My Biggest Culture Shocks in Norway

[@chichichichi7052]

lovely voice and awesome and enlightening information...so calming to follow and listen ❤

[@shikomwangi]

Thankyou so much

[@rinagabrielle1148]

Make up is on fleek😍😍😍. Hapo kwa drink water and painkillers is a nooo

[@shikomwangi]

Haha thankyou dear...I knoww imagine being so sick na uambie drink water.

[@kogigrace]

I find every point you say very interesting am almost commenting on each one of them for sure. Please continue enlightening us about that place more & more

[@shikomwangi]

Thanks i sure will do my best

[@Reidar911]

Getting social as a stranger in the south of Norway is different than the north. In the north most people are more open to new people, striking up a conversation. Not as much as in Kenya, but there is a big difference between north and south. It may seem like people are arrogant, but that is wrong. They are just shy and insecure. You, as a stranger, has to break the ice. I've seen this many a times with Østlendinger, hehe. BTW, all you said is right on the money. A drunk Norwegian just returns to his natural state, being cheerful and jovial. Unfortunately it only last briefly, then he's back in his shell. We need more African style way of looking at life.

[@shikomwangi]

@@Reidar911 you are very right, I have interacted with Norwegians from the North and other places outside the capitals and they are more open , more expressive, but it's all about the cultural inclination..we from Africa can also learn a thing or two from this side haha..like respecting people's personal space ..all in all the different culture and diversity make life more interesting it'd be boring if we all behaved or looked the same

[@gladys905]

Giiirrrrlll! lets talk about that face beat😍🔥

[@shikomwangi]

😃😃😅thankyou sweetheart

[@AnneLisbeth]

The fine for not show up at a hospital appointment is now 1500 NOK. The reason it’s so high is that many people don’t show up or they don’t cancel in time. The hospital want to reduce this trend

[@shikomwangi]

@@AnneLisbeth yea it's good to always communicate if one can't show up

[@johnr.sageng3475]

If you have an medical issue that needs urgent attention you go to a akuttmottak, which specialise in such issues. I did so once when I injured my finger doing carpentry. Otherwise book an appointment with your doctor.

[@kogigrace]

Wooow very interesting content. Keep it up gal. Am looking forward to watching more of your videos

[@shikomwangi]

Thankyouu

[@kogigrace]

Woooow kenya tutawahi fika to that level of integrity? So there there is no one who steal from the other one?

[@arcticblue248]

Actually I would think its quite different from place to place, I'm a norwegian living up north and I always say hi to everyone I meet, or if I don't say hi I atleast nodd to them sort of silent hi 🙂 but that sitting next to unknown I can see its pretty correct. But I suppose it could be true that we don't say hi often enough ... as a whole I suppose.

[@shikomwangi]

Ive actually met one from the north and its true seemed more friendly and social

[@ritamwangi6688]

Interesting...n beautiful makeup.

[@shikomwangi]

Thanks dear

[@rolmwatha]

The teaching on exclusive breast feeding for 6 months in developing countries is due to HIV, malnutrition and hygiene issues,clean water scarcity, even for urban moms who leave their children with nannies. 4 months is OK if in a developed situation. I introduced my kids to other feeds at 4 months in kenya but I am a doctor who used to sterilize my children’s utensils myself and was very involved in their meal preparations and feeding.

[@shikomwangi]

Ah it makes sense now, thankyou so much for sharing

[@Nakuru56]

Hei Ciku 😅

[@anneandjohan]

🤣🤣🤣🤣the drink water part is funny and annoying.I was almost dying and the doctor told me to drink water.

[@shikomwangi]

I know its like we were not drinking water before

[@pamelabilma9037]

These is so informative. I want my daughter to come in university . How can one get admission there.

[@bjrnnikolaisen1656]

Liker videoen din...Du er veldig ærlig!

[@shikomwangi]

tusen takk, jeg er glad du likte det

[@gladys905]

I can tottaly relate

[@kogigrace]

Let me get this right pliz I have to have only one doctor? Like I can't have several so that if one is engaged I go to a different one?

[@shikomwangi]

You have one main doctor but incase of emergencies another can attend to you

[@kogigrace]

@@shikomwangi oooh I was worried

[@ryansgamingchannelkenya4224]

Alaaa..what if I feel sick and its an emergency 😪..hakuna walk in hospital?

[@shikomwangi]

Kuna emergency hospitals but lazima ukue seriously sick

[@mariont2961]

Hi dear. Do you live near drammen, my sister just moved and is looking for friends

[@shikomwangi]

Hello no i live in oslo

[@just42tube]

All medication has possible unfortunate side effects. The risk of these has to be weighed against the benefits. Minimal usage is mostly the optimal choise. Only under the supervision of medical professionals it's more beneficial to use more medicines and higher dosages, since they can supervise what is happening and take action as needed.

[@davidteve4866]

So what the minimum wage and as akenyan working there is it beneficial in terms of savings?

[@aerowspike]

i did not know about the breastfeeding, so it was educational 😁

[@ryansgamingchannelkenya4224]

Khai imagine saying hi to someone and he ignores you

[@shikomwangi]

Hahaha tou dont say hi unless they say hi or uone wanakusmilia

[@just42tube]

Interactions with strangers come in different forms. A hello type interaction without any more meaningful conversations or purpose is not really seen as valuable in Nordic countries in general. If you want to take contact, you better be more direct in approaching people and have something more relevant to say. It doesn't have to be much. Preludes like smiling and saying hello or hiw are you, have less weigh that more substantial topics. Even talking about weather is better. Giving instructions to go somewhere to someone who doesn't know the place can be difficult new experiences. What words could I use, what language to use, that I would become understood. I might know places by their history, purpose have names for them, but a stranger wouldn't know these, so I would have to use some other way to explain like counting crossings, distances etc.

[@shikomwangi]

@@just42tube now this makes so much sense, especially due to language barrier

[@just42tube]

@@shikomwangi Talking about language barriers, Norway has an interesting history in that too. Landsmål and Riksmål on the written side and much regional variation in how Norwegian is pronounced too.

[@just42tube]

@@shikomwangi Another thing to mention in this context is that Norway has been split into different occupations and groups of people. It has been a sea faring nation and has also people with international connections and people with contacts in many directions. But a person might also come from a fisher community without much international exposure. It's a country of many ingredients. I know a Norwegian who was born in Iran, had escaped the revolution in Teheran as a teenager, studied in the U.S. and moved to work in a technology company in Norway partly because of family ties to Norway. Culturally she was still Iranian in some ways and clearly had that as part of her identity. But she was also officially and otherwise Norwegian. This all was a long time ago in the previous millennia. Since then things have evolved and not just for the better.

[@just42tube]

@@shikomwangi I have an language barrier experience from more than a decade ago. I was on my evening walk and noticed a car to stop and leave a woman at a bus stop. She was looking around and then asked for directions in a way, which didn't really make sense given where she was. I tried to understand her situation and give some useful advice, but she spoke only very basic Finnish and not much even for the basic level. She didn't really know any European languages. Her native language was Farsi, which I don't understand at all. She had lived 6 years in Finland and even had a job. But she had a simple job when her language skills didn't improve. She lived in her native language bubble with her family. In the end I decided I better just walk her 2 km to a railway station where she might be able to understand her location better and would be able to continue home. Explaining the 2 km long path to her was simply more time consuming and difficult than showing the way by walking with her.

[@kuimwangibjorn]

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@anneandjohan]

Hawa walevi huwa unaongelea unapatananga nao wapi aki?I thought you are Christian.🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️

[@shikomwangi]

Haha we niache