First reaction to Bergen Norway!

We arrive to Norway and make our first stop in Bergen!
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[@frosty6960]

No norwegian has ever bought anything from those shops. They are double price for location and tourists.

[@willrichardson519]

2 tier markets all over...

[@HrHaakon]

​@@willrichardson519 It's more that the rest of us will buy the same stuff in different places. If you ask google maps for "fetevare" you'll find a shop that has most of the same stuff at a lower price, some 200m from the fish market...

[@ajs41]

Maybe they'll have to drop their prices now the tourists aren't there.

[@alantinoalantonio]

funny thing is that you both look Norwegian

[@OriginalPuro]

How is that funny?

[@ajs41]

@@OriginalPuro I think he/she meant funny / odd.

[@fylke1814]

@@OriginalPuro Who are you? Joe Pesci?😂🍺

[@kmc7876]

It's not an insult it's just an observation

[@kristenmalick-hatta4300]

I think she does have some Norwegian ancestry

[@Hellfudge]

Norway is truly att really beautiful country! Love from Sweden

[@onomatopoetisk]

Hope you are wide awake on the next train ride on the Bergen rail! I sat gazing out the windows and taking photos for like five hours straight when we took the trip some weeks ago. Absolutely stunning to watch the landscape shift during the trip. I recommend a detour to Flåm, even though there is a lot (really: a lot) of tourists there. Breathtaking place. Love your videos! Excited to see what you are up to next.

[@jacoboleary9076]

Yay! Bergen is so beautiful! The first city in Europe I ever visited, can't wait to go back

[@eamo106]

Bergen 30 years ago Memories ? It wasn't a Tourist place and Norwegians keep their wooden heritage 1) go up the funicular , I am sure you did. 2) Seems the fish market on the front now a tourist developed market where locals do not go vs a dozen or so tables with fresh fish/ salmon to try and buy with locals. 3) like Scandinavia CLEAN, no Graffiti , the dearth of any beautiful place. 4) Great people and friendly, many Norwegians speak English or try. If I was to return I would look down the comments and go to typical smaller locations posted by locals. They love Brits and Americans and all if we are well behaved . 5) Opening hours need to be understood. 6) Its expensive so save and don't eat Pizza or Kebabs ,, save for real local cuisine !

[@janetdungan2878]

yeah eating pizza and kabobs is a huge insult to natives

[@SkiVaught]

our Fiftieth anniversary and visiting Norway. Oslo Bergen Flam So excited has been a lifelong dream here. We are with a group but can use our time for our own.... Be well...

[@louisewhite9152]

Hello it’s Louise again just wanted to say a huge thank you for welcoming me to your channel.. my multiple sclerosis and lupus is really bad in this hot weather .. and I’m virtually stuck indoors and stuck in bed..so a big big thanks for sharing your travels and lives with me.. Sending loads of love and hugs..Xxx Xxx

[@nanp544]

Louise White Hope you’re feeling better!!🤗

[@OriginalPuro]

Are you trying to communicate via youtube? :P

[@cutesywootsey]

Bergen is absolutely beautiful...wish i could go back...the people, the market by the pier, the ferry trips, the food...all lovely 💜

[@awayfrmitall]

Yes please on the grocery shopping trip....

[@AmiNa-nw5ld]

Good to know I'm not the only one who likes watch grocery stores videos

[@katdy137]

awayfrmitall hi im from Norway and i did made a video about the prices of grocery shopping in norway. U can check my youtube channel too❤️

[@tonys1636]

I hope you do not flush those wipes even if the packet says that they are, they are not, they clog the sewage system by blocking pumps and combining with fat to form fatbergs. Apart from toilet paper if it doesn't come out of your body don't put it down the toilet. they also have an high plastic content.

[@oakleaft]

This must be why it is called Bergen. It is a big Fat-bergen. Ja.

[@elizabethw.454]

I sort of wonder why these manufacturers are allowed to market them as "flushable".

[@oh2mp]

I just did a two week road trip around Norway. I saw Trondheim, Ålesund, Bergen, Stavanger, Oslo etc. and about the cities Bergen is definitely number one. I want to travel there again some day!

[@astrimariesolheim6981]

I love Bergen, but Just in the sun🌅🎡🌤️i live there

[@oh2mp]

@@astrimariesolheim6981 I know that Bergen is statistically the rainiest city in the Nordic countries. I had good luck and the sky was cloudless when I visited it two weeks ago :)

[@the_letter_b]

Bergen is more beautiful than Oslo but the 99% cloudiness and rain throughout the year makes it tough for most to justify aiming to live there. Oslo is the least appealing of the major Nordic cities but it's got the largest population in Norway, the most international, most job opportunities, etc. and weather isn't quite as dreary as Bergen and some other Norwegian cities.

[@littlecookingtips]

Beautiful video guys! And to those who tag the walls with their ugly graffiti smudges; come on people. A little respect.

[@eurkedal]

The two door concept is not for safety. You will find this in many Norwegian homes, and it's for protection against weather. When there's lots of snow, freezing temperature and really windy outside you can open the outer door and not chill down the entire house (and not get snow in the rest of the house).

[@pad9x]

she has such an infectious smile 😅🥰

[@medicgeek10]

We lived in Bergen for 4 years before moving to Trondheim now... and sun is NOT the norm in Bergen... BUT when it does shine... it is AMAZING there!!! we lived in sentrum about 3 blocks from the big blue stone by Dickens Restaurant... or at least that is what it use to be called... it closed down before we moved but I see in your video it is open again... but not sure if it is still called Dickens... thanks for the video!!

[@fridekristiansen4518]

As a local, we never buy anything at the fish market! It’s way pricey! But the grosery store across the street from the tourist information (REMA 1000) you get super fresh seafood for the third of the price!

[@WAYAWAYWithAsh]

Ooh! Good tip! Thank you

It's very beautiful. I really like it and there're many surprises

[@annierygg7053]

Loved that you went into my grandmas shop on your trip. It was the nice antique store that was organized :)

[@PhoenixProdLLC]

Wow. They couldn't even be bothered to reply to you after 5 MONTHS. 😒

[@bunnlose]

7:20 I hope you do realize that this place is a tourist trap of the highest order. i dont know anyone actually buying anything there. yes, bergen is my city, so welcome, and probably goodbye by this time ;)

[@christiansnowball8261]

Thats true but in my opinion the seafood there is the best i have ever tasted

[@bunnlose]

@@christiansnowball8261 thats good! since you probably paid as if it was gold. there have been many different owners and resturants, and unfortunately, many of those have been rated below mcd...

[@christiansnowball8261]

@@bunnlose Du kunne like gjerne svart meg på norsk haha

[@bunnlose]

@@christiansnowball8261 i could, but then only norwegians or those who bother translate the comment would understand

[@Toonga0]

Go to væsterålen. Its the hidden brother to lofoten, and it is alot less tourists there.

[@laurencliver6452]

Way Away pops up and I stop everything.

[@02sanja]

Same here! Best wishes from Germany :-)

[@iHackHD]

He kinda looks like norwegian actor Fridtjof Stensæth Josefsen from "Kollektivet"

[@NathalieHoran]

Tastaturkrigeren tenkte jeg også

[@randomman3952]

First video i have ever seen with Norway in the title and not seeing «LIKE IF YOU ARE NORWEGIAN» in the comments

[@WAYAWAYWithAsh]

well NOW you've gone and ruined it! Sheesh! :p

[@randomman3952]

WAY AWAY :p

[@andreaswahlberg100]

Okey, so when you pulled out the shaving gel my girlfriend died laughing :D

[@WAYAWAYWithAsh]

Lol. I know what it's meant for. Like I said, the only one I found that wasn't aerosol.

[@mesquitoful]

Mom’s hometown. She says it was a great place to grow up, but the years 1940-1945 were kind of rough. She lived at the last stop before the top of Fløibanen, Skansemyren.

[@leohoward7282]

I've been to Bergen it's a lovely place I would suggest the funicular railway because there's a good view at the top also go to mydral by train and then get the train to flam it's beautiful view plus a women sings half way down on the trip

[@michelleb8699]

So fun to see you guys in BERGEN 😍 that’s my hometown, the most beautiful city in the world 😍 hope you guys had a wonderful time 💝

[@Danny_R_]

Hehe... Ja ikke så værst her...

[@johnrasmussen4507]

Bor altfor mange Bergensere der 😅😅

[@maryymendes]

Yes, please, do groceries videos everywhere when possible. I love it 😊

[@beagle7622]

I am From Australia, I missed the train, Bergen is a delightful city. I love the harbour around the fish market Everybody here who has been there loves it. The view from the top of that hill across the fiord is stinking . If I go again maybe next year I will check this out again . This place is a real gem . I wish I had studied about it more because 2 days is not enough. Well done guys really fascinating .. I love those buildings on the harbour. I had dinner in a bar in one of those wooden buildings on the harbour.IAir B&B’s are making such a difference to exploring places like Bergen.

[@Fatimahussain04321]

I'm from Pakistan and I love your speaking Best of luck to you guys 😙

[@MarenOfficial]

This is really interesting to watch since I'm from Bergen! Keep it up:)

[@k.b.twyman4222]

Great job showcasing Bergen! Love your Air bnb!! Looking forward to your Norway videos! I enjoyed this video very much!❤🇧🇻🥰

[@jasonevans8403]

Okay, Norway away now 😁 Let's see if Finland takes the whole nordic cake 😎 Hope u done a grocery pricing vid in Norway away, cause it's totally bananas even for the nordics 🤪

[@willrichardson519]

Supporting all those picturesque farms, indeed.

[@willywonkasamekindasaurora5536]

In the spirit of better late than never, I just wanted to share with you a reason for why the food's so expensive. The Norwegian farms are small and very expensive compared to farms in larger countries. To protect the national food production (made on these tiny farms), large food tolls makes local production competitive with more industrial farming from outside the borders. And, to be honest, I prefer it this way since I think it's healthier for everyone. Yes, it's different but realize more and more that different is more than ok as long as it does something good.

[@HenryDorset]

Bergen, finally!!! 😄 I hope, you enjoy it, like I did! I went hiking onto the highest of the mountains (Ulrikken) the very day I arrived. I had local Friends guiding me of course, otherwise I wouldn't have found the way to the top …

[@mkitten13]

Nice, you wandered around my old neighbourhood (1:30), I love this town so so much :D Also LOL I had that exact type of kitchen the four months my old job forced me to live in Oslo. This is the first time I've seen it since that time (which is over a decade ago).

[@hektoreinpad5993]

If you want to see the journey from the train driver's side, you can always visit @HinduCowGirl that drives trains from Oslo to Bergen and visa/versa

[@Mads_Vel]

Cool! I live here in Bergen (in college). Ashley you kind of look exactly like my mom; same smile and structures in your face. Please take a DNA test you two guys

[@nishamkp124]

beautiful place

[@maxjeggo8014]

Great vid guys, il be in bergen in sept so looking for things to do so very helpful. Look forward to more 😁😁

[@blewis513]

Our trip this summer started in beautiful Bergen. We spent $40 in Daugavpils, Latvia for the same or more food in Bergen that cost us $100. So happy for you that you didn't get much rain while at Europe's rainiest city.

[@neuroleptika]

Then you got ripped off in Latvia, it should have been even cheaper compared to Norway 😂👍🏻

[@limpfishyes]

Onion headline: American tourists' tourist snobbery visiting tourist destination. "This is so 'touristic'" bemoans Tourist.

[@FreedomStrider]

IKEA will give you cheaper food than that $20 pizza...but not by much 😂

[@onomatopoetisk]

Freedom Strider I was in Bergen just some weeks ago and I saw that they actually had free buses to go to Ikea (from somewhere in the city center, not sure where). So that’s a good idea! 😁

[@willrichardson519]

Svenske kjøteboller...sikkert!

[@amorson3035]

Josh ,try eliminating dairy to help with the cystic acne. Most people don't realize they are allergic to dairy.

[@WAYAWAYWithAsh]

I have! Thank you.

[@oddarnenilsen7918]

Thank you for a very nice presentation of my city. You should have visited some of the old parts of the city that is still intact like Skuteviken.

[@cambellevans9945]

My first impression was why the hell would idiots scribble on the walls? I don't get it.

[@onomatopoetisk]

Cambell Evans Was in Bergen recently and saw quite a lot of tags here and there, actually. Sad to see so much of it or that they are a bit slow remove it.

[@willrichardson519]

@@shaiaheyes2c41 Italians, huh?! 😉💚

[@shaiaheyes2c41]

@@willrichardson519 Marranos 🙄

[@genexxa357]

Next time, you are gonna visit Norway. Go up north. Lofoten, Senja and Tromsø. Northen Lights in the winter, and Midnight sun in the summer :)

[@barbaracounts7236]

Love this

[@gitouttamyway7611]

I've been watching a lot of videos about Norway lately being stuck inside. You have no idea about expensive. Try vacationing at a touristy New Jersey beach town. Two slices of pizza and a soda will net ya $12 easy! A hotel room can set you back anywhere fro $300 to $600 a night in season! What are all you vloggers comparing these prices too? A third world nation? Your also in touristy cities that will jack up prices accordingly. Hell in my town I pay $16 for a pie before adding toppings! That lunch you guys had is a bargain from my perspective.

[@212melc]

LOVED Bergen! Such an adorable place to just wander around and explore. I found Godt Brod a delicious option for not too expensive lunches. Look forward to seeing what else you guys got up to while there.

[@adw2010able]

I went there in 2017 and it is a beautiful city

[@megg.1610]

Great value! Nice place. I like your ideas since I’m heading there soon for a big trip from the California

[@jamiel264]

Watching in 2024, still love you guys. Ashley where did you go!?!?

[@leohoward7282]

Bergen is famous for rain but you might be lucky

[@KristoferOlsson]

They say that Bergen get rain 250 days every year.

[@willrichardson519]

@@KristoferOlsson I think Galway, Eire tops that, about 300...

[@brandonp3354]

Bergen looks wonderful in the summer months. I have only ever visited in the winter months, which is equally beautiful. I really like that fish market, and I wouldn't be surprised if thats whale meat at 8:08. Also, I love how Bergensers speak English. Excellent diction and amazing pronounciation, possibly my favourite English pronounication in the world.

[@zimba597]

HI! I live in Norway, 1 hour from Oslo. If you are in Oslo (or nearby) you have to check out Hvaler. Just google it and you will understand! Its absolutely gorge!!! xoxo

[@linforcer]

I LOVE Bergen, it's easily one of my favorite cities in Europe, (nearby Flåm and Voss are also super cool - I worked a season as a guide in that area :) )

[@debjh]

HI! I’m traveling to Norway next summer...what do you suggest to bring for clothing for the weather in the summer? thanks!

[@joss2681]

Bring a lil bit of everything. one day it can be 25 degrees and sun and the next day it can be rain and 15 degrees. weather is very unstable.

[@frosty6960]

Strawberry test: Red inside? Probably the real thing.... and delicious. White inside with little or no red juice = import or indoor grown

[@johannaskulstaddregelid3913]

You should take the train from Bergen to Voss. There you can take a gondola from the train station and up to a mountain where they also have a restaurant that serves local food :)

[@Griffatron3000]

20 usd for a big pizza is pretty good value lmao. Maybe everything is cheap in america?

[@safe-keeper1042]

Funfact: the tube kaviar isn't the expensive, famous Russian one, it's a cheaper, more affordable pink kind. Norwegians eat it all the time on open sandwiches :) .

[@Jaytlegend]

Don't mind me. I'm just binge watching old videos. ❤❤❤

[@FingerBob]

If you want good pizza in Bergen, you should go to Hoggorm. Best pizza in town!

[@toobydude41]

Aww what a cute locale! Yet another gem that may be under many people's radar, yet thanks to you it's getting well earned attention :)

[@ganeshtprabhu]

Are you planning South of Sweden.. there is a nice little island called Ven island. Between Sweden and Denmark.

[@yourstruly4316]

Wanted to see Bergen, but I must watch you, way too much. Thanks for trying anyway.

[@Diana-lo6cx]

Love your videos, Bergen looks really cute! Great content, relaxed and enjoyable.

[@magyar5615]

Great video as always! Would love to see a price comparison grocery shopping video (really from anywhere you travel) interesting to know what things actually cost i.e. to live day to day in other countries (other than the U.S.) Safe travels !!!

[@TravellingTorunn]

Hi and thank you for a lovely video from the city I live in. I like that you also go a bit outside the "beaten track" :-). Locals hardly ever buy anything at the fish market. The prices are way beyond reason. About the "Bryggen / The Wharf" Unesco Heritage site: The houses are original and several hundred years old, and they are not rebuilt after fires. They will be restored though if some smaller parts fall into decay, and that will show. The new materials have another color than the original wood. There has become a problem lately; that visitors pick small parts of wood from the houses to bring home as a souvenir. That is destroying the heritage site. There have been a lot of fires in this city during the centuries, and a large part of the city center (not on the same side of the bay as Bryggen / The Wharf) was totally erased in January 1916. And was rebuilt after as stone- and brick-buildings. Happy traveling :-)

[@oeo061]

The buildings are indeed rebuilt after fires. The most devastating fires was in 1248, 1332, 1476, 1527 and 1702, after which the oldest houses currently standing was built. Thus, they are old and authentic, but not original. The ORIGINAL buildings with the same look and the same street structure was erected before 1200. This lineage of continuity and preservation through rebuilding is one major reason why Bryggen earned its Unesco listing in 1979.

[@katajha831]

King Crabs are not native but have taken over pretty much the area. Just watched a documentary on it, they got there from ballast on a ship they think.

[@edwardkorsah4501]

Nice 👍 one I really love this country Can you help help me get to this country

[@jamnorge]

I cant even front. I love living in Norway.

[@crisyorke1328]

I'm no fan of the UNESCO label stuff. It's another tourist trap.

[@honee2short200]

I really enjoy you guys content. In some ways Ashley reminds me of me lol 😂 so sparkly and when she gets excited her voice gets squeaky 😂🥰🥰🥰. Looks like it’s very expensive there $20 pizza 😑

[@willrichardson519]

Norge, land of the $80 pizza, more usually...

[@krishnabhagat1769]

Please reply which is your favorite country you guys have been visited so far in respect of overall judgement? Please pick one

[@arleneg1271]

Loved walking around Bergen with you and I would enjoy a price comparison when you are shopping in Oslo. What is the temperature there in the summer???

[@WAYAWAYWithAsh]

The temp had varied a lot from sweating in shorts to bundled up on a jacket and dodging rain clouds.

[@elivertab7354]

I'm already to Bergen 😊

[@WAYAWAYWithAsh]

🥁

[@kerligradolf7142]

Hei my name is Kerli live Bergen next time if you visit Bergen let me know:)

[@k.c.4875]

Wow, you are lucky to live there. It looks like a sweet place.

[@mdarifvfaopesbangladeshkot1288]

Hello friends i am Bangladesh like me Norway i am help me

[@kaym319]

Norway is very picturesque..... stunning

[@leohoward7282]

Check out Flam that is a nice part of Norway

[@primrosedahlia9466]

FYI Bergen is not between 7 mountains. The city Center is. It was called the city between the 7 mountains in the 1700s by Ludwig Holberg. A lot has changed since then...Today the city center is probably like 10% of the total city. Most of it is outside of the mountains. Actually Bergen is larger than Oslo in size

[@joshbrown1884]

The home of BURZUM

[@alantinoalantonio]

\m/

[@WAYAWAYWithAsh]

🤘

[@sdHansy]

Is this recent? It has been hot AF in Bergen for the past few weeks (Everyone is wearing jackets in the video🙃 ).

[@WAYAWAYWithAsh]

About 3 weeks ago.

[@sdHansy]

@@WAYAWAYWithAsh Alright, that makes sense :)

[@susandoeberl8077]

Really great video. I would love a video showing prices of food at the store. It will give me an idea of what to budget. Love you guys. Thanks for taking us with you.

[@matteotoso5763]

Always keeping it real 👍😀 good job guys ! Nice content!

[@Bias2310]

6:56 I feel bad for saying this, but those crabe aren’t realy so big. The glass the crabs are in has a function that make them look bigger.

[@theuniversewithin74]

Function? You mean refraction? 😋

[@Muchoyo]

@@theuniversewithin74 I was gonna say the same but you beat me to it.

[@frappuccino68]

I'm so with you, Ashley, on getting anxiety from unorganised hoarders' homes/thrift shops ...

[@rosejarman6920]

why not buy things and have the shipped to your family?

[@linagrongstad7836]

I come from the place you filmed om the beggining og the video😊

[@MichelleofGlendale]

Where are you two from? You don’t sound American… You sound like you have a Scandinavian accent

[@WAYAWAYWithAsh]

I am American :) But thanks. Lol 😂 I for sure take it as a compliment

[@megg.1610]

I heading to Bergen in a two months after Oslo

[@lovelearnersofaredhead892]

Ashlee I am a redhead so I totally understand the dry skin. I use Britian coconut oil Britian being the brand anyway it comes in a tin. It's cheap and lasts me a year and I use just hot water on a cloth to wash away makeup. I don't know if this helps but it is the best way for me with my over sensitive dried out skin.

[@CGProduction2021]

How do you guys fly to so many countries? What's the best deals to by plane tickets. I found your channel from your Australian visit! I really want to vist Australia myself next year!

[@mattisoliver-stokke3421]

a small Norwegian town for Americans for a Norwegian worlds biggest city

[@joanrath126]

Beautiful place

[@heinorway2097]

I love this video I live in Bergen

[@mrfriendlyguy]

You guys also like to collect art from around the world. Cool. I buy stuff and get them framed when I get back to hang up. My family think I have too many paintings hung up. LOL.

[@WAYAWAYWithAsh]

That sounds awesome!