Visit Norway - 10 Things That Will Shock You About Norway - Wolters World
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Date: 2022-02-04
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Jeppe
A lot of people are saying the beggers are fake and this is true but they aren't telling you why they're fake. In Norway we have a system called nav (Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration) witch helps you if you are in need of money so all these beggers have either emigrated from country's like Syria or Somalia and are waiting for an acceptance in to the country or they have figured out that begging is easier and makes more money than starting to work a minimum wage job.
I live in a relatively large town in Norway called Stavanger and there is really only 5-6 real beggers who don't get good enough financial support from the government and maybe 10 others who are in a reletively bad financial state but are getting by with help from nav.
My friends dad fell into crippling dept after suffering from a betting problem during 2010s when betting apps became increasingly easy to play. I think that at his worst point he was sitting at -1, 5 million kroners in dept and he lost friends and family because of it. When the state started figuring out about his problem nav intervened and helped him get back up on his feet, fixing him a stable job and helping him with budgeting and paying off his dept.
After only 7 months he had already gotten his life in order and had surpassed 0 kr In his bank account and was starting a new chapter all thanks to nav.
I feel like this really shows the financial state that Norway as a country is in and shows that we are going down the right path.
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A lot of people are saying the beggers are fake and this is true but they aren't telling you why they're fake. In Norway we have a system called nav (Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration) witch helps you if you are in need of money so all these beggers have either emigrated from country's like Syria or Somalia and are waiting for an acceptance in to the country or they have figured out that begging is easier and makes more money than starting to work a minimum wage job.
I live in a relatively large town in Norway called Stavanger and there is really only 5-6 real beggers who don't get good enough financial support from the government and maybe 10 others who are in a reletively bad financial state but are getting by with help from nav.
My friends dad fell into crippling dept after suffering from a betting problem during 2010s when betting apps became increasingly easy to play. I think that at his worst point he was sitting at -1, 5 million kroners in dept and he lost friends and family because of it. When the state started figuring out about his problem nav intervened and helped him get back up on his feet, fixing him a stable job and helping him with budgeting and paying off his dept.
After only 7 months he had already gotten his life in order and had surpassed 0 kr In his bank account and was starting a new chapter all thanks to nav.
I feel like this really shows the financial state that Norway as a country is in and shows that we are going down the right path.
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SebSk
#6 That's the Romani people lol (Edit: NOT to be confused with _Romanians_ from the actual country Romania, they are not even remotely associated, they'll get driven around in a van, placed out by their husbands or whatever they are, and go around and shove a cup in your face, return at the end of the day, and god kows what happens with that money. They never acccept food or drinks and they probably get good use of the countless charities, free-clothes embelisshments and free food stations that are made _exactly_ for beggars.
_Actual_ poor people (who haven't chosen this lifestyle. I've seen ONE in my entire 25 or so years of which I have lived in Norway, and that guy had planned to meet this woman to get some clothes (jackets, a mattress, etc, she came with a car and I talked to him while waiting, he wanted some shoes but I think he got it from someone else. Also NAV does an insane amount to help people in infortunate positions (especially during COVID.
I guess #6 is a legitimate shock, but it is a completely unfounded one, and you should be aware of the differences between organized begging (give them the finger and they take the hand) as opposed to legitimate unfortunate people.
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#6 That's the Romani people lol (Edit: NOT to be confused with _Romanians_ from the actual country Romania, they are not even remotely associated, they'll get driven around in a van, placed out by their husbands or whatever they are, and go around and shove a cup in your face, return at the end of the day, and god kows what happens with that money. They never acccept food or drinks and they probably get good use of the countless charities, free-clothes embelisshments and free food stations that are made _exactly_ for beggars.
_Actual_ poor people (who haven't chosen this lifestyle. I've seen ONE in my entire 25 or so years of which I have lived in Norway, and that guy had planned to meet this woman to get some clothes (jackets, a mattress, etc, she came with a car and I talked to him while waiting, he wanted some shoes but I think he got it from someone else. Also NAV does an insane amount to help people in infortunate positions (especially during COVID.
I guess #6 is a legitimate shock, but it is a completely unfounded one, and you should be aware of the differences between organized begging (give them the finger and they take the hand) as opposed to legitimate unfortunate people.
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Jonathan
I spent a lot of time in Norway. I'm surprised by the fact that this doesn't get mentioned more; Norway has some of the greatest jazz musicians in the world. Terje Rypdal, Arild Andersen, Jon Christensen, Palle Daniellsen, and The Master, saxophonist & composer, Jan Garbarek were the reason I first traveled to Norway. The ECM record label, run by German Manfred Eicher often uses the Talent Recording Studio, right in Oslo. Molde, Norway presents the oldest jazz festival in Europe every July. I spent two summers studying at The Oslo University International Summer School. It was the cheapest way both to learn about Norwegian culture and to see Norway, Tuition provides a charming room at Blindern along with three meals a day. You must like salmon, boiled rice and fish in a tube. I'm surprised you were cold in May, everytime I went to Norway in the summer the hot summer was the same as any summer in Pennsylvania where I grew up. I went to Norway to meet my heroes and I ended up playing with a jazz trio and a blues ensemble! The nightlife is great! And by the way, Oslo has it's own jazz festival not long after Molde's fest.
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I spent a lot of time in Norway. I'm surprised by the fact that this doesn't get mentioned more; Norway has some of the greatest jazz musicians in the world. Terje Rypdal, Arild Andersen, Jon Christensen, Palle Daniellsen, and The Master, saxophonist & composer, Jan Garbarek were the reason I first traveled to Norway. The ECM record label, run by German Manfred Eicher often uses the Talent Recording Studio, right in Oslo. Molde, Norway presents the oldest jazz festival in Europe every July. I spent two summers studying at The Oslo University International Summer School. It was the cheapest way both to learn about Norwegian culture and to see Norway, Tuition provides a charming room at Blindern along with three meals a day. You must like salmon, boiled rice and fish in a tube. I'm surprised you were cold in May, everytime I went to Norway in the summer the hot summer was the same as any summer in Pennsylvania where I grew up. I went to Norway to meet my heroes and I ended up playing with a jazz trio and a blues ensemble! The nightlife is great! And by the way, Oslo has it's own jazz festival not long after Molde's fest.
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Ole
10: Not correct. In total, every employee gets5 weeks of vacation, but they need to be spread over the year. And you are allowed to demand 3 weeks in a row, but not a whole month. Many ask for vacation during july, and some factorys have a so called common vacation during july. You can get lucky and the job allow you to take 4 week in a row, but your demand can be limited to 3 weeks in a row, if the boss doesn't want you to take 4 weeks. Most people take vacation in july or august. I often ask fot the 2 last weeks in july plus the first in august, because those are most secure when it comes to good weather. Oh - by the way, teachers have vacation from mid june to mid august(school vacation, but also they have to do some planing or work before school start in august. So it is a common mistake to call it a whole month vacation. It's mostly 3 weeks for most people.
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10: Not correct. In total, every employee gets5 weeks of vacation, but they need to be spread over the year. And you are allowed to demand 3 weeks in a row, but not a whole month. Many ask for vacation during july, and some factorys have a so called common vacation during july. You can get lucky and the job allow you to take 4 week in a row, but your demand can be limited to 3 weeks in a row, if the boss doesn't want you to take 4 weeks. Most people take vacation in july or august. I often ask fot the 2 last weeks in july plus the first in august, because those are most secure when it comes to good weather. Oh - by the way, teachers have vacation from mid june to mid august(school vacation, but also they have to do some planing or work before school start in august. So it is a common mistake to call it a whole month vacation. It's mostly 3 weeks for most people.
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Chris
Born in Bergen, living in California. Norway is a beautiful, peaceful and prosperous country. The true Norwegians are very conservative, but also extremely socially conscious. They generally speak gently of each other, and truly believe in caring for all of their fellow Norwegians. I've been back many times since I left in the early 1960s, and am always impressed at just how comfortable the Norwegians seem to feel about their lives. Unfortunately, something I just don't think we will ever achieve in the states. Which is a sad thing. But then they are 5 million and we are 300 million.
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Born in Bergen, living in California. Norway is a beautiful, peaceful and prosperous country. The true Norwegians are very conservative, but also extremely socially conscious. They generally speak gently of each other, and truly believe in caring for all of their fellow Norwegians. I've been back many times since I left in the early 1960s, and am always impressed at just how comfortable the Norwegians seem to feel about their lives. Unfortunately, something I just don't think we will ever achieve in the states. Which is a sad thing. But then they are 5 million and we are 300 million.
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Erik
The biggest shock here is that this guy is so shockingly ignorant about the possibility of other countries being different from the USA. There are currently some 240 sovereign countries and territories in the world, they are located on different latitudes, their citizens eat different foods and organise their societies differently. This guys comes across as the archetypical US tourist, the kind who, on seeing the Midnight Sun for the first time, will ask at the information desk: ls this the same sun we have in [insert US state here].
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The biggest shock here is that this guy is so shockingly ignorant about the possibility of other countries being different from the USA. There are currently some 240 sovereign countries and territories in the world, they are located on different latitudes, their citizens eat different foods and organise their societies differently. This guys comes across as the archetypical US tourist, the kind who, on seeing the Midnight Sun for the first time, will ask at the information desk: ls this the same sun we have in [insert US state here].
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Cubanbearnyc
When I visited Norway, Whale meat was available everywhere, I remember I asked for fish soup, and there were some pieces in it, it felt like a very rubbery, and extremely fishy type of taste. I was also intimidated by the brown cheese it looks scary, but it's basically cheese with caramel diluted in it. kind of a sweet cheese, not bad at all
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When I visited Norway, Whale meat was available everywhere, I remember I asked for fish soup, and there were some pieces in it, it felt like a very rubbery, and extremely fishy type of taste. I was also intimidated by the brown cheese it looks scary, but it's basically cheese with caramel diluted in it. kind of a sweet cheese, not bad at all
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Jeroen
Norway is expensive but so are other Western European countries. If you skip the booze, eat your hot dinner at lunchtime and buy your train and bustickets in advance you can save money. The 11th thing is the friendliness of the Norwegians when you try to speak Norwegian and show genuine interest in their culture.
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Norway is expensive but so are other Western European countries. If you skip the booze, eat your hot dinner at lunchtime and buy your train and bustickets in advance you can save money. The 11th thing is the friendliness of the Norwegians when you try to speak Norwegian and show genuine interest in their culture.
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SuperKing
The beggars in Norway is fake. Me and my friend has exposed many of them. They just want more money than they already have. When they come into Norway from another country they get welfare checks and a job very easily, it's almost impossible to be homeless in Norway. Even i you wanted to.
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The beggars in Norway is fake. Me and my friend has exposed many of them. They just want more money than they already have. When they come into Norway from another country they get welfare checks and a job very easily, it's almost impossible to be homeless in Norway. Even i you wanted to.
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Rolf
Every grocery store sells beer. I don't know anyone who eats whale. My mom gave it to me when i was a kid once, she told me it was elk or something and when i found out what it was i got really mad and that was the first and last time.
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Every grocery store sells beer. I don't know anyone who eats whale. My mom gave it to me when i was a kid once, she told me it was elk or something and when i found out what it was i got really mad and that was the first and last time.
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