10 Things NO ONE TOLD YOU ABOUT NORWAY: every tourist's mistakes when planning trip to Norway 

⏱⏱⏱ TIME CODES: 00:00 - Welcome to Norway! 00:47 - Is Norway expensive? 01:48 - Train Tickets and Accommodation in Norway 02:43 - Food at Convenience Stores and Gas Stations in Norway 03:37 - Wearing Sunscreen in Norway 04:13 - Do not eat only fish in Norway 05:47 - Do not take you bag when visit museums in Norway 06:31 - ALWAYS Clean After Yourself in Norway 07:38 - You do not need Cash in Norway 08:47 - No need to tip in Norwegian Restaurants 09:33 - Do not Spend all Time in Norwegian Cities

I've worked in several museums in Norway. The no-bag rule is for two reasons: 1) if there are sensitive objects out in the open, we don't want you to inadvertently turn around and knock into something, 2) we don't know what's in your bag! You could have a soda and a sandwich that you want to take in so you can have a sneaky snack, for example. A spillage of that in a museum could cause damage in and of itself, but also potentially lead to problems with insects and mites that could seriously damage objects. Especially if the building is protected (very strict regulations for this in Norway) or if the objects are especially sensitive, the no-bag rule is quite common. And your instinct is correct - it is to better protect the objects that are exhibited!

As a Norwegian, I would agree that every tips in this vid is on point👌🏾🇳🇴 (we are not a part of EU tho, but EEA)

As a "born and bred" "through and through" Norwegian I so enjoy your channel and videos. I'm a huge fan of foreigners doing their RU-vid thing on Norway in come capacity, of which there has become quite a few, thanks to our outstanding quality of living, our outstanding nature and our outstanding prison system. It's a funny feeling to realize that you actually live in a country like you're run-of-the-mill normal boring old country, which to many people in the world actually is as exotic and foreign and strange as China or Brazil is to me. In fact, I've come to realize that we really are kinda the "different-land" of the World, which we actually like to call ourselves, "annerledeslandet Norge". I feel so lucky having been born a Norwegian and growing up in Norway, simply because it's the best country in the world to be born and grow up in. We constantly top indexes and rankings like the UN Human Development Index and the Intellgigence Unit's Democracy Index. We have been #1 on both those for like forever, and we're mostly always among the 3-5 best in all such lists. World Happiness Report, Freedom in the World Report and so and such. As such, you should do a thing on that, the fact that we're "objectively" provable to be the best country in the world to live according to all these international independent rankings, indexes and reports. Also, dunno if you've mentioned already in your vids, but you should do a thing on what lies behind and drives our "outdoorsiness", the law literally called "every mans law", which entitles all Norwegians to roam freely everywhere and to pitch a tent, make a fire, cook a meal and sleep over, but two nights in a row in one place, absolutely everywhere, as long as you're not in someone's front garden. That is, all land defined as "utmark", or "outback" is free for anyone to roam, even if it's privately owned land. Together with the outstanding nature and the opportunitites it presents, this acts as a huge incentiv to just go out there and do all the things we can dream of. To us Norwegians, this is one of the things which really makes Norway such a great country where you not only feel free but truly are free. All you need is an orange and a Kvikk Lunch. As you of course know well by now too. This I think you've mentioned, but no, Kvikk Lunch is NOT the Norwegian KitKat. We don't even know what a "KitKat" is here in Norway. Is it some kind of cat? We who've been unfortunate enough to been made aware of that other thing simply deny its existence. I donnu what the h*ll you're talking about. Sounds like a Hello Kitty knockoff to me. Interestingly enough, to one of the people claiming to live in the land of the free, to an American, this is simply unthinkable. Evil socialism. They have the quite opposite law, where you can actually shot people who happen to wander into the woods which you happen to own as a land-owner and they refuse to leave on you telling them to. That's "freedom" to the American people. Go figure. But then again, "look to Scandinavia" said Bernie Sanders, and every American looked to Venezuela. Another "socialist" feature we practice here in Norway is the coming together to do organisational work, maintenance work etc volunteerly and freely in our spare time. We like to say it's unique to Norway, which it really isn't, but was is unique is that we have a word meaning just that, "dugnad", and that this it's something it's taken for granted that everybody participates in some form and to some degree. Even if you lack the skills to coach your local children's soccer team or do the team's local sport club's accounting, you have plenty of skills to participate in the spring cleaning of your neighborhood. To us Norwegians these things aren't "socialist" things, it's just part of being Norwegians and things we appreciate about living in Norway. I've come to understand that for many, especially Americans, this sounds like "socialism" and to all Americans, all things "socialist" is per definition bad and evil. But then again, Americans just claim that the USA is the greatest democracy on Earth, when in fact Norway is and has been for a long time, and the USA isn't even among the #10 most democratic countries in the world. Thank you very much for all your awesome videos Miss Goldman, and you're welcome for me subscribing, watching them, and leaving this comment. I'm not a "liker", I'm too lazy to hit that like button, and that may sound strange having written this extensive comment, but being a RU-vid-junkie watching RU-vid pretty much all day every day hitting that like thingie gets to become a huge hassle very fast. Instead I write a comment which I actually put some effort into on a vid on the channels I really like, and find that much more preferable, even though they go unread most of the times. Thank you. Have a beautiful day, I hope the stunning weather continues.

The Sun is no joke in Norway or Uganda, skin cancer is to common.

Norway is not part of EU😃 although we have some agreements/deals with EU..

If you litter in Norway, expect people to tell you to pick it up. Also, the no backpack in a museum is so people won't accidentally knock something on display over while having them on their backs.

Nice videos. I think the bag at museum is more about laziness. Ps: Norway is not part of EU.

Sooo informative🤗 Thank you, Anna!

Bravo Anna for this video. You are always on point with your information.

I love your vlogs about Norway so beautiful..... Thanks

Rock on! Very interesting thank you for the info. ☺️

Anna I just can’t get enough of your videos I appreciate your work and I would like to see you making A week in the life.. like what you do at work, shopping, hiking, cooking...etc just how you living that life you know 😁

Loving your energy anna keep going 😌

Useful information

Thanks Anna for another interesting vid. Could do with some of that Norwegian civic pride to catch on over here in the New Forest. Until the next one… Har det fint ❤️

Very informative!

Hey! Great video(hilarious as well) this one definitely will help me around the 'petrol station food pickup' routine as I have a habit of doing it at my place!

The best salmon in the grocery store is SALMA LAKS. The small portion (a little more than a quarter of a kilo) is about 10 dollars. It is sushi quality! (1-2 portions with "stuff")

Thank you, so much Anna you are great and do a fantastics job. Love to you and all the Norwegian, people from Tucson Arizona USA.

You used a video "snippet" of my home town Odda :) Nice :)

Thanks Anna. It was as always informative and fun. May I ask that you do one about you. What you do, your life in Russia etc. As you are obviously an interesting person, I always like to invest time in knowing someone I think has a story to tell. Sending much love from a very cold Pretoria, South Africa. Stay safe.

Great as always, but you forgot to mention tents as money savers. You can set up tents for free almost anywhere you want in nature. but only for a night or two at the same spot. Along the fjord and coast, you may also want to bring a fishing rod for a free meal.

Love your videos, i am from Amsterdam i am thinking of moving to norway for a year or maybe more.

Thank you so much for the tips! Leaving for Norway tomorrow and im so excited for the life change

Nice video

thank you. that was fantastic

Hei I love your video's!!!

I just got back from Oslo. It is an amazing city, and the public transport is really cheap.

amazing video as usual ;)

I'm born and raised in Norway and I'm also a ginger so my skin tone makes it really easy to get sunburned, I was out fishing in a boat with my father and it was cloudy the whole day so I thought to myself that I don't need sunscreen. Well after fishing for 2 hours and I got back to the cabin my whole upper body was sunburned (I didn't not wear a shirt that day) also when you're out on the water the sun is even stronger because it reflects on the surface back to you.

Anna, it's awesome to see you always! I have a question, do you have any information regarding Barnevernet? I think that's quite a serious topic about Norway that it'd be good to know more and how it has affected a lot of people.

The bag thing in museums I suppose can be because of danger to damage sculptures and stuff, like if its get crowded maybe ? I have never been to a museum where I had to leave the bag but I suppose in some bigger ones you got to do that. The sunscreen thing is also quite honestly a good tip, I have missed it sometimes myself when out biking and getting burned ... I live up high north so the sun can be quite intence and when you during summer have sun 24 hour a day its even more intence :-P when we have sun ofcourse hehe. Good advices you have here, and yes you are right... alittle planning and your Norway-trip does not need to be bigger than nessesary.

I love how your head is framed by the Norwegian flags! Next, I think you should get one of those novelty tiaras, that will have two flags of the country you're discussing. ;-)

i smashed the like button as you pleaded. I smashed it 6 times in fact, you're welcome!

Great video again :) But I need to add something to the question about expenses. Many tourist have a routine to go out to experience city life in bars. Most tourists will not manage to get drunk on the money they bring. If you are a smoker, you won't even have any money left for drinks.... I know you already know this :)

Hello Anna! One question, have you done any videos about student life? How is it? Or tips for students coming to Norway

I was the number 1000 ;) (thanks for the videos)

Too bad ordering anything in advance these times is just so risky. But great tips, I can guarentee this as a norwegian

About the drinking water. Norway have very stright rules when it comes to drinking water. We have so little bacteria in our water that we are actually told to not drink the tap water in a lot of other countries because we are not used to the bacteria you would normally find in it.

3:35 Sunscreen is needed if your sensitive to the sun, (i never use sunscreen in norway) infact the sun is actually longer visible the longer north you go.

Greetings from Narvik ( 4 hours away from Tromsø)

its super true, Petrol stations are sooooo expensive but when the convenience stores are closed and you want something its sometimes hard to resists and that can burn alot of money srsly

Norway is not a part of the EU, its a long debate in norwegian politics, join the EU or keep with the deal we have. Norway is a part of the EEA (eøs in norwegian) where we cooperate closely with the EU æ. Some people think that we are adopting to mutch EU regulation over here, and some think that it is just fine the way we have and some want more.

4:37 Gorgoroth!

Do you have any tips for parking a car in Norway? A online friend from Oslo recommended me the apps: "Easypark" and "Parklink". I want to avoid a ticket at all cost.

Two small comments about mistakes: 1. Norway is not a member of the EU. 2. Vikings didn't have horned helmets. The horned helmets are just one of many cultural stereotypes invented in the 19th century.

7:38 you will need cash (Quickly accessible Currency), you will need cash on a card or if you don't use card you could use physical money.

When we are visiting the museum,we can leave our bags at our staying room?

Just an interesting fact: in Germany, you do need cash. At many stores, they do not accept credit cards. I am living in Hungary, and even here you can use credit card almost everywhere, so I was rather surprised that Germany is so conservative about that. Good to know that cards are ok in Norway. Beautiful country.

7:05 i'm 15 years old and i have never heard this "habit" before, i just see people throw capri-sonne all over the ground in Norway (i hate it so much, people call me generous because i pick up trash whilst on the way home from school.)

Say if i was saving up money (currently live in the USA) and i wanted to move to Norway, how do i go about switching the U.S dollar to krone?

I hate when people say it’s so expensive here.

Okay--is Norwegian salmon as good as (or better than) the salmon in the U.S. Pacific Northwest? Guess I'll really have to head over to Norway next summer (like I'm planning to), and find out!

Great video! just 1 correction: Norway is part of the "European Economic Area", and has ties with EU, but it is Not part of the "European Union"

Bodø is a good place to visit they have the worlds strongest maelstrom in Saltstraumen, Bodø.

When we planned our trip to Norway, a pandemic struck a week later. It was last year. When will the borders be open for tourists?

Hey anna any tips for students coming to norway?

Norway is NOT in the EU, which you can be led to believe by this video. We are members of the EEA, and we are closely aligned with the EU through the EEA, but we have never been in the EU. Other than that, I agree with the tips in this video.

Haha, you're hilarious! (and cute) Well, some can afford eating out regularly.

Never knew that we don't have bag etc. with us when visiting museum, but it could be 🙂 I think most people when visiting Norway, should as you says not only stay in the cities. Norway are not known for beautiful cities, most of them are not pretty at all. West-coast and the wilderness is most known, and is what most tourists should see.

Hard to resist buying pølser at petrol stations in Norway. Så deilig!

I was just curious if Norway had Dollar Stores like we do in Canada?! 🇨🇦 Do you guys have souvenir shops too?

2:24 90 days in advanced!!! just book it some minutes before the vehicle comes and leaves and your fine! 3:15 Remember to seek out Kiwi or Rema 1000, they are the cheapest. because norway is Expensive most of the time, if you don't buy limited edition food like the pizza that cost 10 NOK

Norway is not part of the EU. Its a part of the EFTA. Norway had voted no for the EU 2 times

Good video. Pretty accurate. But Norway is not part of the EU. We only have an agreement with the EU, like UK now

You mentioned don't change money , do you mean use credit cards to buy anything in Norway?

Well done! I would only add that I think the background music is very distracting. I think a little bit at the beginning and the end of the video is plenty. I’ve actually had to stop or skip because the background music just got annoying. Great editing with the film/tv clips interspersed.

Ciao Miss👈⚘⚘⚘👈

You are wrong about the tips. Especially in the restaurants. Waiters are paying more in tax than than others because they are supposed to get tips. So 10% to the bill is preferable!

is norway a good place to be an excange student for an american?

Petrol stations in Norway is not more expensive than 7 Eleven etc. Also. Petrol stations don't earn money on gasoline anymore and is why they ended up being fast food stores. 90% of their income on gasoline is tax. There is no money in it.

Hey🥰 where do you live in norway🇳🇴❤️

She looks like Damned Witch, a perfect match for the trolls!

i have had reindeer and elk and caribou, and they are 100x tastier than beef. a bit more expensive and harder to find here in the states, but usually raised better.

hehe.. nice done :)

I'm an American and don't live in Norway at all. But in my own being I don't believe I'm American in one of your older videos you said that Norwegians like to do outdoors activities and not really do big parties and this like that. I'm the same way I'm always outside and only at home to eat and sleep

I live in Svolvær LMAO 😂

Yes, people don’t think it’s hot in Norway, and that we have polar bears walking in the streets 😅 On the mainland of Norway there are no polar bears, not that I’ve heard of 👍 And in the summer it can be really hot. I remember being in Spain, the people I got to know asked me how I could be that tan, since I lived in Norway 😂 Also, between 15 April and 15 September, there is a general ban on bonfires in Norway. Then it is normally not allowed to light fires, disposable grills, fire pans and other open fires, in forests and outfields without permission from the municipality

what is dating in norway like?

These points are relatively valid in every other countries as well, where you can get a Taxi cheaper than public transport? or eating in restaurant cheaper than home? and what a bout Nose?

When it comes to tipping in Norway, many bars and resturants have become pretty rude about it. When you pay by card, you'll have to write in the sum ylu want to pay yourself sometimes, and they never tell you that. There is several stories about people paying thousands of kroner for a beer for example! :p Love the channel btw, I live in Karmøy, Rogaland :)

Bags in museum. We do not want you to steal our viking ships! :-)

if you live and work in Norway, you have money for everything. I have been living here for 3 years (both in the south and in the north). Norway scares a lot of people, but that's just terrible at the start.

Wrong about tipping. Especially at restaurant its normal to tip. On out door restaurant selling beer tipping is a vital part of salery.

Remember: If you buy a bottle of water, you're really buying the bottle. It's just filled up as a courtesy. Anything else is a flat out lie. The tap water is fine, even in Oslo. Remember: 3 chocolate buns at meny, the most expensive food chain, is 25,- NOK. That's cheaper than just about anything else you'll get as a quick meal. Remember: A taxi from Oslo to Gardermoen is something like 729-1500 or so NOK. The EXPENSIVE rail ticket is 230,- and the CHEAP rail ticket is 118,- Gas station hot dogs are not cheap. They are rarely advertised as cheap, unless they're having a sale. Convenience stores do not compete on price, they compete on opening hours and availablility. You're not going to depend on there being sales when you're there, are you? My only hot take here is that AirBnBs should pay the same VAT as hotels do. It's not fair for the government to treat competing services so differently: let them compete on equal terms. If you're going on a small local train, as in Alnabru to Oslo S, feel free to book last minute. The price won't vary much then. If you're taking a long haul, you really ought to buy early. She's absolutely right there.

You has to tray to eat Fårikål

Im from Norge

i am from norway jeg er fra norge

Reindeer taco😅😅

Norway is not part of the EU, it is part of the Schengen agreement which is different.

I feel that this video is made for USA... In Portugal it's exacly the same and I feel this is for the whole EU too.

00:47 🇳🇴: jeg vil gerne have en øl, Tak😲Hvad???(:😜🇩🇰) [a dane when paying for a beer in Norway] Hilsen brødre og søstre😉(Greetings brothers & sisters) 💕

Also, if you are a vegan being worried about food after watching thid video, I can assure you that Norway has come a long way the last few years. It's especially easy in the bigger cities, but some smaller cities might surprise you.

We are not a member in EU?

Speaking of nature I would to catch a 50 pound cod

I don’t know the magic I’ll perform to get to Norway 🇳🇴

if your glad clap your hands

The Whitney Cummings of norway

Norway is part of the EU… 🧐🤔 Did i miss something??