American Reacts to Norwegian TikToks | #23

[@fusion-star]

An important thing to note here, in Norway we use winter tires on our cars to get better grip on the road.

[@Zirion123]

Yea that car trying to get up that road is like a normal Tuesday for most Norwegians 😂 had a buddy driving over the rockies in Colorado when he was on vacation there and only he as a Norwegian and another Swedish car that was theire on vacation were the only ppl that kept driving in the snow. Everyone else just stopped at the side and parked 😂

[@aslan5092]

litterally norwegian winters, my no. 1 season :D

[@jomorken4853]

The clue is to carry a lot of speed, so you can let off the gas if you start slipping

[@Kraakesolv]

Yeah, so trying several times is just to find a suitable spot where you get enough traction to get enough momentum

[@TheJHA67]

Not just winter tires... we also have studded winter tires, with the exception of those who live in the largest cities, where there is a fee for driving with studded tires. But I have a feeling you know this:)

[@xifily1957]

Like om du aldri har hørt noen si "Teck"💀

[@Villstyringen]

@@xifily1957 aldri hørt noen si tekk istedenfor takk. Har bare hørt takk.

[@its.julieeeeee]

aldri 💀

[@DocProctor]

"Tekk" høres ut som noe som kunne komme fra Toten elns Dog, alle totninger jeg har møtt har sagt "takk" så...

[@ulvjenta88]

Snubla det en danske inn i det norsk kurset?

[@its.julieeeeee]

@ hahaha

[@kimowal1]

Tekk?? Never heard it. We say Takk or Tusen takk (thousand thanks)

[@SouthHill_]

Yeah, no idea what that woman was talking about. Never heard a Norwegian pronounce Takk like that. Lady must spend too much time around Danes or summat.

[@Henoik]

She must be ragebaiting

[@turidboholm2587]

Never heard «tech»! Takk, with a “short vowel “, before the double k’s.

[@veridicusmind3722]

@@kimowal1 Could be a dialect thing, Sandnes or Stavanger

[@kimowal1]

@veridicusmind3722 yes ofcourse, didnt think about that. Example would be the word "i" , which here kan be "i"(not aei as in english), "jeg", "eg" or as i say "æ"(ae), or even "e".

[@gryhvidsten1450]

You can’t stay in your house for 6 months when it’s winter ❄️

[@Gunnar0481]

the ''tekk'' thing is bullshit. Takk is the norm. its Takk everywere i have lived.

[@TylerWalkerYouTube]

Good to know!

[@arturdm]

So many comments like this. This girl is the only person on Earth which has heard "tech".

[@Atlas_Redux]

@@TylerWalkerKZbin Wut, you starting to do comment interactions? Much appreciated :P

[@johnsmith-de3tl]

only tech i ever heard was "tek du" instead of "tar du." you taking. like "tek du bussen eller toget?" "you taking the bus or the train?

[@spentbarn]

@14:43 As a native norwegian of 38 years i have to add some information to this womans atempts. 1. It is indeed Takk, as you so eloquently said. I've never heard any norwegian speaker pronounce it the way she claims. 2. She left out atleast one of the local varieties of I. Namely one used mostly in the "bigger cities" around Mjøsa and thereabouts; je 3. The inhale yes is as she claims, but it is as you already know, a way for us to say "okay go on" in conversations

[@jeghaterdegforfaen]

A two-year old will typically not build up enough kinetic energy to get seriously hurt if they fall, and it's not like they're just pushed off a cliff. There are child slopes.

[@philipbutenschon8141]

Ribbe-Steking is cooking pork belly in a specific way, usually made during Christmas and is one of the most popular dishes eaten on Christmas Eve. Slow cooking it in the oven at low heat is making it juicy. It's also common making sure the top layer of fat gets crispy and puffed and between Norwegian men, being able to puff it perfectly is considered proof that u are good in the kitchen. NEVER mess up a Norwegian dads Ribbe!!!!

[@ludicolo378]

If you do that, you will be ribbe too!!!

[@SteifWood]

Tried Jæren-ribbe this xmas. Came out overly juicy and the "svor" (ie pig rind) was roasted to perfection with texture like cheese doodles.

[@MasterHigure]

You say the top layer of fat is made crispy, but I think it's actually the pig's skin.

[@nissenusset4134]

Yes..... it's the pig's skin. Slow cooking the pork belly in the oven for 9 hours...... ❤ The meat gets sooooo juicy, and the pig skin soooo crispy....... delicious 😋 😋 Yummy 😋 Much much better than bacon crisps/chips 😅😂

[@kjellg6532]

You probably mean the rib part of the pig’s chest. Ribbe is often full of bones, ribbs.

[@m4rt_]

In Norway, if you get a baby, the dad also gets paid leave from work.

[@Spikjevoff]

Isnt like that everywhere

[@Zirion123]

@m4rt_ mom and dad can split up the maternity/paternity leave between them as they want now actually. Believe it was a new rule a few years ago. Before it was 1 year for the mother and 3 months for the father

[@martinjansson1970]

19:01 Elk means moose (Alces alces), in all Germanic languages, including British English, and in a few Romance languages. Elk is also North American English for wapiti (Cervus canadensis). You hunt and eat a lot of elk/moose (Alces alces) in Scandinavia, but elk/wapiti (Cervus canadensis) is only native to North America. When British and Continental European explorers of North America first encountered wapiti (Cervus canadensis), the elks (Alces alces) that used to be very common in Britain and e.g. France, had been extinct for just a couple of generations in their home countries, so they thought that the wapiti (Cervus canadensis), that they encountered, was the elks (Alces alces) from Europe that they heard and read about. Later explorers of North America encountered real elk (Alces alces), but now the name elk was already used for wapiti (Cervus canadensis) by English speakers in North America, so they adopted the American indigenous language name moose for elk (Alces alces).

[@elitys93]

The neame moose in Norwegian are Elg not elk :)

[@martinjansson1970]

@elitys93 "Some say tomato, I say tomat", to paraphrase Louis Armstrong. As a Swede, I say älg, a German say Elch (it's almost extinct in Germany), and it's called alcus, or elán, in French (it went extinct in France during the 17th century). And Danes also call it elg (it went extinct in what is now Denmark at least 5,000 years ago, but occasional wild elks/moose that swim over from Sweden has been documented since Medieval times (before anyone nitpick, those parts of Scandinavia was Danish until the 17th century, so, technically, they swam over from the Scandinavian parts of Denmark to the Continental European parts of Denmark). Another weird elk fact. Elk/wapiti (Cervus canadensis) has sometimes been classified as a subspecies to red deer (Cervus elaphus), and the two species crossbreed with a fertil offspring. And red deer was very common in Britain, when the British explored North America, but the local variety in Britain is one of the tiniest ones (there are other European red deer varieties that are just as large as wapiti), which might be why British explorers believed the much larger elk/wapiti (Cervus canadensis) was an elk/moose (Alces alces), instead of red deer (Cervus elaphus).

[@Raggarn240epaYT]

Elk is a whole different animal than moose 😂

[@cecilierooos]

I have never in my life heard anybody saying "tech" 😂 we say Takk (Thanks) or Tusen takk (thousen thanks) and also Hjertelig takk (heart thanks).

[@aslan5092]

fakta tekk har eg ikkje hørt om i min dialekt sone. (Facts "Tekk" have never been heard by me and i havent heard it in my District or nearby areas.) [Translated to make it understandable for non-english norwegians and other people]

[@lillm6874]

Same here, never heard of “tech”🤔😂

[@ulvjenta88]

Unless you danish.. tech 😂😂😂

[@cecilierooos]

@@ulvjenta88🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@nissenusset4134]

I have never ever heard anyone say teck instead of takk...... Not in Northern, Eastern , Western or Southern Norway....... ❤ 🇳🇴

[@viseneri]

When the lakes freezes, the public service people regularly test the depth of the ice and you can check online or look at the sign to know if it is safe. Some places they drive out on the ice with their cars, usually young people

[@Gullvivas]

I Midtvesten de har stor kultur med å sette opp store 4 kantede telt, med seng, gasskomfyr på isen på innsjøer -de har fiske hull i isen inne i teltet,så de sitter å fisker der de overnatter. Har bodd der og opplevd dette. Ungdom elsker å samles sånn.

[@royramse7389]

The ja with inhale is old old...Vikings did this and spread it to Ireland and Normandie as well

[@annettehoff607]

Being Norwegian I feel a little ashamed of how much I enjoy your videos. It’s probably comparable to someone gushing about your children 😅 Anyway, I’ll keep enjoying and liking, and hope enough people do so you can come visit us. I’m sure you can stay for free where ever you like by now 😉 I’ve got you covered in Trondheim

[@Buttsparkle]

I've got him covered in karasjok ( north Norway) 😊👍

[@lindaramonanattalieliassen5996]

Same here❤️😂 something’s is hilarious how they think we are «cavemen’s»😂😂

[@flowerangel6661]

I’ve got you covered in Sandefjord ;)

[@beanis87]

6:25, i think you misunderstood a little bit, its pronounced ja while kind of breathing in. its to make people feel that you are listening. The gasping for being scared is the same in norway as in america

[@espekelu3460]

Oh, the narrow stream on which there was ice brought back some good memories. One of the family had a cabin where there were several small streams that froze over in the winter, and in those winters when there was little snow, we could go ice skating on these, and it was quite special. It was safe as long as it had been worth a few days of -10 and lower some days. These small streams were quite long, so when we did it, we often had coffee or tea in a thermos, and preferably a quick lunch. That we also had with sausages and lefser, and then we lit a fire over which we roasted the sausages. Such trips could easily last three or four hours, but as I said, very cozy and very special!

[@ngaourapahoe]

the penguin walk is the best on ice

[@kjellg6532]

And in some cases studded shoes.

[@lilacko3361]

Never heard "tech" for "takk", maybe that's from a specific region?

[@mr-steve-kuling]

no, its takk everywhere

[@BjørjaBear]

oh no, it is takk

[@mauno91]

Note: The guy talking about 'everybody that can sustain themselves can come here' is specifically talking about Svalbard I believe, a Norwegian Island in the Arctic. That does not apply for mainland Norway.

[@mkitten13]

"In america nobody would drive in these conditions" Dude, you do realize you have cold, wintery states as well, right? I've seen videos of people throwing a bucket of water and have the water freeze in the air. This is not unique to Norway. If snow is going to be an issue for several months of the year, you have to put on winter tires and make the best of it.

[@Bidmartinlo]

Norway _(and places like Canada and Alaska)_ isn't an exception because we have winters. We're an exception because 1. we use winter tires and accessories 2. our government salt/sand and plow the roads. So despite having winter, many countries and states are utterly unprepared for winter conditions. Even Sweden can't keep their trains from derailing _(mainly as they drive too fast)_ and it's a serious problem. So yeah, it's not unique to Norway and winters happens almost every year in many countries in the Northern hemisphere, but it's still a huge problem in many countries. You tell me what's wrong with them, because I have no idea.

[@evilreddog]

Someone telling you "Takk" is said "Tech" is pulling your leg.... never herd it before as a Norwegian. Also while he said "Elk", it most likely said "Elg" on the menu. Elg means Moose in Norwegian. Norway does not have Elk deer in it's fauna as it is Primarily a American Continent animal. Roosevelt Elk is a good example for Americans what a Elk is. also i found the explenation what the inhaling "ja" is. It is simply a confirmation we are agreeing and listening to what you are saying. Inahling "nei" is also used, same thing but disagreeing instead. Kinda like "Uhuh" you do in english.

[@helleswahn]

Isn't elk hjort?

[@AnneliseRingsby-iu2vq]

@@helleswahn You are right. But elg (Norwegian) is moose.

[@helleswahn]

@AnneliseRingsby-iu2vq yes I know, I'm norwegian cx

[@veridicusmind3722]

We do think about the ice depth, which is usually why we measure it before we deep it safe to skate on :)

[@L4r5man]

Except Apetor. RIP.

[@veridicusmind3722]

@ Yeah, that didn’t go too well. RIP.

[@bmwtoyz]

Teck??? Never heard of this.

[@norabrulandingebrigtsen9755]

Me neither

[@monicabredenbekkskaar1612]

It must be an eastern slang...

[@TomKirkemo-l5c]

Hell, I just went outside to start my car. It's -20C. Of course we drive on this, just much better than in the video.

[@TullaRask]

It's easier when it's minus 20 to stick to the road actually. Around 0C is horrible for both walking and driving, nothing sticks. We had "driving in icy condition" course when we took the driving's license, you wouldn't pass if you couldn't do it. It looks like that driver either don't have the proper tires or didin't take his license in Norway.

[@TomKirkemo-l5c]

@@TullaRask When you try to brake or drive, and nothing really works. :) Just aim for the tallest snowpile. :) And it is what it is, :)

[@pertoger]

The reason why the word I (me) have som many ways of expression, is that there are different ways of speaking Norwegian in different parts of Norway, just like you would hear differences between scots, Irish, welch, yorkshire, kentonians, scouses and londoners in UK. In addition to different dialects, Norway also have other languages for sami people, travellers (gypsies), and finnish origin people.

[@TomKirkemo-l5c]

It's not elk, it's moose...I have frezer full. We just call it "elg", but it is moose.

[@madsimusnuo]

But it’s elk. Moose is found in northern America, while elk is found in northern Europe. Is two different branches of the same species: they have different characteristics. The same goes for reindeer, which we have in northern Europe, but in northern America they have caribou.

[@TomKirkemo-l5c]

@@madsimusnuo "Wapiti, also called elk, is a species of deer that lives in North America and eastern parts of Asia." It's moose... ;)

[@kdamsmaysaya43]

The animal we call Elg in Norway is called Elk in British English and Moose in American English. The iconic, majestic forest dweller Alces alces is known as a moose in North America (actually the sub-species Alces alces americana) and an elk in Europe. The word elk, like the Norwegian word elg, is taken from the Latin alces. To make matters even more confusing, elk in North America is used for an entirely different animal - a kind of deer, Cervus elaphus, otherwise known as a Wapiti,

[@Gullvivas]

Even many journalist in Norway believe Elk is like our Elg LOL Elk is Hjort!

[@TomKirkemo-l5c]

@@Gullvivas Yes, it's fort hjort...kremter, but if you run "hjort" trough Google it says "deer". I have moose and deer here all the time, no elk. ;)

[@ngaourapahoe]

Learning in general at a young age is the most effective in any field. Children have no fear. They would not do it if it were any dangerous.

[@oxyaction]

No, never heard tech for takk. The pronounciation is takk as witten. The "inhale"-ja is more of a "cool" thing to talk about on Tiktok than it's normal.. some ppl do say it like that, but mostly when they are busy doing something else, and get sidetracked. Hehe, no, elk is not similar to deer. An Elk is a version of Moose.

[@gmy79]

At 9.30 she calls it kringla but kringle is a sweet doug that you shape into a giant circle and put different stuff inside, (butter, sugar, cinnamon, almonds) and then you slice it up into portions. What she is making looks like lussekatter.

[@VyseNice]

*Totenkringle

[@TullaRask]

@@VyseNice The translation of what you wrote is hilarious: Kringle of the dead

[@nissenusset4134]

​@@TullaRask😂😂😂

[@annehelenegroven]

A good friend of mine is from Serbia. When she moved here, she already knew a lot of Norwegian. But when I spoke to her in the beginning I had to speak slowly so that she understood me. But now she understands everything when I speak faster 😅

[@thorgraum1462]

1:24 and here i was thinking that alaska was a part of america

[@lillm6874]

Me too lol

[@Not-borgir]

It is, unless i missunderstod you

[@lillm6874]

@Not-borgir We know, but he always says we don’t do this in America, like driving in snow😅

[@viseneri]

Nobody says Tech or teck!!!!

[@LoviseMarie]

I have no idea where they would even do that. They must do it somewhere for her to say that

[@jongunnareide3606]

Ski in Norway is as common as AR 15 in USA

[@SipTea]

Moving to Svalbard is not easy. You need a job, or some means to support yourself before going. Housing is hard to find, mostly comes with your job or if you are a student. It's far away and very expensive. Also a fascinating and beautiful place!

[@elisabethpedersen7893]

Tech ?

[@lillm6874]

Right?😂😂

[@Linnmk]

Nobody says Teck instead of Takk: We have winter tires with or without spikes. Som steep hills have sand boxes in the beginning to spread on the ice for better grip. What she baked was not "Kringle" Kringle is like our pretzel, but with sweet soft dough and icing sugar on top. Often with raisins in the dough, end it's shaped as one big pretzel and we cut serving pieces of it.

[@lainightwalker5495]

here in scandinavia its only really "permitted" for u to miss work/school because of snow if the public transportation stops.

[@ErikISkogen]

Nope, still need to get to work

[@kjellg6532]

Each year some are using skis in some city street to get to work on time. That is when the busses have given in.

[@lainightwalker5495]

ok. in denmark then.

[@Chara_dreemurr-s5s]

That bread at 9:30 are usually called "lussekatter" in Norwegian and I'm not exactly happy to be living in Norway right now because of all the goddamn snow

[@janhaheim1348]

no no an Elk is not like a deer, Elk is like a canadian moose just a little smaller

[@Xirque666]

Truth is, we don't have Elk in Norway, our Elg is Moose, the Elk have a complete different looks, and antlers more like a red deer.

[@frideverden2310]

@@Xirque666yeah

[@ShadowTani]

Actually, elk refer to any large species of deer including moose which is also referred to as the Eurasian elk. If you're served elk in Norway it's very likely to be moose. The "north American moose" is actually called wapiti, not elk. Elk is an umbrella term, not a specific animal.

[@Goldenhawk583]

@@ShadowTani I tjhink you just got wapiti and moose mixed up completely. Norway has moose, usa and canada has moose, they look the same, except the european version is a bit smaller on average. The Wapiti is an Elk, the Mosse is not, but in norwegian it is called " Elg". If you are served elk in norway, it is not moose, but imported from north america. Try googling next time, you just made a complete mess of it.

[@ShadowTani]

@@Goldenhawk583 I think you may want to take your own suggestion on this one because what you're saying is not the answer I found with google. Let me instead suggest you read about the word elk on wiktionary, which is where you get the more accurate definition.

[@melanp4698]

17:35 If you have long periods of time with freezing weather, small creeks and lakes will freeze over really fast. Usually you have to make sure it's safe, but if it's been -10 c / 14 f for like 2 weeks, you know that these places are frozen solid. Especially if it's somewhere you're used to.

[@mikaelmilo]

I love your videos, elk is moose, smaler than the Canadien moose. Kringle is a christmas bread yes, like a bite to coffe. If u see the whole Kringle video, u will see. We got time to watch the 3 min whit you I think. We are Norwegien, and we are patient people! 😊😂

[@pappelg2639]

We dont say tech for takk. Never. Most stupid thing I have ever heard.

[@steinarhaugen7131]

I've never heard that either.

[@dalitrh]

I once called my boss to say it was too much snow, so I couldn't get into my workplace 😅

[@Villstyringen]

That first car must be a forreigner with summer tyres.

[@LoviseMarie]

Wouldn’t get that far up with summer tyres, I bet that hill is steeper than it looks

[@hanssrensen3641]

Maybe on wintertyres, but no studs ;)

[@ulvjenta88]

@@Villstyringen nah its alot of "smart" norwegans oute there 😅 My sister is horrible behind the weel 💀

[@PiercedBrosmen]

There can be so many reasons without the conclusion being “foreign driver”. Winter driving is a skill that has to be learned. I don’t believe they were on summer tires, cause they successfully reversed back down without losing control every time. Could be old winter tires where the rubber had hardened or even worse, studded tires with worn down or mostly missing studs (they are nearly as lacking in grip as summer tires on ice). Further it could be as simple as poor throttle control. If the bare tire tracks on the road were icy and too slippery it would be worth trying to keep the tires on the snowy areas to see if that provided more grip. It looks like the car may have been RWD, but if it was FWD it could be an idea to turn the car around and reverse up. That way you put more weight on the driving wheels (for RWD having some ballast in the trunk could also be helpful. 10+ years ago I had a RWD van and always had sandbags in the back during winter. This provided both weight to the wheels plus if it was very icy I could spread a few handfuls of that sand in the road if I got stuck). To this driver’s defense, some of their attempts had to be aborted due to oncoming traffic. A nice observation is the other drivers, patiently waiting to make sure the car made it up the hill and not making chaos by following. Also being Norwegian does not mean automatically being an expert on winter driving as it all depends on where in Norway you are. Here in Bergen we mostly only have two seasons, spring and fall (and they are both rainy seasons 😂) and so we normally only get a couple of days each year where we get a chance to “practice” on driving on snowy roads (we’re actually having snowy roads right now, but it is normally a rare occurrence here), unless we venture out into the mountains. However the times we do get “white roads” it is usually the worst kind, with temperatures around 0C (32F). Result always being lots of unprepared drivers in need of rescue.

[@ЮлияП-ф7к]

It is a 🇳🇴 💪💪 We are still driving cars and going to work despite on this f......... snow ❄️ Today it was a real snow disaster😫

[@supervillain369]

'Tech'? Nah that's a dialect. I myself have never used the inhale 'Ja' but I know some who do, it's only really used in the 'go on' context. A normal yes is spoken how you would normally speak.

[@Thero68]

I`m from north of Norway and in Norway there`s a looot of different dialects (one dialect can be very different from the neighbour township), so I even have to translate some words to norwegians 😅In several places in the deepest fjords or mountains, it`s very difficult to understand what they`re saying. The way he speak is bokmål (the common writing language), that`s the way of talking/writing foreigners learn, and that`s why it`s the easiest way to get someone learning the language, to understand. I like your video, it`s funny to see countries and cultures from a foreigners view 😄

[@keveng27]

14:20 Yeah… it happens a lot, especially with some dialects. Sometimes it’s even hard for native speakers to understand people, depending on their dialect

[@Randomdude21-e]

The girl trying to walk on icey road actually used spikes under her shoes and is english, Norwegians would handle it better, that was the point of the tiktok, she had more tiktoks askimg how Norwegians can walk pretty normal on ice, she is practising. Norwegians learns from they learn to walk. Even tho Norwgians fall sometimes too😂

[@barb6525]

As for skating on ice, the thickness of the ice for suitable lakes and shoresides is measured by the fire department (I believe), and it is announced when the ice is safe to walk on, and when it is not. And in some areas the ice is thick enough to drive cars over it, that is a lot of fun 😃

[@nissenusset4134]

The inhaled yes is just to let you know that either we agree, that we understand, or it's to let you know that we are paying attention to what you're saying..... etc. The inhaled yes is used in many different situations 🥰

[@karebear326]

The sauce or gravy is called brown sauce directly translated from Norwegian. It is insanely good. Cut your potatoes or mash your cooked potatoes and slather on sauce and you are in heaven, forget to eat your veggies cause you end up inhaling the potatoes with sauce👌😄 insanely good. Brown sause is great with any kinda meat steak but especially good with meatballs

[@vrenak]

Thekey to walking in these very slippery conditions is to have your foot come straight down and not as usual in a sort of rolling motion, straight down, and a straight lift, it does give you smaller steps, but it's also stabile.

[@MrKveite1]

C'mon bud, you need to learn a bout USA before other countries. people DO drive on snow in usa, 100.000 s of amercans DO go on the ice in the winter for ice fishing skasting etc and kids DO use skii's in usa Minnesota, wisconsin, washinton state etc and many other states DO HAVE WINTER WITH SNOW AND ICE. i know this as a Norwegian and you dont. That's just scary...

[@ngaourapahoe]

I watched a video once about truckers in Alaska going across frozen lakes. Even there, danger of cracks in the ice exists.

[@parascitzo9455]

Regarding the "walking on ice" in Oslo; I usually just slide over the ice, it's really fun and way more effective.

[@SteifWood]

Young skiers? I was 3 when my parents took me on my first big trip: 4 km forth and back to a popular lake in Østmarka. I'm so glad I grew up way before internet, gaming and social media. As long as there was any trace of snow we made tracks and slalom courses - in the forest btw trees and rocks (extremely dangerous in these days - hahah), on the fields, on the roads and even btw the houses. Though we were constantly wet, got eczema from the ruff wool sweaters, we survived (barely) but had so much fun.

[@lottatroublemaker6130]

12:00 «Ribbesteking» («Ribbe» - «Ribs», a.k.a. pork belly, «steking» - «Roasting»). Christmas activity some will take very seriously!!! 😂😂😂

[@TheDarkSaplings]

0:51 That is the reason why studded tires are important during winter.

[@tamu7243]

When lakes freezes over we need to wait for fire department to announce it safe to walk on. They do measurements of the structure and thickness of the ice, and set up ropes and ladders around the lakes.

[@anders4160]

In norway we have these winter conditions and Oslo bought new busses with rear-wheel drive and people buy SUV. XD

[@mc3story641]

In my elementary school(?) all the kids age 6 to 12 went on a skating trip every year on a frozen lake with the teachers. I even vividly remember one time a kid falling through the ice outside the safe aria, he got out and was fine. 😅🇳🇴

[@jaconi01]

Funny thing is. On New Years Eve I had too try 4 attempts to get up a hill to where I live, because it was over 1 foot of snow so I had to plow a track all the way up. quite normal here :P

[@Herr_Gamer]

Regarding the first one, is that not just a case of forgetting winter tires? Worst case it’s solid ice below a top layer of snow so that anything but spiked tires would struggle. Also «kringle» is generally more in the shape of a wreath or pretzel. What she made looks more like lussekatter, but without the saffron

[@m4rt_]

In Norway, I have sometimes gotten told by my boss to work from home because of snow/ice, but that is only if there suddenly is a lot more snow or ice. Last time that happened was in 2023, and that was when there was a lot of ice on the roads that showed up overnight, which then could make it a bit more dangerous to drive to work.

[@linerasmussen4788]

In Svalbard you have to work or go to school. It's a small crime because you got on a plane and flew to Norway. It's not allowed to die there, the law is there because you can't be buried there because of persfrost

[@alolol1000]

17:30 in some parts of Sweden three are annual motorbike competitions on frozen lakes and I'm sure some parts of Norway also does this

[@unnidavidsen3699]

The frozen river reminds me of scenes from "Little women" - so there must have been rivers you could skate on in the US. (Also Joni Mitchell: I wish I had a river I could skate away on...)

[@lottatroublemaker6130]

15:41 «e», «i», «æ» (which is my variety), «eg», «æg», «æj» and «jeg» (the most commonly used) all are dialectal varieties that means «I» and we all are used to and usually learn how to understand as we grow up. In the written languages, «eg» (nynorsk, «new Norwegian») and «jeg» (bokmål, the most practiced now, similar to Danish) are used. In addition to these we of course have Sami as well, which I (sadly) do not know or understand (it is a minority language amongst the Sami people). 🤗❤❤❤

[@trulybtd5396]

Where you are born is not an achievement, be proud of what you do, not who your parents happened to be.

[@robinchwan]

some of us broke our legs at elementary school when playing on the ice on a slope. and then you learnt your lesson not to do it again sooner rather than later :)

[@claudiusrode7844]

a popular song to sing in norway when it snows : Det snør, det snør, tiddelibom! Det er det det gjør! tiddelibom! Det snør så mye mer en før. tiddelibom og huttemeitu!

[@nissenusset4134]

😂😂😂😂

[@henninghellerud]

Its a normal road during winter. We keep going, not stopping the whole country cause of a few inches 😂

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

Most nationalities want their kids to fit in with their age-mates and be safe. Like the Norwegian kids, my BC grandsons were put on skis before they were three. Meanwhile, the Aussie Sunshine Coast ones were on a surfboard at nursery school. 😅

[@skippern666]

Depending on where in Norway you live, winter conditions like this can last for 3-4 months, so staying home isn't an option...

[@MORG0-s8w]

The stereotype of «Norwegians are born with ski» are true. I walked in the snow and saw a child at most 2yrs old with skis

[@arnehusby1420]

My son is an Ice Bather. They saw a hole in the ice and jump in to the cold water.

[@adalokken437]

Norway has snow and/or ice every day for months. We cant stop society due to our normsl weather. Snow is never an excuse not getting to work or school. You might arrive later on those tricky slippery or extremely snowy days, but we normally find our way 😊 Many would rather have days off on really warm sunny days since those can be rare.

[@MrDanAng1]

11:25 It work pretty well! There is very little criminality there, since there is zero percent unemployment. And it's a small community, where everybody knows everybody, and you can't afford to be shunned. The weather and conditions make it nescessary to be able to rely on others during a crisis situation! Also, fun fact about Svalbard, there are zones where you are not allowed to go without a gun, and where there are armed school yard guards during recess. That's for polar bear safety, not for defending against criminals though!

[@its.julieeeeee]

the best food in Norway (my opinion) is “medisterkaker med saus, poteter og tyttebærsyltetøy” it’s so good, definitely recommend!

[@MaidenViking_]

reading this while eating medisterkaker 😅

[@its.julieeeeee]

@ det er jo veldig godt da😅

[@MaidenViking_]

@its.julieeeeee Er veldig godt. Hadde litt rester etter jul som måtte spises opp 🥰

[@its.julieeeeee]

@ hehe, samme her 🥰

[@majasvartberg3778]

ribbe is one of the traditional christmas meal, and steking is rosting

[@Hunter-ou5bw]

17:30 We also have ice thickness chart. There is a chart of how thick ice is in relation to how much weight it can withstand. Like 20 cm (7 29/32 inches) of stålis (steel ice) ice with no air pockets in it, can take up to 2 tons (4500 lbs)

[@Randomdude21-e]

3 inches of steel ice then we where playing hockey

[@snyte9685]

Sometimes we skate on the ocean too, fjords can sometimes freeze

[@MeMyself-d2t]

16:16 That's a Nordic way to say yes, Swedish is almost the same "Choo" the longer down in Europe you coming the longer, yes will be, probably to not waste too much energy

[@rakelolsen6475]

the sauce is called brown sauce

[@larsyvindgrindrud8341]

Elk is the European moose. Lingon berry is tyttebær in Norwegian. Lingon is the Swedish term that has been adopted by English

[@trogud]

The inhale thing is like someone marketing NFTs. Tekk is pure snakeoil.

[@rakelolsen6475]

it 25 to 30- inn the water but some of us jump inn the water but others stays on land😄

[@ankra12]

Life goes on in all kinds of weather.

[@DEFAULTSProductions]

I have never in my entire life heard anyone saying "tekk", and I have lived and traveled all over the country. I think I would literally point out and question someone's pronounciation if someone said "tekk" to me when they mean to say "takk". Norway has a huge variety in dialects across very short distances, so maybe this is a super local thing?

[@stefflus08]

Seeing as I have norwegian parents, my chance of being born here was nearly 100%. They don't have the Stork pick from a huge bowl, you know.

[@ngaourapahoe]

I am not a native english speaker but it happens that I understand better someone who speaks very fast versus a "normal" rate.

[@arnehusby1420]

We have winter tires often with spikes. We can not stay indoor half the year.

[@mariannepedersenhagen6760]

Funny😂 Greetings from Trondheim, Norway ❤ Downing in snow right now 😂

[@christinebergesen4402]

Hehe hos deg 😀😀😀 ikke snødd her enda, men kommer

[@mariannepedersenhagen6760]

@christinebergesen4402 😜😅

[@karebear326]

That odd sound is us saying yes/yeah in Norwegian saying yes on inhale

[@eddale5557]

Most cars in Norway have four weel drive so up that road is usually no problem :P

[@OldNewbie]

Most of all the work rights and other benefits that are in most Scandinavian countrys was first a part of a collective bargain deal with unions, before it eventually became laws. It was not just given by the government.

[@andrethesergal1977]

18:50 elk = moose. most of Europe calls it an elk (or some variation of the word depending on language), while over in north america you call it a moose.

[@KvaGram]

Svalbard is an archipelago, a group of islands. There's only one proper town there, on the island of Spitsbergen. there are a few other settlements, mostly mining camps and research labs. One of them is run and operated by Russia. Yes, even today.

[@Dittopusur]

I just recently learned that Americans close down everything if there’s 3 inches (7cm) of snow here we can have 10 inches (25cm) of snow and we still have to go to school and work