Where I was brought up noone knew anything about anybody,so when I moved to a small seaside town I was really shocked because everybody wanted to know everything. And everything you do gets across town within hours,you cant be rude about anyone because a lot of them are related to each other. It took me years to stop feeling harrassed by the questioning,perfect strangers saying"you dont work in the supermarket now do you" or"I heard about your illness I'm sorry"or"I heard you want a cat. Have you asked Diane?" "Hi,Penny". And you say hi and dont have a clue who it is. But if you want something you just tell a few people and sooner or later someone you never heard of will offer a solution. I have had car lifts off people I never met and never saw again.

@YOURWAY2NORWAY

Жыл бұрын

Grew iin the same mental place as where you moved. Happy to live in the capital now ;) Thanks for sharing your story with us.

My week has been made! No, my whole month! A video from Ronald and Mads, two of my most favorite people anywhere! You can’t imagine how much you lift my spirits. I’m an old, disabled shut-in who life left behind. People like you make it bearable! Much much love to both of you! PS. I have thought of you often since I found videos of train travel in Norway on KZread. I love looking at the landscapes and towns. Such a beautiful country. I could never survive a night with open windows in the winter, not even here in the South! ♥️

@laurametheny1008

Жыл бұрын

I hear you mate. I'm sorry you are shut in. I don't go anywhere very often but my daughter and 2 of my grandkids live here so at least sometimes I can. I quit driving awhile back for a lot of reasons, namely I have a tendency to nod off at weird times. Please be safe. I'm glad you have these guys and others for entertainment. I watch a lot of KZread as well.😢❤

@nanach6276

Жыл бұрын

One Piece might change your life. Yeah, I know it sounds silly. I'm into reading and stories in general and that is the biggest most intricate story ever. If you are open to things. I'm not kidding you "One Piece changed my life" is a thing on KZread. Wish you the best luck in life my friend:)

@shahlabadel8628

Жыл бұрын

watch radical living on u tube. wish you happy laughs.

@tammyblack2747

Жыл бұрын

I live in Texas. Last winter when my housemates cranked the heat way up because God forbid was below 60° outside, I closed my bedroom door and my vent and opened my window all night. It was great until we got a few nights in a row of 30 to 40°. Then I finally had enough and shut my window. But I still left my vent closed.

Number 3 .. in Australia it's very typical for people to answer a question with 'yeah, nah', same thing, totally oblique way way of answering any direct question. I love it.

@scandinordic

Жыл бұрын

My grandmother used to address little silences with, "Na ja" which seems to translate to "Anyway, oh well"

@Nabium

Жыл бұрын

yeah but in Australia I find that yeah nah means no, and nah yeah means yes. here in Norway, we also say "ja, nei" and "nei, ja" just as in Australia, but who knows what we mean by it, I don't think even the person uttering the words know sometimes.

@FC-ku4ez

7 ай бұрын

​@Nabium Here, people sometimes end sentences with "yeah" when they don't fully complete a thought. I *think* it means they're assuming you (the listener) knows how the story ends.

Norwegian videos are taboo in Texas. Nice to see you two again, wait a minute the police are at the door.

@YOURWAY2NORWAY

Жыл бұрын

😘😘

Mads' voice is just HILARIOUS!

Most confusing but most entertaining! Thank you for posting a brilliant video. Now I understand why Norwegians don't have curtains.. so they can show off what they have bought! 😁

@YOURWAY2NORWAY

Жыл бұрын

Haha, good point!

We must be Norwegian. I've worked with the same people for a decade and I couldn't tell you which ones got married, are married, are single, or got divorced in that time. I've never heard of anyone talking about their parents, partners, or kids. I've never been invited to anyone's home. I've seen pictures of their new cars or boats or had them tell me what they did on vacation. No one even has photos on their desks. We have our own wonky social customs. When someone asks how are you the answer is always good or people think you are strange.

@jcc9925

7 ай бұрын

So what do you possibly talk about then??

@needmorecowbell6895

7 ай бұрын

@@jcc9925 Work

❤🇧🇻❤🇧🇻❤🇧🇻 where have you been??? This is the old school Yourway2Norway that we all know and love! Great to see you back guys explaining all your crazy Norwegian things that we love! ❤🇧🇻❤ the craziness 🙃😜🤯🤪🇧🇻❤👍

@scandinordic

Жыл бұрын

They took a break for some months as Mads was unwell, he is much better now. They made a video about that last year.

@dixie4470

Жыл бұрын

Very glad to see you back again!

😂 I am way too outspoken, way too friendly, way too opinionated to not offend anyone. I think I am a typical American, I am heavy and female, but I absolutely love watching you two.

These videos keep getting better, and Mads keeps sounding stranger.

@YOURWAY2NORWAY

Жыл бұрын

😆🥰😆

Sounds like what influenced our double negatives in Minnesota😂. If you're feeling bad ...you say not too good if you're feeling good,... you say not too bad

@YOURWAY2NORWAY

Жыл бұрын

Oi, yes that sounds so Norwegian. Very interesting to learn that you guys still talk like us. Thanks for sharing and engaging. Cheers from Ronald and Mads

Glad to see you fellas making videos again!

We Canadians are a lot like you Norwegians, but we heat our houses in the winter and most of us have window coverings! Love the video!

"Go away go away" The first few seconds and I'm already laughing.

Hmm. What is taboo in my nation? ( USA) To be honest, it depends on where in the US you are. The states and even areas within the same state vary so much.

I dunno why but I find your outdoors scenes funny as hell as I can just imagine Yngve watching you frolick around the headstones like two mad men. I think the dark and the cold does something to our Northern European brains that forces us to create our own fun on a budget.

My Grandma was a devout Christian. She went to church every week, had crucifixes all over her house, things like that. I can't remember her EVER talking about her faith. It's the Norwegian way.

@YOURWAY2NORWAY

Жыл бұрын

Awesome story! Thanks for sharing, we appreciate it. Cheers from Ronald and Mads

@shamison1980

Жыл бұрын

I lived in norway for four years. no body asked my religion or race. The time I lived in Norway is the time I felt the most freedom... I love Norway for ever......

@pirolocito

11 ай бұрын

This is the way!

I love this guy!!!! Much love from LA!!! Your hilarious and your homeboys voice is outta control!!

I'm allergic to night air, so have to have climate control to sleep w/o getting sick. Headed to Arizona, HOT, so will have to have some adjustment in the hotel room!---I'm a Hospice nurse, just retired Sunday. Dying & death is something I dealt with on multiple levels over 52 1/2 years, so I know about helping patients/loved ones, staff/caregivers deal with saying Good-bye. Never easy.---Religion, coming from a small town in North Dakota, everyone knew what church you went to, so never needed to ask! And the subject never came up when I lived in big city Albuquerque!

@cannett8966

Жыл бұрын

How I admire you! Cee, from the little haunted cottage in ireland 💚💚💚🍀🍀🍀

@alanatolstad4824

Жыл бұрын

@@cannett8966 XOXO

Went on a Scandi tour, Norway was the only country I liked....maybe case I'm introverted.

It’s always a good idea to learn the language of the country you’re visiting or living in. It shows respect for the culture and people around you. Norwegian is a unique language with some interesting features, such as the use of “innpust” (breathing in) to indicate yes or no. If your girlfriend says “ja” (yes) on an innpust, it means she’s serious and you should expect an explanation soon.

@Suzz60947

Жыл бұрын

I know the rudimentary language. Insights like yours are valuable learning nuances. Thanks, Lars!

@YOURWAY2NORWAY

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing and adding to the story

@s.w.5340

Жыл бұрын

My grandmas innpust is hard for me and my dad to imitate😂

I love these guys so much. They're fantastic.

@scandinordic

Жыл бұрын

Very, very under rated

These are all the reasons I fit right in while I visit Norway. Extreme cold is the best way to get good nights rest.

Absolutely love you guys and never miss a video. My sister was an exchange student to Norway in the 60s, she went back as an elementary school teacher for a year, and has visited 2 or 3 other times. To say she enjoyed her time in Norway is an understatement. I "introduced" your videos to her and she in turn has brought your videos to the attention of several friends. I am sorry I never went to visit her while she was in Norway.

@FC-ku4ez

7 ай бұрын

My Norwegian friends are all very down to earth, intelligent, and nice people all around. It's on my bucket list to visit them in Norway next summer.

So visiting Norway is a bit like entering a chilly and colorful silent film! Thanks for the video Ronald and Mads!

Missed you guys! Nice to see you again! Love to you. 😊

Hello Ronald and Mads! It's always so wonderful to see you two. 🥰🥰. And thank you for educating us. Bendiciones 😘🤗♥️, 😘🤗♥️

So glad you're back. Hope The Saddest Kitchen in the World is doing well.

entertaining as always! so glad to see more material from you guys

I miss this channel! I subscribed here using my other account before.. still, these guys make me smile.

I was cracking up laughing from the very start! The "nay nay da da" part reminded me of the classic Steam song "Na Na Hey Hey", the song the Chicago White Sox baseball team plays (and all the Sox fans sing) when they win the game. I live in "helt" Texas and they're pretty strange down here. Apartments have window blinds, although they really should have thermal blackout curtains to keep the light and heat out. They build them way too close together not to have some kind of window covering. I don't talk about religion, politics, income, or anything else I don't want to discuss with people I don't know well here because there are so many extremists and they all have guns (except me). You throw your backpack in the car here, and you carry them around everywhere so you have all your stuff with you.

Great to see you guys again! This is hilarious about facial expressions 😂 and the curtains! Introverts who love to be on display 😂 We don’t ask about how much you earn in the US either, but some people here love transparency about their life so they will make sure you know😊

Creative genius at work. This one is absolutely beautiful . Don't ask Don't tell is over the top. Thank you once again.

excellent video! so entertaining....I live in the U.S. and would say that a person's income is taboo, in many parts of the U.S. asking about a person's religion would also be off limits and there are also a good number of people who do not want to be reminded that we all will die someday! These types of videos are my absolute favourite and why I subscribed to your channel way back when----you guys do an amazing job and it's great to see you making videos again!♥

@YOURWAY2NORWAY

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your cool and nice words. Love your support and engagement. Big hugs from Ronald and Mads 😍😍

@alikacerto2280

Жыл бұрын

You live in the U.S. but you put a "u" in favorite 🤔😄

Another one so quick?! YAY! You’re on a roll! That was very informative and funny, love it!! 😂❤ Open windows, I laughed my head off! 😂 We do the same in Germany, but I meet a lot of resistance here in Argentina… Plus, you’ll just get robbed…

Great videos, thank you for sharing the different and also similar way of living. Your sense of humor make your videos fun to watch. Looking forward to visit Norway.

So glad your back!❤

Love you guys so much, always such wonderful videos

Entertaining as always 😂 Love you guys!

So Awesome to see you!

In Russia if you reply to someone's request with "Yeah, right, of course" in 99% it will means sarcastic no. 🤣 And yes, I lived in Norway for almost 2 years and now... I have no curtains. 🤣🤣🤣

@YOURWAY2NORWAY

Жыл бұрын

Haha, awesome story! Thanks for sharing and engaging with us.

Glad to see you’ve made another video!

I agree with you that asking about salary is taboo. Here, asking about marital status/ what you pay for rent/your house can be seen as too intrusive, even though these items are available online. Asking a rancher/farmer how many head of cattle/sheep he owns is the same to them as asking how much money they earn. Draperies are needed here for privacy/security, particularly since long range cameras and drones with caneras are everywhere. If someone asks too many personal questions, they can be viewed as too nosey, or stalkers. Your habit of open air all winter is admirable, but not done much, anymore. Your children must be taught from an early age to stay away from open windows... Religion and politics are best avoided, and many Americans would not be very forthcoming about being trans/gay, etc. , due to hate crimes. Glad to see you two again, complete with Mads' comments!

@Pluminha

Жыл бұрын

And don't ask a Sami how many reindeer he has.

There are lots of similarities between Norway and the UK it seems. It’s mostly middle class people, especially the English, who tend to keep their curtains open a lot. Not as much as Norwegians though. No naked people on view. If someone did that regularly they could get themselves arrested. We also don’t discuss how much we earn. We don’t get money for cans, but we do have recycling collections and bins. We don’t talk about death either, no no no. Backpacks are very popular here too.

@kitm141

Жыл бұрын

Bang on - I don’t miss net curtains but isn’t there another option than just being on full public display? I’ve actually heard people gossip about how so and so at number 49 has had their curtains shut all afternoon, as if it’s something scandalous. UK taboos, money of course but death is a great one and I’d go further and say anything related to bodily functions or the health of… intimate areas. How many people die because they don’t go to the doctor with an “embarrassing” symptom? Politics to some degree, we do a weird dance around it until we know if other people agree and then we will talk about it.

@OrganisedPauper

Жыл бұрын

@@kitm141 Oh yes, agree. Although I wish there was more taboo, as there used to be, around discussing politics, especially from famous people.

So glad to see you posting again, Ronald 👍🏻🇺🇲

I love these posts..always makes me laugh

Love your videos ❤ you're always so goofy and fun. I like curtains and have blackout curtains in my bedroom. I like as dark as possible when I sleep, sounds don't usually bother me as much as light. City lights at night are touch for me. Employers here in the states don't like it when employees talk about wages, they don't wanna pay people more. It's a big problem.

My favourite KZreadrs are back!! Love the new content..I could throw a party..🎉🎉Yipee!! 🎈🎈🎈🕺🕺💃💃

@YOURWAY2NORWAY

Жыл бұрын

🕺❤️🕺

You guys are the best... please, make more videos....

Good video and advices, now we will be ready when we visit Norway. Greetings from Mexico.

11:30 - avantgarde Norwegian street art, it can well make Oslo more vibrant, perhaps. It is now part of the urban landscape. All the best and keep up the good work with your videos! Love your work on this channel, very informative and educational and also funny! 😊

I appreciate all of y'all's videos so much

Thank you Ronald and Mads! We just returned from Norway and found your videos very entertaining, and they prepared us for Norwegian culture. We even took your suggested cable car tour, and my husband tried canned reindeer meatballs which he loved. Our favorite part of the trip was getting to know the locals. We went to a locals bar, and many people struck up conversations with us because they had never seen us before. I enjoyed talking about the differences in our cultures, and social services. I appreciated how direct Norwegians are. Thank you again. I really enjoyed and appreciated your country. I felt so safe there. It's rare as a woman in the USA to be able to hike alone, or go to a concert without having your bag searched. I felt so free in Norway.

@utahdan231

13 күн бұрын

Its not rare for a woman to hike solo in USA. My wife hiked every US state alone. She’s72 and still does it , camping very often.

The backpack is the second apartment!! 😂 I’m dying with laughter! Hail the backpack 🎒

Great video!

Love that gong!

So funny way to tell things again. Good work guys :)

Welcome back!!

I can't wait to move to Norway 😂you guys are awesome! Takk!

Scorecard for wry, intelligent humor: 10/10 👏

@YOURWAY2NORWAY

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! :):)

That last point is so true. You can ask me almost anything, but as soon as the topic turns to religion I suddenly have somewhere else to be.

You're back! Made my day to see one of your videos after so long! And doubly made my day when I saw that I missed seeing one two weeks ago! Heaven!

From the US...Your taboos are pretty much the same as ours. Discussing religion or politics is something you shouldn't do, especially if there are people who don't know you that well, around. There are more interesting things to talk about, anyway. Also, I made myself a maatpake the other day for lunch. Not bad at all!

Love these videos! Recycling is huge here in North America. My family and I personally, always rinse our cans out as well.

Thank you Ronald and Mads. I like the graffiti @ 12:50 Cheers from MTL Canada!

😂😂😂Yay!! Thank you for more hilarious videos!! 😂😂😂

#10 is profound. Anywhere. Totally agree it's no one's business!

Oh Ronald, humor er helt sexy. Skal vi giftes? How many proposals have you gotten?

Thanks guys! I've been awol again. Glad to finally get a notification tho. KZread has not been sending me any🙏🤩🇳🇴🇺🇲

You guys are the best!

In Poland - No taboo :) Thank You for interesting infornations. Have a nice days

loveddd it

In Oregon U.S. we are recycling obsessed. We recycle all glass, metal cans and paper. Supposedly plastics, but I am dubious about that. My actual trash is about a third of what I was doing when I didn't live in Oregon. I have a separate larger recycle can that I roll out for pickup, and separate tubs for glass. After spending 20+ years here. When I travel to locations without Oregon recycling it is uncomfortable to throw something like a bottle or can into the trash.

@YOURWAY2NORWAY

Жыл бұрын

Very interesting to learn. You act and feel like a true Norwegian ;) Thanks for sharing and engaging with us! Cheers from Ronald and Mads

@jerrimenard3092

Жыл бұрын

I live in Oregon too. I can confirm that we recycle just like in Norway. In Portland it's not like other parts of the USA. It's more like Helsinki with less vowels and worse hockey. Any person from Scandinavia, Baltic countries or Germany would feel at home.

After having lived in Norway for 33 years the language is not a problem, having written essays which were perfectly acceptable at university in Trondheim. (NTNU) I don't have curtains, either. Very difficult making friends here, this seems to be a well known phenomenon.

Super😊

Well... big howdy Guys!! Here in NorCal its taboo to talk to your neighbors😮😂

You two DO exist still! I've been wondering if you were OK and if you were ever going to make a new video. Yay!

I'm from SMS club! :))) I really missed that yahoo messenger club :P In Romania we tend also to not talk freely bout our faith, but we identify ourselves with the type of religion we have.

I am so glad I found a video of you! I missed you! In the Netherlands we have curtains but in the evening a lot of people leave them open. (I don't) I think there are a lot of people here who sleep with open windows but it is not so cold as where you live. I think I must be norwegian because I always carry a backpack with everything I might need. And then I tell people: o no, there is nothing in it, only my diary. (Friends laughing now!) A real taboo in the Netherlands is asking a person how much money he makes, but is also not right to brag about your possessions.

Love this channel. Discovered it when I was preparing to marry my Nowegian boyfriend and move to Stavanger (from London). But, alas, he cheated with a Swede, so that ended. Now with your help, I just day dream that this could have been my home😅. Needless to say he regrets his decision now.

It has been long time guys, it's wonderful to see you again Ronald & Mads 🥳😍 as usual funny, smart and friendly ways to deliver the difficulties and the solutions to avoid it 😎🤓 we don't talk about salary 💰 or death⚰️ as well 🤐 And OMG 😱 we can't live without curtains 🙈

Recycling! Here in America, we get Five cents, or 1/20th of a dollar. I actually live in a town named Norway! When I first moved to my apartment I did not have curtains for the longest time and I never knew about this..

@DivineFalcon

Жыл бұрын

Norway has the best recycling system in the world. As evidenced by the fact that we recycle 92% of all bottles and cans, the highest number of any country.

Hi Ronald, nice to see you posting again, love your videos. I watched one yesterday where you were discussing trolls, and peste kommar, etc. you were asking about some of our countries legends and myths. Ii live in Canada, eh. Here we have the european things like vampires, werewolves, and so on, but some of our indigenous (native) people have their versions of scary things, one is known as the 'wendigo', also has other spellings. They are supposedly emancipated beings with severe cannibalistic tendancies, sometimes they are depicted as having deer horns, but not according to the natives, they describe them as being like a skeleton with skin, eyes, etc. They hunger for human flesh, and are never satisfied.We have some Navajo in Canada, (more in the USA), they beieve insomething called the skinwalker, the are evil Navajo wiches (male oe female), that can transform into various animals, most commonly wolves, and can do whatever they want to you. Hope you find this interesting, I have 75% Swedish ancestry, both of my dad's parents were from Smaland (in Sweden) , and my mom's grandparents were from the north of Sweden, I've been to Sweden and am a bit familiar with tomten.

Hehe...jeg elsker denne kanalen!! :D I am subscribed!!!

Great video. I'm 8% Sami, 43% Scandinavian and enjoy your channel from America.

Both are so funny!!! 😂😂😂😂

So funny! 😂

Missed you guys! I don’t know if you guys have ever top covered this topic in your past videos but what about education around Norway including school lunches…I’m curious to know if matpakke is included in them

@YOURWAY2NORWAY

Жыл бұрын

Hi and thanks for sharing and engaging. We appriciate it! We have actually made some videos on the topic you are describing (whitout lunch and matpakke unfortunately). Here they are: kzread.info/dash/bejne/gJ-mo9aiotXOg6Q.html&pp=ygUrd2hhdCB0byBleHBlY3QgYXMgYSBmb3JlaWduIHN0dWRlbnQgaW4gb3Nsbw%3D%3D kzread.info/dash/bejne/f3Z-xrBmZqaodbg.html&pp=ygUfZnVuIG9uIGEgc3R1ZGVudCBidWRnZXQgaW4gb3Nsbw%3D%3D kzread.info/dash/bejne/qaqor8GNcc62maw.html&pp=ygUrd2hhdCB0byBleHBlY3QgYXMgYSBmb3JlaWduIHN0dWRlbnQgaW4gb3Nsbw%3D%3D

It is sort of a taboo to greet and shake people with your left hand. I am from Ghana.

I love it--so interesting to learn and so hilarious in presentation.! In my part of the US it is also taboo to ask how much anyone earns. It's also not great to ask how much someone paid for their house or car or similar items. It's rude to ask about marital/partner status, even if someone is wearing a wedding ring. Also rude to ask about someone's religion, but I don't think it's quite as taboo as in Norway. And last one off the top of my head is don't ask detailed questions about someone's health. I'm sure there are more.

@YOURWAY2NORWAY

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

Anything to do with how much money you possess by whatever means is a hard no. I think some of the people I work with need to watch this video 🙈😄

@sandraanderson2345

Жыл бұрын

When working with intrusive busy bodies, it becomes difficult to send them the message to cease and desist. An alternative is to simply shut them out, whenever possible.

This humor is so smart, i laugh a lot. I asked a guy if he’s afraid of be old and alone (because he’s single) so I think I made a big mistake 😂. The issue is here in my country this question is not a taboo.

Hilarious! Thanks guys!💕

Holy cow! My upper Midwestern Scandihoovian heart understands where our “Yeah No” came from. 😂🎉❤ Thank you it all is making sense now.

I love your humor. =))))

@YOURWAY2NORWAY

Жыл бұрын

🤗🤗

I love my curtains and my +25c home

Great video, you both! A few of my own behaviors make more sense now. 😂 Love from Minnesota 💓

@merk9569

Жыл бұрын

Lol! I’m from the South. Not a trace of Norwegian genetics but I can still relate. Love these two young men!

I've been looking for a video like this for 5 years 😂

Elsker du fyrer!! :)

You two have the most entertaining vlog on KZread, can you do an episode where Ronald films and Mads hosts as a opposite day special?

@YOURWAY2NORWAY

Жыл бұрын

Hehe, I have asked him the same many times. Unfortunately he does not like to be in the front...