American Reacts to Popular Norwegian TikToks
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- čas přidán 19. 11. 2022
- Check out me and my twin brother reacting TOGETHER here:
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TikTok is certainly a reliable and popular way to find funny or entertaining videos about any topic you can think of. That is exactly why I am very interested in searching for Norway in TikTok and reacting to whatever videos pop up. I'm not exactly sure what we are going to see here today, but it should be very interesting. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
As a Norwegian I find it weird that people find putting stuff on bread is weird xD What else am I supposed to do? Eat the bread withoun anything on?
True🤣🤣🤣
ja sant! Og d at vi har mat på tube 😮😮🤣🤣😂😂
takk, det brage sa
Ja! Tror dem at vi møvler pålegge da eller!? Men jeg må si noe… team bacon ost
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Jeg er helt enig med deg.😀🤣
Norway, Sweden and Finland (E: Also, Denmark, Iceland) all traditionally leave babies to sleep outside in the fresh air. My brother (Finnish) had a problem when his daughter grew bigger but refused to take a nap anywhere besides the balcony. So, when it was cold outside, they had to dress her up in her winter jumpsuit for every nap. Then, when her little sister was born, she went right back to that habit because her little sister got to sleep on the balcony, so she wanted to as well.
Dont forget about us Danes as well ! :D
And Iceland as well
You can add Denmark to the list!
I had to show my foreign husbond the helath authorities guidelines and all the prams line up outside in the daycare, to convince him to let our son sleep outside.
When Dad found out that half an hour indoor nap becomes two hours outside - and of cource felt how warm he actually was, he was all in!
Peace and love to our sister nations
We also do that in Denmark
And greenlandic
You can absolutely bet there is a mother or a father watching those sleeping babies like a HAWK 😂
It's good for them to sleep outside, with fresh air and natural light, and people leave them alone and it's kind of cool to see the effect it has socially.
By that i mean, complete strangers will see these strollers outside cafes or schools, and they will go far away to smoke or take a phonecall so as to not disturb them,
skaters will hop off their boards to make less noise etc. Not true for everyone im sure, but most people are well used to this.👍
I worked in daycare centers where we wrapped the babies up and put them outside to sleep. We were out there looking after them and there are restrictions and guidelines to make sure they are safe in their prams. It seems totally normal to me now.
I mean depends on what you mean with "like a hawk". People usually have some sort of camera or babyalarm with them, maybe checking every 30-60min. It's not like they are sitting inside the window eyes locked on the baby.
They usually have work to do.
@@tst6735 wha?
As a norwegian, i can approve
The "norwegian arm" is most common in a family setting, especially while eating taco🙂 You'll talk together while grabbing what you want. Wouldnt happen in a restaurant or in a formal setting.
Yeah, why is it ALWAYS taco tho?😂
@@Bean-kh9cu because it's just so good! 😅
@@ceciliemeyer5107 indeed it is 😂
The baby is all snug and in really warm clothing and special bedding when sleeping outside. The crisp fresh air really gives them the best naps.
Edit: Yes it's really common. Everyone does it. Kindergartens do it.
Not only in Norway, in all north countries
@@proksima6708 Yes, in Finland it is a common practice.
I sleep best with outside or with the windows open, it is likely my subconscious remembering my naps outside inmystroller. Here in northern Sweden it is very common.
@@najroe same with me in Norway, if its gets over 19 degrees in my room while i sleep i start sweating lol. Makes it pain to go to warm places tho 😅
About babies sleeping outside, there was a story that went the rounds a while back about a Norwegian woman in the US who got into huge trouble with social services for leaving her baby outside the restaurant while she sat by the window inside eating her lunch. Of course, in Norway that's not a problem. But in the US that doesn't fly at all apparently.
EDIT: Somebody kindly fact checked this, and it appears this happened with a woman from Denmark back in the nineties. Thanks to everyone who let me know, facts matter!
I thought it was a Danish woman?
I searched it up and it says that it was a Danish woman who left her baby outside a restaurant in new York in 1997.
I think it’s mainly because of the safety difference. A Norwegian person wouldn’t bat an eye if they saw a stroller unattended because it’s so engraved in our culture. No Norwegian person, not even a criminal would want to hurt or steal an unattended baby. But in America that’s not the case and leaving your baby outside could cost the baby’s life. I’ve even read stories of babies in America being snatched out of the parents arms so there’s definitely a big difference in terms of safety.
She was swedish when I heard it xD
@@gel87Kjetil that's another case that happened after the Danish woman. But i didn't find anything about a Norwegian woman who have done that.
Here are some parts of the info on the internet i found:
Danish woman: On a chilly May evening in 1997, Sørensen, then an actor in her 30s, parked her 14-month-old daughter in a stroller outside a barbecue restaurant in Manhattan’s East Village while she and the baby’s father, a New York-based playwright, had margaritas inside. The parents were arrested on child-endangerment charges and child welfare authorities briefly took charge of the girl.
Swedish woman:
AMHERST, Mass (Reuters) - A Swedish woman who police say left her baby unattended outside a Massachusetts restaurant while she ordered food inside was reported to a state agency for possible child maltreatment, officials said on Monday.
Police said they were summoned to the Bueno Y Sano eatery in the western Massachusetts college town of Amherst on Friday after the 1-year-old boy was left alone in his stroller on the sidewalk for about 10 minutes.
The woman, who authorities did not identify, said she “found nothing wrong with the situation” and that it was common in Sweden to leave young children alone outside a restaurant, said police.
Norwegians have letterboxes. Packages that don't fit they pick up at a post office. Many post offices are in grocery stores though so the opening hours are not terrible (except closed on Sundays). You can also request to have it delivered at the door for an extra fee.
You can also use other carriers, some deliver to the door and so on.
I work as a pre-school teacher, every day we let the kids sleep outside unless there is Extreme weather.
You put on a water proof' ' coat " on the trollies, add blankets, sleeping bags etc to adjust to the weather so the little ones are comfortable and safe!
You dress the kids with layers preferably of wool or fleece in winter, or just cotton layers depending on the weather!
I know you watched a video on how to dress for Norway, that applies for babies too!
It's rules about what's allowed and not, like you can not cover up too much of the opening, cause they need air. You have a net to prevent bugs and animals to enter the trolley, + you use baby monitors/callers etc! What parents do at home, is up to them! But usually you put babies within eye sight and check on them every 5-10 mins and maximum every 15
In kindergarten/pree school you usually have one person sit outside on ''guard duty''
Why do they sleep outside though. I really don't get it.
@@Nico_boost Fresh air is good for you.
Children who are napping outside usually are not as restless and don't wake during their nap outside, which helps children wake up feeling refreshed and ready to go again. It is believed the cold and fresh air helps oxygenate the brain and release melatonin allowing them to sleep longer and feel relaxed while sleeping.
Naturally back in the day people didnt know anything about oxygenation etc, they probably only noticed the beneficial effects and went with it. And today just about everyone knows that outdoor babies sleep better.
@@Nico_boost They sleep better, fresh air and your body gets used to being outside.
It's apart of our culture to spend time outside, hiking, camping, skiing, rowing .. you name it, and the sooner kids get used to it the better.
There is no harm in it, you just got to dress properly and be prepared.
It's also a thing that hearing the wind, rain etc can be calming to humans.
Someone said it's for the sun and vitamin D, yea that's probably also apart of it.
Because during winter it might just be 3-4 hours of light and thats often the time kids sleep.
Or play outside. Sleeping hours varies from child to child but usually in kindrgartens/preeschool from 11:30 - 14:00.
By 15:00, it's already starting to get dark where I live.
And continues darkness can really do you in.
If I worked in an office, I'd never really see much of the day at all.
Because I'd spend those precious hours of light inside, and that's kind of depressing.
Something I defiantly don't want for any one.
@@Nico_boost I forgot to mention, that Norway is very safe too, which I belive plays in as to why it's fine to do it.
@@Lamapanty @Kronop Better air quality is fair, but I couldn't find any studies to back up anything else. Just opening a window would have the same effect. I am also from Norway :)
As you probably already know: There is no bad weather, only bad clothes.
In Nordic countries, we dress the babies really warm when they’re in the stroller and besides the warm cozy clothes they’re also in this kind of sleeping bag that’s for babies in the stroller and you can also cover it. If you’ve been out and had the kid with you in the stroller and it fell asleep, it’s so warm and toasty in there that there’s no reason to wake it up just to get it inside. You just let it continue napping a bit more. It’s not like we force them to nap outside in the cold.
This is very healthy for the children to sleep outside even in the cold. We all do that in Scandinavia and the children are kept warm in the buggy with warm cloth.
Sleeping out in a thick sleeping bag made of sheep-fur... ( 40 years old and family have slept in it before.) They sleep so well in those.
The Norwegian arm thing isn't true in my experience. - We're told reaching over the table in stead of asking someone else is rude. We're also told not to lean on the table with our elbows. Table manners and etiquette is somewhat important to most Norwegians
Yes, and we learn to put, e.g., the salt back to the spot where everyone can reach it. If not, you can be asked if you are married to the salt 😂
Maybe its a regional thing. It is absolutely a thing in Trøndelag. We joke about it with colleagues. I've had folks who visited other places and use the 'Norwegian arm' at their host table and get looks and had to have the 'we ask to pass' talk.
@@TheAccidentalViking I've lived several places around the Northwestern parts and "midt-Norge" including Tr.Heim and to your point it's most likely a generational thing(I think). - Young ppl seem to be a bit more informal than the previous generations
@@sebastianflesjandersen939 That could be. These were younger colleagues who were telling me the stories, but I'm sure my ex mentioned it as well. (we're mid- 50s)
@@oh515 Absolutely hilarious and indeed super Norwegian 😆. I remember putting my elbow on the table and holding/supporting my head with my hand and got told: 😅
Packages are picked up at the closest store, as they act as post-offices as well. A regular post-office is rarely used. We also have pickup-points, which are storages outside that can be unlocked with your phone. You connect your phone to the pickup-point with bluetooth and an app, then the door for your package opens up.
When you order a package you have different delivery options, one of them is to get it delivered to your door. This option usually costs more than picking it up at the post office or at your local grocery store
it's not just Norway, in Lithuania we too leave babies to sleep outside in a pram (especially if you have your own garden). You sleep much better in fresh air. I did that with my kids, and when I was growing up, we lived in a flat, but it had balcony, so my parents would out me there to nap.
Same in Sweden.
It's so funny that people don't understand how the planets axis and/or tilt works 🤣🤣🤣
I tell my family and friends who live in easier climates, 'I don't have a bad attitude. I have a bad latitude!'
@@TheAccidentalViking Hahahaha. Den satt! 🤕🤕
hehe I think most of this is "Nordic" normal things. Makrill i Tomat and the squeezy cheese like Skinkost = Ham/cheese, Baconost and Räkost =Shrimp/cheese is very popular as breakfast spreads in Sweden too :)
I'm lithuanian and I also used to leave my baby to sleep outside in the winter, just because all the fresh air and warm bedding give them the best naps. We also used to go strolling during snowfall. My son loves watching snowflakes fall 😊
"Mackrell, like a fish"
Boys, this is were we take a moment of silence.
Hodet ned.
"It's 1630 and the sun is gone, it's dark" - Yet I can see everything on the video clearly, so it's not dark.
I can say to all Americans out there if you are not comfertable with browncheese look at gordon ramsay when he were in norway.
He loved it:)
So don't be scared it doesn't bite :)
A lot of the super expensive prices you're encountering in these videos are mostly in the biggest cities. Obvious the some of the tiktokers haven't experienced actual Norway, just metropolitan big cities
Both my kids napped outside, Even in the middle of the winter. It could be -25 degrees outside but they where warm and loved to sleep outside.. 🤗
No, the middle-class thing is not exaggerated. Well, having TWO cabins might be a bit over the top, we rent a cabin for winter, own one for summer. Been to Gran Canaria twice, but also Spain, Italy, Bulgaria, Germany , Estonia ... all over Europe really.
I thought I was slightly below middle class. With friends in the middle class and slightly above. But apparently, I am lower class if what people are saying is true. Maybe I am so used to seeing the middle class and lower class in other countries through social media, and my vision of Norway and our classes has been skewed?
It would be fun to watch you react to Russetiden, and episodes from the TV-show «Alt for Norge» ( Everything for Norway) with Norwegian-American participants 😊
Or just the whole show :00
Russetid would absolutely horrify him, lmao.
@@Akrilloth hence the fun ^^
He reacted to russetiden in "American Reacts to the WEIRDEST Things Norwegians Do"
Omg yes
Disgusting to have cheese in tube says people that have cheese in spraycans 🤭🇧🇻
And they put harmful chemicals in most of the foods, I mean they must prioritize cancerous genes?
Having the babies nap outside in the stroller is a Nordic thing; we all do it lol!
//A Finn in Sweden
If it is a Nordic thing, then Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are also Nordic 😊
If the packet is small enough to fit in your mailbox, they'll leave it there. Larger packets you pick up, or you can get them sent home for an extra fee. Ps. This guy is on YT: MoneyTimeQ.
I am SO GLAD I have to go to the post "office" (really just my local grocery store) to pick up packages. I don't want expensive computer parts and whatnot just dropped off on my front door...that's just insane that they do that in the US.
@@JustLiesNOR My son orders computer and electronic parts all time. We get a delivery time and they come right to the door, after 5pm, so either he is here or I am. Other times, if it's small enough, they will put it in our mailbox which is secure. I have two sets of retired neighbours with nothing better to do than be nosy, so no porch pirates here.
6:19 packages beyond a certain size are delivered to a pickup point, which could be grocery store or similar. Not all groceries have it, but there will be several pickup points to choose from.
Yep and it depends on where you live. I have a door on the ground floor and I get large packages left on my veranda all the time. If you live in an apartment building, they aren't going to walk it up or leave it in a 'communal' area. We don't get mail delivery every day anymore, just every other day and not on weekends. Norges Post isn't known for their service, especially now that they've sold the post office points off to grocery stores. There is one I have to avoid because they don't know what they are doing, every time I have gone in there, and the woman who manages the place knows me by sight now and holds a grudge because I dared speak up to correct her twice. So, I will go in the other direction or shlep my parcels all the way to Bakklandet, where they bother to train their staff and I always get super helpful service with a smile.
@@TheAccidentalViking yes, and I’d say based on which shipment companies used. DHL and FedX tends to deliver on door or steps, based on how and where you live. Others tends more to pickup points.
@@artificiusintelligence4996 I get parcels dropped to my door by Bring, but it's stuff I order and organise. If someone sends me something from overseas and it doesn't fit in the letterbox, I will get a notification to pick it up. A Swedish company I used to order from had a list of 'pickup points' I could choose from, but now they deliver to the door for less than the cost of a bus ticket. Not all pick up points are convenient for someone without a car, so I have to make sure their pick up point was practical for me. I live out in the country, so what might look like the nearest as the crow flies is absolutely not practical in my case.
"Makrell i tomat" you either love it or hate it, that's so true.
There was literally 1 person in my elementary school who ate it, at school at least. Every time she opened her lunchbox, the horrible smell spread out in the entire room, we didn't appreciate that😂
@@nori8867 no one thinks that it smells good.
your breath will stink for hours, But I personally love the taste.
I still to this day sleep with my bedroom window open during winter. Doesn't matter the temperature, fresh air just makes you sleep better. Thats why you have good coverrs, so you aren't actually cold, its just nice and fresh :)
11:42 for a restaurant dinner, you could say $16-$35 would be the normal range for restaurants.
25 is what I would expect for an ok meal at a mid range resturant. like the meal itself is about 20, and then add in a drink. if you add in a good meal, drink and dessert then you can easily spend 50 pr person. I feel 16 is more in the fast food or lower range places
@@Tanjaaraus yes I totally agree. $16 would be considered cheap restaurant or fast food.
Nothing like fresh air when napping 😎❤️🇧🇻 Even the kindergarten put the small ones out for napping 😎🇧🇻
5:53
as an norwegian: you can choose if they should deliver to house or to an nearby store but its often more expensive to deliver to house
The pick up at post office thing:
You can order to have it delivered at home, but it's usually at an extra cost. And not everyone is at home when the package arrives, so it's safer to pick it up at the local post office yourself whenever you are available.
Some of these things are common in Finland too, like that winter thing and that we leave our babies napping outside, I think we leave them sleep out, because they get fresh air, but I’m not actually sure what’s about and they are there alone, but usually we put baby monitor in the baby carriage so we can hear when the baby wakes up or starts crying.😅
My inlaws ask to pass things across the table instead of reaching over eachother which is especially important at breakfast when there's 5000 different bread toppings to choose from x)
American: tubes are kind of disqusting to us....
Also American: dips in a huge jar over and over and over...exposing whatevers in there for bacterias evrytime they take of the lid🤔
Norwegian working in a Norwegian kindergarden for about 15 years.
Kindergarden is a little different in Norway. Parents have payed leave for 1 year after a baby is born, and its devided between both parents (the first part, and oftest longest part is usually taken by the person giving birth)
Most kids start kindergarden around 1 year. Most kindergardens dont have room to let that many kids sleep inside so they sleep in strollers outside. Also, when on leave the parentd usually go out and meet other during the day and thus babies sleep in strollers outside 🤷♀️
I wonder if maybe Americans never take their babies for a stroll? There are enough states which experience seasonal changes. It's cold, you go for a walk, eventually your baby will fall asleep 🤷♀ It's of course not the same as putting your baby outside for a general nap but also not so much of a foreign concept that one really couldn't wrap their head around it, I would think?! 🧐 Humanity would have gone extinct thousands of years ago if our bodies couldn't cope with the cold.
they can deliver mail to ur house if u order it to be delivered to ur house tho xD
I live in the very north of Norway, in the arctic circle. We have about two months with no sun in the sky, though daylight can be seen for some hours. This period is called Mørketiden(the dark time). There will be near complete darkness in the deepest winter for a few weeks. In Summer there is a period where the sun never sets with 24/7 daylight.
Jeg har besøgt Nord Norge om sommeren, og det er så så så utroligt smukt 💖 og sjovt at være oppe midt om natten og det er lyst ☺️
US actually is also Alaska. Similar light summer dark winter 😎🇧🇻
Yeah, it's called 'latitudes'.
Getting round in the winter is tough if you're on foot. Many areas on sidewalks aren't shoveled. Worst part is when it turns to slush, gets all uneven and then freezes again. I have to wear 'piggdekk' on my shoes to walk to go to the grocery store. Regarding the babies: The babies are all dressed in wool and fleece and in a sleeping bag. If it's colder than -10C we don't do it. (I worked in daycare for 7 years here.) We check on the babies frequently and/or have a monitor in the pram. It super sucks to be poor in such an expensive country. Kveldsmat is because most Norwegians eat their dinner so early. Brown cheese is delicious. And don't look down your nose at the cheese in tubes when your 'American Cheese' isn't cheese, but cheese flavoured Kraft Valveeta or its called 'Cheese Wizz.
The solution is a spark for these occasions.
@@MissCaraMint can't bring a spark onto the bus.
Napping outside is very common -even in daycare, they all nap outside all year
If you can reach something on the table, then you do. You only ask people to "pass the salt" if you can not reach it, or if there is candle between you and the thing you want.
I live in Sweden but guess Norway have a similar system. Smaller things like letters or really small packages often gets delivered to your door. Bigger packages gets delivered to nearest post service place, which often is a grocery store. You can often pay a little extra to get it delivered to your house even if it's a big package.
The cool thing about it being dark almost all day in the winter is that it is the opposite in the summer. Then the sun only sets for a couple of hours.
Norway typical meals in a day:
Breakfast - 6-10 am
Lunch- 10-12 am
Dinner - 5pm. homemade warm meal.
Supper 7-8pm
The other 3 meals are like a quick meal, 2 slices of bread with some kinda spread is very common. So is cereal for breakfast and supper
I work in a Norwegian daycare, and right now we're experiencing a really cold winter. We usually dress the kids up in several layers of warm clothes and let them sleep in their sleeping bags in the strollers outside, but because the temperatures dropped under -15 degrees Celcius we've had to let them nap inside lately. Their strollers and sleeping bags are designed for colder temperatures, but their limit is usually -15 degrees. It's been a bit of a struggle letting them sleep inside, for several reasons. One thing is that they're just not used to it. When they sleep inside they'll overheat if we put them in their sleeping bags, and it just doesn't feel like "nap time" to them if they don't have them. Besides, it's harder to fall sleep inside because the air is more stuffy. Then there's the problem of finding room for everyone. Only about half the kids still need to take mid-day naps, so finding a quiet place where the toddlers can sleep without the older kids disturbing them has been a challenge. It's also much quieter outside in general.
we use to have the baby sleep right outside the door to the balcony or in the garage where we don't wake it up when we talk at home. but we don't let them sleep in the middle of the street and we follow them all the time.
All those “squeezable foods” are soft cheese with different flavors. It’s cheese. And don’t say it’s weird cuz Americans eat string cheese and spray cheese. The only weird thing about these cheeses in tubes are the ones of the brand “Kavli” because kavli means “boner” in Greek, so it’s like you squeeze this white cheese out of the boner package.
Hey, what's going on everyone?
I am just a typical average Norwegian. Through your videos I have learned a lot about typical average Americans, would be fun to visit the US one day.
The leaving babies outside to nap in the carrier thing is something every Nordic country does. Everyone does it. The carriers are well insulated, and the blankets are thick with warm stuffing. It was done to me when I was a baby. It's very good for them to hear all the surrounding sounds. It's relaxing. And you don't leave them for hours upon hours. Usually it's 30 minutes to maybe an hour.
1st one: it is ofc big difference in if you are in mid or north Norway, or in Oslo Center earea,where they put salt on the roads.. 3: its very healthy, and they sleep better when they are outside in the fresh air- it ofc depends where in Norway we live , we dont do it if we live in a middle of a big city, but in the outskirt, sure, its good ... 4, about post package delivery, they DO deliver at your door too. You just have to order that service, and it cost you around 5 usd extra.. the tube cheese is very practical, specially when we go hiking. 25 usd for every meel,, nope that is not true ! you can find a LOT of different food and get full for under 10 usd, in a not very fancy,but normal even restaurant you pay maybe 25 usd,, but thats on a restaurant ! a BIG kebab in pitabread is 7,5 usd... for example...
I work with 1-3 year olds and can confirm they sleep outside all year around. In summer maybe in only a diaper and a thin cotton blanket, in winter in woolen bodysuit and stockings, with thick knitted woolen pants, sweaters, socks, mittens and hats over that and then they have a thick, wool or down stuffed sleeping bag in their prams, if it's very cold they also have woolen blankets in addition to the sleeping bag. If it's below freezing we also use cold-cream on their faces to protect the skin from drying out in the cold. Some kids will sleep for 3 hours in temperatures as low as -15°C (note that babies under the age of 1 should not sleep outside if temperatures are below 10°C as their respiratory system isn't developed enough)
Letting babies nap outside also happen in Sweden and Denmark. Though I think it's more a rural thing than a city thing here in Sweden.
It also happens here in Finland
If you have dinner around 3-5 pm, you're probably going to get hungry in he evening, hence the 4th meal. Breakfast in the morning, lunch at school/work, dinner when you get home, supper if you're hungry later.
In the weekend you'd be more likely to eat dinner later, so supper is more likely to get skipped.
in Norway we have something called: babycall. it's almost like two Walkie Talkies. But only one of them actually hears what is happening. If the baby cries or screams, you who are looking after the child will hear it.
The baby napping outside is normal, often on a balcony. The baby is often alone, mostly at home, and the baby is dressed in clothes warm enough for the weather
Norwegian arm??!!?? Being Norwegian I have never heard of it. If you are properly brought up you ask politely to pass whatever to you.
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The norwegian arm is common in many familiys.
5:52 For delivery of packages, it's about the size. If it fits in your mailbox, it will be delivered. if not, you'll get a note or a SMS with information with where to pick it up. But since the postal service no longer have a monopoly on package distribution, some packages will be dropped off at your door, and some companies will send a text message before delivery, then leave the package at the nearest pick-up point if you can't receive it in person.
Going for the cheese... Cheese in tubes are easy to use, especially when hiking - no spilling in the bag/sack before you just squeeze it in bread/crisp bread. And norwegian cheese... heard of Jarlsberg? IMO the best in the world... I am of cause biased...😁
Brown cheese, the one made of goatmilk is absolutely my favourite. 💛
This is quite common in several European countries I have been to. When I was a baby (I'm 64) it was also usual for parents to leave babies outside the house (in their prams of course) in all but the coldest or wettest weather. Outside shops, too. Whole line of prams outside the shop while mums were shopping inside. That said, I think in Norway they have to put troll nets up.
The "pov middle class" one was too relatable LMAO
No, we get packages at the door too, but you can also choose options where you pick the parcel up at a supermarket near you (Post in Store - the modern Post Office). 🤗
We sometimes call Makrell i Tomat "Flykrasj" as a joke. It translates to "airplane crash", as it red mushy stuff inside an aluminium casing, and it does look like a crash of some sort lol
I live in Switzerland and the prices are quite similar so I am not sure about the "most expensive country in the world". You may look up the prices and hotel rates.
As a general rule you can multiply the dollar by ten to get the value in crowns. It ofcource varies a bit, but for a long time it has been around ten crowns for a dollar. Even if you don't get the actual exchange rate for the day, you will have a pretty general idea of what people talk about when they mention norwegian prices.
You know I remember when multiplying by 10 was for pounds, and the dollar was only times 7. *Sigh*.
We all slept outside in the snow in the winter as babies. Part of what made us Norwegians I guess. Have to be prepared for the climate when you grow up ;)
I slept outside in minus 20 degrees when I was four months old. I learned to crawl in the snow
About the mailcar, they used to be like a transit connect-type cars but now no one will accept nothing but important mail. No commercials
Well we used to pay around 160 to 170 Euro pr room in Italy back in 2005 for similar standard. So Norwegian Hotels are not that pricy compared to Europe at least.🤗🇧🇻
The expensive food is because there aren't a big tipping culture(at least not as in us), so food is priced so people actually get a decent salary. The alcohol is taxed really highly (to try to regulate consumption but also paying the welfare system)
the thing about the middle class video is that it actually isnt really exaggerating anything, the middle class usually have a pretty nice house, tesla, a nice audi or both, at least on of the two cabins if not both, and the holiday to southern europe almost every year!
I don't mind the darkness. It is the lack of darkness in the summer, which is a pain - it is so hard to sleep, when birds are chipping outside your window
Norway is generally a safe country, and you do make sure your baby is safe before you let them sleep outside. People do it because it's considered a good thing to get fresh air, and so sleeping outside is a good thing. They are of course wrapped in sheep skins and what not, so they don't freeze, and the parents watch them all the time from a window. They don't do it for every nap though, it's just done when you can be bothered to do it.
About packages, default is that you get notification on a postal service app (or the cards in your mailbox if you're more traditional and don't want the app). There's few post offices left, insted there's a post counter in lots of grocery stores ("Post in store" concept), both for packages and other mail, sending or receiving. You can have your PO box there too.
But lots of times, I think from most webshops etc, you can pay a little extra to have the package delivered to your door. Another option is to get your package delivered to a sort of unmanned postbox service. Not your PO box (if you have one), but a "wall of post boxes" where your package is delivered. You get a code on the app or another security solution, so nobody else can pick up YOUR package.
Babys sleeping outside is a scandinavian thing. The babies are clothed for the weather and it's often times a thing where the baby falls asleep in the baby wagon while out and you let them finish sleeping undisturbed. You don't toss your naked baby in the wagon when it's naptime XD
USA also has a state where there's limited sunlight in winter and sunlight all day in summer. You have Alaska.
It all just depends how far north you are. The sunset in the state of washington is very different than in Florida for instance.
Yes Norway is expensive. But you can get a good meal and a hotel, that has good standard, a lot cheaper than what was shown by these people.
If my kids where sleeping outside a cafe someone was always seated so they could keep an eye on them.
Btw, it’s kind’a the same in Sweden. Same cheese from the tube, fish in tomato sauce in a can, sleeping babies in the cold, everything too expensive, the mail delivery car is also that tiny thing but different color etc. so it’s kind’a the same.
Wow, at 2.23 there were footage from my hometown Voss :) Love you're videoes
Canadian here, my mother put her babies outside to nap in the pram, no matter the weather, except in the heat of course, this is going back to the 50s and 60s when people were raised tougher than today.
the prices for meals can go way lower, i have a local resturant with prices as low as 9 dollars, so it really depends on where you buy your meals
As for packages, there are services you can choose when ordering stuff online that will deliver to your door. Most packages from abroad will still have Fedex etc. But if you pick the Norwegian post office as a package option "usually the cheapest one", then you have to go to the post office or local store that has a package office to pick it up. There are other options outside the Norwegian post service, one called "all the way home" that do go to your door. But if no one is home, or the pagage is too big for your postbox. Then you have to pick it up at the post office. Not many leave it at the door here.
Hi! I'm from Trondheim in Norway. First of all I have to say that I like your videos very much. Some of what is said is "spot on", while much else of course depends on where in Norway you live, and not least where you work (a lot of strange things in that office video that I've never heard before..). People tell's us about expencive food. But remember we only rearly eat out on fancy restaurant as tourist do. That being said. There are some foods that are particularly expensive. Alcohol, sugar and some other more or less unhealthy goods are taxed extra high precisely because we must eat less of these goods. Another important thing is that you cannot compare a normal "sausage dinner" with a mussel soup at a fancy restaurant in the middle of Oslo. A better example, which I often compare myself to when I'm traveling, is the price of a BigMac. In Norway this costs about 6 USD, in Ukraine (Donetsk 2012) the same burger cost 1 USD less than in Norway at the same time. If you use an average salary, which you refer to in other videos about Norway, you see that the prices in Norway are actually not that bad :)
We don't have post offices anymore. The pickup point is at the grocery store. We can get them delivered to the door too though, it's just more expensive.
The people doing Pulpit Rock stayed in Stavanger. The Oil "Capital" of Norway. Nearly as pricy as Oslo.😎
I'm Norwegian btw
Once, when I was on holiday in Norway with my family, and was out at a restaurant, an American family sat at the table next to us, and asked the waiter about the bill. When they got the bill I heard nervous laughter from the table next to us. It didn't seem like they quite realized how expensive it was going to be.😂
But, maybe he should learn about Norway first.
You are living under a rock?
I always check the prices on the menus no matter where I am, to avoid being shocked when it's time to pay. If I traveled to the US, I would have added 20% to the prices on the menus to have enough for the added tips and sales taxes.
@@Kari.F. Exactly👍
@@hildeandersen2202 That’s what I thought to
Babies napping outside has so many upsides! The primary being an improved immune system - less prone to disease. But it also acclimates the baby for our climate. But we don't leave them out unprotected, we make sure they are warm, have enough padding and insulation to protect against the harsh environment. But this really helps our kids to adjust to the climate of the arctic region of earth.
I was living in Lofoten, Norway and this is totally true! Babies take a nap outside. It doesn't matter if it is snowing or not! They have good stroller and good clothes.
And you need different clothes for different activities!..very expensive clothes, but good quality!
Normally politely they say: Excuse my Norwegian arm!!
Studies shows that napping outside has several benefits. Their immune systems improve, the fresh air has an effect on the quality of their sleep, and so on. However there is a limit to how cold it can be for us to do this and we dress them up in a lot of layers to make sure they are warm and comfy at all times. And also you wouldn't do this downtown with a lot of strangers walking by
Norway tend to have food like spread on bread for breakfast, lunch and a after dinner(7pm) meal around 8pm-10pm, in Norway. So since bread is part of 3 meals easily this is probably way we have so many types of spreads.
Macrell in tomato sauce spread… we norwegians also have a live hate relationship with this spread, mostly because it has a strong smell.
It would be fun to watch you react to Russetiden, and episodes from the TV-show «Alt for Norge» ( Everything for Norway) with Norwegian-American participants
My kids are born in 1994 and 1996. At that time it was common to let the children sleep in their strollers outside a cafe while the parents was inside eating or drinking coffee. (We could see the strollers from the windows) If some children woke up, it was not unusual some stranger would shout out: it is a kid in a blue stroller awake/crying/etc. and then everyone with a blue stroller would run out and check their babies 😄
This is not as common outside cafees anymore (as it used to be) but children still sleep outside in strollers in kindergardens and outside their homes.
My vacation cabin is literally a house with a second floor.
It's very normal in Scandinavia, Iceland, Greenland and Faroe Islands, that babies nap outside all year round, they're in a warm onesie and a thick duvet. Mom or dad will maybe once or twice have a look, some put a baby alarm in the baby carriage.
Some places in Norway it's dark all day in winter, and bright all day and night in summer. While other places there's a more normal rythm. But all places there is more dark in the winter, and more light in the summer, so it kinda evens out, even though it's crap lol
I live above the arctic cirkle. In the summer we have sun all night, the midnight sun, and in the winter it's dark all the time.
About the napping babies outside...very common in Sweden too.. I was born in late 70's and my mom put me in the stroller to nap and put it on the porch. I slept like a baby..haha...she did this to my older brother and younger sisters as well so no problems at all:)
Baby sleeping outside in almost any weather, are a Nordic thing.
You will see this in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, as well as Norway.
And yes parents go out to check the babies every few minutes.
And the babies are well dressed, and usually in a bag with fur.
Great video! You should have fans send you norwegian candy and food, and make a video where you try it 👍