen
2:50 it’s also about style. Many choose a more “royal” car style than like a Lamborghini
KANNASHNUR IM DYING😭(btw its pronounced kann-el-snur-er but like sharpen the r a bit, a bit like trying to purr as a cat just more power) 5:36
btw kanelsnurrer are cinnamon rolls
Norwegian party culture is pretty much to drink with both hands, get wasted, perhaps manage to get stable enough to go from the "førrefæst" (before party) to the bar or disco or whatever an hour or two before it closes, then buy some shots and perhaps avoid getting thrown out before finding a "etterfest" (after party) to drink all the drinks we'll really regret the day after. To avoid this regret we some times start drinking again early the next day to "reparere" (repair) before "fyllesyka" (drunk sickness) kicks in for real, and start partying again, pretty much repeating the day before with a "todagers" (two day party) so we'll spend the Sunday getting sober and the Monday getting sick complaining that we'll never drink again, until next Friday.
I live in southern Norway, and I really like your videos!
Enig
12 (or 25 special arrangement with the Gov.) sick days. 7 of which can be consecutive w/o a doctor's note.
As a norwegian, calling it a pancake makes sense, but is wrong. Idk if it has an english word but we call it a svele. It is different from a pancake, especially norwegian pancakes. The svele is usually served with buttercream (either only butter and sugar, but often butter, sugar and cinnamon). And yes, the ferry usually has the best svele lol
It is a ski-resort but we all go off-piste through the woods. Although if you check out some videos, there are plenty of people all around the world doing it. It's not like you cut down all the trees around the resort in the US either.
Ja
The longest down-slope skiing courses in Norway can last you for over an hour ;)
The open landscape skiing is called Heli-ski. Helicopter to the summit and ski down. Skiing for hours in some locations.
If eaten by a whale, just run towards the end until you're all pooped out.
"The same FUCKING tree!"
😂😂😂
Tips if you wanna climb in Norway: 16:35 do not ever climb a mountain near a big city it means tons of people and it could get annoying rather climb in peace I recommend north of Norway bc there are less ppl in north than south as a person living In south
Last one, that lookout at Rampestreken, yeah. people live there. I have family that lives there. You can see their house on the opposite side of the fjord from that view.
Skiing for 10 min 😂😂, hours
12:28 that’s definitely not much snow, one time it was as tall as my dad and he’s 6 foot
23:37 I live there. And on this spot, where you did stop the video, is the Trollstigen. It’s going up the mountain far away.
Lol it snows and then the next day it rains and then it freeze's and makes it a hell to get to work
3:39 tell that to the daddy's boys at school. Dressing up in Parajumpers (which looks like trash bags to be honest) and walking around telling everyone they are rich.
Whale meat very common. Get it from any supermarket just like a stake
16:34 yeah, you can't go to all the "cool" places you see on social media. You will be stuck in a massive group tour or there will simply be a lot of hikers. Go further north or do some research on the popularity of hiking spots. Lofoten for example has some nice mountains and when I hiked there as a child (im 19) I saw one person every hour.
Our school didn't close until the tap water froze, something about needing to have easy access to fresh drinkable water. -30C? Get your ass to school! Car needs to be started 30 minutes before leaving and windows need to be scraped.
In my town it is a flaoting sauna it is free to use
Its many places in Norway there you can skiing in over a hour just down a mountain.
sweet and lovely that you see our country the way you do! I love everything you post - wish I could contribute. I'm 100% Norwegian, so if there's anything you're wondering about or need help translating.
huge fan of you, just ask if you need something, maybe i cam send you brown cheese, or Norway , maybe u want to taste some of ur culture...
The guy who talks about not bragging about how much you have in Norway is actually a bit of a "snob" himself, you can see that from the way he's dressed 😁 that's what I thought when I saw him. A real Ferrari type 😜
Baconpølse on the ferries is my go to but sometimes I go for the svele med brunost
On the ferry, in the evening, its self service, and you punch in and pay voluntarily, there is more or less no consequence if you dont pay or put in something cheap or similar 😅 not that i have done that 😂😂
1:05 That is just normal
WHY DID THEY NAME IT RAMPESTREKEN BRO it’s hard to explain it in English but naming something so beautiful something so silly as rampestreken is just illegal😭
I would have to skip out on the floating saunas because I have a heart condition so going from really hot to cold would probably not be the wisest thing to do.
Many of our soccer fields have heatcables undre them so the ice melts.
Expectation vs reality is not like this when you live 15 min away from the place and avoid the pouplare times :D
There will be thousands of incridebilly beautyfull places in Norway without tourist; just ask the locals. 😉
So true 👍 (det beste med landet vårt)
Saunas in the winter is wonderful. You get really hot and then the now cools you off.
Drinking in Norway.. Think."viking feast" - some drink like there's no tomorrow. Most are level headed though and drink responsibly. 😊
on our school, we made a snowball that was bigger than the car in the picture, and they close the school because of that?
time: 23.35 Can you see the house I live in, yes it is actually so beautiful! Hope you get a trip to Norway soon Tyler. Visit Norway should sponsor you!
I have skis on my feet! I am Norwegian.
we do and when you go cross country skiing you don't have the fancy boots and down hill skies, only the thin skies that don't have your boots completely fasten. So that's fun down mountains, it really is^^,) we trained something called Telemark style and is a kind of a hybrid of slalom and cross country skis. you should look it up. Looks great in a national costume, Bunad.
The svearing was WEAK! You shod hear someone from the north or east! 🤣
in may/june is a fine time too go too Preikestolen ( popular mountain in stavanger in norway) ore some other mountain . not too cold or tho warm and not to many people there.
Norwegian here, never eaten whale, but ive heard from People that it tastes a bit saltier, a Lil hint of fishy taste but tastes similiar to beef?
Tyler, A whale is not a fish, it´s mammal.
3:50 it's called "jante lov" meaning Jante's law
Payed lunch breake? Nah, I've never had that in my 43 years working in private owned companies.
I love Kanelsnurrer
In norway people call him kong Harald den 5. He is a good king
The soccer field probably has heaters under. Expensive but normal for very big popular fields.
No you won’t see the king on some bus😂 maybe someone who is married to someone in the royal family but the king can Get the streets cleared and blocked of for him to drive trough. I remember I had to wait 20 minutes on a bus because whole traffic had stopped due to the king visiting. So I doubt he would be on a bus.
Whale meat is kind of normal in norway but more for elders, think that would be more of a danish thing that Norwegians has also done a bit. My grandmother love to serve whale but to me its weird so Im not eating it. Younger people are not as fancy.
Eating waffle’s and lefse on feries is like a tradition. But for me personally toast🤤
When it comes to partying Norwegians are the worst, most of us start to drink at 16-17 and at the country side they can be as young as 14 when they start drinking. Not that its legal… but its always Been like that. Drinking and partying is a huge part of our today society. Its not uncommon to party every weekend and sometimes during work days. Specially when you are young but also my parents that are 60 years old. House parties are common, sadly theres alot of drugs assosiated with house parties.
We do not eat a lot of whales, depending on the region, but most have perhaps tried it once. Personally, I have tasted it more than once, and sometimes it tastes like meat, other times it tastes like meat marinated in fish oil.
Winter in Norway. Soccer teams have to practice all year around.
The ski path is realy easy i have skid in terreng like that
most soccer fields are outside courts. line 99%. This is a bit ovdr the top though. they usually sand the ice
14:59
"Faen" literally means "the devil" and is a curse word because you're essentially calling him to you.
"Jævel" also mean the devil, but you're essentially claiming that whoever you are talking to *is* a devil.
18:28
10 minutes?
A ski trip usually lasts hours, not minutes.
The thought of getting a waffle at a restaurant has never occurred to me. But I think Oslo Vaffelrestaurant could be a major hit simply because it would be something that everyone coming to Oslo had to experience at least once. :) If anyone wants it, please steal the name and the idea.
Haralds Vaffel? Den finnes.
@@peacefulminimalist2028 Haha, ok!
ofc a whale look like steak and not fish, its a mammal, not a fish xDD