Moving to Norway Part 1 - The Journey Begins

Part 1 of the journey to Norway. I am moving to Bergen Norway to go to school. It is a huge change that impacts every facet of my life. This is the start of that journey, the backstory of some of the challenges and obstacles we faced when when we decided to move from Seattle to Bergen during a pandemic.

[@aes_thet_ics]

👏👏👏👏👏 I'm so inspired! Excited to watch the journey unfold.

[@dubtube6691]

If I would have the money I would like to move to Norway as well. Just visited Bergen. It felt so good, much better than Hamburg where I currently live. Home is where your hart is

[@derkhedemann5606]

I don't know what it is, but the country of Norway has always attracted me all my life. I hope to live there one day and be happy there. in my own country in the Netherlands I will never be really happy, it is so much too busy here and you will not find peace anywhere

[@DjAd83]

I did the same I'm from the uk and I also moved to Norway. I visited some online friends in 2007 for the first time In northern Norway Harstad. It was amazing I spent so much time outside Instead of inside gaming with them. I first tried to moved to Bergen in 2009 but it didn't have the same for me as Harstad did so I moved back to the uk after 6 months. In 2010 summertime i got a offer from my friend in Harstad to moved up there so I took the room and car he offered me. I have been here now this year 12 years and I love it. I have my education I'm a qualified Kindergarden worker and Have my own family and house. Its not been easy at all but so worth it.

[@tone2913]

Welcome to Norway! I hope you will enjoy living in this amazing country!

[@tp1201]

I'm next!! 😁

[@KevinStratvert]

Best of luck drew! Sounds like quite the adventure!

[@TheStoryGuide]

Thanks Kevin!

[@sloppytightbottom]

Welcome to Norway! Greetings from Ålesund.

[@dawnbecerra7072]

Wow! Such a great story. I wish the best for the two of you, and hope your adventures are wonderful!

[@zuldo8577]

Aww you guys are so cute. Welcome to Norway!

[@ChannelBecauseIHave2]

What a brave adventure! You're building up a great gob of rich stories. Thanks for sharing.

[@matvrak5977]

I'm a Swede and it makes me happy seeing people appreciate Norway, sure is a beautiful country huh😅

[@samiiikpy]

My husband & I are about to start this jourmey to move from OKlahoma to Norway & we're super excited!! Thanks for uploading, I've learned more things from this video itself! Congrats! 🥳

[@orereo2328]

How'd it go?

[@TravelingisFREEDOM]

This seems to be a very charming place, I hope I can visit sometime in the future when all this is over. Seeing and sharing places like this is why I love traveling and make videos so much! And please keep up the great job! Subscribed!!

[@harryvose6675]

Best of luck that you will be reunited soon. Enjoy the adventure. And I am in awe at your story telling skills.

[@OnGuffeyHill]

You're living my dream! I hope all is well for you in Norway!

[@guyfromthe80s92]

This is so cool. I love videos like this. Carpe diem!

[@AlexGarcia-co1ec]

Intriguing first video! Hope you're settled en enjoying Norway.

[@terrencedai8920]

Best of luck with your GREAT adventure!

[@einarbolstad8150]

Thinking it, sure, but doing it? I'm impressed! I hope you are reunited and enjoying life here in Norway. I guess I'll have to watch the rest of your videos to find out!

[@Nahumtorrez]

Your videos are amazing. Hope you guys enjoy yourselves in Norway. Greetings from a Nicaraguan who has lived in Norway since August 2011!!!

[@crystel.t4425]

Wishing you all the best, Drew! It was a pleasure taking a class with you at the UW!

[@antxoncarbonero]

I moved from Spain to Norway 14 years ago. Good luck:)

[@Rabbagazten]

Amazing video. Easy to see that you are a professional. Thx

[@joeyslush8859]

Been dreaming of moving to Norway since visiting extended family in Bergen moved to the Netherlands for my masters and hoping to get to Bergen after.

[@orereo2328]

Love this editing style. Super fun to watch

[@Scartomuffin]

Lets go! Wishing all the best to you and your spouse. Hope you will like it here.

[@cliffcotton4859]

A lifelong dream! Good for you and Darcy! I hope Darcy can join you soon. Good luck and God bless!

[@TheStoryGuide]

Thanks Cliff! I really appreciate that you watched. It is a big change, but learning to adapt keeps one nimble. At least that is what I keep telling myself. Be well.

[@reeinactedfellow]

I must say your videos are really well made

[@bobmalibaliyahmarley1551]

Welcome to our humble kingdom of Norway!

[@katieskipper4321]

Wow! So excited for you, and hopeful Darcy will be joining you soon.

[@TheStoryGuide]

Katie! Great to hear from you! Been a bit busy and I have not had a chance to answer these comments. It has been a long month without Darcy, but she has her residency permit now and she and the dogs will arrive October 7. With quarantine, I expect to finally have our little "family" together by mid-October. That will be a huge relief. I have a feeling that is when I will feel like I live here. Thank you for watching and thanks for reaching out.

[@TheKruns]

Thanks for sharing your experience

[@madeleine5313]

Velkommen til Norge! Så fin video!

[@rhyacinthlevrini6577]

I just discovered you Channel and I was glad I did. Being an elder retired American I too am interested in moving to Norway and your videos had a wealth of information for me to consider. For as long as I can remember, I have been fascinated with Norway. Three years ago I met someone on the Internet and we have been conversing via Skype ever since. He invited me to visit him at his home in Tromsø. As I age I am finding the extreme Californian heat and threats of wild fires daunting. Visiting Tromsø for two weeks in March 2022, I was hooked! I will return and investigate my moving there. Thanks for sharing-

[@oskar751]

move here already bro we'll welcome you with open arms :)

[@TourUK]

Really inspired... Good Luck in Norway ❤️

[@HexenNOR]

Welcome to Norway. 😊

[@Tommyworldwalker]

Great! I plan to move to Norway soon ❤❤❤😊

[@bar10dr]

Have fun!

[@TurboD-vn5ve]

Awesome video 👍🏼

[@wencheleon]

Hope you enjoy Norway.

[@Storyraymond]

Cool!

[@agirlbelngingtthewild9625]

It's touching, and also sad you will have to leave your family. It is also one of the biggest dreams i have to move to Norway too. I'm almost seventeen and I've wanted to live in Norway since late 2020 when i was 15. I know the road will be tough and it will be a nightmare to save enough money to buy a cabin and live perhaps on a fjord but I'm willing. I'm most concerned about leaving my family though. I lost three precious members of my family in 2020 My father, my grandmother and my great grandmother all coincidentally from different causes though since they're gone i feel so terrible thinking that i could possibly be leaving the small amount of people that i still have. To be honest i don't even know if i have it in me to leave them behind to go to Norway. If i stay where I am my life could be so dull and i wouldn't know what to do because i just can't imagine staying here forever. But then I'm afraid if i go to Norway leaving my family might make me feel like i abandoned them and it would probably make me just feel a wave of depression and guilt. I also live in Washington by the way.

[@TiwidTV]

Welcome! Hope you enjoy ur time here :-)

[@mrfancypanzer549]

Welcome to the country! we might have been in Ålesund at the same time, i was there in 2019 visiting family while a bunch of Americans came there by ship.

[@TechInspected]

As someone who wants to move to a different country as an adult I envy you and wish you the best! Also hope your wife is able to join you soon!

[@Tubehauge]

wow! no offence but its impressive seeing how you make such a big life changing decision as a couple in late adult age! My parents cant decide to get anything done, grown stuck in the comfort of not changing. Myself even as a young man have a hard time leaving my home town even though ive always wanted!

[@DinverFarm]

Wow!❤️

[@thehonestcritic6577]

I only want to spend some time in Norway at first , i will be following your journey closely

[@commenthismofo]

Love your Ghostbuster Proton Vacum Pack :D

[@TheStoryGuide]

Who you gunna' call? -- I miss that vacuum. It worked a treat.

[@stifledvoice]

I'm on tenterhooks waiting to find out what happens next. Subbed.

[@lucidviolin1298]

This definitely discouraged me from living in Norway one day 😞 it looks like you have to be very very well off before even thinking about moving to Norway…. What are the 3 easiest ways to make it easier to become Norwegian?

[@jt_norway9129]

Velkommen til Norge ! :) 💘🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴

[@AdaKitten]

Welcome to Bergen

[@alexanderstefanxandraswedi5835]

Great time

[@oreking444]

I am looking to move to norway! i will be watching your journey and i hope this inspires me to keep with this journey of my own. how hard was getting the visa? i am a fully qualified chef but i have also spent many years as a senior support worker looking after adults with challenging behaviours and many disabilities. i am hoping that some of these qualifications will support me into getting a working permit. as the UK is now out of the EU and the EEA im not sure how hard this is going to be but watching your trials so far i will persevere and hopefully become a resident too!

[@lapis3834]

Saw an other video of yours first ,then this ..Interesting to learn how it is to move here. Been to Bergen only a few times. I'm from Oslo ,but I just wanted to say welcome. Love your videos. How cool of you to move so far and go to school and all. Hope you like it here.

[@gummibsen]

That is so awesome Drew, I know the feeling, but mine was maybe a little easier. Enjoy it. Gummi

[@TheStoryGuide]

If anyone would understand, it would be you. Thanks for the support and I will do my best to enjoy the ride, even around some of those sharp and unseen corners.

[@thePyiott]

Velkommen til Norge!

[@linnsoltwedel]

You are in Bergen? So cool! I am from Bergen! Welcome! :D

[@crashalot63]

You will love it Norway! It is a beautiful country, filled with wonderful Norwegians. You know, it is almost as fantastic as Sweden🇸🇪🇸🇪…😉😉😉. I hope you will have time to make great videos. Just make sure you keep your equipment warm, it can get pretty cold in Bergen.

[@TheStoryGuide]

It is not the cold I worry about as much as the lack of vitamin D. I thought it rained a lot in Seattle, but this might be interesting. Thanks for the support and I promise when we head east for a holiday or to buy cheaper wine I will get in touch. :)

[@crashalot63]

@@TheStoryGuide True, it rains a lot in Bergen. And it is also true that certain items are a lot cheaper in Sweden. The state run liquor store does have a great deal of Norwegian customer. Let me know when you are on your way to Sverige 🇸🇪!

[@changelingpovs]

@@TheStoryGuide Supplements will do you well! And somewhat anecdotally, a therapy lamp has helped me a fair bit during the darker months. I hope you'll enjoy your stay here!

[@TheStoryGuide]

@@changelingpovs Coming from Seattle I learned long ago how important it is to add vitamin D, so I agree completely about the supplements. Remind me in December about the light, because I may be needing it by then. :)

[@annebritraaen2237]

@@TheStoryGuide Cod-liver oil! It used to be distributed in our schools. You can get capsules, if you can't abide the taste.

[@dennis.teevee]

i wanna move to Norway

[@Gamerwifedarkana]

Velkommen til Norge 🤗👍

[@Luredreier]

I hope you'll get Darcy over. Good luck. Dere fortjener å få være her sammen...

[@andywessel]

Welcome to norway. I hope your wife and dogs get to come soon :-) did you check the university in Stavanger as well? Stavanger is an international city with lots of Americans and international clubs and not least, the winters are mild for norway.

[@TheStoryGuide]

Hi Andreas. We did explore UiS when we were doing our research for schools. Unfortunately, none of the programs matched what we were looking for. But we have been and I agree, Stavanger is a great town.

[@PakistanimominAmerica]

Nice

[@DawnoftheJungle]

I aspire to move to Norway for the us

[@catherinelupton863]

Great videos and enjoying watching your journey, we are thinking about immigrating to Norway from the uk, as my husband has been offered a job, I was just wondering what website you used to look for renting.

[@TheStoryGuide]

The go-to website for rentals (and most everything else) in Norway is Finn.no. If you use Chrome you can set the auto-translate feature to convert the Norsk to English and make the site a little easier to navigate. Renting in Norway can be a daunting process, but I found good information about it on the Life in Norway website. Do a search for "renting in Norway" and you should find a few articles to help you frame your journey. Best of luck! And welcome to Norway.

[@ArcticNorthAdventures]

Interesting Story. Hope u like it in Norway. Best Regards from Northern Norway

[@TheStoryGuide]

Honestly, I know I will love it here. From the first visit two years ago, every visit since, and now that I live here it has felt like "home" to me. I have no idea why. Thank you for watching and best regards from a rather soggy Bergen. :)

[@ArcticNorthAdventures]

@@TheStoryGuide thanks for taking time for commenting, I see it’s a huge step I did the same back in 2013. At least u have your beautiful wife with you. Good it worked out with visa. Will follow your channel up.

[@TheStoryGuide]

I have been enjoying your channel. Started watching a few months back. Keep up the good work.

[@ArcticNorthAdventures]

@@TheStoryGuide thanks 🙏 good to hear u like it that’s really nice 👍

[@mrvindusvask8990]

Hei im William how's it going. I just came across your videos today, great work. Ive been here 14 years this year. By the looks of your videos you live not far from us. If you need any help or advice on anything let me know. I Own a cleaning business here and im always in the city. My business used to clean all the windows of all the UIB in Bergen. good luck in all you both do and as I say, if I can help I will. William

[@shinybaldy]

Bergen!

[@exentr]

Welcome to Norway! If the winter gets cold, you should either search KZbin for how to dress properly against cold, or just ask a Norwegian. edit. Basically dress in 3 layers. Use wollen against your body and the middle layer. 1-2 layers of socks. Hat and "votter". Votter on your hands is better than five finger gloves because five finger gloves isolate your finger. Votter on the other hand makes your fingers take body heat from eachothers.

[@TheStoryGuide]

Great advice. Thank you. I learned early one the solid advice about bad weather v. bad clothing. I do prefer the Votter to gloves, but I always have a camera and wearing them is problematic. But I have special gloves for cold weather shooting that seem to do the trick. The good news is here in Bergen I should not have face the type of weather I would face in a place like Tromsø. :) Thanks for watching.

[@Muchoyo]

Isn't "votter" (singular: en vott) the same as "mittens" in English? A song from "Sound of Music" comes to mind.

[@exentr]

@@Muchoyo Yes, mittens in English. I haven't seen Sound of Music. I can't tell.

[@schadzka1]

hey! Congrats, what programmes are so competitive?

[@Orikix]

I live in Bergen😍

[@boringpolitician]

Remember, as we have socialised health care, and you're not a member, you might have to pay about 20-30USD for a visit to the doctor's office, or, knock on wood, a trip to the hospital. Sorry! :-/ Still, I hope you enjoy your stay!

[@schadzka1]

Hi what are you studying and what where ther enty requirements?

[@m4rt_]

btw, it's probably not a good idea to show all the stuff written on a passport in a video on youtube... welcome to Norway btw.

[@TheStoryGuide]

Thanks! If you look closely at the passport, you will see that I altered it in editing, removed the number and identifying information. I do that as a matter of course any time I include something with identifying information. For me, the key is to do it in a way where no one notices.

[@m4rt_]

@@TheStoryGuide then I guess you succeed.

[@JAK3THETUB3]

Hei, jeg heter jacob. Jeg lærer bare norsk. Jeg har ikke vært i Norge på 33 år. jeg lengter tilbake.

[@TheStoryGuide]

Mine norskkunnskaper er svært dårlige. Men sjekk inn denne tiden neste år. Forhåpentligvis blir det bedre.

[@peterpiper487]

You would have been better off just buying some rural property in the US and building a nice cabin. I've never looked back. Very happy.

[@santaclaus4558]

My name is Santa from india am 60 yrs is it possible to come to Norway on visitor visa please help now thanks

[@Smerdzy]

Nice vid mate! My misso and I are moving for 3 months to test a working holiday and see how we like it!