15 Things You Didn't Know About NORWAY

15 Things You Didn't Know About Norway | Travel Tuesdays

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[alux]

Hey Aluxers, on this episode of Travel Tuesdays by Alux we're taking a look at Norway!
Which country/city should we do next week?

[kasperdahl]

How is it possible to get so many facts wrong?

1. People from Norway are called Norwegians, not Norsemen.
2. Most of the water in Norway does not come from springs or glaciers. Especially not in the south, seeing as glaciers are sparse/non-existent.
3. Norway does not sport sub-zero temperatures almost all year round. Yes, temperatures can drop to below 30 degrees celcius, but temperatures can go all the way up to +35 degrees in the summer. Winter does not last all year round. We have four very distinguishable seasons.
4. We, Norwegian citizens, do not get money directly from the state. The money is budgeted each year/term, and spent on welfare, infrastructure and such.
5. Norway had two referendums to decide wether Norway should or shouldn't join the EU, one in 1972 and one in 1994. They were both close calls, but Norway is now a part of the EEA, or EØS as it is called in Norwegian. The EEA is basically an agreement that grants all the benefits of the EU without the country needing to be in the EU.
6. Norway is expensive, yes, but a bottle of water costs below 2 USD.
7. I don't know if the narrator is suggesting at 9:04 that Norway uses Euros, but we don't. We use Norwegian Kroner, or NOK.
8. Tree cutting isn't illegal. You just need to own the land on which you choose to cut trees.

There are probably more things that were wrong, but i couldn't be bothered to mention everything. This must be one of the worst videos I've seen, due to the blatant lack of research and fact-checking.

EDIT 2 YEARS LATER: No one gives a fuck if you're Norwegian. Stop replying to my comment saying that you are, I'm Norwegian too.

[Trond]

#7 : Runes has NOT anything to do with nazism. The fact that the nazis stole some of the symbols does not change that.

[littleogre]

I live in Norway, and water doesnt cost 5 dollar, and its not Nazi symbols, this is seriously annyoing for me as a norwegian that you would say lies. and tree cutting is allowed.

[mortentoensager]

So many mistakes:
2: minimum vague is around 18 $ not 25$.
4: There is not snow all year around, we have seasons. We dont have 192$ a person but 192 000 $ a person.
5: Fredriksen is worth more like 12 billion not 7, 3. And his fleat is 3 largest.
6: Former member of royal family.
7: Nazi used viking symbols. Vikings 800 - 1100, nazi 1930 - 1945. So because Nazi used Viking symbols, Norwegians have problem using them today, because people dont know history.
11: This is so totaly wrong, we actually have the opposite problem. Norwegian salary is so high so its not profitable to cut down the forest. Forrest have increased almost 50% last 100 years.
12: We want to be a zero emission in future, but we are far far away from being that. Maybe we will be able in the future.
14: Germany was very successful in taking Scandinavia, Denmark to 3 hours and Norway took just 2 weeks. Seriously King Haakon didnt took Norway back from Germany with help off England. Hitler killed him self because he was surrounded by Russians. And the war was over.

You should be able to better then this.

[MrWotan]

Runes is a Viking tradition and has absolutely nothing to do with NAZI symbols! Get your facts straight!

[lianohr]

Snows all year round? There's been 20-30 degrees celsius for a month

[martinkolberg]

Snow all the time? Bruh it's 30+ degrees outside.

[BOPNOV]

This is impressive. It is not easy to collect this many incorrect "facts" in one video. Congratulations!

[kaffekoppteiskrem]

By the logic in this video, if an isis terrorist waves the american flag, the flag becomes a symbol for jihadi terrorism. Nice meme!

[Innerspace]

This is a very poorly researced video. Very poorly indeed.
1. Water from glaciers isn't particularly wise to drink. Que word: Microbes. Thus, none of the water exported from this country comes from such a csource, nor do we Norwegians drink it. We don't want salmonella in our bodies, or anybody elses bodies, now do we...
2. Norsemen don't go ANYWHERE to buy their booze. Why? Because norsemen haven't been around since around the time when William conquered England in 1066. We're in 2018, unless you've noticed. We're Norwegians, thank you very much, and yes, we do go to to our neighbouring countries for cheaper booze and fags.
4. Most of our population does not live in Oslo. Currently, there are approx. 5, 3 million of us, and Oslo has approx. 650 000 inhabitants. That's only a bit over one tenth, unless the basic rules of mathematics has changeg dramatically over night... Oh, and it's called The North Sea, NOT The "Northern" Sea...
5. Jon Fredriksen isn't technically a Norwegian anymore, as he currently is a citizen of Cyprus...
6. Who the on earth takes anything that comes out of Ari Behn's mouth seriously, if I may be so bold to ask...
7. The only nazi symbol worth its salt that I know of, is the svastika. I couldn't see any of those here. Could you? Those sweaters had some rune symbols on it... So what!!!
8. Tysfjord Municipality is neither all of northern Norway, nor all of Sampi. And that's the nicest thing I can bring myself to say about your point no. 7.
11. Huhh?! I live in Hedmark County, and we have a thriving forestry industry here. Six long timber trains pass through our district daily, for Pete's sake... I have NO IDEA where this nonsense comes from!

And those were only the ones I was able to suss out.
Better luck next time!

[blah]

THOSE ARE NOT NAZI SYMBOLS! Ignorance will not destroy out cultural heritage! Also, the people of Norway have been there longer than the Sami people. They are an ancient people indeed "urbefolkning", but they are nomadic, and Norway was populated for thousands of years before they arrived. Calling them "native" drawing a paralell to Native Americans, is just wrong.

[jgnmhm]

I live in northern norway and i can confirm that its not 0 degrees all year round. Mostly winters and late september. This summer we had 27+ for more than 2 months

[karenvea]

Nogen andre så trur at dei fleste så ser på videoer om Norge e norske😂

[jakob]

norway is more than this. You should talk about things about norway, not people that have been doing bad things or film recording.

[wolf_luna]

Omfg I am sooo embarrassed by this video. I am Norwegian and this video is almost only lies

[xcaptainspookyx]

Norse Runes are NOT Nazi symbols! Just because some crazy people used the symbol doesn’t mean proud Scandinavians should be lumped in with Racists.

[kathy]

Where in norway do you buy a bottle of water for 5 dollars. I live in norway and the most expensive bottle of water i have found is 3 dollar. When people talk about prices in norway they are wery dramatic.

[herodog]

Well I’m Norwegian and it’s not that expensive and tree cutting is not banned, so check u’r facts.

[spider-insider]

Holy shit, this was so poorly researched!