@McBortis i bet there are even more types of dialects than 5, i havent really counted the amount of dialects, but im prety shure there are around 10 dialects. =)
and i want that unique quality of life to stay that way, im sick and tired of all the immigrants that are complaining without realising that they get more than they deserve, for crists sake, immigrants gets free homes and money every month without doing anything for it and they are still complaining, they are even getting the opertunity to get a education, but still, they would rather go for criminality and fraud, they chose to come here so if they dont like it they can fuck off!
Bokmål, and Nynorsk are the two different written languages in Norway... Riksmål and Høgnorsk is the old way of saying bokmål and Nynorsk. There are also more than 5 Dialects :P
Looks pretty, but rather boring. Lots of wine sipping and cheese eating. Aren't most of your needs paid for by the government so you don't have much incentives for working hard?
@teahouse100 What the hell are you talking about! How can you say there´s lots of wine sipping and cheese eating. Norway is one of the most active countries in the world in sports! Teenagers are usually training at least 2-3 different sports and 4-5 isn´ very unusual. And the government doesn´t pay for our needs ;) We do! we pay taxes to get free healthcare, better quality of life, jobs, 12 months away from work while getting paid when you have a baby, even those who doesn´t have jobs get pay
@teahouse100 you know, if norwegians thought that way norway would NEVER be as great as it is today, im proud that we norwegians work hard, we have worked hard ever since we were blood thirsty vikings!
beer is a LOT more populare here in Norway than wine, its not France you know, so dont mix France with Norway, but yeah we drink more wine than the average american, but thats because america is a lot diferent than europe, theres plenty of countries in europe that drinks averagely more wine than norway.
Its prety populare in norway to drink british, german and danish beer, so dont think we are a wine sipping country just because you think it looks like one.
Is this video intended to promote tourism and immigration to Norway? If Norway really is the world's richest country at this time, then presumably they don't really need the tourism as long as the oil, the fish, and the lumber remain plentiful. And certainly there are a lot of people who would prefer to have Norway's population remain Norwegian. Why invite more problems if you can afford not to? Those people who truly desire to see Norway will go there without needing to be prompted.
@MagiMysteryTour Tourism is an important thing for local districts and towns across norway, how could more income be unwanted? That being said I really don't think this film is representative of daily life in norway nor of the experiences of a tourist, seems like an exercise in narcicism imo. For tourists the museums or parks, or fjords or other tourists targets would be more relevant.
Representing a country with it's artists, and success stories is elitist even in my opinion and I like elite.
@asdfbooi First off, in order for people to understand your message, I will have to grammatically enhance it.
"Too bad Norway will be populated by black people only soon. The black race is taking over the country with their black penises."
Now, time to discuss. First off, why is this a bad thing? You gotta understand that things aren't always what they seem to the normal man without any insight. At first glance, it may seem that they are all a bunch of law breaking maniacs-
@GreenrangeRemix Statistically third world immigrants are far more likely to commit crimes, and in my experience only about 2/10 are mentally healthy.
Immigration has gone way too far, admittedly It's good in healthy amounts but i believe that the majority of the population should indeed be the descendants of Norwegian/Swedish/Dutch/whatever people, who created and defined the culture and traditions of that particular country.
@Arnebananlolo I don't agree with that thinking for the following reason: You say the majority of the population should be the DESCENDANTS. Why? They didn't create and define the culture and traditions.
(Which have to be justified as good first btw, and as a Norwegian I don't agree that all Norwegian traditions and norms are neccesarily good.)
Basically you are buying into the idea of "inhereted right", which is originally a religious idea. If you are religious then case closed, I'm not.
@asdfbooi -, however, it is quite the opposite. Racism is a crime today, and as you may have noticed, the term "nigger" is thus not generally accepted by the masses due to it's offensive past. Every day, white people commit crimes of which immigrants would never even think about doing. You would have to look hard to see an immigrant in Norway actually complain about their life situation. On the other hand, people like you still manage to pull this crap straight out your arse-
@asdfbooi -To cut the crap and get to the point. You have no clue about what you are talking about, are you? Are you really afraid that the Scandinavian population is going to die out? Why? Afraid of the "perfect race" to be mixed with "dirty blood"? You realize that what you are thinking right now was the very mindset that belonged to a very famous man, even to this day; Hitler, right? Then again, I understand that you are merely a troll on the "internetz".
@GreenrangeRemix Are you really in favor of such mass immigration? Am i misinterpreting something or do you think it's a good thing to turn the people who created that culture and country into a tiny minority?
Fuck multiculturalism, whichever culture and people were there first should be dominant.
Also, I'm amazed you wrote 3 replies to that one 12 year old's comment, geez.
I am a Norwegian American who has always loved and supported Norway. I was stunned when I was on the train from Oslo to Bergen and saw spray painted on a train station that we passed "f**k the USA. The majority of people were friendly, but in Oslo, Bergen and Lillehammer, I was laughed at, and heard nasty comments made about me in Norwegian and English. I was shocked! I don't think that I will ever go back again!
I am surprised by your comment. I have never been to Norway myself but why do you think they were making fun of you?? Was it based on race/colour, your accent, your clothes. This is not the idyllic view I have of Norway but like I said i have never been there. Sorry you had such a bad experience.
@Delisle4 I was surprised to be treated that way...My mother is Irish and French, my father's side Scandinavian. I have been told before that I look like Tom Selleck, to give you an idea. My clothes seemed to be what set them off.. A Colombia jacket, Levis jeans, Nike sneakers and a Boston Red Sox ballcap. My cousin from Oslo thought they might think my ballcap was funny, but they sell them there and I saw others wearing them. If they didn't like it, Is that a reason to be rude?
Wow, that is really sad to hear. It seems that the style of dress is what set people off. How do people dress in Norway?? Is it really that different?? You are right, if you do not like the way a person is dressed just keep walking by, why make the effort to be rude. Makes no sense?!?
@Delisle4 They were into Banana Republic or Express type of clothing, and everyone wore black coats. Some men wore bright red pants and little scarves around their necks that you wouldn't catch most straight American men wearing. I heard the comment "oh it's a rock and roller" made in a sarcastic tone from some college age dudes. Young girls, high school and college age made the most repulsive attacks, laughing hysterically. This is not the same Norway that my family left years ago.
This is nuts!! If you were talking about some small hickville in the Old South, I would not have even responded to your comment but Norway!?!? What the hell happened?? What do you think has caused this change?!
@Delisle4 It makes no sense to me, and left me a little shocked to be truthful. The majority of Norway's population is polite and well mannered, but I was treated rudely 7 different times in 7 days. Like Madonna said once, "you can get 1,000 fan letters and it is the one piece of hate mail that you remember." I won't condemn a whole country for my experience, but I don't think that I would ever return.
@xdemmons Im sorry you had to have such a shitty expierience in norway, some norwegians can be really small minded :( but I hope you were able to gain som good experiences from your trip as well :)
@NorwegianStory Thanks for saying that, you are the first one to even acknowledge what happened. Overall I had good experiences...My family in Lillehammer is very friendly and welcomed me there with both arms. My cousin Tom in Oslo stood on his head to make it a nice trip. The scenery was beautiful and the majority of people nice. It just took being laughed at or have comments made about you to lose focus on what you came there for. unfortunate.
I love the video. My daughter lives in Oslo with her husband. They just got married and met him in EPCOT. I love my Norwegian son in law. I love the video because now I am more familiarized with is culture.
@shaitshait123 you're telling lies, look for the article in Aftenposten and you will see that Norway bombed Lybia recently and made lots of profits on the Libya crisis. Norwegians, take your fucking mask off! enough of these lies about better country, bla, bla. Enough is enough. Norwegians are the most arrogant people in the world. They're brainwashed by their government into thinking that their country is the best. One day oil will end
@snajamh It`s easy humans is not violent in nature,.but you can be manipulated to think so,.then it leads to fear,.and when people are afraid they do annything to feel safe,.and then they sign there rights away,.Im seeing that in america now,.if you ask a question ageinst something be it poletics or schools and you are a terorist! It breaks my haert to see america faling in to a police state,.Wake up America. You are being manipulated by the forces that JFK warned you about,.Peace and love fromN
@Dukenable These forced are far to dominant and powerful in the world society. Capitalism is great for many purposes, but in the big picture it's a banker's market. At least the one we see today. I'm though happy to see more and more enlightenment troughout the world of internet.
I'm glad we have a independent and public owned central bank in Norway! That's the key to democratic capitalism.
@Alexeriks1 because you should be able to live off your sallery, and if it's not so you can live off it (up to the standards of Norway) it's underpayment. But there is no law stating a minimum wage only agreements within' the organizations.
@Alexeriks1 the minimum wage does not exist within the law but within agreements from LO. So you have to be organized for it to apply to you. So no, there is no minimum wage in Norway unless you are organized and a lot aren't.
@Alexeriks1 considering 33% tax and the sick high prices in Norway it's not too bad with 1000 dollars in America, but I agree, we live great due to our tax system.. Schools, healthcare etc.
@Alexeriks1 despite your good education you should know that there is no minimum wage in Norway, lol. But everything under 100kr is unacceptable if you're over 18, at least should be.
Except for the subjective artistic ideals and poetic licens of the commentators opinion of Norway (mostly at the end), it was very good informationell video. Thank you.
Truthfully, I've been thinking about leaving America for about 5 years now and am seriously considering one of the Scandinavian countries.
I wonder what the immigration requirements are... Off-topic question; How does the average citizen benefit from Norway's oil exportation? More funding for schools/universities, public transport, etc? How does it work?
Norway has good public transport compared to lot of the states of the US. There are buses all over the country, and both trains and airplanes can take you from Kristiansand to Honningsvåg.
@xRawlins First and foremost, any immigrant to Norway is required to learn the Norwegian (Bokmål) language. You, as an american does however have the advantage that most norwegians understand english and speak it too. A high education is also a really good shoe-in, then again, we do certainly have colleges and universities where you can get that anyway. As far as beraucracy goes, i dont know the exact thing you have to do.
Man, actually I agree with you. The grammar is hard (I think German is worse, but that is probably because I'm Norwegian.) I, as a Norwegian, often thinks it's hard to understand some of the dialects in this country. And I think it's stupid that we should have 2 official written languages. It's hard to learn, and I don't WANT to learn to write it anyway-.-
But, beside that, I'm proud of being Norwegian. I love my country! (But it would be great if the winter wasn't that cold and long -.-)
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typical norwegian way 2 c themselves.4 about 30 years ago,u weren't rich at all;in cash,but there was rich people;humanly...in oslo there's about 5 times more deadly overdoses than in rotterdam or paris.bside,4 times more murders with guns than in denmark,where there's about 16 millions inhabitants...and so on about several issiues!
@Manglelapp Hey man, You got to remember that 2/3 of youtube use farenhet and -27 degress celcius equals about - 32 farenhet. Sincerly a Norwegian viking living in the United States
there isn't many who wants to work in the oil industry, i'm afraid.. at least not norwegians, even if people comes from other country to work with oil here..^^'
norway is as any other country, i think.. when is comes to work, that is..
and i think that regular office work is as popular as any other place in the world.. ^^'
@orjan33 hva er det du snakker om?ja vi er rangert som det beste landet å leve i,men vi har den verste arbeidsledigheten siden krigen bortimot,skal den mest populære jobben være innen olje?? det er vår hoved profitt ja som nasjon,flere som driver landbruk enn det er arbeidere innen offshore olje..
Hi !! I really need this video!! Is it any way I can get it? I need to show my american class this, cause they know nothing! Please contact me, Linn :)
Ifølge SSB bor 52 265 av de utenlandske statsborgerne i Oslo, noe som tilsvarer 10 prosent av befolkningen i kommunen. Dansker og svensker topper, med irakere på tredjeplass. Du har et nevert syn
clearly norwigeans are not from this planet . they are obviously decendants of a cult of peacefull aliens that crashed on this planet during the viking times. used their technology to change their violent nature and then mated with them . ...... just a 3:00 am theory i had....I could be wrong.
I don't think you are wrong. Many who are involved in the UFO/Alien movement talk of how the Pleidians settled in Sweden and Norway and still live there today. One more feather in their cap I guess.
We norwegians can be kind and peacefull persons, and ofc as there is world wide mean persons. It seems just like you got unlucky and met the wrong persons. So please before you say something like that try to think a bit more. Me personal is verry peacefull when it's about new faces. And i think it's great that people show interest in our country! :)
I have lived in several countries in the world. Norwegians are the most rude and unfriendly people I have met. Sad.... Fortunately they are only five million in number, lazy and very insecure. Nothing to worry about.
Realy, Norway is the only country in Europe that interests me, and I hope to live in Norway one day (I know lots of people say that), but until then I can just watch beautiful videos and dream :)
I love this video as much as I love Your country. I'm from Slovakia and in few years I wanna move there. Yet didnt any steps (like language lessons), but I'm looking forward to it.
I see stengevarsel is speaking about jobs for these who wanna work, but is this meant only for usual workers, for example like in bars, restaruants, administration, etc? At the moment, I'm studying @ two colleges and wanna go for external postgraduate @ Cambridge. Im studying film production and marketing communication, I would like to do something in marketing agency, mb commercial production, but not exactly film production. What do you think?
Every working man coming into your country have free language course? Thats awesome :) What about living? Flats, houses... Are they easy to or are they expensive? Thanks!
Barracuda, yes, normally one would associate foreign workers with labour such as construction, etc., especially since workers from your region are willing to work for lower wages due to lower cost of living in your country/area, and also because your region has highly skilled workers.
When competing for jobs in the academic arena, or other areas requiring higher education, this advantage usually disappears, since competition for jobs comes from the entire Schengen area.
people just think we norwegians are crazy.....but were not that bad, Its reidiculous how its gotten to the point where nobody can trust us.....LIVE ON FELLOW VIKINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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My impression is the the Norwegian government encourages Norwegian unethical mining companies to destroy ancestral domains and clean water supplies in the Philippine Islands for money over thousands peoples health and culture.
Therefore, I hope people can vote with their concience and give this place a miss until the gvt stops killing tribal peoples on the other side of the world.
Jeg elsker Norge xD such a beautiful place... and I like Norwegian language and culture, too... think I'm going to study your language at the college :) but, though I really, really, like you very much, I think that I couldnt live in Norway for more of a month or two, just being a kind of tourist. But, yeah, I really like you :) Jeg tror at nordmenn er gode, hilsener fra Serbia
Thx, I hope you give a better impression of Serbians than what the common view is in the world. The "secanje's" of genocide and crimes against humanity is still fresh in many peoples mind. You could change your country into the the next Norway. Small steps. Hilsen fra Norge. Lykke til!
Times sure are changing and peace will overcome violence. That about crimes is just one side of the Serbia, other, the brighter, is being stronger and stronger every day. Norway is great example, in the early years of 20th century, one of our intellectuals of that time, miss Isidora Sekulic, visited Norway and was writing about hard situation over there (she actually wrote a book called Letters from Norway), and times changed and Norway is one of the best places on Earth now.
one friend told me that norwegians are very into nationalism. she sayd that they dislike foreigners very mutch :o thats very bad cause i would love to move to norway. Im lithuanian tho
If i see someone from Somalia i don`t trust them like i wuld do with an Norwegian. They have to do more to convince me. I don`t call that narrowminded. I call that realety. Something else wuld be naive i think.
No but the impression of the majority of that place, I have met a few good, but not many. Just like people in Nambia looked sceptical on me when I was there. Its only natural.
some are, but you'll always find racists in every country. Most of us are grown up and welcoming to new cultures and people. but sometimes we can get a bit nationalistic :P for example, almost every breathing man or woman in Norway was uptil a few years ago convinced that a norwegian had invented the paper-clip. it was in the dictionary, and we even spread it to other nations! now that most of us know it wasn't true, I must say i'm a little embaressed :P
I wouldn't exactly say that we dislike foreigners, atleast not in the city I live close to (Stavanger). Though, I can say that most norwegians dislike foreigners who exploit our welfare system. Because there are or have been quite a lot who've done that, atleast in the past. I can also say that norwegians dislike imigrants who refuse to be integrated into the society, I guess this is where our nationalism comes in. We don't mind foreigners, but we dislike not being able to communicate with them
They exploit us? All the western civilizations are exploiting them! The west controls the world bank, and therefore also the global economical system. We buy recources cheap, and exploit them to make a lot of money here. Because of this, the third world are incapable of gaining a stable economical system. They are poor because of us.
FAIL PEOPLE ARE FAIL
norgeAREfaggs 2 weeks ago
@McBortis i bet there are even more types of dialects than 5, i havent really counted the amount of dialects, but im prety shure there are around 10 dialects. =)
1PSYTEX1 4 months ago
and i want that unique quality of life to stay that way, im sick and tired of all the immigrants that are complaining without realising that they get more than they deserve, for crists sake, immigrants gets free homes and money every month without doing anything for it and they are still complaining, they are even getting the opertunity to get a education, but still, they would rather go for criminality and fraud, they chose to come here so if they dont like it they can fuck off!
1PSYTEX1 4 months ago
Avoid Europcar, especially in Norway. Thier Customer Service reminded me of the East German service. Never deposit your credit card in their hands.
yyassour 5 months ago
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lol those anti Semitic Creeps in Norway will say Israel did it or its their fault, fuck you Norway and Hi Hitler
NiteAngel 6 months ago
@McBortis
Bokmål, and Nynorsk are the two different written languages in Norway... Riksmål and Høgnorsk is the old way of saying bokmål and Nynorsk. There are also more than 5 Dialects :P
Greetings from one of the Trønders :D
scaredghost 7 months ago 3
what the hell r u guys even arguing abt ...?
dazzylila 8 months ago
Looks pretty, but rather boring. Lots of wine sipping and cheese eating. Aren't most of your needs paid for by the government so you don't have much incentives for working hard?
teahouse100 9 months ago
@teahouse100 There is something called taxes.
xx415pato7xx456 9 months ago
@teahouse100 What the hell are you talking about! How can you say there´s lots of wine sipping and cheese eating. Norway is one of the most active countries in the world in sports! Teenagers are usually training at least 2-3 different sports and 4-5 isn´ very unusual. And the government doesn´t pay for our needs ;) We do! we pay taxes to get free healthcare, better quality of life, jobs, 12 months away from work while getting paid when you have a baby, even those who doesn´t have jobs get pay
AnotherLollipop 8 months ago
@teahouse100 get your facts straight
AnotherLollipop 8 months ago
@teahouse100 And where do you think that money comes from? They tax us pretty hard...
Linoran1985 8 months ago
@teahouse100 you know, if norwegians thought that way norway would NEVER be as great as it is today, im proud that we norwegians work hard, we have worked hard ever since we were blood thirsty vikings!
1PSYTEX1 4 months ago
@teahouse100 yeah and one more thing.
beer is a LOT more populare here in Norway than wine, its not France you know, so dont mix France with Norway, but yeah we drink more wine than the average american, but thats because america is a lot diferent than europe, theres plenty of countries in europe that drinks averagely more wine than norway.
Its prety populare in norway to drink british, german and danish beer, so dont think we are a wine sipping country just because you think it looks like one.
1PSYTEX1 4 months ago
Wait.... We have our own website O.o
notilhenger 10 months ago
Is this video intended to promote tourism and immigration to Norway? If Norway really is the world's richest country at this time, then presumably they don't really need the tourism as long as the oil, the fish, and the lumber remain plentiful. And certainly there are a lot of people who would prefer to have Norway's population remain Norwegian. Why invite more problems if you can afford not to? Those people who truly desire to see Norway will go there without needing to be prompted.
MagiMysteryTour 10 months ago 8
@MagiMysteryTour Tourism is an important thing for local districts and towns across norway, how could more income be unwanted? That being said I really don't think this film is representative of daily life in norway nor of the experiences of a tourist, seems like an exercise in narcicism imo. For tourists the museums or parks, or fjords or other tourists targets would be more relevant.
Representing a country with it's artists, and success stories is elitist even in my opinion and I like elite.
stiaa04 9 months ago
@Alexeriks1
Holy s-
I'm moving to Norway now. /shot shot
AuroraSoulx 1 year ago
I'd love to visit Norway someday o/ Though I need to do save quite a bit.
AuroraSoulx 1 year ago
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2 bad is only live nigger on norway soon, the black race r taking over the country with theyr black dicks
asdfbooi 1 year ago 2
@asdfbooi First off, in order for people to understand your message, I will have to grammatically enhance it.
"Too bad Norway will be populated by black people only soon. The black race is taking over the country with their black penises."
Now, time to discuss. First off, why is this a bad thing? You gotta understand that things aren't always what they seem to the normal man without any insight. At first glance, it may seem that they are all a bunch of law breaking maniacs-
GreenrangeRemix 1 year ago
@GreenrangeRemix Statistically third world immigrants are far more likely to commit crimes, and in my experience only about 2/10 are mentally healthy.
Immigration has gone way too far, admittedly It's good in healthy amounts but i believe that the majority of the population should indeed be the descendants of Norwegian/Swedish/Dutch/whatever people, who created and defined the culture and traditions of that particular country.
Arnebananlolo 10 months ago
@Arnebananlolo I don't agree with that thinking for the following reason: You say the majority of the population should be the DESCENDANTS. Why? They didn't create and define the culture and traditions.
(Which have to be justified as good first btw, and as a Norwegian I don't agree that all Norwegian traditions and norms are neccesarily good.)
Basically you are buying into the idea of "inhereted right", which is originally a religious idea. If you are religious then case closed, I'm not.
stiaa04 9 months ago
@GreenrangeRemix
how the fuck is it a good thing? niggers ruin everything. I fucking hate niggers. I hate Somalia rapists!
boeershna 10 months ago
@asdfbooi -, however, it is quite the opposite. Racism is a crime today, and as you may have noticed, the term "nigger" is thus not generally accepted by the masses due to it's offensive past. Every day, white people commit crimes of which immigrants would never even think about doing. You would have to look hard to see an immigrant in Norway actually complain about their life situation. On the other hand, people like you still manage to pull this crap straight out your arse-
GreenrangeRemix 1 year ago
@asdfbooi -To cut the crap and get to the point. You have no clue about what you are talking about, are you? Are you really afraid that the Scandinavian population is going to die out? Why? Afraid of the "perfect race" to be mixed with "dirty blood"? You realize that what you are thinking right now was the very mindset that belonged to a very famous man, even to this day; Hitler, right? Then again, I understand that you are merely a troll on the "internetz".
GreenrangeRemix 1 year ago
@GreenrangeRemix Are you really in favor of such mass immigration? Am i misinterpreting something or do you think it's a good thing to turn the people who created that culture and country into a tiny minority?
Fuck multiculturalism, whichever culture and people were there first should be dominant.
Also, I'm amazed you wrote 3 replies to that one 12 year old's comment, geez.
Arnebananlolo 10 months ago 13
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Norwegians are, just like most other europeans, clever.
Invesigator 1 year ago 8
FLAUT!
mrkjottulf 1 year ago
i have been in norway and it was amazing!
but too many blonde babes lol...
amarria100 1 year ago
@amarria100 well, welcome to NorwayxD
yoga680 1 year ago
@amarria100 Too many blond babes :P ?! Sure you don't mean sweden x ) ?
LFH323 1 year ago
@LFH323 Both Scandinavian countries ^^ They are both known for their blond women, but Norway is more known to be NATURAL blond and have blue eyes :))
Martinandxxx 1 year ago
i think tha producers of the video should also include the most popular norwegian band MADRUGADA.Norway looks like paradise anyway....
vasilakiz 1 year ago
Norway seem like a very beautiful country and someday I want to visit. :))
RainOrShineFun 1 year ago 2
@RainOrShineFun i live their and its an oppgrade to usa see my videos ps!.
gameboy699 1 year ago
I am a Norwegian American who has always loved and supported Norway. I was stunned when I was on the train from Oslo to Bergen and saw spray painted on a train station that we passed "f**k the USA. The majority of people were friendly, but in Oslo, Bergen and Lillehammer, I was laughed at, and heard nasty comments made about me in Norwegian and English. I was shocked! I don't think that I will ever go back again!
xdemmons 1 year ago
@xdemmons
I am surprised by your comment. I have never been to Norway myself but why do you think they were making fun of you?? Was it based on race/colour, your accent, your clothes. This is not the idyllic view I have of Norway but like I said i have never been there. Sorry you had such a bad experience.
Delisle4 1 year ago
@Delisle4 I was surprised to be treated that way...My mother is Irish and French, my father's side Scandinavian. I have been told before that I look like Tom Selleck, to give you an idea. My clothes seemed to be what set them off.. A Colombia jacket, Levis jeans, Nike sneakers and a Boston Red Sox ballcap. My cousin from Oslo thought they might think my ballcap was funny, but they sell them there and I saw others wearing them. If they didn't like it, Is that a reason to be rude?
xdemmons 1 year ago
@xdemmons
Wow, that is really sad to hear. It seems that the style of dress is what set people off. How do people dress in Norway?? Is it really that different?? You are right, if you do not like the way a person is dressed just keep walking by, why make the effort to be rude. Makes no sense?!?
Delisle4 1 year ago
@Delisle4 They were into Banana Republic or Express type of clothing, and everyone wore black coats. Some men wore bright red pants and little scarves around their necks that you wouldn't catch most straight American men wearing. I heard the comment "oh it's a rock and roller" made in a sarcastic tone from some college age dudes. Young girls, high school and college age made the most repulsive attacks, laughing hysterically. This is not the same Norway that my family left years ago.
xdemmons 1 year ago
@xdemmons
This is nuts!! If you were talking about some small hickville in the Old South, I would not have even responded to your comment but Norway!?!? What the hell happened?? What do you think has caused this change?!
Delisle4 1 year ago
@Delisle4 It makes no sense to me, and left me a little shocked to be truthful. The majority of Norway's population is polite and well mannered, but I was treated rudely 7 different times in 7 days. Like Madonna said once, "you can get 1,000 fan letters and it is the one piece of hate mail that you remember." I won't condemn a whole country for my experience, but I don't think that I would ever return.
xdemmons 1 year ago
@xdemmons Im sorry you had to have such a shitty expierience in norway, some norwegians can be really small minded :( but I hope you were able to gain som good experiences from your trip as well :)
NorwegianStory 1 year ago
@NorwegianStory Thanks for saying that, you are the first one to even acknowledge what happened. Overall I had good experiences...My family in Lillehammer is very friendly and welcomed me there with both arms. My cousin Tom in Oslo stood on his head to make it a nice trip. The scenery was beautiful and the majority of people nice. It just took being laughed at or have comments made about you to lose focus on what you came there for. unfortunate.
xdemmons 1 year ago
What is the name of the song at 0:20 - 1:00? And who is the singer? I like the song!
CountryCollection87 1 year ago
@CountryCollection87 I don't know for sure, but I'd guessed a song by Mari Boine, the woman viewed at 0:26. Left hand upper corner.
Fonetiker 1 year ago
I love the video. My daughter lives in Oslo with her husband. They just got married and met him in EPCOT. I love my Norwegian son in law. I love the video because now I am more familiarized with is culture.
Maddiebp 1 year ago
Man you portray us as something like eskimoes...
DiiiM3bag 1 year ago
just legalize pot and this will be the best place to live in the world.
Thomash89 1 year ago
@Thomash89
We got a history of hard drinking. We would probably get more healthier if we had legalized it, but no such debate is ongoing atm unfortunately.
plainlake 1 year ago
iv meet lots of people from norway and they all tell me its not cheep to live there ...but it seems like a lovely place ...
leemeires 1 year ago
@leemeires true, our capital city, Oslo. is the most expencive place in the world (fact)
NorwegianStory 1 year ago
@NorwegianStory yer im a brit but iv lived in thailand 6 years england so expencive as well thats why i live here its so cheep ......
leemeires 1 year ago
Someday I will see the midnight sun !!! Algún día veré el sol de medianoche !!!
A Colombian.
elrond212 1 year ago 2
Man you can't get anymore peaceful than this country
Damn humans are violent by nature how do norwegians tend to stay peaceful and rich I dont understand
snajamh 1 year ago
@snajamh It's not that peaceful now that we have naively imported too many muslims to our country.
s005288 1 year ago 2
@snajamh we have oil that we own. we dont need to bomb contrys to get oil. :P
i am from norway btw
shaitshait123 1 year ago
@shaitshait123
lol........ thats great
I really admire your country
snajamh 1 year ago
@snajamh thanks man i admire my contry too :P Where you from. i think i am going to studi in america a few years from now
shaitshait123 1 year ago
@shaitshait123 you're telling lies, look for the article in Aftenposten and you will see that Norway bombed Lybia recently and made lots of profits on the Libya crisis. Norwegians, take your fucking mask off! enough of these lies about better country, bla, bla. Enough is enough. Norwegians are the most arrogant people in the world. They're brainwashed by their government into thinking that their country is the best. One day oil will end
vergettigrego 8 months ago
@vergettigrego dont like my goverment either i am like a peace man. they say it works but it really dont
shaitshait123 8 months ago
@vergettigrego True, We norwegians are to naive . . .When the oil is no more, well then you know whats gonna happend!
Zeilond12 6 months ago
@snajamh It`s easy humans is not violent in nature,.but you can be manipulated to think so,.then it leads to fear,.and when people are afraid they do annything to feel safe,.and then they sign there rights away,.Im seeing that in america now,.if you ask a question ageinst something be it poletics or schools and you are a terorist! It breaks my haert to see america faling in to a police state,.Wake up America. You are being manipulated by the forces that JFK warned you about,.Peace and love fromN
Dukenable 1 year ago
@Dukenable These forced are far to dominant and powerful in the world society. Capitalism is great for many purposes, but in the big picture it's a banker's market. At least the one we see today. I'm though happy to see more and more enlightenment troughout the world of internet.
I'm glad we have a independent and public owned central bank in Norway! That's the key to democratic capitalism.
joakim2k10 1 year ago
I love my country.<3
JTucker3 1 year ago 2
Cold...dark...expensive...boring....cold...did I mention cold?
janet928 1 year ago
@janet928 ..... ???? are you sure you been to Norway ? if so you must have had your eyes closed ....
swartisen 1 year ago 2
@janet928 lol sounds like fun except expensive
AliasRue 1 year ago
@Alexeriks1 because you should be able to live off your sallery, and if it's not so you can live off it (up to the standards of Norway) it's underpayment. But there is no law stating a minimum wage only agreements within' the organizations.
xxRockst4r 1 year ago
@Alexeriks1 the minimum wage does not exist within the law but within agreements from LO. So you have to be organized for it to apply to you. So no, there is no minimum wage in Norway unless you are organized and a lot aren't.
xxRockst4r 1 year ago
@Alexeriks1 considering 33% tax and the sick high prices in Norway it's not too bad with 1000 dollars in America, but I agree, we live great due to our tax system.. Schools, healthcare etc.
xxRockst4r 1 year ago
@Alexeriks1 despite your good education you should know that there is no minimum wage in Norway, lol. But everything under 100kr is unacceptable if you're over 18, at least should be.
xxRockst4r 1 year ago
@Alexeriks1 No, no, it's not 7500 - 8000$ a month, are you freakin crazy? Divide it by 2 and you'll get an average number.
xxRockst4r 1 year ago
The following is a COMPLETE lie:
Norway is strongly committed to promoting peace and participate in international peace efforts on many levels.
gamlerik1 1 year ago
Except for the subjective artistic ideals and poetic licens of the commentators opinion of Norway (mostly at the end), it was very good informationell video. Thank you.
~Olav Norseman
petkol 1 year ago
Bra video! Den kan gi mye kunnskap til folk som ikke vet så mye om Norge :)
FanDisney365 1 year ago 2
HOLMENKOLLMEN
oOTeleTabiEsOo 1 year ago
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Norway ... a great country with great people ......
jeg elsker Norge...
swartisen 1 year ago 14
if you are going to Norway go to Trondheim <33
Aleekp 1 year ago 2
vikings are BADASS. Norway is a model country
solidysnake1 1 year ago 2
Truthfully, I've been thinking about leaving America for about 5 years now and am seriously considering one of the Scandinavian countries.
I wonder what the immigration requirements are... Off-topic question; How does the average citizen benefit from Norway's oil exportation? More funding for schools/universities, public transport, etc? How does it work?
xRawlins 1 year ago
@xRawlins
Norway has good public transport compared to lot of the states of the US. There are buses all over the country, and both trains and airplanes can take you from Kristiansand to Honningsvåg.
Tiriltoget 1 year ago
@xRawlins First and foremost, any immigrant to Norway is required to learn the Norwegian (Bokmål) language. You, as an american does however have the advantage that most norwegians understand english and speak it too. A high education is also a really good shoe-in, then again, we do certainly have colleges and universities where you can get that anyway. As far as beraucracy goes, i dont know the exact thing you have to do.
Amphibiot 1 year ago
When I leave America, I'll be going to Norway.
If they'll have me. D: They seem elite.
xRawlins 1 year ago
Norway i'm coming!!!!!!!
RZKKorin 1 year ago
Bourge aausslandd XD haha
heisenfeis 1 year ago
I love Norway! country of Óðinn!
TheNorsePagan 1 year ago 2
Man, actually I agree with you. The grammar is hard (I think German is worse, but that is probably because I'm Norwegian.) I, as a Norwegian, often thinks it's hard to understand some of the dialects in this country. And I think it's stupid that we should have 2 official written languages. It's hard to learn, and I don't WANT to learn to write it anyway-.-
But, beside that, I'm proud of being Norwegian. I love my country! (But it would be great if the winter wasn't that cold and long -.-)
THIWHU 1 year ago 2
Omg people are just jealous because we are so fucking rich! :P
Stop spamming shitt about our country! I beelieve that ure guys that are spamming, you are from africa or whatever
snusabo 1 year ago 26
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typical norwegian way 2 c themselves.4 about 30 years ago,u weren't rich at all;in cash,but there was rich people;humanly...in oslo there's about 5 times more deadly overdoses than in rotterdam or paris.bside,4 times more murders with guns than in denmark,where there's about 16 millions inhabitants...and so on about several issiues!
Tstorma 1 year ago
@Tstorma There are about 5.5 million inhabitants in Denmark, and Norway had a high standard of living 30 years ago too. Check ur facts ^^
yooutube321321 1 year ago
@Tstorma it amazes me how little you know:)
Noooxid 1 year ago
@snusabo what about africa ?
egelskedeg 10 months ago
@snusabo Oh cmon no one ever complains about ur country because their argument is invalid <3
Cheers from Mexico.
xx415pato7xx456 9 months ago
No tahx!!!
gingerXLL 1 year ago
I could use some global warming up here in northern norway! it's -27 degrees outside! -.-
Manglelapp 1 year ago
u mean -27 celcius.. its a big diffrence
zeretex 1 year ago
@Manglelapp Hey man, You got to remember that 2/3 of youtube use farenhet and -27 degress celcius equals about - 32 farenhet. Sincerly a Norwegian viking living in the United States
Kreketw 1 year ago
Awesome, great view into the norwegian culture, was afraid it was going to be 5 minutes of raindeers in the begining there but.. :)
Beeeoooww 1 year ago
if you like city lives move to, ''Oslo'' ore ''bergen''
but if you are an country person, move to Northern-Norway
TheSjpower 2 years ago
norway is the best contry to live in. its not hard to get a job .the most popular job is oil i think
orjan33 2 years ago
nope.. (:
there isn't many who wants to work in the oil industry, i'm afraid.. at least not norwegians, even if people comes from other country to work with oil here..^^'
norway is as any other country, i think.. when is comes to work, that is..
and i think that regular office work is as popular as any other place in the world.. ^^'
ingvild12345 2 years ago
@orjan33 hva er det du snakker om?ja vi er rangert som det beste landet å leve i,men vi har den verste arbeidsledigheten siden krigen bortimot,skal den mest populære jobben være innen olje?? det er vår hoved profitt ja som nasjon,flere som driver landbruk enn det er arbeidere innen offshore olje..
geisha62 2 years ago
Now i'm living in Italy....i would like to go to live in another country ...for example Norway.....
Could someone tell me(people who live in norway...)it's hard to find a job ?what's the most popular job, some information)
Thank's a lot to that person who will help me)
sorry for my english:-/ (((((
RZKKorin 2 years ago
yyyeeeeeaaaahhhhh noorwayyy
Arnulf55 2 years ago
Hi !! I really need this video!! Is it any way I can get it? I need to show my american class this, cause they know nothing! Please contact me, Linn :)
Linnlinn92 2 years ago 3
If you have a laptop or something, you could show it directly from youtube.
It you haven't you can check the link in the description. Maybe something's there^^
OoLunamoonoO 2 years ago
Hi Linn,
you are welcome to play this video in your American class. It's for this reason we posted it on YouTube!
Regards,
MFANorway
MFANorway 2 years ago 3
@Linnlinn92 you could download it with kickyoutube or youtube downloader. Just google ''download youtube videoes''
l0lidude 1 year ago
@Linnlinn92 search for dvdvideosoft at google..u can download with it
glennt93 1 year ago
If immigrants keep coming , there will be no more huge fat wages in the near future :D
Oslo is full of africans, arabs and other asians... :|
MrCrazyNorwegian 2 years ago 2
Antall utenlandske statsborgere har passer 200.000. Dansker og svensker topper, med irakere på tredjeplass.....
XviciousXable 2 years ago
Ifølge SSB bor 52 265 av de utenlandske statsborgerne i Oslo, noe som tilsvarer 10 prosent av befolkningen i kommunen. Dansker og svensker topper, med irakere på tredjeplass. Du har et nevert syn
XviciousXable 2 years ago 2
i meant norwegians
dangermous1968 2 years ago
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clearly norwigeans are not from this planet . they are obviously decendants of a cult of peacefull aliens that crashed on this planet during the viking times. used their technology to change their violent nature and then mated with them . ...... just a 3:00 am theory i had....I could be wrong.
dangermous1968 2 years ago 41
@dangermous1968 Exactly!
TheSeafoodMonster 2 years ago
@dangermous1968 most vikings where traders.
jrompe 1 year ago
@dangermous1968
I don't think you are wrong. Many who are involved in the UFO/Alien movement talk of how the Pleidians settled in Sweden and Norway and still live there today. One more feather in their cap I guess.
Delisle4 1 year ago
Possibly the most peaceful place on the world?
ZemogTorrents 2 years ago 3
robertjohnson487:
We norwegians can be kind and peacefull persons, and ofc as there is world wide mean persons. It seems just like you got unlucky and met the wrong persons. So please before you say something like that try to think a bit more. Me personal is verry peacefull when it's about new faces. And i think it's great that people show interest in our country! :)
snusabo 2 years ago
I got a message from robertjhonsen487.
He said: fuck Norway.
everybody else who have gotten a message like that thumbs up
forsalololo95 1 year ago 3
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this is what i got from Robertjhonsen487:
fuck you norwegian assfucker!!!!!
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fuck you norwegian assfucker!!!!!
burn in hell with all of your fucking landsmen and your norwegian hore mother!!!!!
Feb 09, 2010
alfegil 1 year ago
his a troll
forsalololo95 1 year ago
why all this rage toward Norway?
Piian 2 years ago
@Piian Just jealousy what else?
seawolf1451 2 years ago
indeed...
Piian 2 years ago
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I have lived in several countries in the world. Norwegians are the most rude and unfriendly people I have met. Sad.... Fortunately they are only five million in number, lazy and very insecure. Nothing to worry about.
robertjohnson487 2 years ago
Realy, Norway is the only country in Europe that interests me, and I hope to live in Norway one day (I know lots of people say that), but until then I can just watch beautiful videos and dream :)
StormyMcLue 2 years ago 3
Yes, it's wuite beautiful here :-) I live near Oslo :-)
BoBbSyY 2 years ago
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I have lived in several countries in the world. Norwegians are the most unfriendly people I have met.
robertjohnson487 2 years ago
Unfriendly!! Their the most peasfull people in the world. Didn't u hear the part about pease making!?
And please next time u leave such a hatefull comen't, explain why?
TheIdaLouise 2 years ago
I love this video. :)
BarracudaBlur, flats and houses are very expensive, especially in Oslo.
aaniine 2 years ago 3
Hello,
I love this video as much as I love Your country. I'm from Slovakia and in few years I wanna move there. Yet didnt any steps (like language lessons), but I'm looking forward to it.
BarracudaBlur 2 years ago
I see stengevarsel is speaking about jobs for these who wanna work, but is this meant only for usual workers, for example like in bars, restaruants, administration, etc? At the moment, I'm studying @ two colleges and wanna go for external postgraduate @ Cambridge. Im studying film production and marketing communication, I would like to do something in marketing agency, mb commercial production, but not exactly film production. What do you think?
BarracudaBlur 2 years ago
Every working man coming into your country have free language course? Thats awesome :) What about living? Flats, houses... Are they easy to or are they expensive? Thanks!
BarracudaBlur 2 years ago
Barracuda, yes, normally one would associate foreign workers with labour such as construction, etc., especially since workers from your region are willing to work for lower wages due to lower cost of living in your country/area, and also because your region has highly skilled workers.
When competing for jobs in the academic arena, or other areas requiring higher education, this advantage usually disappears, since competition for jobs comes from the entire Schengen area.
stengevarsel 2 years ago
If your mowing to Norway, welcome :D
What kind for a person are you?
a city person, or like a person like like to live on the country?
If you are a city person i wood sugest Oslo or Bergen. Werry nice places!
If your a country person i suggest Northern-Norway.
ps: In northern norway it is a werry beatifuel northern light!!!!!!!!
IAMSilentdeath 2 years ago
people just think we norwegians are crazy.....but were not that bad, Its reidiculous how its gotten to the point where nobody can trust us.....LIVE ON FELLOW VIKINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bookmaniac000 2 years ago 2
my impression of norway is that they forcibly sterilize gypsies!
rajeshj 2 years ago
Wrong impression. Ever heard of eugenics? Google it. Fun fact: Teddy Roosevelt was a eugenics supporter.
stengevarsel 2 years ago
That happend in the dark ages of western medicine 50-60 or more years ago.
rhov233 2 years ago
detter så jo bra ut:P
TheGibsonSG96 2 years ago
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My impression is the the Norwegian government encourages Norwegian unethical mining companies to destroy ancestral domains and clean water supplies in the Philippine Islands for money over thousands peoples health and culture.
Therefore, I hope people can vote with their concience and give this place a miss until the gvt stops killing tribal peoples on the other side of the world.
Thank you.
bacaca88 2 years ago
As when we were Vikings in Brittain, the munks did not trust a norseman easely.
Nortrix87 2 years ago
Jeg elsker Norge xD such a beautiful place... and I like Norwegian language and culture, too... think I'm going to study your language at the college :) but, though I really, really, like you very much, I think that I couldnt live in Norway for more of a month or two, just being a kind of tourist. But, yeah, I really like you :) Jeg tror at nordmenn er gode, hilsener fra Serbia
secanje 2 years ago 3
Thx, I hope you give a better impression of Serbians than what the common view is in the world. The "secanje's" of genocide and crimes against humanity is still fresh in many peoples mind. You could change your country into the the next Norway. Small steps. Hilsen fra Norge. Lykke til!
rhov233 2 years ago
Times sure are changing and peace will overcome violence. That about crimes is just one side of the Serbia, other, the brighter, is being stronger and stronger every day. Norway is great example, in the early years of 20th century, one of our intellectuals of that time, miss Isidora Sekulic, visited Norway and was writing about hard situation over there (she actually wrote a book called Letters from Norway), and times changed and Norway is one of the best places on Earth now.
secanje 2 years ago
herregud kor monge rasistiske komentara da va her! skjerp dåkke, norge er ikkje eit rastisk land!
zantokors 2 years ago
Heller rasist en landsforæder.
Nortrix87 2 years ago
jævla frper...
zantokors 2 years ago
Takk=)
Nortrix87 2 years ago
@zantokors Enig!
Manglelapp 1 year ago
I Guess we do rely have it nice over here ^_^
I`m proud to be a Norwegian! Hail from "Fredrikstad"! ;D
MrGushi 2 years ago
God dam it, it's cold here!
NicolaiResch 2 years ago
ja, vi elsker dette landet,.im pround of being a norwegian
Nappulm 2 years ago 4
one friend told me that norwegians are very into nationalism. she sayd that they dislike foreigners very mutch :o thats very bad cause i would love to move to norway. Im lithuanian tho
LegacYakaMK 2 years ago
That really depends! I'm norwegian, and I don't have anything against foreigners at all! :)
dragonOfruit 2 years ago
Many Norwegian dislikes lithuanian peapole because they do a lot of burglaries i Norway:(
sscel 2 years ago
but its not fair to judge a man by his nation's deeds :/
LegacYakaMK 2 years ago
no, but its easy.
DarkAustin 2 years ago
Then it is up to that man to prove he is not like his nation.
Nortrix87 2 years ago
if you mean proving by living an honest life then ok. but its kinda harder when everyone else is prejudise
LegacYakaMK 2 years ago
Thats the diffeculty isn`t it, if to many of youre people do bad things you are seen as an kriminal until the opposite is proved.
Nortrix87 2 years ago
when people are not narrowminded they dont judge one person by the place he was born in
LegacYakaMK 2 years ago
If i see someone from Somalia i don`t trust them like i wuld do with an Norwegian. They have to do more to convince me. I don`t call that narrowminded. I call that realety. Something else wuld be naive i think.
Nortrix87 2 years ago
No but the impression of the majority of that place, I have met a few good, but not many. Just like people in Nambia looked sceptical on me when I was there. Its only natural.
VikingfaceNOR 2 years ago
Yeah but tell that to the peace and love hippies=D
Nortrix87 2 years ago
Well said.
StellandBlood 1 year ago
some are, but you'll always find racists in every country. Most of us are grown up and welcoming to new cultures and people. but sometimes we can get a bit nationalistic :P for example, almost every breathing man or woman in Norway was uptil a few years ago convinced that a norwegian had invented the paper-clip. it was in the dictionary, and we even spread it to other nations! now that most of us know it wasn't true, I must say i'm a little embaressed :P
lethalbee 2 years ago
What didnt Norway invent the paper-clip.
No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
to bad but we still got our chees cutter
forsalololo95 1 year ago 2
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I wouldn't exactly say that we dislike foreigners, atleast not in the city I live close to (Stavanger). Though, I can say that most norwegians dislike foreigners who exploit our welfare system. Because there are or have been quite a lot who've done that, atleast in the past. I can also say that norwegians dislike imigrants who refuse to be integrated into the society, I guess this is where our nationalism comes in. We don't mind foreigners, but we dislike not being able to communicate with them
KOGE444 2 years ago 7
They exploit us? All the western civilizations are exploiting them! The west controls the world bank, and therefore also the global economical system. We buy recources cheap, and exploit them to make a lot of money here. Because of this, the third world are incapable of gaining a stable economical system. They are poor because of us.
lethalbee 1 year ago 13
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For me,thats not nationalism,thats culturalism,thats perfectly natural.
Anyone has to learn the culture or cannot be considered a member,the immigrant owns that to the society.
StellandBlood 1 year ago 28