American Reacts to Popular Norwegian TikToks | Part 11

[@Ridiculina]

- The blinds on the outside of the buildings are regulated by a sensor so they go up and down automatically, depending on the light conditions. - The police car is obliged to give way from the right as long as there are no signs giving them the right of way. The same rules apply to police cars as to others as long as they don't turn on their blue lights. - En spark, can be translated to a kicker. When I was a kid they only sanded half of the pavement to make it possible to use the spark. It's not so common anymore, unfortunately. It's really useful, both for speed, but also you get support on the ice (so you don't have to use the skates, lol) - The dude with the moose... that's crazy and something you really, really shouldn't do. They can absolutely attack. This moose looked young though, and is probably more curious than scared, as kids sometimes are. But even more important to stay away. You actually want wild animals to be scared of humans so they stay away from people and don't get themselves into dangerous situations.

[@pappelg2639]

Yeah the moose dude has a death wish 😂 Lucky it was not so young the mother was with it..

[@Qyngali]

The traffic the cop car gave way to had a give way sign so the cop actually DID let them in even if he/she didn't have to. The driver probably waved the traffic through because he was in no rush and the queue was building up on the side road. You can see the first car hesitate for a second or 2 before finally start driving lol.

[@JL-vo1bc]

@@Qyngali The sign looks like it's on the main road (where there are also markings on the ground). Pretty sure the cops stopped because they had to, not sure what was so strange about this situation.

[@SAGITTARlUS]

​@@Qyngali No, you are wrong. The road the cop came from, and the side road the cars pulled out infront of the cop on - had no yield sign. The yield sign is for the bigger road they both turned onto. If there are no signs saying you have to yield, the two roads meeting requiers the driver who gets a car on their right side to yield. Unsure if you are norwegian, but its called "høyreregel". Or in english, "the rule of right". Incase youre not norwegian, and want to learn I'll explain. The law states: "a driver must yield from vehicles approaching from the right. The same applies when a driver wants to turn left and gets a vehicle on the right side" (trafikkreglene. 1986. Lovdata) basically this means if there are no signs. And someone crashes into your right side in an intersection. Youre at fault and you did something wrong. Back to the video. There were no signs stating either driver had to yield. And the way traffic rules are set up in Norway goes as following. In order of what trumps the next. 1. Manual dirigation (applies above all lights, signs and rules) 2. Lights (applies above all signs and rules) 3. Signs (applies above all rules) 4. Rules (applies only if other information is not given by either manual dirigation, lights or signs). Now since there were no signs telling either driver (the cop, or the ones he let out first) they had to yield, so- no manual dirigation, no lights, or no signs. The rules state a driver must yield for an approaching driver from the right. So the cop followed the law, and let the vehicle from the right go, as per the rule of right. After that they have a sign telling them both, you have to yield onto the next road. They both did and went on their way. So the sign telling drivers to yield didnt apply to the first intersection, only the second. So the cop did right, and followed the law, letting the other drivers go. As long as a cop doesnt use blue lights with or without sirens, they are concidered normal vehicles that must abide by the traffic rules at all times, only exception is uniformed cop cars like this one are allowed to traverse the buss lane.

[@Qyngali]

@@SAGITTARlUS ok, I just got a quick glimpse of it so you're probably right. :)

[@Krozmar]

For the Police car part.. In Norway you have duty to give way for trafic from the right as a main rule if there is no signs telling you otherwise.. We call it "høyreregelen" that more or less directly translate to "the right rule"

[@GoldScrapful]

Yeah, same here in Denmark

[@helenevigdal2531]

The toilets in old cabins are normally in an outhouse. They are drafty and cold and some people find them scary, so they just skip the pooping 😅 When I was a kid I always had to constantly look down to see if any spiders or snakes or anything unlikely came crawling up the toilet to bite my bum 😅 And if it was dark I didn't dare to go to the toilet at all because of all the warewolfs and witches that to get to me on the few meters between the cabin and the outhouse 😂

[@Sweenymee]

And the shower would have to be a dip in the lake down the hill!

[@stefflus08]

That car has right of way since he's coming from the right side as long as the police aren't running blues

[@trulybtd5396]

Spark means kick. In english this is probably best called a kicksled. They are less common now that roads are more salted. They used to be super common. Much easier than to walk especially with groceries. They are not heavy at all

[@Poelsevev]

Stil common outside the big city's and big residential areas

[@siljeuglenes9789]

Fun fact deer can swim really well bc their bodies float. The cross big fjords at jump from island to island

[@John_1920]

05:15 The police is following the yielding laws or Norway, giving the cars from its right the right of way. 05:50 In Norway, so long as there are no Yield or Stop Signs on the side road to your right, then they have the right of way and you have to yield for them.

[@LadyMorgaine1976]

"What if Norway and Sweden combined? What? That would... Not happen!" Me: *points to a history booy* : "The Union of Kalmar was a thing... Not a good thing, but a thing nevertheless..."

[@ludicolo378]

My grandparents didn't have a car, and living in the countryside in a hilly area, my grandma would often use a spark when she was going to work on the farm. She would also use it when she was going to the bus stop, when she had to go to the store to get groceries. If the conditions are right, It's actually much better to put your stuff on the spark and push it, compared to holding the bags in your hands, or have it in a backpack even. It has to be either smooth ice, or nice, thick snow without any rocks in it for it to work though. The spark also works as something to hold on to if you are older, or have a weaker balance in general. It is mostly used by older people and kids, and the little ones for the children are really cute! Spark means kick in Norwegian, and that's what you do when you use one, you kick to get the right speed, so that makes sense.

[@zaph1rax]

the blinds are on the outside to prevent heat from the sun getting in. They are also electronic, either full automatic or controlled with a switch.

[@John_1920]

15:06 Not only can they swim, but they can swim long distances, and will even swim between islands/islets to get to their destination. My family's summer house is on a small island about 7 (+-3) minutes with 4HK motor off the mainland, and one year not too long ago we heard talk from others about how they'd seen deer on the island. There are no deer on the island year-round, so that means the deer must have swam from the main land to the island, probably resting on the other smaller islets between the main land and our island along the way.

[@regnbuesno]

the shuters are usualy automatic (but have a button inside to change it manualy) and most of the time they are on offices or schools. so when the sun shines at the window the shuter goes down and closes. my gues for it being on the outside is that it then also blocks the heat insted of traping the heat between the window and the shuter

[@John_1920]

12:28 I'll get in trouble with certain people deep into the whole spoken vs written language stuff, but Oslo Dialect is basically just spoken Bokmål, or at least the closest to it that you get with any of the Norwegian Dialects. I think this is what the meme is about.

[@ForEverKath]

The dialect closets to bokmål is in eastern Finnmark.

[@Marlicen]

I had a spark as a kid and so did my nanny. The rest of my family prefered skiing. They where a lot faster than me. But I loved my spark and I used it to bring my dog everywhere with me.

[@arnesnielsen]

If the police car does not use its blue lights, it is considered an ordinary car that must comply with traffic rules like any other car.

[@Gazer75]

The police car had to yield as the car was coming from the right. Basic rule in Europe if no other yield sign is in place. The next intersection at the main road had the painted triangles and a yield sign indicating you yield to all traffic when entering that road.

[@LittleRedToyota]

The police car has to follow the same rules as everyone else when they don't have the blue lights on. It's the "right rule": you have to stop for cars coming from your right.

[@theGreenChangeling]

Norwegian here: 1) can't say I've ever seen anyone ice skating in the streets, then again I've only lived in hilly areas. 2) a lot of cabins in Norway were built with no water and/or electricity included. Some are even so old that they have outhouses. 3) blinds on the outside prevents heat on the inside. access by remote. 4) Police here are chill. 5) Could never happen as long as sweden is a member of the EU. Also, Norway should be in charge if such a union ever happened. 6) 'Spark' is norwegian for 'kick'. How common they are depends on the area, though I think they are the least common along the coast, not that anyone should quote me on this. 7) No, we are not Disney-princesses, nor should you ever seek out a møøse on your own. 8) Every dialect is different, though some are more different than others, seemily more noticable the further away from the big cities you get, probably due to lack of outside influence. 9) those same areas experience 24 hours of sunligh during the summer. 10) ...no comment. 11) small groceries (there's an interior areal limit) can be open on sundays, in addition to a general exception for any shop leading up to Christmas. If restaurants have days they must close, it would be red letter days, if at all. And if you want to live and/or work here, knowing English is the bare minimum. 12) those two møøse went on to rob the neighbourhood, ensuing in a three day hunt before the møøse surrendered. Their head now serve as a warning to any would-be criminal møøse in the area. 13) perhaps a thing for people with a special interest. Fun fact though; Keiko, the Orca from 'Free Willy' spent his last years in Norway.

[@kristianflaate]

Love this - want to add - 4) Tyler: The Police too have to follow traffic laws in Norway ;)

[@johncalvin6124]

You can ice skate in the streets in the north of Norway. Even in the cities.

[@whiskeythedog578]

Damn m8. That was a nice summary. Den må bare respekteres.

[@skinnyjohnsen]

Keiko is a Japanese woman's name, and Keiko/ Willy was a female orca. She died from pneumonia. BTW we dont have moose in Europe or Asia (They only exist in North America). We have elks. They are a little bit smaller than moose, and they are a little bit genetically more distant from deer than the moose.

[@whiskeythedog578]

wtf are you talking about? our scandinavian moose is damn near identical to northern ameican once. elk is a totaly differant species. get real m8 and stop lying. jeg er norsk, og jeger, hvis du lurte på det. les helge ingstad. @@skinnyjohnsen. this is not cool man. peddeling lies as it was gospel. folks like you is what is wrong in the world

[@stefflus08]

Kicksleds are absolutely a thing. My school was 5 minutes away by foot but 20 seconds on that thing. I think I must've done 40mph. Once I hit a patch of asphalt in a turn going top speed and knocked the wind out of me, broke the handle too. They aren't hard to push uphill. They've saved many old people's femurs through the ages.

[@robertmartinsenlb8ci]

Blinds on the outside keeps the sun and heat out. Blinds inside lets the sun through the window and traps the heat inside. You can operate the blinds with a string through the wall or remotely if they are powered. Some are automatic. In Norway, cars coming from the right has right of way if no other signs apply.

[@LadyMorgaine1976]

Same in Portugal

[@RunarNyrud]

The policecar has to wait until the cars from the right has driven. They have give way from the right if not a sign say other.

[@letsdiy6938]

Thats what we love about going to the cabin. Its usually a outside toilet, but there is no running water, no electricity just a small wood burning owen were you boil your water to cook food and wash yourself. Imagine getting away from all hustle and busle in the city and turning off you mobile phone to save battery to return trip. Imagine how peaceful that is. Its like pressing the reboot butten and start over fresh, complete peace of mind. Maybe putting some logs in the own and make some coffee in the morning before adventure out on a little hike with just your dog, fishing pole and going to your favorite place were you have stored away a frying pan for you fish. Your missing out Tyler!

[@temanor]

As plenty of people have said already, the blinds are most likely automated by sensors, or you have a button or controller on the inside to open and close them. In our school, they automatically closes if it gets too bright, and we have a button on the wall that we use to raise or lower the blinds manually.

[@jolinekelund5995]

A quick note on the deer. Deers are actually extremely good swimers, much better than humans.

[@johncalvin6124]

That map ... Africa is actually 14 x larger than Greenland. That police car ... Police cars that are not on call are just ordinary cars in traffic, they must follow normal traffic rules.

[@MarkusLeistad]

Blinds on the outside are more efficient, as they allow you to block more "inview". And the way they work, is the thread that allows you to shut the blinds, are connected through a hole in one of the struts of the wall, with a silicone layer to block any ventilation from coming in, allowing for full coverage, while keeping to cold breeze out.

[@JoannDavi]

Since when can one only swim with orcas in Norway? You can do that in Washington State, USA, in British Columbia, Canada.... (There's even an island with a pop. of 5K-6K off the coast of Washington named Orcas Island.)

[@John_1920]

02:20 In a lot - if not the majority - of cabins and/or summer houses you won't find indoor plumbing for bathrooms, meaning you are stuck with an outhouse toilet with no flush ability and, usually at best, a water hose attached to the kitchen sink for a shower, unless you don't even have any indoor plumbing at all, in which case you're stuck with the closest lake or river to wash yourself in. For some city folk, using a water hose or washing yourself in the lake or river is a no-go, and the same goes two-fold for using the outhouse, so they'll pee in the forest or wherever they deem OK, and simply hold in their doo doo for when they get home. That is just in a lot - if not the majority - of cabins and/or summer houses, mind you. There are those that have various types of toilets and/or showers ranging from the incinerating toilets that burn away the proof of your toilet visit, to toilets and showers that take water from the nearby water source and - in the case of that water source being the ocean - flush the used water and/or other stuff out into the water source. There are also ones that will actually have proper plumbing for both a toilet and shower, so it would be just like home in that sense.

[@malinpeh]

Blinds on the outside reflects more heat than on the inside. They can be automatic or manually controlled by for example a string on the inside.

[@V3ntilator]

"Norswe" makes sense. Open border and it's like you are still in Norway when you are in Sweden mostly. Restaurants is open in Norway on sundays too, and i have 5 grocery stores nearby me which is also open on sunday.

[@wrecknor]

We use the great out doors when at the cabins. We do not hold back a week for showering and pooping.... - that's just tourist style. We often have something called a "Snurredass" (look it up) or old school out house toilets at the cabin. We can bathe in the lakes or streams in the summertime. In winter we can have small visits at the cabins so you don't have to shower or shower at a public bath.

[@Skvalpenotta]

The blinds are outside to block the heat during summer. Having blinds on the inside only blocks the light, but not heat from passing through the glass. This makes it cheaper to cool down buildings.

[@ludicolo378]

I have commented this earlier in a different video, but no, it's not like EVERYTHING is closed on sundays. At the very least, gas stations will be open. Relax, you won't starve to death. And I mean, come on now... If the grocery stores are closed on sundays, you will just have to shop a little bit extra on friday or saturday, it's not like you will die from them being closed for ONE day... A lot of people only go to the store once or twice a week anyway, and do the entire weeks shopping in one go. This past sunday the grocery stores and even shopping malls were open in my area, since it was the last weekend before Christmas. So it's not THAT dramatic.

[@viseneri]

Restaurants, gastations, museums etc gyms and a few small grocery stores are open on sundays

[@jackeriksen6753]

Yes all stores are closed on Sunday, Restaurants, kiosks, and gas stations are open. A few grocery stores close off a area and have limited personell to pass as a kiosk. It's a lot of laws around Sunday as a "rest day" in Norway, and you need a good reason to keep open that day, so going "shopping" is a no go.

[@youdie93]

Hah, the first one is the only comparison with something like "snow day" in America. When the roads gets this slippery, only thing you can do is call your supervisor/boss and school to tell them that we are stuck until "strøbilen" (a big truck filled with sand and/or salt) drive by and makes the roads and walkways somewhat driveable. And on your way you probably slide off the road and into a ditch so you have to wait on a tow truck to arrive, and you know that there are probably hundreds of others in the same situation! For sure one of the worst days of the year but at the same time I love them. Its a day with waiting and sleeping in your car alongside the road and relaxing

[@88Wern3r]

Not all stores are closed on Sundays. Stores that are less than 100 square meters can stay open. I live in Oslo and I have like 4 stores like that within a 5 minute walk

[@ingunnhelen9931]

It's possible to get groceries on Sundays. Some small stores are open. And in tourists areas close to skiing resorts, the stores are allowed to stay open even on Sundays. Also the gas stations have a little selection of food and other essentials. More expensive though, so it's best to make sure to buy everything you need before the store closes on Saturday. The bigger problem with closed stores is during the Holidays. For instans, if Christmas Eve falls on a Saturday, the stores will be closing at 1pm on Saturday and stay closed all through Monday. Not open again before Tuesday. And same happens during Easter. 😅

[@tomsijt]

2:41 some cabins don't have indoor toilets, and some people are too stuck up to do their business in the woods.

[@Gazer75]

Small convenience stores, gas station and restaurants are open on Sundays.

[@AHVENAN]

I live in a part of Finland that is at about the same "height" on the map as Oslo, and here, right now, at the height of winter (4 days until winter solstice when it slowly starts moving towards longer, brighter days again) the sun rises around 09:30 am, stays very low in the sky and then sets around 03:30 pm

[@siri_starlight2780]

17:25 okay so all shops aren’t closed. Most Are except if they’re a certain size or smaller. Anything Else like resturantes, bowling, and kino Are still open. Also in december the rules Are diffrent.

[@michinwaygook3684]

Those sparks are awesome. I wanted to bring one back to Canada, but didn't end up happening. So useful in the winter, and quite fun.

[@John_1920]

19:22 Residential Areas used to be the woods, a fact that I think a lot of - if not even most - people tend to forget. But yes, various areas of Norway will often have various wildlife walking through the various areas built for us humans. As you can see, however, the animals have seen roads and cars and people enough to have learned how to properly cross a road when cars are coming at them. The lead moose walked up to the side of the road and looked at the oncoming car, and didn't budge from the side of the road until it confirmed that the car had stopped and would stay stopped until it, and its companion, had crossed the road.

[@JoannDavi]

If you find near total darkness cool, you could move to Alaska; you wouldn't even need a passport, as it is part of the USA (which you'll forget in 3 seconds, goldfish).

[@Renna177]

4:12 they react to sunlight, they move on their own. Is been popular since 2014, I remmeber it from my high school. 🌄🌡️☀️☁️

[@AODigimon]

I guess the "spark" is directly translated to "Kick". Its commonly used all around Norway. At least the parts that has snow in the winter (which is most of us)

[@temanor]

Small groceries are still allowed to stay open on Sundays. Gas stations are also open, but prices there are always increadibly high.

[@evans-qu1ej]

I'm Norwegian and it's the outdoor toilet in most old cabins in Norway if I'm not completely mistaken, he has the right of way to all the other cars

[@stefflus08]

The 24h darkness is only in Svalbard.

[@zyntex1]

For many, "cabin life" is about things being a bit more old-fashioned. That's why many cabins don't have running water or a toilet. They often have a well from which they fetch water, using it to boil water for washing with a cloth, cooking, or drinking. Many cabins also lack indoor toilets or showers, so people have to use a traditional "outhouse," which can seem daunting and unpleasant to many.

[@FrankShortt]

If the blinds are on the outside, they are automated (and can be controlled by a remote). They are part of the building construction

[@sondrehagen6071]

The spark (kick in English) was something I used in the 90s-2000, when I was a kid. Can't remember I've seen one since. Stores are closed on Sunday. Stores are allowed to keep a small portion of the store open on sundays, but you won't have access to the full inventory. Or you can buy at a gas station, but that's expensive. Also, many stores are open on Sundays close to holidays. Stores were open yesterday, like any other day because of Christmas.

[@monicanyhus5064]

when I was a kid, I often skate at the road in winter, It`s fun :) and I got my first spark (kicksledge) at age 6 :) and by the way, some dialekts can be hard to understand 😅

[@GreakFTW]

04:40 About the police car. Not sure about American road rules. But in Europe you have to give way for people coming from your right unless there are signs saying otherwise. So he is actually just following the rules. But the police seems to be really gentle about it, but also the correct way to drive. My best guess is that the guy coming from the right outside the camera probably didnt pay attention to the signs and didnt want to potentially cut off the police, so he hesitated to pull out in front.

[@Henoik]

The police car has to give way to the people coming from the right, so he's basically just following the law I guess.

[@endrebe1868]

About the police car, there is general rule of having to yield to traffic joining from the right.unless there is signing otherwise.

[@ArneHolthe-p7h]

In Norway, we believe that you don't have to shop all the time. Have a family day where you do something together. We believe that it is good for you and society to take a break. We have open shops and shopping centers six days a week that are open until 9-11 pm, so it should be possible to get enough shopping. Small grocery stores are open on Sundays

[@Legacy_DarkFN11]

3:49 we have automatic openers from the inside

[@ThaGizzmo1993]

got to love killerwales or blubberchoppers direct translation

[@sarabengtsson5741]

I never thought about that. 😅 I'm never calling them anything else now.

[@stefflus08]

It's a Roe deer and it may have bit off more than it can chew.

[@thomasdahl2232]

5. The "Spark" - which means "Kick", is great for ice or hard packed snow, and you can have a passanger in the front, or your school bag. It's very old but people still use it.

[@haraldolsen8313]

People who have old cabins do not have a bathroom and toilet inside the cabin, so we have a small cabin outside where the toilets are.

[@wickeddezzie5716]

A few food store is open on sunday, and all restaurant is open on sunday. New fan from norway

[@trulybtd5396]

Orcas are dolphins. They are very smart and generally friendly.

[@palmarolavlklingholm9684]

I would not go as far as saying they are friendly. Other Dolphins yes, but not Orcas. They are the ultimate predators in the world. We are just lucky that we are not part of their menu, and that they are intelligent enough, not to mistake us as an food item.

[@trulybtd5396]

@@palmarolavlklingholm9684 in the ocean not eating you is generally friendly, i would say :)

[@mbc1994]

@@trulybtd5396 Well they eat seals... my concern would be that me in a diving suit would look alot like a seal haha

[@MsxKattyStylex]

​I would MUCH rather swim with orcas than dolphins. Dolphins have a dark side and are think they are scary. They can be aggressive. They are called rapers of the sea for a reason. Lol. And they also even kill for fun. Orcas, on the other hand. Are complex and intelligent creatures. There have been no verifiable attacks and deaths of humans caused by wild orcas. ​@@palmarolavlklingholm9684

[@monicaelidaforssell5542]

I slept in a tent during a weekend of party as "russ", and the outhouses were so stinky I barely went to the bathroom and sure didn`t poop or shower all weekend! And I have grown up staying at a cabin where there wasn`t toilets, so we had a portable potty in a shed, and held guard for each other due to potential bats and owls. The "spark" is a type of sled, and especially in areas where they don`t remove snow from the roads it`s good to have that for getting around. There are so many fun and nice dialects in Norway. Sun can disappear for certain times of the year in some places. I have been skiing to school a few times. There are some Sunday open grocery stores in Noway, but most are closed. We can encounter moose and deer by the side of the road, or on the hood of the car... I have seen deer learning to cross the road by the pedestrian crossings.

[@ditchcomfort]

The blinds outside are usually electric or time-sensitive and you get to them from the inside.

[@MarkusLeistad]

For the car scenario, the police car had to let the car through. The car was pulling out from a sideway on the right side, which we call "right rule".. Anytime you're at a cross with a car coming at the same time from the right side of the car, you have "vikeplikt", or translated to english as "Duty to give way". This helps for smoother traffic flow, and better regulations.

[@J0hnB3]

4:17 we usually have a remote

[@TomKirkemo-l5c]

You need to watch "the cabin", a song from Ylvis- It describes Norwegian cain life like it is. :D

[@Dennan]

in nordic we are forced to use winter wheels by law some month of the year. im half norweigan half swedish. got family in both, and na we dont want to combine , we are happy brother nations, no need point to combine, videos like that you see people pretty much from every country do couse they wanna be a super power fantasy or something.

[@EleonoreWang]

Spark = kick - so it is a kick sledge, we used to and from school when I was a kid - when the roads were slippery

[@John_1920]

15:57 Depends on the location you are in. You'll usually only find these types of narrow roads in the more rural areas, never in the urban areas, though residential streets are often narrow like this. Most roads in Norway will be two laned (one lane per way), though, and the highways or freeways will only have two lanes per way, unless exceptions to the rule are made, like when highways/freeways merge onto each other, in which case you can have anywhere from two lanes to five or even six lanes, to then go back to two lanes after the merging. 16:27 You got it right, not everywhere in Norway has the opportunity for the people to ski, sleigh, or ice skate around on the streets. I live in the west coast, the few times we do get snow, it usually only lasts tops a few days, rarely past a week, before it all gets rained or steamed away, and never really enough snow to actually ski on, let alone use a sled. 16:37 This also depends on the location, in more urban locations, you'll find at least one, or more, Sunday Open stores, these are significantly smaller than the regular stores, and if they are attached to a main store, the workers are by law not allowed to go into the main store to find anything for the customers, so customers can only buy what the Sunday Open store has in its store. 17:14 Depends on the restaurants, some are open, some are closed, some have shorter opening hours while others have the same hours, then others still have longer opening hours. 17:22 Depending on what kind of groceries you need, you may find them at your local gas station or convenience store (7/11, Narvesen, etc.). 17:47 Yes/No. You could live in Norway your entire life with only English, but the longer you live in Norway with just English, the more the people frequently around you might start wondering just when are you going to bother learning Norwegian? Not only that, but by only knowing English, you are also significantly limiting the amount of available jobs to apply to, as most jobs - while knowing both written and verbal English good or fluently may be a plus - will require at least good or fluent written and verbal Norwegian.

[@viktig_sau]

8:59 yes i have one with a plow at the front to plow away any smal snow layer just for fun. it is actoly more fun than you thing espacaly if you get in high speads and the snow flyes werry far. sorry for the speling mistakes

[@arnehusby1420]

Not all stores are closed. You can buy food and the restaurants are open. Sunday is a quiet relaxed day. We have Moose everywhere around Oslo. But when Mating, they are scary.

[@plasticsoya]

The police thing is a part of the law called "The right law". Meaning unless there is a sign or traffic light, cars have to let other cars coming in from the right pass infront of them.

[@JoannDavi]

Um, yes, a combined powerhouse ... of about 15 million people....

[@siri_starlight2780]

2:59 not a shower normally but there Are outside toilets to poop in

[@JoannDavi]

"No pooping for a week." Maybe that constipation accounts for the unfriendly reservedness.

[@nissenusset4134]

Tyler! Yes.... you can get groceries on Sundays.... not all shops are closed on Sundays. The restaurants are also open 🥰

[@lawlietriver8869]

That police car stopped because that is the law. The cars were coming from their right, and they did not have inherent right of passage, so they had to stop. Any driver worth their salt would have stopped there. They weren't on what we would call "forkjørsvei." Which I bet you guys have too. Some roads you have to stop for cars on your right, on other roads you have inherent right of passage and they just have to find an opening. In short, the cops were just following the laws they are charged with enforcing :)

[@vlasiospanousis6187]

The Goat and the Cat was amazing!!!

[@ragnivarden1225]

A "spark" , translated to ""kick", explaining the movement you use to get moving, is a kind of old but very effektive way to get around. :)

[@thomasdahl2232]

1. If your lucky and love skating you may have a few hours until they get to your icy street with either sand or salt! :) 2. Well, if it's a simple cabbin you may have to boil water and wash with a wash cloth and pope in a shed outside. It may not be very tempting for her if visiting and not being ised to "rough it".

[@laila-holm]

And north in Norway its midnightsun in summer (light 24 h) there where its dark 24 houers in winther)

[@Girlypop561]

For video 2 yes we do have uh bathrooms its either toilet to be fancy or the toilet hole in the ground orr just bushes😂

[@stefflus08]

The blinds on the outside means the heat from sunrays dissipate outside. Less A/C cost

[@Aisers]

only some stores are closed you can still get most of the things you need, on sundays

[@runewilliamwaltoft2260]

About the SPARK: you said that you would rather drive your car. Picture this scenario: you are preparing a meal, and urgently need something from the grocery store about half a mile from your house. Would you rather use a SPARK, that is parked outside, ready to go, or use your car after cold starting the engine, brush off snow, scraping ice and still be cold all the way to the store, stopping the engine while at the store and do another cold start when you have gotten the missing item? Try seeing things in a Norwegian perspective 😊

[@leifgunnartoth8070]

The outside blinds can be automated or manually controlled. They are used both to block the sun, and to isolate. Keeping them closed keeps the hot sun out in the summertime, but can also keep the cold out in the wintertime. Intersections in Norway has a general rule: Yield to the right. This applies EVERYWHERE, unless there are any signs that says different. That's why the police slowed down and stopped. That's a small intersection before a bigger one with a yield sign. The dialects thing is quite correct though. In Oslo these days, they speak as if there is a period after every word, but without the spacing. There is now flow. They are the part of Norway that is closest to Bokmål, which is just a norwegian form of danish, and it's after Norway was under rule of the danes. The rest of the country actually has real dialects. Sunday is "resting day", and therefore all shops are closed with some exeptions: Restaurants and recreation is usually open. Gassttions is open. Kiosks are open. And groceriestores with a max floorspace of 100sq.m. The last 3 sundays before Christmas Eve, shops are also allowed to be open.

[@mikaelmilo]

If it first come a lot of snow, and then rain it will be solid ice on the road. Its like that her where I live in Norway right now. You need spike tire on your car for this type of winter whether 😉 Love your videos of my contry btw ❤

[@irishflink7324]

Spark means kick we use it in Sweden

[@Jhoyspro]

One thing people from outside of Norway is that Norway is looooong... From north to south in Norway is about as far as from Norway to Italy. That means what you see in these videos are not representative for the whole of Norway. Like here in Bergen (south west) we don't even have moose. Nor wolfes.. We have deer.(not reindeer) Sometimes they're right outside where I live.. We don't have the darkness all winter or the midnight sun. We do occasionally see the northern lights though. 😍 The language changes between the regions but we have a common written language :) You can't compare north and south, east and west here. Norway is like many worlds in one country ❤ but it's mostly beautiful wherever you go. And yes we have a lot of land. You can always find a place to be alone.

[@mr.g5593]

The police need to fallow rules to you know.👍🏻🫡🇳🇴

[@bjrnarestlen1234]

What I like with the "dialects in Norway" meme is that it makes fun at all parties. The regions for speaking differently, and Oslo-people for not being able to understand Norwegian. And yes, it is eccaggerated.

[@EleonoreWang]

I was in the USA in 1979 - we were a group of Norwegians (about 15) in a restaurant and spoke to each other with our dialects. The American waiter came over and asked us Which countries we were from? as our dialects sounded so different to him.

[@kiki-ik8qe]

where i live, during winter the sun is pretty close to the horizon

[@TTDahl]

Yup. Our had no shower. We had to take a bath in the lake. but we had out-toilet. A bench with a hole in it where wee poop.

[@TTDahl]

There are a few dialects I really have to focus when hearing.

[@evahelen3511]

Such a fun video! Yes, it can be difficult to understand others with a dialect if you are from Oslo. I am from Oslo. You can open the blinds on the outside, there is a button on the inside that you press. The police must follow the rules of the road like everyone else if there is no emergency call.