BEST and WORST Parts of Living in Norway | American Reacts (Part 2)
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As an American I have wondered what it is like living in Norway compared to the United States. Today I am very interested in continuing to learn about the best and worst parts of life in Norway. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
Well as far as I know, there is no Amazon in Norway due to the fact that Amazon is .. . . a shit company that treats their employees horribly. (Also we have our own stores instead)
Yeah iirc Amazon did want to open up shop here, but they walked it back due to the worker protection laws, which they didn’t want to comply with, no source so take it with a grain of salt.
Sour grapes.
Amazon has a HUGE selection with free, quick delivery.
@@SauceyRedHN yea that’s what I remember happening too, but again, I have no source either
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Did...did you...did YOU call someone "sour grapes"?
The dictionary just called and wanted to use that as an example of irony.
They have a collective agreement in Sweden. I don’t think ”Söta bror” has that bad working conditions.
What! Norwegian beaches are not all cold!! Yes you can go swimming. 20 c and above is common in some places. And theres no dresscode like she is talking about. This woman must be talking about far north…I was swimming for hours on and off in the summer as a kid. With breaks off course as you eventually get cold and tired. So many places have nice temperatures. Ive experience 25 c in the water at highest. It’s pretty common to get 22c at least.
Helt enig det er mange steder med over 20˚ så jeg skjønner ikke hvor hun har dette fra.👋🏻🫡🇳🇴
@@mr.g5593ja sant. Det er ikke 30 grader i vannet. Men det er det ikke alle «sydensteder» heller. Går fint an å bade mange steder i Norge. Selv nå har det jo vært badetemperatur enkelte steder pga finværet.
I had to check on Yr.no after watching this, and right now it's 24,5°C /76°F in the water at my local beach Frognerkilen (Oslo).
When talking about eating out, she is not speaking to Norwegians. Probably to foreigners moving to Norway or something.
Yeah she was referring to Europeans
Most norwegians use to cook and eat at home, and set their pride in serving good food.
In the summer, we can have nice bathing temperatures in the southern part of Norway.
Yeah, that's just wrong what she is saying.
Ye, this winter was extreme. We had snow for like 14 days :o
Snowless years aint uncommon.
Not only in the south, you can have nice temperatures quite far north too, but for a shorter period of time in the summer :-)
I live on the west coast, and the ocean temps during summer is around 18-21°C (66-68 °F), perfectly comfortable for a swim...
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No, she's saying the exact opposite.
She's saying that the habit of going out often that upper middle class and rich people in some other countries often have does *not* work in Norway because of the high cost of services.
This is a habit especially in dome Asian countries, but exists in some European countries too.
If I only got a dollar every time Tyler misread, don't listen or jumps to conclusion....
@@okklidokkli You could be very rich 😅
She is talking crap: National speed limit is 80kmh (50mph) on country roads. 50kmh (31mph) in cities/around dense population. And 100/110kmh (68 mph) on highways.
Highways are not considered a "national" speed limit. But many regular roads have limits exceeding 80 kmph anyway, so honestly it doesn't really matter.
She is indeed! Speeding fines are not based on income! Fines due to drunk driving is, though! And when we'e talking about alcohol, beverages with up to 4,5% alcohol can be purchased in grosery stores.
Yeah, there are minimal differences at best, and most of them are because of the rounding between miles per hour, and kilometers per hour. In built-up areas in the UK, the speed limit is 48 km/h, and 112 km/h on motorways. Norwegian speed limits are 50 km/h in built-up areas, and 110 km/h on motorways. In practice it is exactly the same, except with regard to single carriageways (roads with no physical separation of directions), where the UK is more prone to allow 96 km/h, while Norwegian limits are kept between 80 to 100 km/h based on the quality of the road (there will always be signs with the current speed limit). The UK also allows 96 km/h as the max limit for heavy load vehicles, while Norway has the limit at 80 km/h for heavy load vehicles (buses are allowed to go 100 km/h on motorways).
In short the UK speed limits are practically the same as the Norwegian limits, so the experienced difference would primarily be decided by the amount of roads that are rated for different speed limits.
@@MrMudbill For a road to have a higher speedlimit than 80, it must be classified as a motorway. In Norway we have two types. Type A is the typical motorway with several lanes each way, while type B can have one lane each way.
80 is the national speedlimit, but not the highest, as motorways are the excemption to that rule...
@@leifgunnartoth8070 Didn't know they were classified as motorways, but I did know there were certain requirements for the roads to be allowed >80 limits. Without reading about it, I presume a primary requirement is acceptably wide lanes (wider than normal roads), and possibly some extra buffers on the sides, as well as clearing (of trees) to improve visibility. I always just kind of assumed that was implicit - generally the speed limit must be appropriate for the conditions, and these improve the conditions to allow for higher speeds.
Your videos make me happy and feel at peace, you are just so comfortable to listen to and so positive. Its so nice and enjoyable 😁🧡🙌
Water temperature below 10 degree in the summer is very rare even in north. Of course you can go in slippers and shorts at the beach. But going for a longer swimming ride can be a challenge due to low temperatures in the water. Not the beach. The beach itself can be crazy hot.
No. Norwegians do not go out alot. She was talking about outsiders traveling to Norway/moving to Norway, be aware you can’t eat out every day it’s expensive, is what she was saying.
you can easily sunbathe outside in Norway during the summer. It's not that cold in different lakes but if you bathe in the ocean it can get cold.
The water temperatures in the south and south east is often very enjoyable. 20-25 degrees Celsius.
We don’t have amazon but we can get pretty much anything delivered. Medicine too. You can get groceries online, makeup, ikea etc. Shipping can be hit and miss, some can arrive fast and some can get stuck for extra days or you don’t get the note to oick up the package from the post office before a day or two later. Packages arrive in grocery stores unless you get them in your mailbox or at the door. Some shops send their order out fast, but it’s not next day delivery because mail service is not fast.
If it’s faster it’s 3 days mostly. But if you order on a thursday you have the weekend in between as theres nothing happening during the weekend.
Package is in limbo somewhere then.
Yes off course we know what amazon is. (Or I would think most do). I have bought from it once or twice, so I have an account. But they don’t always ship here, often not, plus theres taxes and shipping added so unless it’s something rare it’s not worth buying from there. It gets expensive.
If you live in Oslo mail will come faster as it’s often sent from there or if sent from abroad the first stop for custom is in oslo or oslo area
The reason why Amazon store don't exist in Norway, is because of shops like CDON, Komplett etc.
Norwegians orders from Amazon in UK and USA instead. Ebay USA is also popular in Norway.
We obviously do have amazon in Norway. They just don't market it, as there's no Amazon warehouse in Norway yet. This means we essentially have to use the Danish, Swedish or German version of Amazon and pay the shipping difference. We do have certain other Amazon products in Norway though, such as Prime Video.
Congrats on 20k subs! Take the first step, Tyler! Move to Norway! ;)
And while it's not uncommon to go out to eat a lot, many people prefer cooking at home.
19:54 Amazon has branched out to Sweden, and I believe they did consider Norway once upon a time, but if I'm not mistaken, they ultimately decided that with the current Norwegian Laws, branching out to Norway would be more costly than they cared to deal with.
she did not say that norwegians typically go out to eat, she said that ths type of habit is something you need to reconsider if living in norway...
We book from other Amazon stores, I mostly use anazon UK. Also, we can order many things from national stores: food, books, medicine, cosmetics, hiking-/sports equipment etc. Many families get a weekly home delivery of food from Meny. Also, we often live close enough from a lot of shops to simply walk there and shop. I live a walking distance from 4 grocery stores, 2 pharmacies, 2 sports wear stores, plus a shopping mall.
Norwegians do not visit restaurants every other day. She said that if you had thad habit and came to Norway, then you should rethink that habit, because restaurants are very expensive in Norway.
Norwegians know what Amazon is, we do not live under a rock, lol. You can order from other countries' Amazons (I've ordered from US, UK and German Amazon, possibly I used the Canadian one as well one time, but I don't remember if I was just browsing it or if I actually placed an order) as long as the seller there is willing to ship to your country. It's more costly since it's international shipping and such. It used to be way worse, since you also had to pay customs fees with the added value tax, but in recent years Amazon will add the tax directly onto your order, so you no longer have to endure customs fees (which saves you at least $15 per order), and the last time I ordered I actually got free international shipping (I believe it was some kind of special they were running at the time).
Temperatures are not that bad in my local lake at around 68°F (20°C).
Shopping in Norway is pretty fast, as long as you order inside Norway. EVERY package that comes into the country is scanned by customs, checked for illegal shit and sometime tax calculations.
This takes time. Mail within Norway usually takes 1-3 days.
We do have stores like Clas Ohlson, Biltema, Jula, etc ithat sells most things cheap, but compared to Amazon they are small.
Well,since the post in Norway (Posten Norge) delivers only 2 days a week every other week and 3 days a week every other week things take time. My impression is that they want to pressure people to use digital mail more,instead of paper (digipost) ,so they dont have to deliver at all in the end. I think i heard that Denmark only have once a week already.
NO NO NO!
Speeding TICKETS are expensive, but NOT fined according to income. FINLAND has.
COLD WATER!
GULF STREAM ensure quite good temperature in the sea in summertime. I've experienced 19-24 degrees Celsius during a HOT summer.
Thank heavens NO AMAZON IN NORWAY!
We have FORTUNATELY GOOD WORKING CONDITIONS and..... WORKERS. U N I O N S.
I don't want Amazon in Norway mostly due to the terrible conditions the workers have in the US!
It's also terrible for local shops.
Right. Not for speeding, but for DUI, it's based on your income.
Exactly 100% agree. Also Musks Tesla company are this next threat to unions. Both here and in Sweden
Even Finland has abolished that system and has now fixed fines. Unless the speed is exceeded by more than 50 km/h.
@@andreasfischer9158 Traffic violations are punished much too mildly in Norway. If you're drunk on the highway, for instance, you can get a year prison, but if you're drunk and shooting a gun in public, then you can get many years or even Forvaring. Makes no sense to me.
But the Kindle is great.
the speed limitg aint a problem on these narrow roads
I think Tyler would be very shocked to learn about the fines for breaking rules in traffic, such as almost 1,000 dollars for using the mobile or texting while driving (instead of the hands-free solution) or almost 150 dollars for not using the safety belt. Or 350 dollars for not using the blinker when you should.
You can buy beer in the stores. But Wine and liquor only in Vinmonopolet.
And we have our own webshops that deliver the same day or the next day.. both groceries and medicine etc. Especially in the cities.
Norwegians plan their days because they are busy taking care of their families.
Therefore, you also plan when they are going to the shop to buy food or anything else, such as alcohol. But you can also order home delivery of food, and pretty much everything else. We have plenty of online shops that can cover a wide range of products, but as they say, it tragically takes a while before you get the goods. But then again, planning helps. Have even ordered a new grill for the BBQ. Have ordered clothes and gifts online, also new tires for the car bought online. Just search for the product you want, and you will probably find it here in Norway too. BUT it costs to have the item delivered to your door, so it may be a good idea to check several pages for the product you are looking for, as some have free delivery, while others charge for delivery. But again, plan, and it will probably go well!!
As for eating out: If you have a habit from other countries to eat out every day because it's cheap enough, it's a habit you get rid of in Norway because it's expensive. Which is what she said, just not as clear …
In the 70s Norway had a population of 4 mill people and clise to 600 traffic related deaths. Today we have 5,5 mill people, and about 100 traffic deaths a year. Safer cars & safer roads are the main reason, but also awareness, people actually wearing their seatbelts, the legal limit for alcohol was lowered to 0,02%, meaning you can't even have one drink . The speed limit is just one of many measurments impemented, and the numbers don't lie
No! We can not go out to eat every second day. That is B.S. I am retired and live from Pay Check to Pay Check. There are lot of people struggle here in Norway.
She meant that foreigners has a habit that of eating out a lot and Norway that’s not the case .
In Portugal at least I could eat 3-5 times a week all meals almost , with a proportional salary in Norway not even close it seems
Akkurat! Would imagine, no matter which political colors our government has, we in one of the top tier richest nations per capita in the world, havent after decades managed to exterminated poverty! Its a disgrace! Get folks be it ethnic and foreign into work, let them have free collective living places UNTIL they get a stable income with good margin, education and speak decent norwegian be ith bokmål/ nynorsk and advance to dialect if need to. Psycholog should also be free until stable income. Many have trauma, ptsd etc. All shall contribute sooner rather than later, but there should not be a shame to be poor. Folks NEED a powerful yet helpful kick in the butt to become something. Not all poor/ streeters are con artists, parasites and puppets of shady organized crime. Very important to distinguish the types!
@@odinulveson9101 Not a very big deal to be poor when you can just go ask for money.
You're lying. Only a small minority are struggling in Norway.
For context about the "Amazon" thing.. You can order pretty much anything you need for home delivery, but you either have to find the exact store or a Norwegian chain that does it. Most places will deliver to your doorstep or for pickup in package boxes that are pretty widely spread at this point, so it's easy/conveniently close to your home or on your way somewhere. We just don't have the Amazon of it, the 'one' site/company that covers it all.
I order stuff from amazon from time to time, so saying we dont have any amazon at all is kinda misleading. we dont have any amazon warehouses, but amazon ships to norway
The beaches aren't cold during the summer and sunny days. It's WARM! No, the watertemp is not like in the medditeranian or the mexican gulf, but it's not cold. And lakes and smaller waters can get really nice and warm too :)
As far as I know we have no national speed limit in Norway. We have speed limits adapted to where you are driving. in narrow neighbourhoods the speed limit is 30 or 40kmph. Some places even 25. Outside the narrow neighbourhoods the speed limits are 50 or 60. and on open roads it is 70 or mostly 80. A very few places you are allowed to drive in 90kmph. these limits are clearly marked so, just be observant when you drive.
This lady has a lot of "her own special impression"-videos. And it's Norwegian shipping-companies and delivery-services that do almost the same as Amazon. Mail are fast within the country, 1-2 days.
Posten Norge is the slowest and most unfriendly postal service!
@norwaybaba3381 hmm, my experience is different. The only trouble I got is with PostNord.
I recently had a swim in 21°C in a fjord in Norway. And 25°C is pretty normal on that beach after a few sunny days mid summer.
Speed limit:
Our roads are very different because of the fjords and nature. Our roads are bendy and not straight, can’t always see long ahead of you. We have a low speed limit in neighborhoods with schools nearby to insure if kids walk home from school won’t be at risk. The idea is if you wanna go fast drive to the highway. Otherwise it isn’t safe most times.
I think Tyler already learned about the fact that there is no Amazon in Norway. He reacted and learned about it a long time ago. I don't know why he wrote that title in the thumbnail.
For views and shock effect
Or maybe he forgot. He watches a lot of videos....
I can live without Amazon. But the Post is slow, when we buy from independent shops on the net. Specially sporting goods and Bike Parts are easy to find and the prices are often good if you look around a bit.
So far I have had good experiences with both Posten/ Bring and PostNord. But yeah order a good time ahead at start of week f.ex if you want it before next weekend/ hælg😆
In Norway Amazon is basically a streaming service...
Not sure why I comment because you never read them 😅 south - warm summers and warm-ish water 20°C and up. In the north where she lives, it's cold water..
Amazon delivers to Norway, but not much used. We prefer more local businesses and not one giant, greedy billionaire that exploits his employees..
Yoi can buy beer and ciders up to 4,6 or 4,7% in grocery stores. During the weekdays, you can buy them until 8pm, and on saturdays until 6 pm
1: cost of living is high, but yes, income makes up for it for the average population
2: The highway speedlimits are 100 sometimes 110k/mh
3: We do have warm beaches in the Oslo region especially, byt yes, most areas got cold beaches.
Yeah I mean it's usually max 80, but I've driven on many 90, 100, 110 roads in Norway :)
You are just guessing when it comes to beaches outside of the Oslo region. Of course it’s hot all over the country the days there is nice weather. Why should the beach be cold? Or not hot enough?
National speed limit means that, unless otherwise specified, 80 (or 50) is the default. That said, many roads can set the limit to 90 or higher, and that will overrule the default of 80. The national speed limits matter almost exclusively to rural towns and less commonly used roads, since most roads will just specify their own limit explicitly.
@@oh515 it is not guessing, I have been to beaches all around the country in the summer, most areas rarely reach 20c in the water, but inner fjords and bays some places do
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Kristiansand?
You can buy 4.7 % alcohol in every grozeryshops (bear, cider, drinks)
You can buy beer and any other drinks with alcohol levels at 4.7% or below in regular grocery shops. But as a Russian, she probably don't consider anything below 40% as "alcohol" :D
18:38 Packages may be delivered to your door - or a designated delivery spot - under the conditions that you have paid for that service, and that you take on any responsibilities for any damage to the package that may have been caused during transport.
This means that, if you find any damage on the package, the delivery company is no longer liable for any damages found, and you are responsible for what happens next, whether you accept it as is without complaint, or you contact the seller/sender in hopes it can be replaced, or whatever.
06:51 Norway has two main speed limits, 50kmh (31mph), and 80kmh (shy of 50mph).
50kmh is the most common in densely populated areas, while 80kmh is most common in rural/sparsely populated areas.
In Urban areas, you are often going between 30kmh (18.6mph), 40kmh (24.8mph), 50kmh (31mph), and 60kmh (37mph), though 30kmh and 50kmh are the most common of the four.
On the vast majority of our freeways, the speed limit is 80kmh (50mph) and 90kmh (55.9mph), with only a very few places going up as high as to 110kmh (68mph), though it seems more newer freeways are being built to support such higher speed limits.
You can buy nice Vines for a low price here in Norway.
Don't think we'd like Amazon at all, see other comments for reasoning. Also we have several different services for packages and letters, and the speed of delivery isnt as bad as she described. Mind you that valuables like a bank card would be sent securly and slower, this mainly from the sender in the origin country. When ordering online inside Norway it arrives usually 1 or 2 days after. Sometimes, when finishing the order early enough in the day, it may arrive that same evening.
For beaches in Norway. A good temperature here is considered 16-20 degress Celsius during summer, which is fairly common in the Oslofiord during the summer months.
Stors are open to open to 11pm, 8 and 9 too
We dont need Amazon. We buy from other company. We can also get our medicin to our home.We can get everything online. Food too. But we like to keep the shops going. We all pay tax. 😅
She is wrong about the speeding tickets being calculated based on your income...that is in Finland. In Norge there are fixed rates
17:23 Oh, well, that's different, she's talking about shipping a letter to England, a different country. I doubt that that letter would have arrived to Norway from England any faster than from Norway to England. When sending things to other countries, postal services will often have a large sack they will wait until is filled a decent ways to the top before they send it off for shipping to its destination country, so how fast the abroad shipment is delivered depends a lot on how full the sack is before your shipment is added to the sack.
I believe we try to decrease pollution of quick and grouse mail orders, especially by plane.
We can order from Amazon, but the grocery come by boat, when ever a ship has left over space.
That’s what I’ve heard.
It makes you more likely to buy local, and to again - not make impulsive choices.
Cause it’s like, - you can’t get the gratification right away.
"Over space"? I think you meant to say overseas. But when we order groceries from Amazon, we get our stuff from the closest Amazon warehouse. I.e Germany, Sweden and now also Denmark.
I've watched quite a few of her videos. Although I enjoy them, she knows Norway on a very superficial level, But she has some entertaning content though :)
07:54 In Norway we usually do around 5kmh (3mph) to 10kmh (6mph) over the speed limit.
17:15 This is depended on your country's own post services, I guess, and where you are buying from, as well. You can easily get things delivered within 3 work-days, for instance, but sometimes it takes up to a week just to get your order ready for shipping (this is if you buy from online stores) and an additional week +- a few work-days for the actual shipping.
A lot of stores also offer a "buy online, pickup in store in 2 hours" deal.
It is very similar in Switzerland : salaries are high/er compared to other European countries, but the cost of living, the taxes and especially the health insurance🤬 are also high. A single person cannot access any decent property, only couples or families can, at great risk and expense.
Dude we know about Amazon and ebay, and we also buy stuff from there. But over internet. The packages will arrived at customs, and when they are done there the post services here will take over.
And by the way, we have warm temperature here as well and can go to the beach in just shorts / bikini, bear feet or with flip flops. We do have warm summers in Norway as well.
I don't know about other Norwegians. But I rarely eat out, I cook at home. And when I have friends over, I make the food Or if I go to my friends they make the food.
Yes, you need to plan drinking - thus making it more difficult to make impulsive decisions, and especially making them after starting drinking. 👍🏻😎
I think it’s awesome!
It helps people to not as easily develop or uphold an alcohol addiction.
I believe we had a lot of that before.
Don’t get me wrong- There are still Norwegian alcoholics, but…way less, I guess? 😊
We don't need Amazon. There are so many stores that sells things we want, and need. Power, Elkjøp, Ikea Biltema, Jula, Clas Ohlson, and they are not too expensive. And we can go there to check out the items. Not only see pictures on the internet.
Amazon in norway. And slow post is because of the mountains and the fjords. It’s not always that easy to transport post and Packages, because it has to travel around the fjords and the mountains.
The sea gets warmish in summer, but not much over 20 degrees Celcius. Alcohol isn't that expensive, there is a flat rate tax so the good stuff is reasonable while there is no really cheap bad wine.
We can order from Amazon in US and UK, so that is rubbish. We can buy anything online, even wine can be delivered to your home. We expect packets to arrive quickly, while communication is mostly digital. The delivery comes to the address, and delivery terms depend on the agreement. Oda is a much used service for food and other stuff delivery same day or the day after. Amazon couldn't compete so they skipped their plans here.
The speed limits are reasonable compared to the standard of roads. Speeding up to 40% over is fined at fixed rates, while excessive speeding warrants income based fines AND withdrawal of drivers licence for a period of time. Also there is no drinking and driving tolerated.
She is super cool in person
08:11 Yeah, this is a little more complicated than that. In the majority of cases, that statement would be true, as in the majority of cases there would be several houses in a single area. But, the farther out into the country you get, away from the cities, the sparser the houses close to the roads are, and in these cases the speed limit will usually be 60kmh (37mph), unless it is an area that has a relatively high population of kids, then the speed limit could be slower.
Love your videos, Tyler! I think the main reason for us not having Amazon (just Prime on tv), is because of what that would do to the smaller companies in Norway. So many independant companies would go bankrupt because "everyone" would use Amazon. Norway really values small businesses, even to the extent that we can get financial help so one can survive whilst starting our own business. How common this actually is, I do not know 😅
And I'll add - NO, norwegians certainly dont eat out all that much, a meal for 2 with one drink each can easily be $90. Even a meal at Mcdonalds will cost you about $30. She probably meant people coming here from other countries where they do go out all the time 😅
And - yes Norway is expensive and yes we have good wages, but these days the prices are definitely increasing more than our wages, sadly. But overall most of us do OK. Dont think Ive ever heard of a person needing 2 jobs to survive, like many in the US, right? 😅
@8:20 Wrong, speeding tickets are fixed in price depending on the severity. They range from 1150 to 15850 NOK in 2024.
It depends onthe location and some timing. Occasionally coastal beaches warm enough to bathe in, but usually youd want to pick a beach a litle bore inland, usually inside one of our fjords. Its more common to bathe in lakes instead.
While it is true that super unhealthy things like alcohol and tobacco are expensive, it's not true that everything unhealthy is more expensive. Sugar, syrup, candy etc are quite cheap and affordable, and can also go on sales. It is illegal for a grocer to sell hard alcohol (iirc 10+%), but they do still sell beers, ciders and nonalcoholic alternatives. It is just illegal for a grocer to have alcohol and tobacco goods on sale. Which is why it stays expensive. However, it's simply untrue that everything unhealthy is expensive, often it can be expensive to choose to buy healthy foods too, whereas unhealthy foods can be quite cheap and often goes on sales.
This is only one persons experiences, an do not necessarily reflect what the majority means or give you correct statistical facts.
shes not talking about beaches in oslofjorden and sørlandet, just in the cold north and west norway, in summer the water and weather is pretty good in the south over 20C in water and air. its a long country with very different topographical landscape. And we do use flipp flops and shorts here in south norway when we go to beaches or svaberg for bathing or\and sunbathing
No, they don’t let the package outside. If you’re not home to sign the delivery you must go and get it at the closest post office. That’s usually at a store close to where you live.
Yes, we do use Amazon in Norway, but we are not able to use their delivery system. I have bought a lot from Amazon, but yes, it takes a week or three to get the package. When buying digital products it’s of course the same delivery time and method as in the USA 😂
There's no Amazon in denamark but i still use about 1000 dollars a year since 2000. You dont need one even they've said we'll get one for about 8 years.
And no, letters are slow. 9 days at least, 2-5 weeks depending where it comes from. And nothing is left outside,it will come to your door and they ring your bell so you can get it 90% of the times.. some things can be found in your box but that's the small things. But Amazon is the go to shop for about 25 years. You save a lot that way, movies cost 2-3 times as much as in America.
Speedingtickets are fixed price. D.U.I fines are based on income.
the 'no amazon' puzzles me. are folks used to physical amazon stores?
Have been working with packages for about 3-3,5 years, and they normally arrive to the people fhay has ordered them within 2-3 days. I habe even sent a package to my sister in the mail when I lived on the east coast, and she could pick up the package at her lokal postal office 2 days later. Think it can take slightly longer when it's alot to do and many packages to send out, like around black friday and just before christmas. It might take longer than that if you send to another country
Cold:
Why do you think Norwegians travels so much, summers in hot countries are gold👌
Our summers are hot enough that we can enjoy swimming, but you expect the ocean to be cold for sure.
These are some weird points here... like... people going out to eat every other day? Never heard of that as something Norwegians do. I don't know anyone who does that.
And if you're ordering/mailing something from within Norway, or Scandinavia, it usually takes like two or three work days at most. If you're ordering from elsewhere in Europe, like if you order from the UK, it is going to take a while to get here, because it's coming from another country. You can order from Amazon, they just don't have any warehouses in Norway, so you'll have to wait for it to ship from another country.
Delivering to addresses I think has become more common, but like where my parents live didn't even have a street name or house number until like 10 years ago. That's what country living was like here until they did a big reform to give everyone a personal address. Before that you just wrote the name, place name, and postal code. Still the typical post arrangement is having several postboxes in a cluster, rather than one physically attached to each house, and putting your name on your postbox is pretty much necessary. Packages typically get delivered to a nearby post office, or grocery store with postal service, and you go pick them up there. You can pay extra to have them delivered to your door, but I'm not sure how common that is. I've never felt it necessary to try.
There is the caveat of there being no postal service on saturday or sunday. I think delivery companies don't count those either. That's why delivery time is counted by work days, not all days.
There`s Amazon UK, which is really not far away, but I try not to shop there because of the way they treat their employees, where the products are made et cetera.
And we really don`t go out every second day lol, even though most of my friends and family are fairly well off, we really don`t do that, it`s more of a weekend thing unless you`re loaded..
The speed limits are lower, because the roads are smaller and more treacherous, and the speed limits reflect that (:
Shorts and flip flops is a common sight at every beach as well as promades and other places.
This person is from a different planet..
Water temperature is currently about 20 centigrade several places..
80km/h is 50mph
The thing about flip flops on beaches, is NOT true. Some of us use them even in the winter.
14:30 Slight correction: Norwegians can only buy alcohol above 20% purity at Vinmonopolet. Anything below 20% can be bought in grocery stores, for the most part, they do tend to focus mostly on beer and such.
Sorry John but you are wrong here, only beer and drinks with alcohol level of 4.7 or so can be bought in grocery stores, and only until 8 pm (6pm on Saturdays). Stronger beer like Export and Juleøl, wines and sherry/port/madeira/cinzano etc. you only get in the national monopoly stores - Vinmonopolet. However, since this monopoly has been given the task of supplying the population with wine an spirits they do it well and carries a HUGE selection, as in enormous, from all corners of the world, they actually are the largest buyer of wine and spirits in Europe, and negotiates prices accordingly. So for high profile, rare qualities you can find bottles cheaper here than elsewhere in Europe. These quality bottles you usually have to order though from the monopoly, (like an Amazon) and have them shipped.
I once had to wait 1 month (+2 days) for my Amazon package. It was also expensive because of the added taxes. And this was after I decided to have it delivered to a "cheaper" postal point instead of directly to my door.
I wish it was cheaper but I understand why norway doesn't want amazon to settle down.
Hi from Norway.. Yes, its very expensive here. People dont go out eating. We eat home. Many people dont know how to make itwith the high prices. Motorway here is 90 and more then 100 east part. Some roads are 60, close to houses and school, its 40 km. We also have very expensive electric..Not everyone has big salery.Some roads are very tiny. We have many long tunnels,also under the sea.Thats awful. Taking ferries away and people have to drive.. Very nice beaches here in s.west. We love it. And about houses.Not like the Russian woman. Thats for millionears. All the best. Not that cold-Look into Sola beach near Stavanger.
Mail and packages will take 2-5 days unless it is international shipping.
A beer in the supermarket was 7-8 kroner in the early 2000s i think. But thats not what i expect in Norway.
I live south in Norway, yesterday i was swimming in the ocean and the water was warm.🇧🇻
We get 23celsius in water in south of Norway ❤
U get the pastel at the door without signing 😊😊
The incessant honking Americans do could land you a fine for misuse of the horn here in Norway.. the horn is reserved as a tool to avoid dangerous situations, not as a way to make people move faster👌
we can buy from Amazone but it's waaaaaaaaayyyy too expensive shipping to be worth it , We can also buy alcohol at the grocerystore but ciders and beer , winand others we have to buy at Polet.
you can buy beer with a maximum of 4.7% alcohol in shops, but if you want to exceed that, you buy in liquor stores that the state owne, because they must have more control, which can quickly reduce alcohol problems in Norway, yes we have more expensive prices but I manage fine as a disabled person in Norway because I get money from the state, which means that there are much fewer people who end up on the streets, and yes we have amazon online, but amazon did not want stores in Norway because they felt the standard and rules how to treat work, people were too kind, and the part with mail takes a long time no, It dependes wher you order from, and can be sent to your post box if it can be added in it, but if it's bigger it's sent to nearest post station and often if I order from Norwegian company it takes between 2-3 days, but if I order online store from other country it takes longer, depende on witch country, and with Norway people goes oute ewrye second days, the doesn't match, never done it second days myself and not heard about it as a standar, and on higeway it is most common 100 km/t or 110km/t
Our national speed limit is 80kmh (50mph) i.e if there is no speed signs, it is 80. Also when 50,60,70 speed zones ends, it's 80kmh. It's our default speed limit. All other speed zones is stated by sign. We also has 90,100,110 zones depending on which class/when it was built. Spoiled Oslo people or folks from cities do think the motorway is the national speeed limit. Very wrong! If you one of them, you clearly have not been paying attension when you took driving class!
When I order things it's either ebay or online shops. I never order food online. Most food chain delivery systems do not deliver or exist where I'm located.
We do have DHL or UPS, but both is stupid expensive.
Yeah or post delivery is slow as we only get delivered mail 3 days one week and 2 days the other week. No delivery in weekends.
We just had very hot weather her in Oslo, not cold in the summer,I get a pit angers about all the wrong things forefinger do
I have coment about he can NOT use her about facts. She mad me abit too.
You can buy beer at the grocerie store.... Yes, it is expensive, because it is bad for you, so sugar is also one of those that cost alot. Candy, ice cream etc is very expensive. And it depends on where you are you live, but the postal service is working as normal! Took me 3 days to get a new bank card😊 and no, it's not normal to go out eating every 2 days.... The last years, the number of poor people and families are high.... 😢😢😢😢
I`ll try one more time, no idea why I`m getting auto deleted..
There`s Amazon UK, which is really not far away, but I try not to shop there because of the way they treat their employees, where the products are made et cetera.
And we really don`t go out every second day lol, even though most of my friends and family are fairly well off, we really don`t do that, it`s more of a weekend thing unless you`re loaded..
The speed limits are lower, because the roads are smaller and more treacherous, and the speed limits reflect that (:
Shorts and flip flops is a common sight at every beach as well as promades and other places.
This person is from a different planet..
Best to swim in a little freshwater pond or something 👌🏻 always warm and nice.
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18:31 If you want your bills and other important letters and mail, you need to add your name to your mailbox, otherwise all you end up with may be commercial, if even that much.