5 Things Norwegians hate about your home - why are Norwegians scared about going abroad?

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Learn why Norwegians are scared about going abroad.? When Norwegians rent a vacation home, we dream about how fantastic it will be. But, as soon as we enter the house, the horror starts! What might seem familiar to you, is like Fear Factory to us. You will learn about Norwegian way of life, through a typical Rent-a-House-Abroad. Death traps like tiles, floors, tap water, gas and toilets force us to visit the doctor everyday.
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[@MyPetRex]

My grandparents came from Norway and Sweden. The more of your videos I watch, the more I’m realizing that our family’s strange sense of humor and anxious tendencies are actually deeply rooted in our heritage. So funny!

[@XtreamBrands]

My grandmother was a Nygren (I am from Minnesota). But my Norwegian side are pretty chill...

[@EricaGamet]

Same!

[@user-wj3yr7xr2f]

Yes! Exactly what I was thinking! :D

[@lcflngn]

Omg just wrote that myself before reading your comment, it’s so true. I wish my lovely dad were around to show him this vid. He would’ve laughed, and it wouldn’t have changed a thing. He would’ve been so shocked by the broken glass, hoo boy the pain!

[@mrskevbo2010]

S. Nygren it’s hilarious, so much truth to it

[@paranormaltheorist]

Damn... I thought all I had was Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Maybe I'm actually Norwegian.

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Sounds like you are. Welcome home ;)

[@decembersixx6237]

Lol...good one!

[@allthingsharbor]

Yah, me too! And to think all these years my own family said I must have been switched at birth...not sure how a Norwegian woman was birthing in a small town in the southern USA at the exact same time as my mother, but it sure would explain some things!

[@ergbudster3333]

That's so funny. My dream girl (now an old lady).. I always thought she was sort of nuts. ha ha! No. She's half Norwegian. Totally normal. For a Norwegian. Cheers. :)

[@sarahstrong7174]

With OCD there is some hope of improvement from treatment, but being Norwegian, not sure how to tell you this but really, being realistic........ .

[@wfcoaker1398]

There’s an electric kettle right next to the stove! Why do you need to boil a dipper of water to make tea??? Lol. You remind me of the time I told a couple of Irish farmers that where I come from, we live in wooden houses. They are appalled! “Don’t they catch fire??” They ended up deciding that when you live in a wooden house, you must get used to being really really careful all the time. Lol

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

😂😂 love your story. Thanks for sharing

[@rebeccahicks4949]

I live in St Louis, and most of the older buildings are brick because a lot of the city burned down in the 19th century and they rebuilt with brick to make it less likely to happen again.

[@ProctorsGamble]

Shhhh! If he saw the kettle we would not have gotten a video about the dangerous stove!

[@anaisabel2956]

@@ProctorsGamble 🤣🤣🤣

[@phatmonkey11]

@@rebeccahicks4949That's pretty much everywhere I think.

[@isabelgeddeshines4059]

My dad actually did fall on a wet tile stair flooring in Spain and had a concussion. It's a death trap. The bidet is great for washing your feet

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Poor dad. Hehe, I know. Thanks for sharing and adding content to our video 😀

[@simongreenidge6454]

If a tile is "shiny" or polished (like those in the video) it should never be used as a floor tile. Many countries seem to overlook this (perhaps because they are easy to wipe clean) but wet shiny tiles are deathtraps! It is possible to buy textured tiles that don't become slippery when wet (but they are much more difficult to clean).

[@1justice2012]

isabel Geddes Hahahahaha!

[@osrstop8282]

In panama, some people put shiny tile on sidewalks in front of their house. When there is rain, people can slip.

[@joan-lisa-smith]

@@YOURWAY2NORWAY Ceramic tiles in new homes is now common here in Canada and I had a neighbour who actually died form a brain injury after slipping and hitting his head on it. My aunt and uncle are older and their dr told them they will crack a knee cap or break their hip so they are tearing theirs up and replacing it with good old fashioned linoleum like I have. Using any hard tiles is the stupidest trend ever, Norwegians have it right!

[@willhall8141]

From Vikings to neurotic middle-class safety mavens.

[@justicewarrior9187]

You mean from testosterone to soy!!

[@PostPatriot]

No how they put it is much more enlightened. Once you reach the point where you actually have testosterone, you'll get it. 😂

[@faithrada]

@@PostPatriot LOLOL... Thought I was gonna DIE laughing! Gawd.. next time WARN ME! 🤪

[@PostPatriot]

@@faithrada I don't know you, you don't know me, so....

[@Roxy-ch4gv]

And i get my son to power through things by saying "I am the son of Vikings!".

[@rosalindkincannon1078]

Thank you for another great video. Im recovering from chemo n ive never laughed soo hard. This us th best medicine ever n these videos make my day. Thank you n greetings from USA.

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Hope you get well 🤞🤞❤

[@colleentam6446]

Rosalind Kincannon , Many prayers for your recovery... Just found this channel. So enjoyable & laughter is definitely the Best Medicine...🌹🍀🙏☘️

[@colleentam6446]

Rosalind Kincannon , Just thinking, if you like dogs...Max Katie the Great Danes ... is a wonderful channel, too. 🙏🌹

[@h.calvert3165]

Good luck! Be well soon. Prayers are going up for you! 🙏 🍀 🙏

[@rosalindkincannon1078]

Thank all of you soo kindly. My love to all of you ♥️♥️😻😻

[@fnm27]

Who says Norwegian people don't have a sense of humour? They are so freaking fun once you get to know them. I'm back to India but can't wait to go there again. Love your videos Ronald

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Haha there are many saying just that. So very happy to read your super nice comment. Thanks a lot! Welcome back whenever 😀

[@Katya_Lastochka]

Nobody. Nobody that knows any Norwegian, or of them, would say that.

[@whengrapespop5728]

Pardon me, but I don’t agree.

[@whengrapespop5728]

Pardon me, Norwegian tv commercials and filmmaking is exceptionally funny.

[@phatmonkey11]

@@whengrapespop5728Yeah - Norsemen (Vikingane) is hilarious!

[@LBBEE-xl8qj]

I live on the border of North Dakota / Minnesota and we have the highest concentration of Norwegians outside of Norway. I cant tell you how TRUE your videos are! Lol😂

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Thanks for an awesome and insightful comment!

[@damianowens5066]

Hello my friend! You deserve an Oscar for that one 👏👏 bravo Ronald 😂😂😂😂😂 great to see our crazy Norwegian friend back on KZbin 😁🇳🇴😁🇳🇴😁🇳🇴👌👍

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Lol, maybe I deserve a beer. Nice to hear from you again 😀

[@damianowens5066]

YOURWAY2NORWAY😁🇳🇴😂🍺🍻👍

[@lynnb5726]

I love how dramatic and hilarious he is! The camra guy is funny as well. These two are so fun to watch!

[@matpingar3617]

KZbin seems to push your videos right now. Thanks, Algorithm!

[@lianapop3127]

hey Mat! :)

[@01SaltyWitch]

My grandmother was born in Norway, immigrated to America as a child. Sadly she passed away before I was born. I had no idea how Norwegian I really am until now. No gas stoves, No tap water, No tile floors when my daughter was young. I'd like to think I'm making my grandma Ingaborg proud. I'm glad I found your channel to connect with my heritage.

[@raedwulf61]

Your Viking ancestors in Valhalla are weeping. ;P

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

😂😂

[@PlayaSinNombre]

Laughing that hard, are They?

[@GorgorothBergen-ns7il]

She's a woman. Please do NOT Believe this woman is saying.

[@diazinth]

raedwulf61 not really. You don’t go to Valhalla if you die of diarrhea

[@nothingposted9056]

@@diazinth and for Norwegians abroad, death by diarrhea is a very real possibility

[@oldwest517]

When I am in Norway, the house of horrors is anytime I go to pay the bill!

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Haha best comment about horrors in Norway 🤑

[@Sorrowdusk]

@@YOURWAY2NORWAY You think a TILE floor in the KITCHEN is bad? I have a Kitchen CARPET. Every single room is carpeted.

[@peoriagrace1968]

@@Sorrowdusk Hahahahahaha, that sucks.

[@movies423]

@@Sorrowdusk how is that a thing?!

[@ElveeKaye]

@@Sorrowdusk OMG, me too! I have a tiny apartment with horrible, cheap carpeting in the kitchen and bathroom. Who the hell wants carpeting in those rooms?? I'm always spilling food when I'm cooking, and you never know when the toilet is going to overflow. I HATE carpeting! It's the worst thing you can put on the floor. It traps hair, dirt, dust, pet dander, mites, insect vermin, and whatever we drag in on our shoes. No amount of vacuuming or shampooing can get it completely clean. I wish I could rip out all the carpeting in my place. There are wooden floors underneath. I know this because the landlord has been renovating the building and he pulls out all the carpeting and linoleum and refinishes the wood underneath. Unfortunately, he also charges a lot more for the renovated rooms. :o/

[@OutSidrQQn]

I’m American but after watching your videos, I’m wondering if maybe I was kidnapped and I’m truly Norwegian.

[@colleentam6446]

Kristi aka OutSidrQQn , me, too 😂🤣

[@wilcoxwilcox3272]

You are so funny. My grandfather is Norwegian. Now I understand my mother's phobia with gas stoves. 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

[@BMarie774]

4:05 Norwegians wouldn't make it in Florida. They tile EVERYTHING here. I was so confused the first time I saw a tiled LIVING ROOM. Like what? The living room?

[@simongreenidge6454]

They suit tropical climates. Timber floors are lovely, but they are more easily damaged by the high humidity, termites etc.

[@jamescook4289]

I live in Florida and my entire house has tiled floors. No vacuums needed - sweep and mop and you're done.

[@Amateur_Pianist_472]

James Cook lol I still vacuum the tiles in the bathroom cuz I’m neurotic like that :p

[@mahna_mahna]

@@jamescook4289 I have that as well, but it's hardwood. So much cozier than tile. But I do understand why tile fits humid climates.

[@athenathegreatandpowerful6365]

What threw me in Texas was wall to wall carpet in the bathroom, of all places!! Weird. I abhor tile unless its in the bathroom or kitchen. Hardwood every place else.

[@etvdzs]

Now I want to see a video of what happens when the Portuguese go to Norway for their holidays ;)

[@magdalenaw1443]

etvdzs Portuguese? 😃 intresting! some tips?because I was dating with one from Portugal but there was not enough time to get know his behaviour better 😁

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

😅

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Yes I would love to see that video too

[@etvdzs]

Magdalena W No, i'm not Portuguese. But the video seems to have been filmed in Portugal, and i was just wondering what would happen if the roles were reversed :)

[@MrMatavelhas]

We are very adaptable... would probably be complaining about the lack of food variety. Also would be driving Norwegians mad with our complete disregard for all sorts of health and safety practices

[@kreese316]

I kid you not, this was the best way to decompress after a stressful day. Thank you so much.

[@dangthat]

Love from California, USA. Your videos are hilarious! I am addicted!

[@Chiefqueef91]

I am too

[@mayolson2]

me too.

[@spreckels33]

Ditto that!

[@faithrada]

They are funny... because they're true!

[@wullaballoo2642]

Nooo I hate having control over the temperature while I'm cooking. I just want two settings, too hot and too cold!

[@jlaustill]

Hahahaha exactly what I was thinking

[@NdnUrbanCat]

Once you learn to master that, you can do anything!

[@sistahmels8228]

I'm not exaggerating when I say that you sound like my grandfather! I had no idea how complicated Norwegians can be! How right you are that everything is frightening! You are AWESOME! All my life I thought they were weird and well... they WERE! Lol!

[@bodyofhope]

That was hilarious. The mop on your head, your hands and feet in the bidet... I was cringing the whole time! 😂 THAT was the death trap

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Ha ha ha 🤣

[@susanleblanc7989]

I laughed my head off. My first time in Italy, at 18 and pretty unworldly, I had the exact same experience with the bidet. Yup, feet in and horrors later. LOL. Glad I'm not alone.

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

🤣🤣🤣

[@robertopucillo1489]

YOURWAY2NORWAY for Italians the horror is when you go in a bathroom and don’t find a bidet. I’m forced to take so many shower here in Norway 😂😂

[@susanleblanc7989]

Well, you have to admire their desire for cleanliness. LOL.

[@765respect]

susan, I had the same experience in Greece. 17 yo but my Greek boyfriend TOLD me the bidet was for washing feet. Didn't help when some houses had their socks soaking in them.

[@susanleblanc7989]

@@765respect Makes me feel like I'm not alone in this bidet conundrum. However, upon discovery of the actual use of this strange bathroom invader, I felt like I had been soaking my feet in a stranger's toilet. Ewww...was nice and cooling though.. LOL.

[@Tina06019]

Well, as a American of Swedish/German/Norwegian descent, I understand now why I dislike cleaning with a “wig,” and bring my own freakin’ clean supplies & tools with me on the road.... So, yeah, I am weird, but I inherited my weirdness!

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Yes, you did 😘

[@colleentam6446]

Tina , And I thought that I was the only one that did that !! 🙃

[@MG-wc6nk]

Tina I’m black from America and I bring my cleaning supplies too. I will buy bleach and sanitize the bathroom and wash all the bed linens at all hotels I visit. I don’t want them cleaning my room either unless it to vacuum.

[@colleentam6446]

M G , lol, 😂 though not black, otherwise same here...especially do not want them "cleaning" bathroom after observing how it was done in a very nice hotel. Also, don't use glasses & ice bucket from similar observation. So nice to have kindred spirits ! 😊🍀☘️

[@yougerard1976]

@@MG-wc6nk LMBO I do the same thing! I also check for bed bugs then if that passes i always bring a plastic mattress cover my own sheets, blankets and pillows and I totally freak out if anyone touches the floor or head board (even though I cleaned it) my husband thinks I'm nuts lol maybe I am LMBO oh well

[@cyl742]

Hahahahahahaha "Ahhhh IT'S A GAS OVEN!!!" I laughed thru the whole thing, but most at the foot washer :D You should have a Netflix comedy show.

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

😱😂

[@lostn65]

i'm not all that well traveled, but I have never seen a foot washer. When I first saw it I assumed it was a sink for children.

[@hilagvardinskaite6304]

Hahaha, number 1 is sooooo relatable, although gas stoves are quite common here in Lithuania. When I moved to another city for work and had to rent a flat, one of my main requirements was - NO GAS IN THE KITCHEN! Tap water, wooden vs slippery floor, bidet, cleaning tools... - yes yes yes, exactly! It seems Baltic and Nordic countries have more in common than I thought :D

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Hahaha, that is so cool to learn. Yes, I have learnt that the Baltics and the Nordics are cousins- Thanks for sharing Hila :)

[@sarahkitz6901]

Even though I'm American I've Always thought gas stoves were scary and dangerous..

[@jessicaedwards83]

Amen.

[@bbednorz319]

Sarah Kitz I’m American too and do not want gas in my house at all. I also despise hardwood or tile, except in the bathroom.

[@bodyofhope]

@@bbednorz319 I just moved in to a beautiful rental with hard woods and I'm ordering huge area rugs!!!

[@judithcooper8094]

I've had gas stoves for 73 years. They are safe and best for cooking. BTW, if there is ever a leak, you can smell it immediately.

[@SaBoTeUr2001]

The scariest thing I have ever seen on holiday was a shower in Thailand: gas-heated water with electric ignition.

[@lubabe6642]

Just found your channel today and am binging on them. Thanks for the laughs man, you're hilarious.

[@kristybear100]

I have never been to Norway, but I was in Denmark this past fall. I'm from the USA and I don't care for tap water as it tastes like chlorine to me. I loved the tap water from Denmark. It was the most delicious water that I have ever had and I would imagine that it would be the same in Norway.

[@jimfitch5222]

Ronald, you need a deal with Netflix! I love your channel, makes me feel better about living in a very cold part of the US that seems very Norwegian. Here in Rochester NY, we only shop in one grocery store, we are very afraid of anything we have never tasted before. We only see the sun about 1 month/year, have terrible health habits and love cheap stuff too.

[@laurametheny1008]

WTF did I just watch?¿?? ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!¡!¡ Hilarious guys! Thankyou for the belly laughs✌🍀👼😂

[@itaobyrneokeeffe7908]

Enjoying your program.

[@EverCassandra]

Oh no, I can't believe you just broke that glass bottle. You can never clean it all up. A hundred years from now some poor, barefoot kid is gonna cut his foot on that. (This is legit southern U.S. lore.)

[@annhutcheson5770]

Had he broken a Corelle plate, that would be true! Have you ever seen how the “unbreakable” dinnerware actually breaks after it gets old, or maybe its just shattering on tile, but it makes a gazillion of the tiniest, sharpest, sliveriest (probably not a real word, but you get the idea) spread out to hell and gone mess you have ever seen.

[@TodaysSpecialMinis]

ha! I was thinking the same thing - actually, I was thinking "I hope that's his real house and not a real rental because it's kinda rude for him to do that stuff intentionally in somoene else's house." The egg was ok (minus the way he spread it all over the floor and the mop, so I hope he was decent enough to really clean the floor and the mop with hot soapy water). But the glass bottle was a bit rude. There were tiny glass pieces EVERYWHERE and then he stepped on some pieces - probably embedding some shards in his shoes and transferring them to other areas of the house. When you break glass - you have to carefully sweep everything up and diligently look for where broken slivers and shards are. You might have to sweep a couple of times with a large then a detailed broom. Then you have to mop the floor really well and carefully discard that dirty water that might have loads of shards in it - not to mention the fibers of the mop head. I hope he buys them a new mop. I would hate to rent that house after him and decide to clean the place up first, mop, then wring that out and get cut with the glass in there.

[@DanjaZone]

*the 237 dislikes are offended Norwegians* 😂

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Yepp 🤣🤣🤣

[@maiasofie5069]

Lmao I'm norwigian and I can relate to everything in this video

[@lanqinfang]

it’s so nice to know Noweigians have these strange little habits. I’ve never known and care much about Norway but now I think Norway is such an interesting place

[@SusanCoscione]

As an American, I am with the Norwegians regarding the gas stove. I grew up with an electric stove so the first time I had to use gas, I was terrified! Haha That was the best part of this video...and the mop. 😆 Very entertaining!

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Hi and lol Susan Coscione - move to Norway if the gas stove situation gets out of control. We have a mop free country too. Thanks for watching and posting a motivating comment - we love it :)

[@sylviahazelannhansen9444]

Haha thank you for this one reminds me of when my husband Tore lived in England , he complained about the water , carpets ,food (especially the bread ), the bills and he was really scared of the gas central heating .

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

😂😂😂 awesome story.

[@ghidorahs1fan209]

Lol I would be scared of a Norwegian house with lots of carpet as in Australia for most people carpet is considered very dirty and you can never totally clean it. Lol

[@thomsoap]

Same in the states. Carpeted kitchen sounds gross!

[@1justice2012]

Blaise Payne When I was In Norway the houses I visited had wood floors, never saw a carpet in the kitchen, would be really gross.

[@cobrakai6209]

Blaise Payne in the video he said they mostly had wood floors.

[@ghidorahs1fan209]

@@cobrakai6209 I must have missed that

[@cobrakai6209]

Blaise Payne yeah he explains it after he breaks a bottle down the tiled stairs at 4:50 in the video. He says in Norway they have warm bouncy wooden floors that are soft in a way.

[@valerief1231]

You are hilarious, all the scenes of you running to the doctor 😂😂😂

[@xosferens]

The thing you were boiling water on is a stove, a cooktop or a hob but not an oven. An “oven” is solely “stekeovn” ie thing you bake cakes in! Ovn ≠ oven. It’s one of those “false friends” mistakes and very common in Nordic English

[@xosferens]

Erica Gamet LOL

[@alexisstix3042]

Your videos are so funny and I get so much enjoyment out of them! Many of these things I can relate to even though I didn’t grow up in Norway but it’s in my blood!

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Thanks for your nice and motivating words and for engaging with us. Big hugs from the two of us

[@PropunKla]

I swear you had 21k subscribers when I went to sleep last night, 25k about an hour ago and now 26k?!?!? You are hilarious and totally deserve all the sudden attention. Keep up the great work.

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

🤗😚 from Ronald and Mads ❤

[@leslieb3579]

Love it!! I honestly would have been thinking “oh. Look at the little sink for the kids.” I’m from America and had no idea they looked like little sinks.

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

😂😂

[@littleboots9800]

I'm British and when foreign travel became accessible to most ppl Brits in Europe were always made fun of by locals for mistaking bidets for foot baths!

[@saammmy7]

@@littleboots9800 why do a lot of Brits act like they're not part of Europe?

[@littleboots9800]

@@saammmy7 We are in the continent of Europe of course, we all know that, but a lot of people have never felt particularly European, probably because we are an island nation. I guess also partly because of our past, the Empire. About a quarter of the world was part of our Empire so we were more used to others being part of us rather than Britain being part of something. We are also quite different culturally. We have more in common culturally with Australia, New Zealand, America etc than with continental or Eastern Europe say. Likewise France has more in common with Belgium or Switzerland than Britain. Romania has more in common with Bulgaria and Hungary, than with Britain. I'm guessing your question was because I said "when brits went to Europe," yes? We have no antipathy for Europe. The EU may be a different matter but I think our history shows our deep relationship with Europe. Our experiences of war will always bind us. Only 15% of Brits freely described themselves as European (lowest of all EU countries) whilst 64% claimed they felt in no way European at all. That was the latest Eurobarometer survey by Natcen social research. I'm not sure it matters though. Do you?

[@Србомбоница86]

@@littleboots9800 that's not true ,you have NOTHING in common with Australia , entirely different vibe and culture,you are way more European than you think ,trust me

[@mariaeduardaamaral1]

Now I understand why my norwegians friends always postpone the visit here in Brasil... 😂 But it's not the death, trust me! Great video as always, guys! Big hug! 💙💙

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Ola Maria. Lol, that could absolytely be the reason 😂😂 But your beautiful beaches and cheap drinks should finally pull them over 😉

[@TerjeRiisnaes]

I’m Norwegian, but I’ve lived in the US for more than 20 years. I still avoid gas stoves at any cost. Love your videos!!

[@helenbugsynelson]

As a crazy Norwegian living abroad, I totally relate to the humor of this video. My mother brought the Norwegian mops here with her and we've been using them ever since. It's such a great cleaning system that I also take it with me wherever I go. We cook with gas here, but the fear never really leaves you. Our home is layered with scatter mats and rugs, so slippery floors are not a problem at home, but cleaning includes carrying rugs out to be beaten on a line outside. We don't slip on slippery floors, but we do trip on the loose edges of overlapping mats and rugs. Water is a concern wherever we travel, because we don't want to be trapped within a few feet of the bathroom. It's not the tap water, because that can be boiled and filtered, but if we eat out they may have used tap water to make the ice for our drinks or to rinse the vegetables for a raw salad... better to eat and drink what we prepare ourselves. The bidet is also very strange.. It's hard to wrap your brain around it.

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Awesome story and link to our content😂😂 Thanks for sharing!

[@robyoungquist5803]

OMG Ronald .. as a Swedish American, I understand/love your sense of humor, which in of itself, is frightening. 😝. By the time you got to the bidet, I l almost soiled myself laughing so hard ... I could have just rinsed my underwear out in the bidet! 😂😂😂😂

[@beawild]

I hate electric stoves. No self-respecting chef prefers electric. My mother loved to cook, when she moved to FL she installed a gas range in the kitchen. When her area was hit by a hurricane, she had a parade of neighbors cooking in her kitchen. They had electric stoves and the power was out for over a week. I also like bidets, we always had one.

[@poonoi1968]

Take a peek at the grocery shopping video. It help explain norwegians typical less than entusiastic choices in kitchen appliances. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGikmqNubJKGjas

[@jeep146]

I grew up with a gas stove but I use electric ceramic tops. Gas tops are harder to keep clean. If Power went out i would use the backup generator or the outside propane grill.

[@nancyomalley6441]

If there's a power outage, you can still cook with the gas if you have a lighter wand-If you have an electric stove-you're SOL

[@whengrapespop5728]

beawild We can walk right out the door and make a big bonfire - no need to pay $50 to enter a national park.

[@whengrapespop5728]

beawild Also, we use gas for BBQ’s, but inside the house we like to use electric. If we spill, simply wipe it off in one wipe. Food cooks the same, as the pan is what’s heated either way, not the food.

[@carolying4340]

I grew up next door to a Norwegian family in Idaho. They said Idaho was like Norway. They were my best friends. They were hard workers and would do anything for you. I miss the mom who lived until 95. I have a lot of respect for Norwegians.

[@gabrielladelfinadiblasio7398]

That was hilarious!! I've been living in Norway since 2010, and you are literally portraying me when i go back to Italy for my holidays: i go on and on and on about how heavy tap water is in italian cities, and how much i miss Trondheim and its pristine, cold and light tap water. I love wooden floor, but guess what: tile and marble floors at my parents' flat, all waxed and shiny, and if a little splash of water drops on the floor, my mother is immediately after you with that wig-mop 😅

[@howardkerr8174]

I have to admit that I have many of the fears you have about "foreign" homes. In 35 years I have rented 2 or 3 houses with gas, either gas heating or gas water heaters. The first house I never used the gas heat (luckily the house was in Florida) as I was afraid of leaks and explosions. Another house that I rented had a gas water heater in a little sort of box outside the front door. For some reason the pilot light would go out about every other month. I used to call the landlord to relight it, then I decided to try it myself....it scared me, but I did it. I am also freaked out by breaking glass. I dropped a glass on the floor once, missed a piece, stepped on it, and thought that I was going to bleed to death before I got a bandage on it. I therefore NEVER use glass drinking glasses. Finally, sometimes what looks like tiled floor is really just one piece of linoleum. In my bathroom, the floor is linoleum but is patterned to look like tile. In the kitchen there is "wood" flooring. BTW, living in Florida, the water can be "different" from one town to the next, even from one neighborhood to the next, depending on whether you have a water well or connections to a city sewer system. So many of your fears are shared with many other people outside Norway.

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

True! Thanks a lot for taking time and effort sharing with us Howard :)

[@questioneverything2152]

Mops are made to push dirt into corner. Glad you didn’t waste a full bottle of wine, that’s alcohol abuse.

[@Amateur_Pianist_472]

Question Everything you’re supposed to vacuum or sweep before mopping. Mops just help wipe up excess marks after you get rid of the loose dirt. Mood can’t push dirt into a corner, that creates mud.

[@MadMarchCat]

I love these videos! I'm from Louisiana in the US and I don't think I've ever even seen an electric stove in someones house. I probably wouldn't know how to use one if I had too lol. And our water here is disgusting, we wouldn't dream of drinking tap water. Every few years or so we have a brain eating amoeba scare! Thankfully my house is on a separate water source from the main city (its more of a town, its about 30 miles across) water supply, so my family and I have never had to deal with super dangerous contaminants. Its definitely healthier and safer to live in the country here. But the best water comes from the natural springs in our very large national forest, Kisatchie. There are still people that go into the forest just to get the clean water.

[@shaunalea823]

I live in NC we have really good water

[@margaretwilson8736]

Reverse osmosis water for days baby! I'm in Pittsburgh. The water is fine to drink, but it's very soft water. Coming from Ohio, I felt like I'd put butter through my hair after a shower for months.

[@shaunalea823]

GetYour Fix OH gosh I cant stand that feeling. Our water is harder.

[@user-hw1cr5uq4z]

Hey I used to be stationed at Fort Puke in good old Vernon Parish, right in the middle of the Kisatchie National Forest.

[@innotech]

Im from Lafayette. the tap water isnt too bad but it definitely isnt pure! probably a lot of things here would terrify a Norwegian lol

[@barbaramachado4605]

the video is in Portugal .... hope you enjoy my country :)

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Sim claro. Proxima seman na Lisboa 😍😍😍

[@JLecool]

Hahaha first 5 seconds and I was wondering if that was Portugal. If you nees any tips, jeg snakke lite svensk xD

[@MrMatavelhas]

2 seconds of video and immediately you know it s Portugal... then you see the Lions at the entrance... it definitely is Portugal!

[@MrMatavelhas]

JLM i was faster... :D but the funny thing is that if some9ne asks us how we knew it we just can t explain!

[@MrMatavelhas]

In a small town on Eastern Algarve some people are asking themselves why the crazy foreigner went banging on the private clinic door at the weekend when it should have been gone to the Hospital... ;)

[@Pining_for_the_fjords]

Watching this, I think when I move to Norway I'll be one of the most cultured and relaxed people around.

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

We love comment

[@angietyndall7337]

In my U.S. state,since gas has no odor,,smell,or color smell;there is a smell added to it,so if there is a leak,you will smell it. You're also taught to know where the shut-off is. You also call emergency. Also,CO detectors are required in apartments and highly recommended for houses. In fact the Fire Department gives them out every year. 😂😂, the one next to the tiolet is a Bidet to wash your dierrier. Americans do not have them usually since we use Tiolet Paper to clean ourselves. The Bidet bit was SO 😂😂😂😂!

[@eleo_b]

Angie Tyndall | a scent is added to gas pretty much everywhere in the world. He just didn’t mention that here.

[@Katya_Lastochka]

Ok, but please learn to spell and punctuate.

[@monas.6839]

Gas is still scary.

[@LJBSullivan]

You use TP first, then the bidet

[@sebeckley]

Bidets are not standard in the US either. I'm 50 and I've never seen one in person.

[@itaierrol]

Tiles on the floor outside a bathroom, no filtered water, bidet... I am not from Norway, but this is pure horror 😂

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Lol, hope you are not scarred for life 😂😂

[@flora1694]

haaaaa haaaaahaaaaaaa,ha

[@crochetmakesmehappy83]

Lol I'd find a different Doctor. He's never open 😂 😂 I agree, tile floor? I don't like them either.

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

🤣🤣🤣

[@AbsentWithoutLeaving]

He keeps going during siesta.

[@maximdubois1145]

This was done(successfully) for laughs. The Dr office opened inwards. He was always pulling. Now I know that at least one Norwegian has a sense of humor

[@bluegirlgraphics]

LOL that wasn't a horror story... you should stay in a bad hotel in the US... that's a horror story :P

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

😂😂

[@decembersixx6237]

Yeah, stay in the Hotel California out in the Californian desert. It'll freak you out!

[@genacunningham1731]

@@decembersixx6237 or the Bates Motel !

[@texuztweety]

USA hotels have many bedbugs now

[@karentucker2161]

Ikr! That looks cleaner than an hotel/motel in the US. I don't walk around bare footed and bring my own bottle water to drink while staying and will bring my own pillow an blanket to lay on the bed. I feel like the towels aren't clean enough for me to use or the bathroom, especially the tub.

[@lcflngn]

American here with some Norwegian ancestors, and this explains so much. The horrors are real! This lasted down through many generations of American pioneers and farmers in my family. You’d think they might have gotten over the fears of living in a moderately unsafe or unclean environment, but clearly Norwegians are a strong people. And they survived! :)

[@azabujuban-hito8085]

You should try the toilets here in Japan..I think Japan's toilet is the BEST !

[@decembersixx6237]

I watched a video on Japanese toilets and was mesmerized! I need one!

[@mahna_mahna]

Well, the FANCY ones are nice, but what about the regular ones that are a hole in the floor you squat over? No thanks!

[@kezkezooie8595]

@@mahna_mahna Yes, my sister lived in Japan for many years and it took her quite a while to get used to the traditional Japanese toilets.

[@zemekiel]

We have those here in Norway as well, just not very common yet.

[@bjmurray1842]

As long as you keep it clean, you can 100% use a bidet for feet washing, "smalls" washing, and even child washing, in addition to washing the things it is made to wash. I wish I still had one. They are awesome. The tile floors, not so much (though they do keep the inside cool). No matter how well you pick up, you will keep finding bits of glass for weeks (usually in your foot). Amusing series, though!

[@cookieskoon2028]

haha I enjoy this! But how did the vikings become so soft?

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

🤣🤣 Good question

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Guess they just adapted during the Lutherism. Best Mads 😊

[@hiwall4883]

I know right? The Vikings used to rape and pillage, now they just microwave...sad.

[@vikingboat6347]

Norwegians are soft. Id like to see you live here. Just because we dont whine like bitches does not meen we're sofe pissy ass bitch. We have hard fisher men top atletes harsh wether. Pole explorers. Deam fine spesial force what do i have. Ur moms internet and a keyboars.

[@icreatedanaccountforthis1852]

@@vikingboat6347 Thank you for your very fine comment. It made my day.

[@ROBOCRIPPLE]

I remember the time when I visited family in a small Philippine town, back in the mid-2000s when I was a teenager. Very different from our home in Canada. The house was an old "Bahay na Bato" house, which is a simple, wooden house with sliding, non-glass windows, corrugated galvanized iron roof, and cinder bottom floor. The inside is not completely sealed from outdoor air, which means that it can get chilly and mosquitoes could get in pretty easily, which is why we had to have mosquito nets over our beds, during the time. I absolutely HATED mosquitoes. There was no proper sink and faucet anywhere in the house. Instead, it only had an old-timey farm pump which we poured water into buckets and jugs and where we did our laundry. As for the bathroom, instead of a shower, bathtub, sink, and sit-down toilet, it had a large bucket and pail to dump cold water onto yourself to clean yourself, with the excess water being drained to a hole in the wall, and the toilet was a short, squatty-potty with a risen toilet seat over it. Instead of an electric-powered stove and oven, there is only a gas stove. Those differences were a big shocker for me, at the time, since I've been growing up in Canada. I hated that house and the times I've spent staying in it. Now, the family has finally decided to tear it down and build a newer house on the property. Newer Philippine homes are much better: they still use gas stoves, but they have proper bathrooms with showers, sinks, and toilets, sinks with ACTUAL faucets, air-conditioning, glass windows, and properly-sealed, cinder walls. We have a townhouse in Metro Manila with all of those features, but the family has been living in that old house in the small town for at least 3 generations, so I understand how close the property is to their hearts. The teenager inside me is very happy about the fact that the old house is being replaced by a newer, better one! :) Still, the cold water can be hard to get used to. Most Philippine homes don't have hot water taps, even the newer ones.

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Wow, very cool to learn about all this and read your story!! Thanks a lot for taking time and effort sharing and engaging with us. Cheers from Ronald & Mads :) :)

[@l.a.mouland1051]

I just had to say that for tea there is an electric kettle right on the counter beside the stove lol😋

[@ProctorsGamble]

Shhhh! If he saw the kettle we would not have gotten a video about the dangerous stove!

[@lorimav]

Must be for the English guests. An American might not know what to do with the contraption and would want coffee anyway.

[@aynur7085]

you are hilarious i absolutely love your videos

[@aussiejubes]

Hahaha. As an aussie I love a tiled floor lol. It's too hot to have carpets & they're so easy to take care of. I live on tiles lol. My cats love it, it's their little cold space.

[@deniseherud]

Every vid I watch I laugh til I cry😂 My moms fam came right from Sweden but this is literally how they all are😂 It explains sooo much including why they're obsessed w the Swiffer(u can google that, it's a thing😂). Omg I'm dead😂😂😂💗

[@lynnes698]

eek! and the worst one you didn't mention was the bed pillow and mattress you were lying on has had a thousand sweaty people leaking on it!!!

[@August-pg4zs]

That skeeves me out the most..besides walking barefoot on any carpeting. I stepped on someone's large toenail once. Ick. I usually put a hand towel over the pillow I have to use.

[@lynnes698]

@@August-pg4zs I take a sleeping bag

[@sarahstrong7174]

@@August-pg4zs I take my own pillow case & sometimes a large thin scarf to put on the bed.

[@AbsentWithoutLeaving]

Lynne S - So...you never travel? Serious question, I'm trying to figure out how you would avoid this problem/perception if you do.

[@August-pg4zs]

@@AbsentWithoutLeaving Scroll down a little. She said she takes a sleeping bag. There are ways around sleeping on someone else's DNA. When I travel, I choose hotels that advertise the cleaning of ALL the bedding between customers and then I still put a clean hand towel on the pillow before using it - or bring my own. I knew someone that would bring his own sheets (tho, once he had to chase down housekeeping to get them back..LOL)

[@heatherclark4643]

I am from New Zealand and was horrified the first time I used a North American toilet at an airport in Vancouver. I tried the first cubicle and thought the toilet was blocked. The next one was the same. On the third cubicle I realized that North American toilet bowls fill with much more water than ours. For the next two weeks I had to get used to being far closer to wees and poos than I was used to or comfortable with.

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Haha, would react just like you. Thanks for warning us ;)

[@sarahkitz6901]

Me too! I just discovered this..funny, funny great job, I'm sharing you with all my friends!

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Awesome. Thanks a lot 😀😀

[@janax6794]

The fear of a gas stove is not exaggerated because my uncle's gas oven exploded and his houseboat burned down. And the biggest horror for me and my family (we are German) is that he had not an insurance (not a cliche at all ;D) My brother made the same experience with the bidet (the toilet thing at the end of your video) at his class trip to Spain and later my mother had to explain that this is not for his feet :D Best greetings and a very good video :)

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Wow! Real story (including - a house boat!). It's tragic, but what a story! Best, Mads

[@silviag3798]

Fear of the gas stove - I'm Canadian and I can relate to this! Electric rules supreme here. Thanks for the laughs. 😄

[@Wannabecrafting247]

My poor exchange student HATED our desert water. She was SO HAPPY to find a bottle of Voss.

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

😆😆

[@Schralenberger]

We don't have bidets(most of us) but I actually think they are better than paper.

[@xomarahdickison7567]

They are supposed to use after wiping with paper.

[@realgirl2704]

😂😂😂 you are hysterically funny. Because I'm Norwegian I actually see this as perfectly normal.

[@Elise-qi9tm]

"We bring our own equipment" But it matches the mop 🤣🤣

[@franzgrabe1]

Due to your videos.......I LOVE all Norwegians!!! My heart goes out to all of them!!!

[@itsmeagain1436]

OMG... I have enjoyed your Norwegian videos more than you know. My children have panic attacks when I mention vacations.... My neurotic ways have passed on....haha

[@georgec2894]

Haha! All 5 apply to my home town part of the UK. Electric stove, decent (but not quite Norwegian standard) tap water, carpeted floors (upraktisk men koselig!), and no bidets!

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

😂😂

[@jamescook4289]

If you're not cooking with gas, you're not cooking.

[@poonoi1968]

Thats right, in Norway instead of cooking we use clever electricity technology to jiggle the atoms in the thing we want to eat until it exactly reach optimal condition and temperature for safe consumption. On rare occations we use 1$ disposable grill, but only outside if the sun is shining. The sun makes us so happy because it's rare and the only thing that isn't taxed yet exept air and masturbation. We would NEVER cook!! That involves gas, and Norwegians are terrified of gas. In fact, for many years now we franticly been trying to get rid of all the dangerious gas in our costal areas by safely pumping it up and sell it to you mad people so you may do your cooking at a safe distance.

[@MyDenali-pv5nh]

Amen James.

[@littleboots9800]

@@poonoi1968 lmao!

[@poonoi1968]

@Lucy's Underground Yes, fire is so much better than gas. Fire is the point of gas. Without fire gas is even more dangerious. Just study this very educational video. This brave YOURWAY2NORWAY crew clearly knows this. I'm sure Ronald wore flak vest, helmet and safty goggles when filming this. Mats however almost totally unprotected risked his health again and again just to bring us fans this fine video. He's such a stand up brave man. Bravo. :) I smell viral...

[@lisawaters2585]

@@poonoi1968 Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[@AWanderingEye]

Ronald! No Amazon link for that fantastic Norwegian floor cleaning tool???! Please!

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

🤣👌🤣 I think it's from the swedish store Clash Ohlsson.

[@monas.6839]

Must be one on Amazon! What is this magical tool called, Ronald? This American needs to clean her tile floors! Lol

[@tej7566]

this is one of the most enjoyable videos ive watched in a long time :)

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

That is very cool to hear - thanks TE J :)

[@carlacarreto6953]

🤣🤣🤣 as usually it was hilarious to watch! Thanks guys for making me laugh! It is funny to see the way you see Portuguese houses (my birth country), lol! I hope you had fun in your holidays in Portugal!

[@kristenheuer5676]

Carpet is so much harder to keep clean though.

[@Србомбоница86]

In my country we clean carpets professionally ,there is people that clean it amazingly and it's cheap

[@cherylruhr6001]

I feel like when you dropped that bottle on the stairs your norwegian heart was in terror for REAL no satire. "I have to clean that up!"

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Spot on 🤣

[@dianejennings50]

my grandparents were from Norway so I love your great ideas you show on u tube. very dam good

[@JAWilsonwhitetidelinedesigns]

You guys DO have the best water in the world. When I visited, I used to get up in the middle of the night and sneak into the kitchen and just stood at the sink, drinking one glass after another. Pure, perfect delicious ... a poetic experience! Mountain fresh in real time!

[@BMarie774]

I grew up with a gas stove. Every once in a while it would sort of leach out gas if you didn't turn it on right and then when you did, the flame would shoot out. I was always terrified of it. It wasn't that dramatic but for a kid, it definitely was. Like my mom would do it without flinching. You have to push the knob hard and turn and if you don't it just leaks gas. So when you turn it on, it starts a really high flame. I'd be standing like six feet away reaching over in my tippy toes while my mom was just like "yah fuckin wimp *turn*" Shoutout to all the kids who grew up with them and would be terrified if it made that clicky sound because you knew gas had come out and the flame would be high. 😂

[@berglettemom6045]

Your fear of the gas stove was even funnier given the proximity of the electric kettle right next to it on the counter. Brilliant comedy!

[@lisebetta]

This is hilarious! Watched it twice. Giggled so hard. You are quite a funny man! Keep'em coming!

[@animatorstanley]

I grew up using gas stoves and wood stoves. I actually prefer gas over electric every time. Great video btw.

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Thanks 😀

[@kuchytapr]

That home is exactly like my home. Bidet included. ❤️❤️❤️ you always make me laugh you funny guy

[@kuchytapr]

Tile and marble floors make the houses cooler in hot climates. Puerto Rico is an Island in the Caribbean Sea. I would also love to see a vlog on Norway’s size, population, etc.

[@mandlerparr1]

My husband keeps trying to convince me to tile the entire house. We live in Nebraska. If we tiled the house, it would be constantly wet. You can't just take design elements that work in one climate and move it to a new climate.

[@oleanderpink4505]

I have neighbors in their 90’s and my mother who is 83 are all still alive after a lifetime of tile floors, gas stoves and tap water. In fact the worst diarrhea I ever got was moving to Denmark. Because no matter what there is bacteria in all water but our bodies adjust to the local bacteria and new bacteria upsets the system. I got sicker in Denmark than I did two years later in Mexico.

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Hahaha, we love your story about the old brave tribe of hard hitting tile seniors. They have our total respect!! And you also have a valid point about the water. Norwegians think that our water is crystal clean all over our country. It is not. Old, rusty pipes and dead animals in the water source makes a lot of people sick. Probably the same in Denmark. But you know, perception is reality - at least when we are going abroad ;) Thanks a lot for sharing Oleander Pink

[@jonnyaxelsson9940]

Tiles everywhere is common in China as well. Particularly polished, shiny, slippery stone tiles, marble if they can afford it. It's a way to show affluence. But for bedrooms wood is the aspirational floor material (stone is not the most pleasant floor to get out of the bed to. Regular apartments wouldn't have stone (too expensive), but would still be tiled.

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Love your story from China 👌 thanks for sharing with us 😃

[@jelenarakic192]

Congratulation, great videos! P.S. i am scared of gas, although from south-east Europe.

[@Србомбоница86]

Ја се ужасавам плина ,сви ми се смеју кад побегнем кад се кува на плинском шпорету

[@floxy20]

I wouldn't get a gas stove either. It is rare that a house or entire apartment explodes but it does happen (recently in Toronto). But lose a wrench in a nuclear facility then there's a government inquiry.

[@michelea9725]

Oh my gosh, youtube suggested one of your vids to me yesterday. Then I watched more. Okay, looks like I need to suscribe!! You crack me up! 😂😂😂😂

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

👌👌😘

[@marlen1987]

I am from France, having lived for a while in Oslo, I still miss your excellent tap water. I “landed” today in your canal. I am loving it! Keep your good work.

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Hei Wilma, very happy to hear you landed here! Hehe, your comment makes Norwegians proud ;) Hope to see you back soon! Thanks for sharing and engaging. Cheers from Ronald and Mads