10 Reasons Not to Move to Norway

[@Thunor93]

As someone who lives in Norway and is antisocial, none of this bothers me. Though it's funny cause I have seen people from other countries (mainly America) who thought Norway and even Sweden were socialist countries, nope we are not socialistic at all. So it's funny seeing them shocked when they come here.

[@ps.6023]

just have good welfare systems but nope not socialized. Anther thing is housing isn't as expensive as said here

[@kollikott2393]

It does NOT rain [every day].

[@xelasc]

If $300 dollars a month is too much for you please don't move/come to Seattle or San Francisco where rent is 10 times that for a studio apartment.

[@DeanLevinsohn-xb3pr]

I disagree about the description of high rent. Come on, $800 is very reasonable today in a lot of the USA

[@ashconner2293]

You don't need alcohol to have a wild fun night. Just dropped insecure act and be wild and fun

[@sylwiakvernes1720]

We have better life expectacy than us 82-85 is normal for us.

[@torunnnvdal2599]

This is very accurate. I like how honest you are about things. I am a native Norwegian. The party culture is different in the bigger cities, and a lot of people like having long, private pre-parties, then going out quite late, and then going to someone’s house for an after party. You will need to get to know Norwegians to be included in this.

[@kk440635NORWAY]

I feel Norway is being glorified. Although our country is rich in resources, there are very few rich people in Norway. The majority belong to the working class, even if the amount of the average income is slightly higher than in some other Western European countries, you also have to remember the insanely high price level in Norway. To assuming that we are richer than others in the western world is very misleading, we have a much higher cost of living than most other western countries. We have a partially subsidized healthcare system, but this is nothing unique or extraordinary for Norway, this is the same in many other EU countries. Deductible for outpatient treatment, and free accommodation in hospital, this offer can be found in many countries in Europe. And one would think that the teeth are not part of the body in Norway. Dental health is not subsidized by the state, here you pay 100% of the price yourself, the state pays 0% of dental health after you turn 18. Norway has also gone downhill in recent years. We are in what I would call a financial crisis, although the media does not use that word. At one point, electricity became ten times more expensive, the price of petrol exploded, food has also become much more expensive, and housing interest rates have exploded, all this in one year. Despite all the price increases, and the fact that our currency is in inflation, the money has lost a lot of value, the amount of income is exactly the same. The poverty rate has always been low in Norway, but it has increased in recent years. A few years ago, 7% of the population was poor, now 10% of the population is poor. Although Norway is rich in resources, there are very few rich people. The working class is the majority, the other classes (middle class, upper class and lower class) are minorities. People think we are so much luckier than the other western countries (some western countries are exceptions, e.g. the USA and a few others), but otherwise it is not better here than in other countries in the first world, but of course better than in the second and third world. I have no goal of becoming rich, money is not the main key to having a good life, the most important thing is to have enough. I know a Spanish/Norwegian couple (Norwegian wife, Spanish husband) who have lived in both Norway and Spain. Spain has less natural resources than Norway, but the people who live there are no poorer than Norwegians. They earn less, but at the same time it is cheaper to live there, so it will be a similar standard of living, the majority of Spain is working class, the majority of Norway is working class. Poverty is a minority in Norway, poverty is a minority in Spain being lucky in life is more than money. Money is not the main key to a good life, having enough to survive is the most important thing, but it is very provocative when people say we are so extremely lucky, people who have never been to Norway, people who have only read about Norway on the internet abroad. I am told how lucky I am abroad, that I have no reason to be unhappy or depressed, no matter what. It is more than just money and politics that play a role in whether life is good or bad, mentality and the weather and what you have experienced in life play at least as big a role in whether the life you live is good or bad. I think you have to assess whether people are lucky or unlucky from person to person, and not from country to country, not from wallet to wallet. It is difficult to define who is lucky and who is unlucky (the exception is someone who is starving or someone who lives in a war zone), but if you are not starving and do not live in a war zone, then it is difficult to say who is luckiest and who is happiest, it also has a lot to say with whom you are surrounded with. I am Norwegian and have always lived in Norway, am I lucky? No, at least I haven't always been like that, I've experienced a lot of pain in my life, grief, trauma, two traffic accidents, been treated badly by many people, actually also by the Norwegian system several times, so even though I live in Norway, so I haven't always seen myself as lucky, I feel neutral now, neither lucky nor unlucky I have also experienced to not having enough money to primary necessary things for a while in periodes

[@graham2342]

Seems a lot cheaper than U.K.

[@johnmaggiorino4493]

Correct!!!

[@trustmeizold]

I'm from London visited Norway.... its expensive as hell can o coke cost you 5 pounds burger and chips 25 pounds trust me it's one o the most expensive places I've been .. super market 4 beers around25 pounds

[@frodehagen8690]

@@trustmeizold Nonsense.. You live in a very expensive country, and those figures are soooo wrong. Rent a small flat in London, and then we’ll talk.. :) And the video is wrong in so many ways.

[@trustmeizold]

@@frodehagen8690 I have rented flats in london I'm saying norway is much more expensive

[@frodehagen8690]

@@trustmeizold It is not. Check facts. London is one of the most expensive cities in the world.. I have lived there also, by the way

[@janbergh7132]

Do not go to Norway for living, we have enough people from other countrys who not working and liviing of ouer funding.

[@omairij_yt]

same in Germany. A lot.

[@leomariggio4306]

Asking for 3-6 months rental deposit is really high and not everyone can afford to start!

[@Beniecenvet1804]

What you trying to prove with this video mate ??! I'm sure people can live without amazon and boozz . expensive ??? well if it wasn't expensive then everyone would move and live there , it would have been like in uk lol . quality over quantity my friend . by the way I'm not norwegian neither i live there. you sound very negative . my opinion anyways .

[@paulkinsella6536]

If you want serious rainfall, visit Ireland.

[@RkR2001]

Child protection Services are one of the toughest and most Bizarre in the world in Norway!!!!!

[@kk440635NORWAY]

It depends on who you ask.... I don't have children, and I grew up in a good biological family, so I have no personal experiences. But I have many friends who grew up in foster homes, and I also have some friends who wished they had lived in foster homes growing up. My friends who lived in foster homes boast that they are happy that child protection took them away from their biological parents, they had a terrible life. Then I also have some friends who say they wish they were taken away from their biological parents, because they had a horrible life, and had hoped someone could save them from the misery they grew up in. Child welfare services probably make some mistakes from time to time , and there are these things we hear about, that's what comes out in the media, I had hoped they could tell about all the good things they do, and not just the few stories of when they do wrong They have saved many lives, a friend of mine says that he thinks he would have committed suicide if he had not been given a new home when he was 6 years old, he is 28 years old now. Another friend grew up with violent biological parents, no one knew what was going on, therefore it was not reported to child protection, and his family had a nice facade towards the outside world. This friend of mine is seriously mentally ill now as an adult because child welfare did NOT save him

[@omairij_yt]

@@kk440635NORWAY Are you talking about Norway?

[@IonIPopa]

So, Norway is for no one :)) OK..

[@Spino2Earth]

Synd for deg, jeg bor her allerede.

[@sylwiakvernes1720]

We have better gdp per capital.

[@mrActionhouse]

Expensive life in norway?? well.. not quite the case when we earn more money on average

[@dogcookies4883]

You said high cost of living 3 times

[@tgdb-ace]

This is pure heat speech to the country. It's just a disturbing person's analysis

[@Cta2006]

Rains everyday ?? Nonsense !

[@sylwiakvernes1720]

Dont Bully norway is safer and living longer and healtier. USA eat to much fast food

[@ratan012]

Thank you fr showing the reality. Shakespear rightly said, " All that glitters is not Gold" What a bl...y country

[@JohannesBrynildsen]

Dont subscribe to he

[@JohannesBrynildsen]

He is so bad

[@rishiksarkar9293]

This channel is so underrated!

[@sylwiakvernes1720]

You are wrong norway is very safe and We have lot of oil and We are wery rich in norway. People are frendly here and Nice. And expensive is like nice for us. And We have nice Jobs.

[@omairij_yt]

My friend once lived there for a year. The only object he had about was the weather. Otherwise, he met the most polite and welcoming people in Europe since he visited many European countries. I don't know about the present as the rise of the right-wing parties is a bit concerning.

[@bewarebtw8835]

Norway is dark and cold! Snow! Winter?