American Reacts to Americans FAILING Questions About Norway

[@sainttr00msoo]

Calling a Norwegian Swedish is the biggest insult in Norway, the only one that comes close is calling us Danish

[@lhelenah]

fr

[@pheluma2394]

very true

[@Kari.F.]

It's more telling about the ignoramuses who say stupid stuff like that. Other people's ignorance is more annoying than insulting to me. Like when they call us communists and comment on OUR social media accounts to tell us that we don't have access to social media. 🤦

[@NordicTobz]

The woman who said german really didnt know what happened to us in WWII.....

[@maggie785]

Calling Norwegian German is even worse because Germany occupied Norway in WW2

[@Mobraks]

The driver said: Hei, hei. Her er jeg He said it with a perfect pronunciation. Translated "Hi Hi, Here I am" Then he said "Jeg elsker Norge". Translated "I love Norway".

[@mainn0606]

Uenig

[@OhNoNotFrank]

Yep, but he pronounced "Norge" in Swedish 😉

[@Mobraks]

@@mainn0606 er lov det

[@anine7212]

“Perfect pronunciation” is a bit much, but it wasn’t that bad

[@olenilsen4660]

Ahh, excellent! I think you´re right! I´m Norwegian as well, but couldn´t quite make it out when I saw the video. Now it makes perfect sense. I wouldn´t call it perfect pronunciation, but very good indeed!

[@eivindmn]

Tyler has started to become a true European. Looking at videos of Americans failing simple geography questions is basically all we do over here ;)

[@espekelu3460]

Is awesome! And he's starting to recognize quite a few things about Norway too, it's great!

[@olenilsen4660]

Well, ask those high and mighty Europeans a few questions about Africa, then. They´ll deflate pretty quickly then!

[@edgyesp]

Well, I can't really argue. But I think most of us could name a couple countries in Africa. I even believe the majority of us are able to point to Africa on a map ;--) I'll consider that a win over the US any day of the week.@@olenilsen4660

[@NorwegianNoLife]

To be honest it is perfectly okay to say "I have no idea". Being confidently wrong is entertaining though haha

[@lawlietriver8869]

Facts. I have no qualms with someone just admitting that they do not know. But like you said, being confidently wrong is hilarious.

[@ysteinfjr7529]

What I learned today is Norway is a Dutch town in Sweden where they speak German, French and Spanish. Not at all the country where I grew up and live in. 😉

[@margreetanceaux3906]

We Dutch were quite astonished too. But great to have you!

[@peacefulminimalist2028]

It must be in Skåne. It's flat enough for us in the Dutch town and also spacious enough so we don't trip over the cute little windmills in our Norwegian, eh I mean Dutch clogs. Should have written this is German, French or Spanish I realise. Honestly sounds like a Disney fairytale if it didn't entail being Swedish 😉

[@irenestrmnss4496]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@olenilsen4660]

LOL - vel, jeg kan bittelitt fransk, en aning mer spansk, og førsteklasses nederlandsk. Altså sånn nederlenderne snakker i første klasse ;D Men på svensk kan jeg lure meg inn i riksdagen som SD-representant ;)

[@perolden]

Norgerhaven fengsel i Nederland, og bygda Norge, som ligger i Sverige, småbyen Norge i Virginia, samt i Brasil, Galapagos og andre steder i Amerika, så alt er korrekt, Norge ligger i Sverige, og Norge(rhaven) er en bygd i Nederland. Google: Norgerhaven prison in the Netherlands, and the village of Norge , located in Sweden, the small town of Norge in Virginia, as well as in Brazil, the Galapagos and other places in America, so everything is correct, Norge is in Sweden, and Norge(rhaven) is a village in the Netherlands

[@ingvildkvakestad]

I am happy that they knew that Europe is not a country and no one said Norway is the capital of Sweden that is good.

[@johan.ohgren]

I wonder who get's more offended, norwegians or swedes?

[@olenilsen4660]

LOL! Have you been watching "Are you smarter than a 5th grader" as well? ;D

[@scarlet5122]

​@johan.ohgren a bit of both I'd say

[@Kvitravn.]

@@johan.ohgren The Swedes are too air-headed to ever realize they were insulted.

[@yvindravnas9996]

@@johan.ohgrenMe i am from norway and i am mad!!!!!!!!!

[@sognsvann3]

09:50 we have to choose between german, spanish or french in school as our third landuage. But it is not our first landuage 😂

[@karebear326]

To Norway America seems very self obsessed, if it isn't about America they don't really care. While Norway try to learn about other languages, french, Spanish and german is learned as a 3rd language in middle school for 3 years. In addition to English as our second language.

[@reginepettersen]

And we also have 2 years in high school with one of the three languages, unless you’re taking yrkesfag.

[@Lone_GamerUK]

Such a shame as someone who has USA cousins, & loves parts of the states, in general, they don't have the education, or encouragement to look outside the US, it's amazing how many haven't been outside thier own state let alone the rest of USA or other parts of the world. My dream countries are Norway, Denmark, Iceland I love their culture, languages & one day will spend more time traveling again. Maybe I'm more viking than English with our history. 🤔

[@-_pi_-]

Aber nicht so viele Norwegischer spricht gut Deutsch. Ich denke, mit Spanisch und Französisch ist es dasselbe

[@RuthlessMetalYT]

U.S.A.? Is that where they play ice-hockey and have a giant red leaf on their shirts?

[@olenilsen4660]

That guy in the Mazda deserves a "lusekofte" !!! He really knows a lot! He can even communicate like a drunk Norwegian! @14:15 ;D But seriously - we can say things like that even sober. If it was taken out of context, I wouldn´t be able to tell. But in best case, he would mimic some kind of hi-de-ho-phrase amongst friends. It doesn´t mean anything besides that. OMG - I love when he makes that comment about making shoes! Also - the town where I was born was also known for making shoes! Besides making me, that is... The Norwegian descendants thing might be true. A LOT of Norwegians emigrated to the promised land at the time. The "path to the North thing" is accurate - in Norwegian it´s derived from the old language Nordvegur - pretty similar to modern days Icelandic. And yeah, we´re pretty much the same size as Montana, only stretched out to a very narrow string alongside Sweden. No wonder we call those people brothers, huh?

[@olahaldor]

You should look for ALT FOR NORGE, it's a TV show where Americans with Norwegian roots compete to get to meet their Norwegian relatives!

[@Orikix]

As a Norwegian, who is a little too interested in geography, I can speak Norwegian, German and English. I understand Swedish, Danish and a little Icelandic. I can name every country in the world on a map as well as almost every capital city. Americans simply lack important knowledge😢

[@R3TR0221]

They lack a lot of knowledge. Like how to run a democracy. They have two options rather than the democratic model which has many different political parties

[@olenilsen4660]

How is this knowledge important? I can look it up on my phone in a few seconds. I´ll even get the area and population for you. Have you memorised that?

[@Orikix]

@@olenilsen4660 well I don't need to look it up tho

[@herrbonk3635]

@@olenilsen4660 Yes, although it's certainly a good thing having a basic understanding of how the world is constituted, memorizing place names is very much about prestige.

[@denisspratt926]

Why all the people in USA are calling Norway for Sweden or Denmark. Well it doesn't really surprise me. Most people from the US call themselves Americans. America isn´t a country but two continents. But somehow people in USA are Americans but people in Mexico, Brazil etc. are not. To me that says a lot about the people in USA.

[@huldradraco]

Americans are citizens of USA (united states of america). North Americans are citizens of North America. South Ameticans are citizens of South America. The whole continent in total is "the Americas".

[@denisspratt926]

@@huldradraco North America and South America is actually 2 different continents. Combined they are America. But the point is that only the people in USA call themselves Americans and they call their country America. That would be like the French calling themselves Europe instead of France and calling themselves Europeans.

[@huldradraco]

@@denisspratt926 they are called the united states of AMERICA. which is why they call themselves americans. Nobody in north america besides the US calls themselves americans because they aren't. They are north americans. Only the people in the US are americans. What else would they call themselves? United Statians? No, they're called americans because of their country name. It's not the US's fault that their continent has a similar name as their country.

[@truxton1000]

@@huldradraco Well, Americans are the people that live on the continent of America, north or south. To call the people of USA Americans is insulting towards the rest of the people on the continent as it seems like the only country that actually “counts” on that continent is people from USA.

[@huldradraco]

@@truxton1000 there is no continent called America. South America and North America are two different continents, but collectively known as the Americas.

[@ivinnerikstephansen6862]

It’s alot of flooding in the south eastern part of Norway now. You should read about that Tyler. It’s totally Texas there now.

[@Lene-Lene]

Its not that us norwegian have to learn about states and citties in the US at school, we have learn about every country in the world.

[@Lone_GamerUK]

It's like thier education stopped after right to bear arms & state rights - such a shame I love gaming, history & along with education, reading it teaches a lot not such where places are but how they came to be with many of the historical wars from the vikings onwards - Many days I wish I lived in Norway, Denamark or Iceland etc I love thier culture, language & people. Big up the Norweigians 👍

[@ladysan_]

​@@Lone_GamerUK I mean... I can sort of understand how they don't have time to learn the map. They are too busy pledging allegiance to a flag and learning abou what to do if someone fires up a classroom. 🤯

[@Enfoplays]

Ik

[@Alex_G_M]

I’m half Norwegian and half Dutch. Norway might be small population-wise but very large geographically. You could fit the entire Netherlands in just the region/state/province I live.

[@mikevik100]

Who in Norway calls the train for "trik" ? A trik is a Tram, Train is Tog.

[@Amir-b8l1j]

I say tog and im norwigan

[@borgerborgersen372]

A tram is called trikk and is running on rails laid in public roads the city A train is called tog and is running on a railway track between cities and towns A subway is called t-bane and is running on a railway track within the city, often underground

[@Enfoplays]

@@borgerborgersen372its right

[@John_1920]

03:39 To be fair, the question was "What do you think of when I say "Norway"?" And if she happens to know something specific about Sweden, then hearing "Norway" could easily make her think of Sweden, as she most likely knows that they are neighboring countries.

[@norseman643]

The "Heihei, her er jeg" threw me off, he sounded like a norwegian xD But the "Jeg elsker Norge" sounded like an american trying to speak swedish 😆

[@MessyMeep]

"Hei hei, her er jeg" is what the driver said. Meaning "Hi hi, here i am" =) He also said "Jeg elsker Norge" which means "I love Norway".

[@masterofmadness4821]

5:16 trains and trikks are different, trains go long distances, but the trikk is used to get around in big towns like Oslo

[@espekelu3460]

Tyler! I have to ask you! Don't American schools have geography at school? Where you found out where Asia and Europe are, for example? In any case, I can tell you that in most schools in Europe, geography is taught in primary school, where you cover all parts of the world, and often you have to learn at least the countries in these parts of the world. At my school we had to learn all the European capitals, as well as all the continents. I'm just saying!

[@ladysan_]

How do you think they'll have time for geography and learning the map when they are too busy pledging allegiance to a flag and learning about what to do if someone comes in the clasroom with a g*n to unalive kids?

[@sundhaug92]

14:25 yeah he basically said "Hi hi, here I am" 15:09 he said "I love Norway"

[@christinejohansen4548]

Hey, from Norway here. Last year, in 6th grade, my son had to pick a US state and write a lecture about it. They learn a lot about the USA and all the different states really early in school here.

[@ertyuiiknbvcx]

There is a flag that almost looks like the norwegian flag, it kind of look like a faded norwegian flag, it has yellow instead of white. It is many people from Norway that is living there from far ago in the past. It is called Orknøyenes flag. It is islands north of Scotland. They has mentioned if they perhaps can be part of Norway in the article "Orknøyene vil vurdere å bli en del av Norge", but i don't think that will happen. Norway probably will welcome but Scotland probably not? :) This is a interesting story i did not know of myself until recently and i am a norwegian :)

[@GinaW000]

7⁷

[@haexan]

Norway did once belong under Swedish rule, and Danish at some point, but that's a loooong time ago. The man who said something in Norwegian said more or less, "Hi, here I am." and "I love Norway."

[@perolden]

No, in the 1380s the crownprince of Norway was elected king of Denmark, he died, and his mother the Quuen of Norway was the ruler, she was elected to rule Denamrk and Sweden, so Scandinavia was gathered under the Queen of Norway, she was never queen of Denmark or Sweden, so sweden and Denmark was under 'Norwegian rule, until 1523, when the Swedes opted out, because the kings now were mostly germans, but Norway stayed under the german kings , even if one of them closed down the parliament (riksdag/herremøte) and the Norwgian government was moved to Denmark in 1536. It was two countries that shared a king, in 1814, Sweden wanted to take control of Norway, and since UK supported Sweden, we agrred to take the king of Sweden as our king as well but we reinstaed a Norwegian parliamanet in 1814, and a new Constution, in 1905 we got bored with sharing king, and got the liitle brother of the king of Denamark as our new king.

[@Balc0ra]

3:35 Back in the 80s and 90s movies said that all the time. One that pops into my head instantly is Earh Girls Are Easy. Jim Carrey and Damon Wayans characters are watching Swedish girls ski on TV and asks about them as they want to go find them iirc. Geena Davis then replies "Swedden is the capital of Norway, and that's far away". I have relatives in Texas, and when I go there it's a fairly common mix up from the older generation still.

[@haraldjensen3935]

It's more sad than funny. Love your reactions on my beautiful country

[@bgjerpe]

As an Norwegian. I love this. For me it is okay that most american dont know much about us.but i am So greatfull that you have study norway. That is so cool. Thanks man 😊

[@runeaanderaa6840]

The Norwegian word, trikk, that has been mentioned a few times, and that means tram or streetcar is simply derived from electric, like (elec)trikk.

[@benttranberg2690]

At 14:12 he actually does say something in Norwegian, and possibly without an accent. It's a bit noisy, so hard to tell for sure about a possible accent. He says "Hei, hei, her er jeg." Oh, and the subtitle is totally wrong about it. EDIT: He later says "Jeg elsker Norge" with a strong foreign accent - but not bad at all, easily understood.

[@annedunne4526]

What gets me is that Americans don't appear to read or educate themselves even if they didn't do European geography in school. There seems to be no curiosity to want to learn.

[@MissCaraMint]

The problem is that America itself is just massive. Most Americans therefor have never owned a passport or gone traveling beyond American borders. Let alone engage in world new and politics.

[@lillia5333]

​@@MissCaraMintUsa is so massive that you can't be bothered with learning about the world? If you are like Tyler, you are not even bothered with knowing your own country very much 😂

[@torekristoffersen176]

Not all Americans are this way. Those of us whose families came from Norway and other Scandinavian countries take great pride and joy in whom we are descended from. My family came from Bergen and Skien areas. Mange av oss snakker fortsatt norsk også.

[@annedunne4526]

@@torekristoffersen176 But I have no connection to Norway and I still know about it. And I've never been to Asian or African countries but I've read about them and know where they are etc. It's the lack of curiosity about the world outside of the USA that I don't understand.

[@olenilsen4660]

5:00 - Well, trains are not "Trikks"- we have normal trains, then we have trams, metro, whatever you wanna call it in Oslo (Being above ground I believe it would be a tram rather than a metro?) However, we call these trams "trikk", or "trikker" in plural. Trondheim has one tram line as well, but you can´t really count on it as you means of getting around the city. I have no idea about the prices though, there are so many options. Probably just to trick you into buying the most expensive one, that you´ll never use... It works great in Oslo. Otherwise, use buses or cabs.

[@janrise3247]

Loving your videos. You seem like a really nice and humble guy.

[@ainoah68]

The guy who knew about trikk- probably follows you, Tyler!

[@replicaone6543]

14:16 translation is wrong, he is saying "Hei Hei, Her er jeg." meaning: "Hi/hello Hi/hello, Here I am/I'm Here". 15:10 yes it means: "Jeg elsker Norge" - I love Norway 15:38 In the US and Canada you can find norwegian towns, they are located on your west and east coast. 16:18 fun fact, if you fold norway downwards it reaches Rome, Italy

[@heidiandersson9462]

I am glad that you are educate yourself.

[@lindatheresefigenskau1946]

The guy in the car says it perfectly. Hi, here I am. Norwegians says that a lot. For example when we get home, when we are meeting friends and other informal meetings.

[@nixxonnor]

Fun fact: The tram in Oslo is called the "trikk" because it is the ending of the word "electric" in Norwegian. In USA a similar truncation would be "trick"

[@irenetostrup7259]

Also, it is not the train, and a ticket costs about 4 dollars for 1 hour, not 20.

[@Goldenhawk583]

the norwegian spelling of the word "electric" is" elektrisk". So it would be "trisk "then. However , you are mostly correct, as locals would call the first "trikk", " elektrikken", which turned in to "trikken".

[@cleverlyblonde]

That driver actually did speak two norwegian sentences faaairly correct, though the latter with a heavy swedish accent.

[@sherriemitchell3892]

Norway is fantastic in how it teaches them and the amount of learning they do learning is highly valued. It seems it's amazing. cause in Canada. We would probably be giving the same kind of answers as these people in the states. It's difficult for us to know about all different places. But in norway encourages their people to learn about others. 🇳🇴

[@John_1920]

14:16 It sounds a lot more like he's saying "Hei hei, her er jeg." which would be translated into "Hey hey, here I am," and is actually a sentence a lot of people would say in various situations. But that's just how it sounded like to me...

[@barriehull7076]

How many flags use red white and blue? It's quite common that 28 countries around the globe have such a combination. But there are specific reasons why countries designed its flags using that trio of colours, including North Korea.

[@audunaa1494]

Norway, Norge/Noreg today- is old native language = Norveg(veien mot nord/ the path to the north). Refers to a old safe inner ship fairway on the southwest coast, who gave the name way back in time when ships and boats was small and could not sail todays outer shipping lane without risking their lifes, caused the Atlantic/Norwegian seas rough arctic winds/storms.

[@larseriklarsen8267]

20 bucks for the "trikk".. Thats wrong... from 2,50$ -5$ depends on lenght. When are u visiting?

[@tommykarlsen9496]

I'm from Norway and this is just too funny 😂😂😂

[@MichaelEricMenk]

3:00 Considering there was Olympic Game postal stamp made with "Oslo, Sweden 1952" we could call that sufficiently close ro correct...

[@peacefulminimalist2028]

Where do you have this information from? All the stamps I’ve seen says Oslo Norge 1952.

[@Styrestian]

I want more of this! its fun... 😂

[@cidschnubedubaubau6781]

"I think they speak Spanish now" indicates he believed otherwise at some point, and I wish he said what that was!

[@hellmalm]

‘Merican - “I think it’s Swedish!” Me being Swedish 🤔 well it was until October 26 1905. 🇳🇴🇸🇪 Bit of a back story for none Scandinavians: At that time Norway ruled itself mostly and relied on Sweden for military and foreign affairs. But when sentiments arouse against Swedish rule, it was not at all violent, the Norwegians who wanted to have a king of their own, also suggested the Swedish kings brother as their king. This was rejected by the Swedish King and the Norwegians turned to the Danish Royal house and prince Carl was found to be the best choice with as Swedish mother and Norwegian heritage traceable back in time. He also held the democratic ideals that the Norwegian parliament was looking for. I love ❤ my Norwegian brothers and I’m very happy that this is the way we could handle this!

[@John_1920]

02:38 I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt, thinking she might be mistaking the Country Norway with the town Norway in Oxford County, Maine, United States, that had a population of 5,077 at the 2020 census.

[@irenestrmnss4496]

IN THE EARLY SCHOOLDAYS WE STARTED LEARNING ENGLISH AS SECOND LANGUAGE . 3 RD OR 4 TH GRADE. THEN AT THE AGE OF 13 WE HAD TO CHOOSE ONE MORE LANGUAGE IN SCHOOL. LEARNED GERMAN. BUT IT DEPENDS ON WHAT TEARCHERS THEY HAVE TO TEACH IT. LATER IN HIGHSCHOOL FROM 16 YEARS TILL 18/19 I CHOSE FRENCH CAUSE I WANTED TO LEARN LANGUAGES. IT S A LONG TIME AGO. NOW KIDS LEARNS ENGLISH EVEN EARLIER . 1 ST GRADE A LITTLE BIT. THEN MORE. CAUSE INTERNET, TV, MEDIA, VIDEOGAMES

[@Doreana48501]

As a child I fell in love with Sweden because of the movie "Heidi" which took place in the mountains of Sweden and I watched it on TV and DVD every Christmas. After studying Sweden i feel confident i can say Ask me Anything 😂

[@NinjaBee81]

Hmm… Only Heidi movies I know are all located in the Swiss Alps, sooo in Switzerland.. :) Although maybe you mean some other movie I don’t know? I’m from Finland and there has been at least 2 different Heidi movies and one TV series show’n here, and they all were about a little Swiss girl.

[@ahkkariq7406]

Norwegians are usually charmed by nice people from other parts of the world who know anything about Norway. Most Norwegians know that Norway is a small country, I think very few expect random people on the street to know anything about Norway. We are used to people answering that Norway is Swedish if they are asked. It is okay. There are so many people in the world who have a special interest in Norway, who know that it is a beautiful country with fjords and mountains, and with nice people, but they make up a very small proportion of all people in the world. It's fine by us, and the chance of randomly bumping into one of them on the street is microscopic.

[@peacefulminimalist2028]

Norway is not a small country - just a small population. If you drive from north-south it’s the same distance as the american 48 north south. Also if you include all of Norway’s territory like Svalbard we’re larger than Germany.

[@larstveiten4164]

​@@peacefulminimalist2028Sorry: Svalbard/The Spitzbergen Islands dont "belong" to Norway. We just have a administration and police there. Always nice to get updated. Greetings from Oslo 🇧🇻😎😎🇧🇻

[@ahkkariq7406]

@@peacefulminimalist2028 The land in itself can't make itself heard in any other way than be what it is. It is people who communicate. It is exactly the small population that makes Norway a small country when it comes to being recognized internationally.

[@peacefulminimalist2028]

@@larstveiten4164 Svalbardtraktaten av 9. februar 1920 anerkjenner norsk suverenitet, og med Svalbardloven av 1925 ble øygruppen en fullstendig del av kongeriket Norge. Always nice to get updated eh? Greetings from Bergen.

[@peacefulminimalist2028]

@@ahkkariq7406 I see your point and I’m also glad we’re a small population. I still find it strange that some people have so little knowledge about the world around them. I can’t exactly come up with tons of facts about Nepal for instance, but I can point to it on a map and know its capital city and name a few mountains there. In the old days when people only had paper maps it might have been a valid excuse that one’s not that interested in geography or even world history, but now with Google and internet readily available, how can you not even roughly know where a country is located? Is it lack of curiosity? Laziness? I don’t get it - sorry.

[@olenilsen4660]

4:40 - Don´t you ruin this! Let US be the blond and beautiful ones for a change! People always attribute this to the swedish because of Britt Ekland who was a gorgeous blonde on the movie screen 145 years ago. She even played in a James Bond movie. For just this one time, someone pinned it on us! Let it be ;) We´ll take it, we´ll remember it - and we sure as h3ll will use it against our "lovely" neighbours ;)

[@barriehull7076]

Oslo used to be in Czechoslovakia. Look closely it still is. A typical cryptic crossword clue is, name a city in the former country of Czechoslovakia, (4)

[@karebear326]

The dude speaking norwegian said: hey hey. (Which is a thing we do say hey hey twice and often answer hey hey back) so it is a thing😂 The second thing he said was: Jeg elsker Norge Meaning: I love Norway

[@ysteinfjr7529]

But he said "Norge" the Swedish way. "Norye"

[@coldwhitespring5004]

14:12 he said "Hi, hi, here I am". And the closed caption is wrong, its' "Hei, hei, her er jeg". And he also said "Jeg elsker Norge", which means "I love Norway", so that all made sense.

[@mandoperthstacker]

I knew a Swede in my class at school and he was black. And this was back in 1991.

[@snyte9685]

Red white and blue is the most common color combination of any flags, so easy guess

[@gunnhildk6299]

I am norwegian and we live in a small country. There are plenty of other small countries in the world that I know nothing about, so I don´t expect the world to know much about us. I have heard that many people think that Norway is the capital of Sweden. I think thats funny :)

[@SuggestedGames-li6qk]

For the gyu that said that trains are called trikks is kind of close i mean trikk is something we use in big cities like oslo to make it esyer to get around but we do have normal trains and they dont koss 20USD!! thay cost like 2USD wich is 20 NOK 20USD is 200NOK

[@corjp]

There is also a large community of people who are direct of Irish descent in the U.S.

[@paulgudedeberitz2335]

The driver said Hei, hei! in great Norwegian accent. "Jeg elsker Norge" (I love Norway) had a slight American accent but was pretty good.

[@ingunnhast8661]

I am Norwegian, but I studied in Germany some years when I was young. The Germans knew that Norway was a country in Scandinavia. But a little while after introducing myself and saying that I come from Norway, I was very often asked the question, how is it up there in Sweden? But once I met a young man in Germany and he asked which city Norway was in Sweden. He was embarrassed when I said it was a country and the next time I met him, he told me that he had looked it up and now saw that Norway is a country. But that was only the one time it happened. But the Germans knew that Norway was a separate country in Scandinavia, but just mixed it up with Sweden, and as they said, they just knew a lot more about Sweden than Norway. So it doesn't surprise me that several of these Americans also mentioned Sweden or Denmark. The thread is burning at least. It is at least closer and we feel much closer to the other Scandinavian countries than Germany, France or Spain.

[@Voidrift4991]

you know, i am starting to supect that tyler is interested in norway🤔

[@bjornjensen8244]

and Canada, and UK... and never any response to any comments on any of his channels. Moneymaker

[@monicabredenbekkskaar1612]

I know mormons that is going to Norway is speaking norwegian. I know people in love with Henrik Ibsen has learned norwegian to read him in his native language😊

[@joppekim]

14:25 yeah that was Norwegian. He said " Hei, hei. Her er jeg." Which means "Hey, hey, here i am".

[@sundhaug92]

15:37 the stat is somewhat out of date, we're now at 5.4m

[@GakkGakkUnited]

The dude at 14:12 "speaking norwegian" sounded like he said "heihei, her er jeg" meaning "hello, here I am" but the subtitles did not form a coherent sentence at all.

[@John_1920]

15:14 He did actually say "I love Norway" in Norwegian.

[@marnidy]

In school Norwegians are taugt either Spanish, French, German, or english specialization. So I guess saying that they speak German isn’t that bad considering that they are a Germanic language

[@kjellg6532]

WWII ruined the German language in Norway. Before the war German was better known than English and many Norwegians got their university degree in engineering in Germany.

[@Unreal-Reality]

We don't call trains a trikk, a train is a tog. the trikk and a tog is two different things but they are kind of simular. there are a lot of trikks in Oslo. trikks drive short distence and are a lot smaller than trains and drive in the middle of the city.

[@mathearossland1795]

Language tgat are speaken or used: Norwegian(ofc), english, Swedish, Danish, Sptge different type of Sámi, Norwegian is heavily influenced by German and a bit of French and German, French and Spanish is tought in school from grade 8 til at least grade 10. And from year 1 vgs you can either continue the language you choose but can pick another languag, like Japanese or Russian.

[@aleksanderlie457]

cant complain about the language part thoe cause if u take all the launguages tought in school in norway you have norwegian, english, german, french and spanish

[@Luredreier]

4:19 Well, we *did* spend more then 400 years under Danish rule, and about a hundred under Sweden... So I *kind* of get where they're coming from... As for the Dutch influence... The Hanseatic League definitely left their mark on our culture... And Dutch is probably the closest west Germanic language to the Nordic ones there is that's a official national language... 4:44 Honestly being blonde is more of a eastern European thing... Think Poland or the Baltic countries. We're blonder then the Germans. But less so then people on the southeastern coast of the Baltic sea. 6:50 Honestly, I can respect that. It's the confident ignorance that gets to me... 7:12 Well... We're usually not considered a part of eastern Europe. However back when we where independent before the union with Denmark our monarchs tended to have more relations with the east then western Europe and they married quite a few eastern royals... And the northernmost part of Norway kind of curves around eastwards and a line right north from Istanbul that line would go through Norway if I don't remember wrong...

[@coldwhitespring5004]

Do one on Norwegian black metal next. Did you know that is one of our largest export articles? They learn Norwegian in Italy because of it.

[@GretaRdum-bq9ez]

One of my ggrandmother was the only one of her siblings who stayed back in Norway. Rest of them imigrated to USA.

[@Mystra]

Well, there's some Polar Bears on Svalbard lol

[@gunnarmann]

The "car guy" said Hei, Her er jeg. That means Hello, Here i am. And he said Jeg elsker Norge. I love Norway. Montana is a place there are many people with norwegian ansesters. If we take the southern point i Norway, turn Norway around, It will reach way past Rome, Italy

[@terjemullerkarlsen3028]

The guy in the car seems to say Hei Hei (Hello, Hello) Her er jeg (Here I am) If so he did it very well! And yes he did really well on I love Norway:)) Impressed!

[@ZoroIsGone]

im Norwegian, and i think it makes sense that people dont think about anything when someone mentions a random country... like when i think of a random country like Turkmenistan, i dont know what to think of, and theres many more countries that the average person does not know about, to give some examples from different continents, Laos, Rwanda, Belarus and Uruguay

[@TheMONTALIAN]

Funny video😂 No hard feeling for mixing sweden with Norway, culture and language ar close, just weird that geografy and culture education is so poor in USA. One remark, Trikk is the same as Tram I thing. Same as those fameous ones in San Fansisco. Just more modern in Norway. Train is called Tog in Norwegian. It is fun to watch your videos and see your knowledge about our country is that good. Im impresed. Kind regards Raymond

[@sulliken77]

Well. Several contries in Europe speak German. Austria and Switzerland, for example (And Lichtenstein, I believe).

[@anormaldude127]

15:04 jeg elsker norgia (it is actually said norge) he said: I love norway! in english

[@Multizyde]

Just think about Bergen, New York. It was full of Norwegian people from Bergen Norway. A lot names, traditions and companies are Norwegian in USA.

[@MrWernR]

I've heard of the USA.. it's Canadian right?

[@NinaBjornethun]

I am shoct😂😂😂❤love your videos. Have looked at you in 14 ouers now. ❤❤bn norway

[@paulgudedeberitz2335]

To be fair, Norway is one of the smallest and most remote countries in the world and even some Europeans think Norway is the capital of Sweden. We are fortunate to get a lot of "information" about the US through films and sitcoms. I guess we think Friends and Gilmore Girls are sort of what life in US is like. Many also have CNN and Fox News on cable here, and pretty much everybody have Internet access.

[@kennethhenriksen9424]

The first guy said "hey, hey, here i am" and the second guy said "i love Norway"

[@dangdiggity9916]

norway and sweden is about as similar as canada and the us. for everyone outside it might as well be the same place but the moment you even know a little bit about it, its not even all that close...

[@fireexploder2695]

There is a bit of a flood here in Norway right now.

[@thevipress]

I think the guy in the car tryed to say: ''hei hei her er jeg''. It means, hey hey here i am :)

[@cleverlyblonde]

If it helps any, I saw a german TV crew ask random germans about US states, state capitals and state flags and they did not fare too well either...

[@jonspilde1810]

Norway means narrow passage, related to the fiords ... not even many norwegians know that, they have learned its path to north too

[@perolden]

He was coorect in saying Jeg elsker Norge (jai elsker nor-ge) (I love Norway) he was pretty good in pronounciation except the word Norge, he was tight about the tram being called trikk, really a shortening of 'elecTRIK(K) tramway', but way of on the price, it does not cost you $ 20, I took it recently, and ity cost $1,50, but it is more expensive to buy a paper ticket, so mobile ticket is the choice.

[@josteinkristoffersen8485]

the guy in the car. : he said hei hei, her er jeg. hey hey, here i am :D :P

[@ivensenI]

Well it's not that far to say that we "can" speak German, french, spanish or even Chinese, since it's part of our education in high school which means alot of us come out of our education with at least 3 languages, and that doesn't count that we can Swedish and danish.

[@Leedsunitedforlife87]

America is a small City in Canada right? 🤔

[@Devourer_Rip]

15:22 no. no it didnt. he said “Hi i had i.”