American Reacts to the HARDEST Things About Living in Norway (Part 1) 

As a Norwegian i Can say that When it comes to the snow and the darkness and What not it really depends on where in norway you live.

Most norwegians are very altruistic and caring, so if you're struggling socially as a foreigner, directly ask someone you work with if they want to hang out some day, and explain that you're lonely. Most norwegians would then feel so bad for you that they would jump at the chance to help you out.

As a norwegian I'll take the colder weather over very warm weather. Sure, in the cold I can get tired, a bit meh, and so on. But in the warmer parts of summer I'm just really uncomfortable, and that the summers here (I live in the east) seems to become hotter and drier, that doesn't help.

Oslo may be south in Norway - but consider that Juneau, the capital of Alaska is slightly further south than Oslo!

07:29 You have covered the reason for this in previous videos, but the brief summary is: Norwegians take friendship seriously, unlike Americans who'll befriend basically anyone and everyone but only have a select few - if even that many - they can actually trust with anything and everything, Norwegians usually want that in all of their friends, the ability to trust all of their friends with anything and everything. Couple that with the Norwegian culture, where we mind our own business most of the time, respect other's privacy and personal space, and don't really do small talk at all, making friends in Norway is pretty hard unless you happen to have something in common with them. If you frequent the same bar, or sports center, are on the same team or job, go to the same school, and things like that will increase the chances of getting friends in Norway, as it gives a common ground and interest to start your road to friendship.

I live in the south of Norway, in the spring the darkness and cold goes away the trees grows leafs and the birds returns from the south, then summer arrives, it's warm, even hot, with long bright summer nights, then the fall sets in, it gets darker and the snow starts falling, then Christmas and new years eve, and you can look forward to another spring. and summer. I love it

The snow makes the days brighter because of the reflection. Even nights and evenings with either artificial streetlight or moonlight are brighter than without snow.

Well, the winter darkness isn't the same the entire winter. It gets darker and darker until mid December and then it gradually starts to get lighter again from around December 20th. At first it's only a few minutes every day, but it gradually starts to speed up. By late January/early February you will really start to notice a difference. It does take longer the farther north you are though, so the there's quite a big difference between the most northern and southern parts of the country.

We have a lot of fast food!! We call the restaurants for "Gatekjøkken" means "street kitchen" There they have kebabs, burgers, pizza and more. Everytime we are in a new city and wants some fast food, we can just ask some randoms at the street "Do you know where to find street kitchen?(gatekjøkken)" BUT not every Gatekjøkken had that name. Its up to the owner. Often they use the street name in their name like "Gulset Grill" That is the best Gatekjøkken in my city that have many records. My closes Gatekjøkken too. Me and a friend use to order Kebab Pizza from there.

Keep in mind the southern tip of mainland Norway is more north than Edmonton, Canada.

Six months of cold compared to much of the USA, maybe. But the temperature doesn't dip below zero Celsius for more than about 3, maybe four months. But even in that period, it isn't below zero all the time.

Tyler advocating for immigrants learning the local language? BASED! If I could give you 2 thumbs up I would!

The difference between North and South in Norway is quite large, such as the sun never setting in the far north in the summer, or the fact that you have at least 18 hours of sun in the far south in the summer. It is also completely different in the winter, as the sun does not come even in the far north, while those in the far south have at least 7 hours of sun, and this is often the case when the snow comes, perhaps as early as September in the north, while the south does not get snow before in January. For those of us who live near Oslo, we can get snow early, but the normal is around the turn of the month, November/December. And I can well understand that it is difficult to make friends in Norway, it can be difficult even for Norwegians, who, for example, move from Oslo to Stavanger because of work.

1. For me, an ice bath in a frozen lake is a thousand times more pleasant than an apartment in the USA that is cooled to freezing temperatures by the AC. 2. My opinion on american fast food chains 🤮I live in Finland about 65 miles from the nearest McD. 3. Well-known ones can also be found quickly in the Nordic countries ... but before they call you a friend, it takes quite a while. 4. The long period of time in the absence of sunlight is really an important point. OK; he probably lives more in the south of Norway. Between the beginning of December and mid-January you have some twilight, but the sun does not rise at all in he north during this time. In summer it is exactly the opposite, when the sun does not set at all for 2 months in the north. Personally, I prefer the polar nights, especially when the polar lights are dancing in the sky. 5. When you move to a foreign country, no matter which one, you have to learn the language. But if you think Norwegian is a difficult language, you should never think about moving to Finland. 6. Personally, as a German, I don't feel the petrol prices are that high. For Americans, however, prices must be from another planet.

Some people get "winterdepression" caused by the amount of daylight during winter. But it often got a reason with very low D-vitamine in their bodies. The sun is the greatest source to get D-vitamine, and having a long winter with little amount of sun does something to you. We are recommended to take D-vitamine during winter to not get low on energy and for the general health. I love winter, I love the first snow. Its totally caos often, also fun. I love activities an playing with my kids in the snow. I love when we get a lot of snow ( like 2 meter, and you can make a snowcage with slides and different rooms), and I love when the snow is melting and spring is comming, with fresh warm air and flower. I also love summer, the calmness, bbq, bathing, traveling, hiking, sleeping outdoors, fishing, getting sunburnt that last so long that autumn is comming. And I love autumn. With harvesting time, apples to eat and make jam and cakes of, potatoes to pick, vegetables to harvest and make warm soups of, the colourfull threes that changes colors and drops their leafs, hunting time for big game, crisp fresh air, darker evenings, stars popping up and sometimes a hint of nothern lights, then the first snow again. I love how it changes and not stays all the same all the time, I find that boring. :)

as a norwegian i don`t struggle with the cold at all, but the darkness can get too you. a huge amont of the population of norway struggles with winter deppression and that is mostly becouse of the darkness and the lack of sun when it`s daytime

Most Norwegian appreciate quality before quantity in general. I guess that's opposite of the States. And remember, it's cold and dark most of the year, don't have time for some meaningless chitchatting. Just want to go from a to b and inside where it's warm and cozy. Ppl tend to open up and be more approachable in the warmer months. ❤

I'm from Nord-Norge and I really can not associate with the depression when it's dark... For me and everyone I know, that is the best time of the year

Learning the language as a english speaker can also be really hard because most norwegians know english, we have a very bad habit of swapping to english very quick and it makes it hard for foreigners to practice

How long time of the year there is cold depends on 1. What you mean with "cold", and 2. Where in Norway you live. There are parts of Norway where there barely snows during the year.

Tyler: It must be like in the US. The weather is perfect in the US. California burns down three times a year. The weather is perfect in California. Flooding and hurricane in Florida. The weather is perfect in Florida. You can be out day and night anywhere in the United States. The weather is the same throughout the US, including Alaska.

Depending on the size of the city you live in, we do have alot of fast food joint. Maybe not all the american brands, but you`ll have no issue getting fast food. McD and BK are probably the most known to americans, but we also have Subway and Dominos. Lots of kebab joints. In my city, Fredrikstad, there are more kebab joints than your typical US fast food joints. Pizza probably isnt considered fast food, but we do have alot of pizza places as well. Fried chicken is getting more and more popular, or have more places where you can get it. And hot dogs, you can get hotdogs everywhere. Chinese food places are also popping up all over the place. But its all depending on where you live and how big the city is

If during winter the sun goes up at 9 AM and goes down at 3 PM, then he has to be really far south in Norway. Up here in Bodø (north of the arctic circle) there are a couple of weeks where the sun basically doesn't rise at all, and before & after the sun is only up for 1-2 hours for a few weeks. For those of us who work inside, it's dark when we go to work and it's dark when we leave work for several months in the year.

17:06 the gass prices are pretty high but most of norwegians today use electric cars and the electricity prices is so low that some parts of the day the energi companies has to pay you to use their electricity because the companies uses money to store the electricity.

I find joy in our weather. Now its getting cold I anjoy it much more than warmth. But when spring comes around, it gives such a nice feeling! Summer is fun because you do more. But winter is special because you make it cozy and you do special activities that(I personally) do maybe once or twice a year. Leaves changing and falling gives new colors and the rain I often find fun. Storm and intense weather can be uncomfortable but also exiting. Dark days gives beautiful evening and night skies. The nist annoying is walking in sloppy snow lol But snow in general is so pretty.

Nice reaction Tyler. Re. gas prices - $10/gallon is a bit high, today it is more like $7.20. Filling 40 liters or 10.5 us gallons cost ~850 NOK ($76,50). Charging my electric Nissan on my homecharger can costs from 50 cents to $6 depending on price of electricity and I can drive 350-400 km/220-240 miles before needing to charge again.

This guy is probably living way up north. And yes, the light is a seasonal thing. In the winter the sun is gone most of the time, but in the summer the thing never really sets. And summers in northern Norway can get hot as hell (by Norwegian standards, of course). Here in western Norway, where I live, we have a mostly normal day/night ratio. And instead of six months of snow and ice we just get lots of rain. We get rain in the summer as well, but then it's just kinda nice because it's warm.

In Norway, wages are higher than in many other countries, therefore prices are also higher, so in the end it evens out. Those who have the opportunity or live near the border to Sweden usually go over and shop as it is cheaper in Sweden (but then they also have lower wages in Sweden).

The first person to start a Norwegian taco bell drive through resturant would become a trillionaire

17:37 This must be a recent video, $10 is right around the upper half of what gas costs per gallon these days, before the whole Russia vs Ukraine debacle, the gas prices used to be around $6.5 a gallon at the expensive end, but ever since the war between those two countries, the gas prices has shot up by a lot, and is slowly but steadily creeping its way higher...

Where he lives it get extra cold imo. Its warmer in the south or along the coast, he lives inside the country, around gøvik if im not wrong. I dont mind winters, but oktober november it get alot of snow and rain, so i rather have winter or summer, not both evrry other day..

To learn norwegian is to get into a deeper relationship too. It will help you to understand jokes, dobble meaning, the culture. Its hard to talk about your feelings if you dont know the language...

I live inland in eastern Norway. It's 4 1/2 hours between sunrise and sunset around winter solstice, and obviously the reverse around summer solstice. It's very dark until the snow comes. I live in a rural part, and it's pretty cool to walk in the light of the full moon on a winter night. You can see, but it's still a somewhat eerie experience. As for the cold, it doesn't really bother me. I'm more bothered by hot summer days😆

He lives in the town Gjøvik, it's a 2 hour trip north of Oslo. On the west side of lake Mjøsa, 45 minutes south of Lillehammer.

02:35 The temperatures will vary from place to place in Norway, obviously, the more North you go, the colder it gets. To answer for Stavanger area, the mean temperatures between 1991-2020: January 36.3f, February 35.8f, March 38,7f, April 44,6f, May 50,7f, June 55,5f, July 60,1f, August 60,4f, September 48,4f, October 48,4f, November 41,7f, December 37,4f. -Source: climates to travel, climate, Norway, Stavanger

Snow reflects light, so it becomes less dark, if that makes sense. But snow also make traffic go bit slow, as everyone needs to drive little under the speed limit, and be careful in turns.

We actually have 2 winters, one White, and one Green. The green is colder because then we don't heat our homes...

It depends really what you define as cold😂 as a Norwegian that lives in Sarpsborg, during the summer the temp can drop to below 10 °c depending on what kinda summer we get

If you check up on the latitude Norway is on and compare to the latitude to the various states you see that Norway is at the same latitude as Alaska, so we do have almost same climate here in Norway, what makes Norway warmer then Alaska is the North Atlantic current that brings warm seawater to our coastal areas giving us a "warmer" winterseason in the coastal areas compares to ALaska, i.e. here where i live at 62 degrees north latitude i seldom get below negative 4-5 degrees Celsius, it is usually around 0 degrees C. compared to inland where it can get down to negative 20 to 25 Celsius.

Winter technically varies in Norway based on your northward location. Proximity and location along mountains and rivers also plays a role in determining moisture and temperature. But as a general rule of thumb, above the arctic circle, you can expect snow to appear and disappear anywhere between September and April, depending on how north and coastal you are. But below that, snow will generally melt around February to March, and start falling around October to November. In the Oslo area we generally consider the twelve months to be mostly evenly divisible between the four seasons, obviously with some variation. This also plays in to the darkness angle, yes winters are dark and the sun sets and rises later, but the adverse is true of summer, with only a few hours of night at the height of summer in the south and no night at all at the furthest north. In regards to friends, it is true that making friends can be hard, even for Norwegians, but the more you interact with a Norwegian in your day to day life, the easier it gets. And once you are recognized as a friend, its for life. You can not speak for years afterwards, then randomly call them one day and its like you never left. Due to our remote separation by terrain we have been more shaped towards remote relationships like that. Now obviously you should strive to maintain contact, this is just a quirk of Norwegian culture.

The gas prices is like that in every Scandinavian country, Sweden, Finland, Norway. When I lived in the USA for 7 years I could not believe how almost everything was so cheap, I mean food was like nothing, so was gas or buying a car. Came back to Sweden and from have had a good life in USA to feeling rather poor with the same salary in Sweden could not take it and have now moved to a third country.

you have to take a look at the map when talking about climate in the arctic Norway vs. Usa. The Canadian borderline is at the same northern latitude as Paris, a lot of Alsaka reaches south of Norway and even the most of New Fondland is south of Norway.

Hello Tyler Walker. Why dont you take a basic norwegian language course and make a serie out of it? That could be fun. :)

as a norwegian i am actually quite used to it i mean 5 C is actually considered a good tempreture atleast for me and my family and probably for others who were born in norway

I moved here from another country that had palm trees. I moved here about 20 years ago. The cold never bothered me but the dark did. I was getting used to and even learning to enjoy the dark winters, but it involved heavily the enjoyment of the stars in the sky and taking photos of the Aurora here in a quite, rural settlement between two small villages. Then, a few years ago, new neighbours moved into the four-apartment house block. He is a retired electrician, so they installed several flood lights on the outside of the building so I can no longer see the night sky from the inside or the outside of my unit. I used to be able to sit on my sofa and watch Vega travel across the sky through the night and see Polaris tilt with its Big Dipper. Now, all I see is the reflection of the flood lights on the trees, driveway and veranda. There aren't friends to be had here, so watching the night sky made me feel connected to something. I feel like I lost my friends. Light pollution is pollution. I'm thinking I should get some windchimes to put out during the times I am out of the house working, so their retired, staying home all day, asses can get a taste of what their lights sound to me when I'm trying to look at the stars. I have severe seasonal depression and the scars to prove it. If they wanted to live in all that light, they should have stayed in the city. Everyone here got along just fine for YEARS without all this floodlighting that they keep on 24/7. I even begged them to put it on motion sensors and they will not.

2:28 Funny enough, there were small traces of snow for a couple of hours early yesterday here where I live down south in Norway

getting cold here now and will stay cold until may next year. goes down to 0 degres at night atm. and we don't have fast food in my hometown, no mcdonalds, no burger king and no kfc at all. the best option is pizza and kebab. I lived close to a mcdonalds when i studied and i got fat. so easy to just go outside for a walk and end up with a burger. edit: and yes, we do expect you to try and learn the local dialect if you move here. As Tyler say, it's a sign of respect.

Well Tyler, you shouldn’t be too surprised about sun up and down times. Norway resambles Alaska in latitudes and that is a state in the US isn’t it:)

17:45 The gas prices in Norway are so high because we tax it to avoid unnessecary use of it, and to spend that money to offset some of the negative impact of fossil fuel emissions. I know, it's pretty ironic as we're such a big exporter of oil and gas, but the oil and gas in Norway is still in no way subsidized. We maximize the profit of our oil and gas exploration by selling it do the highest bidder abroad, and buyers in Norway pay regular market price - then the goverment taxes it quite high on top of that. The same goes for pretty much every country in Europe though. Most gas stations in Europe charge around the same for gasoline, at least that is my experience when I've traveled around. When it comes to electric cars there is no VAT on them up to about $50,000 USD (or 500 000 NOK). Meanwhile, "regular" cars have a VAT of 25%. So not only do you save money on not paying for gas, but you either pay less for the car or get a higher quality car for the same price. That's why so many Norwegians drive around in Teslas and other high end electric cars.

You're not gonna pay $10/gallon of gas. We hit 10 briefly during a gas crisis last year, but now prices have normalized at $6-8/gallon.

I think the weather depends on where you live in Norway. Some places it can get colder than others. Plus the climate and weather is not that different than places like Minnesota and Montana. I also heard Norway has beautiful nature which is pretty good for a country🇳🇴❤

In the middle of summer the sun is probably up from like 6.30AM to 11PM where i live. The winter could start early October and last till mid May.

Can be cold in the winter, but very nice in the summer, good clear air. I love winter 🌧🌲😊

09:40 Sunshine hours will vary from place to place in Norway, but speaking for Stavanger area, the average sunshine hours between 1991 and 2020 are: January 1.5h, February 3h, March 4.5h, April 5.5h, May 7.5h, June 7.5h, July 6.5h, August 5h, September 4.5h, October 2.5h, November 1.5h, December 1h. -Source: climates to travel, climate, Norway, Stavanger

Oil is more expensive in Norway because we prescribe to the "don't get high on your own supply" idea. So most people are swapping to electric while the state earns tons selling that oil to abroad. Parts of that profit go directly in to the national wealth fund =)

how to make friends in Norway, a toturial: 1. find an interest, let's say painting. 2. go to painting class or a painting workshop 3. introduce yourself, find out who you can work best with and go from there. another way is joining groups, such as DND, knitting or other such activities you are interested in. Norwegians are introverted, prefers to have their personal space, and don't want to stand out in a crowd too much. having a common interest is the best way to gain friends as we "need a reason" to interact with strangers.

Have you ever tried to follow the latitude lines on google earth from where you live to the same latitude lines in europe? I'm sure you will be surprised how far north we are compared to USA. As a Dane, I was surprised when checking where New York was compared to europe.

Same as in Rest of Europe..No Tacos Or Wendys or other Names. We don't have that but we have lots of Restaurants. Not only Formal ones. We have Anker or Mann..Bakery. sweet and non sweet things to Snack for a short break. Different Rolls or Bread already prepared..fresh with Salad, Egg, Mayonnaise, Schinken . (Thin Sliced Wurst not Sausage) or vegan prepared Stuff without meat. That's what we like in Austria.

Love how all these facts would fit Sweden as well

There is one sure way to make friends in Norway. As long as you can find ONE extrovert, attend a home party they're going to, and there you go. You'll have plenty of new friends from there on. (Alcohol ofc has to be in the picture).

As long as you live close or in a semi big ++ city, you don't have to struggle to get fast food. I live in a area with ca. 90k inhabitants and if I want to order food through Foodora I have 34 different options to chose from. Yes, we lack many of the huge ones from America but we have our own local, national or scandinavian brands.

I love the darkness in the winter. Not a fan of the midnightsun in the summers when it never gets dark 😩

We have not have a warm summer i 2 years now. Yes I live in Norway I lived in well over 10 cities in Norway and I buildt a huge social circle in all of them. It's just about doing the work and getting your self out there talking to people. You need your social skills on point. Also I'm a selflearned extrovert. I lived in the city Alta and in that city we got complete darknes 24/7 for about 4-5months and the rest of the year it's daylight 24/7

As a norwegian myself I don't mind the cold. The darkness is much more difficult to handle. You need good light in your house and you need to do whatever you need to keep yourself warm and happy. In my part of Norway we only get about four hours of daylight during the darkest winter.

I live about an hour south of Oslo in a town called Sandefjord, the sun definitely goes down at around 3pm during wintertime here. Summertime is pretty much no darkness, maybe a little bit dark-ish for an hour or so around midnight, but thats about it.

as a norwegian from northern norway I know many norwegians from the south who cant handle the thing we call mørketid(darktime) it last from november-feburay and its dark up til 24 hours per day at the worst

Heh, if it's not a franchise from USA it's not fast food? :) Here in Oslo we certainly have a large selection of fast food from all around the world.

Tyler it’s not that cold in Norway it only gets cold November-February depending on where you live in the country

It is so funny to see (in Lofoten in the summer) when it is July,sunny and + 17 celcius (= maybe 27 in the sun ),we are sitting on our balcony,- barefeet,shorts and t-shirt trying to cool down with a glass of coca-cola with lots of ice cubs.... and you see all the tourists (from spain, italy etc) walking by the house dressed in Winterjackets,winterhats,scarfs,thick gloves and winter boots... with backpacs and binoculars round their neck.... and you are thinking hmmmm am i the crazy one...or...haha..but we do understand and we are used to it 😉

Fuel is not quite 10 USD/gallon. More around 8 USD. Most of Europe is 7+ per gallon.

I prefer the winter, or at least cold weather!! I'm a viking. ( but a kind one..) 😂 But l have lived in US as well. Albaquerqe New Mexico. There was a little bit of snow one day, not cold at all, and they got completely hysterical. Don't use the car,or the bus, they even close the scool. They got completely hysterical. Our children did not anderstand anything about all the fuss. Of course l know about all the states whit cold weather and snow during winter time. (Thay compete in winter sports, so thay most have snow.. 🙄😜😁) Although Norway beet them every time😂😂, in the brenches Norway competes.. 😂💪

In south of Norway the sun comes up at 8 and goes down 18.00 Oslo is about to start winter with snow about this time of year, on west coast we rarely have snow at all. But far north they have sun all summer and hardly sun at all in winter

@5:36 yes, we DO have KFC... well not Kfc, but different FC shops, and they add the letter infront depending which city they are in,, ,- Also Kebab house chain, - a lot of different sushi fastfood stands/shops- Subway- pizza hut-Big Bite- and more

Norwegian (early to Late ) winters november to Mid April I think pretty much that's how long snow often lasts and the darkness

I don't think the climate is that much different than Montana, North Dakota and Minnesota. Basically the northern states near Canada.

The 3. point varies from region to region. And often you have people not from that region that are looking for friends.

Cold weather is usually from around sept/okt and untill around April/May, but even during June, you can be down at 12-15C daytime in sun...

I live north in Norway and my face literally breaks out if the temperature is too hot, i went to Spain once for the summer and my face was almost fully red and breaking out because of the heat difference

The snow reflect the light, so the light from the street light or the moon reflex in the snow...Helps a little bit

You should take a closer look at Finnmark, in northern Norway. In winter, the sun does not rise between November 17 and January 19. 57 days of twilight. But in return, in the summer you have sun 24/7 from 15 May to 30 July. We have beautiful northern lights in winter, and lovely midnight sun in summer. Reindeer walk in the street/your garden.

i wouldnt say daylight is that bad. right now in october almost november, sun is up at around 8 and goes down at around 6. that means light is on for 10 hours while its dark for 14, really not that bad. it does get "worse" in the winter months of dec jan and feb, but really isnt a big issue. in the months with less light, its also cold so being outside is less viable. and when ur inside then it being dark doesnt matter that much. 9 to 3 is from what i know the most extreme it gets. also, i find darkness in winter to not be so bad when its snowy outside. when the entire floor is white, things seem brighter compared to darkness at autumn with no snow :P

I`m from Norway, in the winter it`s vert cola and in the north of Norway it can be 50- but in the summer it`s really hot, in the winter there`s lots and lots of snow❄️🌨️so that was some info thanksfor me, sorry if I write wrong

Winter depression is certainly a thing here. The Snow helps cause it makes it lighter. white ground = not as dark.

13:16 as a Norwegian, I can confirm, this is kinda true but also not true, it depends on where you live, if you live in Oslo or Larvik, the sun does go down, but if u live more closer to the north Norway it doesn’t, it’s kinda like in north Norway, in winter, the sun doesn’t come up, but on summer it doesn’t go down. But if you live in Oslo, the sun goes up and down at winter and up and down in summer also. 😊

Temperature - I live in the South and we had down to 25F for a while, with snow, very unusual this far south, more normal with temperatures above 32... Cold months with potential winter would be from late October to early March... but not normal with winter in October or March though - further up North winter can last a bit longer. Fast food - as you know, wages in Norway are higher than in the US, so fast food is not as cheap as you need ppl working in the restaurants, so ppl here don´t prioritize fast food as easily here as ppl do in the US. Daylight issue - due to position far from the Equator (gradually gets darker and from mid november to mid february is kinda dark) above the polar circle no sun-up for a while and no sun down during summer. Visit Alaska and you find something similar. Gas prices - policy (taxed gas - just like gas driven cars are heavily taxed) to move more ppl over to BEV's goal is 100% BEV's in 2025.

It isn't that dificult to get friends. It just takes a little more time and effort. You have to show you can be trusted.

As a norwegian its 1-3 dollar per liter but in some larger city's it high as hell and tourist places prices are high

I heard a joke once about a foreigner living in norway, he preferred the white winter over the green one because we had the heat on during the white winter

Re. car sales moving over to electric - Volkswagen announced today that they will stop selling petrol cars at all in Norway from January next year. Approximately 80% of new cars sales are electric now in Norway. Every 4th new car sold here is a Tesla.

6-7 months is really at best. It gets reeeeeally chilly like from september/ october all the way to april or may 😅 its not like minus degrees most of the time but it is wet, sloppy, and the wind is making you freeze to the core.. those lovely sunny snow pictures you see on the internet is rare and is mostly taken around mars/april in the mountains. I can say that the last few years now the climate has been crazy bad at least in south of Norway. Mostly grey skies, gustly cold winds and frozen rain.(rain that is rain untill it touches the ground, then it become ice. It is impossible to drive and Get around without really good winter tires with spikes.) A very common thing is that truck drivers from south and sentral europe drive into Norway and for some reason they forget EVERY DAMN YEAR about the slippery grounds and slushie snow, and they slide around making a total chaos on the roads. It is really driving me crazy. Wood burning stoves is a priority for people and the wood is crazy expensive, but still cheaper than electric heating. Dont move here 😂😂🎉 But for the friends part, i dont agree at all. If you are a normal social human with no drug problems or stuff, you can just find a club to join and be active in. Norwegians LOVE Clubs! Golf-club, riding-club, dog-club, hiking-club, insect-club, treasure hunter-club, knitting-club, we have Clubs for EVERYTHING! And the most including one: car clubs and american car clubs (amcar club) just say hi and be nice and it will work it self out 😅

the nordic countries keep the gas price high as they want people to use the mass transit. You should be able to get anywhere in the city by bus for example, The waiting time between buses is 15-20 min, on weekends and during the night the wait goes up to 30 min.

Its cold in the winter and autumn, i heart it was going to snow in not to long❄️

Today, November 27th Sun up 08:44AM , sun down 3:25PM. That's for Oslo. the further north you go , the darker it gets. And in the summer its the other way arround. from mid-late may to mid august.. it does not get completly dark

I live in Oslo, and the darkest months her are nov-mar... cold, dark and snow :( But if you have good clothes, it is not a problem :)

as a norwegian bc we dont have kfc is bc the chiken is too expensive or somthing i dont really remmber but it sems we have just 2 places but i love mcds still i need to drive 20min to the closes McDonald's and btw it isnt so much fast food places bc they are scarterd every where is you want a 5 min walk to one you should drive to Oslo

There is a big difference between the big cities and mid size towns in Norway. It is easier to be social in the large cities or small villages. If you speak only English it might be difficult to get a decent job, except at universities or international corporations. Oslo and Stavanger would be the best places to move to if you only speak English, but they are expensive places to live. In Oslo we typically have snow from just before Christmas to Easter. The good thing about the snow is that it reflects light so it isn't so dark. And we make the most out of Christmas with decorations, and loads of food and drink. May through September is beautiful, and if you wish to stretch the summer you can drive south to Italy or France in a day, or be anywhere in Europe by plane in a few hours. Gas is expensive all over Europe compared to the US, but hotels appear to be cheaper here these days.

About the dark daytime. In northern parts of Norway, in the summer, we have sunshine 24/7. But, in winter, we have between zero and 5-6 hours of daylight.

I'm in Oslo, winters aren't that bad here compared to the middle and northern part of Norway. I could never live up there, climate is just so bad. Even the summers are bad or below avg up there. In Oslo and the south east? At least we have good summers for the most part.

Gas is expensive, as everything here that is unhealthy and not environmentally friendly will get taxed high. He's not far off with the gas price, but the price varies a bit, even on an hourly basis. In my area it is between $8.57 and $11, depending on the time of day and day of the week.

in tromsø, it can start getting cold around september, and usually ends around april. so it can vary between 7 - 8 months of the year.