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"Don't call me happy, I'm perfectly miserable" - Danish Guy

@Lorelei3

4 жыл бұрын

I think I can say exactly the same about us Brazilians.

@mastadonking3816

4 жыл бұрын

@@Lorelei3 polar opposite of America.

@Seanonyoutube

4 жыл бұрын

Words to live by.

@anastella3322

4 жыл бұрын

😄

@tommywaltz400

4 жыл бұрын

I was going to post it! He's my spirit animal

My Swedish friend told me “We are not cold, we are cautious. You can make a stranger into a friend very easily but if you discover you don’t like them, it is very awkward to make a friend into a stranger.” That’s pretty reasonable.

@igorrrchopyodikov

4 жыл бұрын

That's why Americans invented "ghosting", I guess.

@RenVCWorship

4 жыл бұрын

diego de la vega mhm

@differentboy9697

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, judging by their personality I'm the most nordic latino.

@andrewkoastephens210

4 жыл бұрын

differentboy96 sounds like we have some things in common. Maybe we’ll be friends in about 150 years.

@lorenzomarcello5406

4 жыл бұрын

that was deep

"Nords are not all blonde and tall..." Watch this video.

@davidk5954

4 жыл бұрын

Most of them are, and it's beautiful, and it's fine.

@Drifter196

3 жыл бұрын

Even though my Norwegian father is a white blonde guy, his only 5'8". His father (my grandfather) was also short but had red hair instead. As for my grandmother; she was also short and she had light brown hair and light brown eyes. Next, only one of my other uncles are blonde, but my two other uncles are short like my dad but have dark brown and light brown hair. Don't be ignorant enough to think that all ethnic Europeans are walking stereotypes of their origin country.

@linkybee3778

3 жыл бұрын

Well the appearance is all about the gentics, but i could say here in Sweden i see most of the time blonde people and are kinda tall i guess?

@eliza1826

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidk5954 it's boring and basic.

@davidk5954

3 жыл бұрын

@@eliza1826 boring? Boring is the whole world, full of black-haired brown-eyed people. Blondes are 5% of the world's population.

Like some guys said, This Covid is a strain on us Scandinavians, we look forwards to the time when the 1 meter ban lifts and we can go back to the normal 5 meters.

@cutiesoupia4900

3 жыл бұрын

Once corona hit we toned it down to 1 meter, i feel emotionally scarred whenever i go outside nowadays.

@Karipatron

3 жыл бұрын

I honestly love that Scandinavians love their personal space. Makes me feel so much more comfortable out in public

@annasid9025

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂👏👏👏👏👏brilliant

@elzbietakachnowski8637

2 жыл бұрын

Steel thank you you sum all Scandi stereotypes, hilarious 🤣

@karlteai3699

Жыл бұрын

hahahah

"Don't call me happy, I'm perfectly miserable." I think that is *the* most Scandinavian thing said in this video

@ninabeeyogi

4 жыл бұрын

the best :D

@TheOnlyToblin

4 жыл бұрын

100% accurate too.

@blh7536

3 жыл бұрын

Yaaass!

@janeca1189

2 жыл бұрын

Haha..yeah, Im from Finland, I know...

@roy_for_real2674

5 ай бұрын

Probably accepting however you feel exactly makes you happier😂

A Very Finnish Rule: Please keep small talk in a minimum, we are shy - Except in sauna, sitting next to a stranger, fully naked

@whatever5922

4 жыл бұрын

mikrokupu hahaha

@sbabzy

4 жыл бұрын

LMAO....!!!

@kasperknutsen8283

4 жыл бұрын

I think it's better and less cringe that we don't have so many small talks ect. We talk when we feel the mood

@mikrokupu

4 жыл бұрын

@@eyluljsegclprbsgd4561 The sauna culture is a different world :) For many it's a social happening, from a young age. And it's kind of democratic envinroment, rich or poor looks all the same naked.

@Trip4man

4 жыл бұрын

LMAO Makes... total... logic?!

I love how the finnish dude is just being quiet, or saying "yeah same". Tells pretty much everything about us :D

@dad_moose

3 жыл бұрын

what he said lol

@mikkokorperich4151

3 жыл бұрын

Rapakymppi: sama!

@svalbard01

3 жыл бұрын

So... he won't start the conversation but is more likely to Finnish?

@phillipdeuser7561

3 жыл бұрын

Two types of Finns... Them in public, them drunk in sauna

@HFKSJHGJFHGJF

3 жыл бұрын

"The Finnish" between quotation marks.

I didnt know that nordics were so funny. The bald guy saying "if you want a banana you have to take a loan" crack me up

@Huppyhuppyhuppy

3 жыл бұрын

That couple has their own KZread videos, worth checking out, about travelling, and their experience living in Portugal

@niranjanrajesh8339

3 жыл бұрын

@@Huppyhuppyhuppy theyre a couple? can you tell me their channel name?

@Huppyhuppyhuppy

3 жыл бұрын

@@niranjanrajesh8339 sure: kzread.info

@jczapa7

3 жыл бұрын

that's one thing that sets aside Danes from other Scandinavians, they do have a sense of humour, a dark sense of homour and it's hilarious.

@MaritKristine

3 жыл бұрын

@@jczapa7 I'm Norwegian, and I would say we have a good sense of humour too. Just as dark and sarcastic, and very funny

Latin America is like the opposite of Scandinavia on almost every single topic.

@sadaesthetics5674

4 жыл бұрын

Hhhh yeah even Africa and middle east

@LittleLulubee

4 жыл бұрын

Latin..Americans..are..the..happiest..😊

@danieldahlquist4648

4 жыл бұрын

@@LittleLulubee los paises mas felices serian los mas libres economicamente, por ahi escuche 70% de impuestos. Pfff

@tomasbindateplitzky928

4 жыл бұрын

@@danieldahlquist4648 70% es la categoría más alta, y sí calificas para eso obvio que te va a importar tu guita pero seguro ya estás ganando muchísimo (que no se confunda que estoy a favor de tantos impuestos). Pará el trabajador con un salario mínimo, si no me equivoco esta entre el 30-35% y para los extranjeros el primer año, en principio, 25% aunque se puede pedir una devolución por los impuestos a la seguridad social (ya que como no residente permanente/ciudadano no se tienen beneficios por ej a la hora de ir al médico) que son el 8,2% así que te terminan cobrando 16,8%

@user-dl7ck4vw5t

4 жыл бұрын

@@sadaesthetics5674 Yes, the nordic people have emoctions but don't show their feelings. You don't have emoctions but show them as if you had!!! However I love your people ♥️

So they're generally reserved, shy and formal when speaking to each other but they tend to directly go up to sex. I'm having a meltdown.

@Seanonyoutube

4 жыл бұрын

Wayward Stoner drinking helps

@elsafralves

4 жыл бұрын

They do when they are drunk. Otherwise no.

@TTArt

4 жыл бұрын

It's more straightforward than trying to figure out a good conversation

@sholm3867

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, welcome to Sweden xD

@awesomeirlable

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like me

As an Icelander living in a latin country, it can get overwhelming with the hugging and kissing. They are very friendly and they mean well, but this is just too much for me 😅

@solorock28

3 жыл бұрын

thats how italians, spaniards and french are, they would get bored in nordic countries

@ksligh4893

3 жыл бұрын

I'm French and Kenyan both countries are touchy and friendly to the max.

@rufeilrahtieh7885

3 жыл бұрын

Kissing and hugging was common back in those old day´s. Now it could be dangerous and you could be charged with sexual harassment :)

@cisco9281

3 жыл бұрын

Lol I'm Hispanic and I honestly hate the over friendliness part of Hispanic culture

@diego1776

3 жыл бұрын

latinos are extroverts , and well wishers, we dance eat spicy food and want to hook up with others, adventurous in different ways, we don't camp we hit the beach we club and drink, the beach, jungle tours... rest and repeat.

Norway; "I'm not sure un-emotional is the right word" Finland; "It's more about how we express ourselves" Iceland; "We don't go up to strangers and start kissing them on the cheek or something" Denmark; "No, we are the formal handshake" Sweden; "We wanna play hard, too much" - And now you see why the Scandinavians love each other. Cause we think alike, we act alike.

@languist

3 жыл бұрын

Federate States of Scandinavia - Nordics unite 🇩🇰 🇪🇪 🇫🇴 🇫🇮 🇮🇸 🇳🇴 🇸🇪

@fatgoldenboy6986

2 жыл бұрын

@@languist estonia isnt a part of the North

@bsjeprompexfvxfcdxfgdxrgdx5830

2 жыл бұрын

No

@languist

2 жыл бұрын

@@fatgoldenboy6986 Logically, they're more culturally similar to Finland than the Baltic Twins (LV, LT)

@potmki6601

2 жыл бұрын

Props to editor

As a Norwegian it's fairly accurate. I almost got bankcurrupt buying a banana but the goverment saved me.

@Regimeshifts

4 жыл бұрын

thank the gods of oil

@klab3929

4 жыл бұрын

​@right right Really depends what system you're talking about. We are a really stable country and not much issues from a outsider view. We of course have our internal instabilities that parts of our goverment wants that doesn't make sense sometimes, but i haven't had any issues yet. there is always changes that can be made, but asfar as my living style goes im happy. Also interms of united states im not really sure what you mean because there is alot of differances

@klab3929

4 жыл бұрын

@right right Well im not in that stage of life yet, i do have sufficient ammount of insurance to the point i don't have to worry. I want to pay higher taxed because more benefits comes with it instead of paying everything individually. I'm not exactly sure how your economic system works, but statisitics show we are a very economically country with the system that we have. Only issue that i might see is taxed might be too high when you're getting products thats produced and sold in an other country, but when we get more of that infrastructure in our country thats probaly not going to be an issue.

@harumitdb

4 жыл бұрын

Brazil is a whole mess. I'm brazillian, and, man, our taxes are so high and almost none of it returns to us, because of the corruption. Education, health and security are embarrassing here. Poverty dominates and increases every year. We have a beautiful country in terms of nature and weather, but the rest...

@punkm0nk3y2

4 жыл бұрын

Damn. Im american. my bank account went negative after buying a banana and my bank took an extra 35 bucks for overdraft fee making my account -36 bucks.

6:24 "go buy a Banana. And you have to take a loan" 😂😂😂😂🍌

@LittleLulubee

4 жыл бұрын

Best..line..of..the..video..🤣🤣🤣

@fabiyanpetri6191

4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha that line cracked me up! :D

@sholm3867

4 жыл бұрын

It's so funny becuase it's kinda true xD

@eevailona9216

4 жыл бұрын

that's so true 😂

@hardy2175

4 жыл бұрын

@a Jama beer is cheap, gift him a banana.

A Southern European and a Scandinavian enter into a bar: Southerner: Hey there fellow giant! Scandinavian: *Starts sweating nervously*

@helenaazevedo6153

3 жыл бұрын

Me, a portuguese, can relate.

@Galdring

3 жыл бұрын

Because... The southern European is very tall for his ethnicity, while the Scandinavian is just average? Not sure I get it...

@jakob4644

3 жыл бұрын

@@Galdring No, because we don't talk to strangers. Not used to it. Awkward

@filiptwarowski2622

3 жыл бұрын

@@Galdring Southern europeans especially bosnians are the tallest people in the world

@jakob4644

3 жыл бұрын

@@filiptwarowski2622 I think you will find that to be the Dutch

I really want a TV Survival Show not with Bear Grylls, but with a Skandinavian beeing dropped into a southern Europe/Latin American town and vice versa.

@SilverWingWorld

3 жыл бұрын

Try looking for Lars Monsen

@ShubhoBose

3 жыл бұрын

No, needs to be dropped in south Asia

@69Peopleshit

3 жыл бұрын

Sign me up, take me to Colombia por favor!

@hiphipjorge5755

3 жыл бұрын

West Africa or South Asia might be best.

@joshuabuitrago6498

3 жыл бұрын

@@69Peopleshit jajaja if you have blue eyes and blonde hair you will do just fine!

Nordic people are the happiest in the world. Nordic people 10 seconds after: *what is happiness?*

@moonlily1

4 жыл бұрын

I think the surveys of national happiness is more about contentment or satisfaction, or being unworried or less stressed than others. As opposed to being exuberant and joyful.

@TheDiskodasko

4 жыл бұрын

You are happy if you can ponder over what happiness is

@masterbonzala

4 жыл бұрын

@@moonlily1 THIS IS SO TRUE! FREE MARKET IS KING! OE'R THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE!

@werwerqweqwe

4 жыл бұрын

@Ding Dong It's more about having the luxury to actually worry about what happiness is, rather than trying to stave off starvation or death.

@Mattittas

4 жыл бұрын

@@werwerqweqwe I had a German friend visit me this summer, saying the exact same thing. He got so amazed by how calmly Norwegians looked at life, not stressing about everyday situations, unlike they apparently did back home. I have no clue if that's something that's true across all of Germany though.

I had a friend whose dad was a Norwegian-American and I remember as a kid my father always said he thought this guy was depressed. He was very chilled out and unemotional. Did not get angry or really elated much. He was a great guy. I asked my dad years later about the man and my dad said. "No he wasn't depressed, he was Norwegian."

@hrishikeshparab1236

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@sagalindhe

4 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha, I guess we don't show emotions that much maybe. It's very neutral countries

@andrewmller6027

4 жыл бұрын

Wtf 😂😂😂😂

@punkm0nk3y2

4 жыл бұрын

My grandpa was full norwegian and he was an angry and scary guy. At 5’10 155 lbs he made a 6’5 250 lbs guy back down just because of his intensity

@The-Vega-Islands

4 жыл бұрын

Oh i am gone use that , thanks

1:29 "We don't go up to strangers and start kissing them on the cheek or something". As a Brazilian I felt personally attacked.

@camilalimagalvao3163

3 жыл бұрын

Same 🇧🇷

@Trip4man

3 жыл бұрын

lol Yuppp as a Portuguese I also felt that... In the heart. The dudes jump into bed very quickly, specially when they're are trasheddd with alcohol lol They don't like that hug and cuddling thing that we have... That's why people call them "cold". It's just a different mindset. They like the sex, not the kissing part... Anddd can you blame them? xD

@Riondrial

3 жыл бұрын

So, you feel hurt by another culture? Work on your self-confidence. Then you could just think like: "Huh, so you guys go live your own things and we do our things and everybody is still happy."

@adriang.253

3 жыл бұрын

@@Riondrial lol, you are taking a joke too serious

@Riondrial

3 жыл бұрын

@@adriang.253 Seeing a face and listening to one really makes things easier. But alright, happy to have misunderstood it.

Finland 🇫🇮 Sweden 🇸🇪 Norway 🇳🇴 Denmark 🇩🇰 Iceland 🇮🇸. Trying to memorize all of the flags lol

@PalkkiTT

3 жыл бұрын

😎✋🇫🇮🇧🇻🇮🇸🇸🇪🇩🇰

@nashmi-8609

3 жыл бұрын

🇯🇴🇯🇴🇯🇴

@NorthHaug

3 жыл бұрын

ÆØÅ i tryne

@yellowlightingbolt

3 жыл бұрын

🇦🇽 Alan Islands, 🇫🇴 Faroes,

@PalkkiTT

3 жыл бұрын

@@yellowlightingbolt Åland not Aland

The Strange thing about Norwegians, we never say hi at the streets. However, If we meet in the mountian, then we say hi and speek to everyone.

@sabrinagrdal3033

4 жыл бұрын

Fy flate så sant x)

@Tessa.tier01

4 жыл бұрын

Same with Danes.. if you go on a holiday you start talking with the fellow danes lol

@freddyb.b8120

4 жыл бұрын

Lmaooo.. Too true 😅 I do that shit all the time lol

@wheninrio3304

4 жыл бұрын

this is so trueeeee, omg 😅😅😅

@angellind7162

4 жыл бұрын

This applies to Sweden too, but not just in the mountains, but at the country, in villages and small towns too.

DBB: Don't wear black or white 3 guys: So, grey? That's the only other option, right?

@sineme

4 жыл бұрын

Their wardrobe is probably 50 shades of gray.

@leekenyon8705

4 жыл бұрын

Biker jackets, chains and whips.

@eltan4748

4 жыл бұрын

As a swede thats so true lmao.

@ryanweible9090

4 жыл бұрын

so me wearing tie dye would stand out?

@tetea7257

4 жыл бұрын

@@ryanweible9090 Yes. It's more common in Copenhagen and not a small city in Denmark. In Copenhagen you might see at few others wearing the same. It you wear it in a small city people will look a lot and be confused and smile because we get so confused about what's happening :P

for anyone confused at the beginning when the Icelander says "I've never been on a date in Iceland." In Iceland, we get drunk, meet someone, and go home and have sex. That simple. It's just different here

@byob7381

4 жыл бұрын

I’m getting Quagmire vibes

@555nolife666

3 жыл бұрын

your name is very fitting

@hugrit4027

3 жыл бұрын

Now i want to live in Iceland

@trude8073

3 жыл бұрын

Norge og 🙈

@trude8073

3 жыл бұрын

(Applies to Norway. I guess maybe Sweden and Denmark too🙈)

"It's like a social lubricant". As a Norwegian myself this is beyond accurate.

If possible, do one of these interviews after Scandinavians have had a couple of drinks. That would be entertaining and unfiltered!

@benjaminmarker

4 жыл бұрын

Ameazing idea!

@fraaasma

4 жыл бұрын

yes!

@neonsvampen1

4 жыл бұрын

Hell ye, jaaa för faan

@Endlezzsnipers

4 жыл бұрын

Faktisk en god idé

@m.bjacobsen8960

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah but we`re scandinavians, so we would need more than a few drinks!

"Don't call me happy, I'm perfectly miserable." As a Finn, I relate.

@francescaaura5671

4 жыл бұрын

i really dont know who and how they decide on the happiest country but i know that if i lived in country that is alwayes raining alwayes cold. with cold people that barely smile and that find talking to other people is strange and uncomfortable i would not consider myself happy at all even if i take abit more money that acctually not more money at all becouse everything costs more and the government takes half of it as taxes .

@pinjakujala2736

4 жыл бұрын

@@francescaaura5671 educate yourself👍

@ENZOxDV9

4 жыл бұрын

Get help

@uwuingallnight7381

4 жыл бұрын

FRANCESCA AURA they use the GNH index. You sound miserable, but don’t worry, even if the tax is dependant on your income (which makes it possible to live even if you have minium wage) the goverment doesn’t just waste it! Thanks to the tax tuition and health care are free (while still being top of the world in quality). Corruption is low too! Of course people seem ”cold” because they’re forced to speak a language they are not native speakers of, but i can assure you if you took the time to know someone outside of stereotypes you’d realise they’re humans too. It’s not ”alwayes” cold either, it’s actually quite pleasant in the summer

@unitedstatesofeu7859

4 жыл бұрын

@@francescaaura5671 Culture shock..

"I'm perfectly miserable". The Danish have the best humour in Scandinavia.

The Scandinavians (Vikings) weren't quiet and reserved when they arrived in England 1,500 years ago 😄

@aularound

3 жыл бұрын

They were most likely really really drunk!

@jasonmason6910

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah who would ever have thought the trashy and looting Vikings would be the richest and most civilised people on earth

@myrkir9249

3 жыл бұрын

fleinsopp

@marianakiselova6913

3 жыл бұрын

Lol I immediately imagined some posh quiet Vikings hanging out with the Brits. Quiet Viking is sort of an oxymoron, like dry water :)

@jasonmason6910

3 жыл бұрын

@Jasta 2 sooo sophisticated your writing

Finn doesn't talk much in this interview, that's also a confirmed stereotype and very real

@alvaromanuelblancolazo5516

4 жыл бұрын

I agreed on that. i've been living in Finland for a time and they don't talk to much

@johanna_na

4 жыл бұрын

@@alvaromanuelblancolazo5516 Well you've clearly not met many people 😊 All the Finns I know just won't stop talking and laughing

@Ricky911_

4 жыл бұрын

Funny thing is that he has a KZread channel called "Aleksi Himself" to which I'm subscribed btw and he doesn't seem introverted at all in his videos. He's even done street views with other Finns so many times and he didn't look introverted there. I barely even have the nuts to go up to a bartender and ask where the toilet is and this guy is out there asking Finnish women if they would be down to dating an immigrant yet in this video he can't even speak up lol

@johanna_na

4 жыл бұрын

@@Ricky911_ I think he's just being polite and lets the other one talk. And he is genuinely interested in what the other one has to say

@MarieMarie-ew7yy

4 жыл бұрын

well that guy next to him talked all the time and you can see how finn tryed to talk but naaaah couldn¨t cause that BLABLABLABLA man was there

"Everything is expensive in denmark" Norway "Ehem, hold my mead"

@haakonness

4 жыл бұрын

"Hold my ridiculously expensive regular beer"

@theflyinggasmask

4 жыл бұрын

more like "hold my freeze pizza"

@Kewonerdk

4 жыл бұрын

More like hold my Friday taco, it’s a thing for some reason.

@sabrinagrdal3033

4 жыл бұрын

Alt er dyrt x)

@bull7003

4 жыл бұрын

Iceland: "hold my mother-effin lava rock"

"we're very liberated, some women will have slept with 10 guys before meeting their partner." ...yeah, there's places in the UK where that's a slow month...

@alexandriaisokay964

3 жыл бұрын

Same in 'Murica too. Lol.

@newhuskytwenty

3 жыл бұрын

I agree, here in Spain during their holidays British girls are... easy? Being drunk also helps.

@carol18

3 жыл бұрын

I don't understand why brazilian women are seeing as bitch or easy, europeans are so much more liberal to me... and that's ok, no problem at all. But I think it's an stereotype of foreigners about Brazil.

@b.benjamineriksson6030

3 жыл бұрын

I think she's downplaying the numbers... 10 is not a lot.... If she said 50 I wouldn't flinch. Just 10? Conservative... Christian...

@moresmaiorum9691

3 жыл бұрын

@@b.benjamineriksson6030 remember: multiply by at least 3. then you’re closer, but you will never have the real number

Those two are like a married couple...you know who I'm talking about lmao

@karimmanaouil9354

3 жыл бұрын

We all know what happened later in that night.

@newhuskytwenty

3 жыл бұрын

The Danish, Amalie is the prettiest among them

@Mich_-mu7fz

3 жыл бұрын

@@newhuskytwenty Like Cecilie

@MrKuriIIko

3 жыл бұрын

because they are lol link to their channel is in the description

What myth annoys you most? "we are all blonde and blue eyed" "ah, you are VERY blonde" "oh yeah"

@unmercifulfate

4 жыл бұрын

At least as many are brown and brown-eyed so it feels more like they picked blondes on purpose.

@koktepoteter

4 жыл бұрын

@@unmercifulfate I'm norwegian and most of the people I've grown up with had blue eyes and blond hair when the were under 10 years old and now most of them have brown hair.

@unmercifulfate

4 жыл бұрын

Interesting! Those I knew with blonde hair still have blond hair, just a bit darker blonde than before. But most people nowadays don't have their natural hair colour. But when I was younger the natural brunettes/blondes were pretty even in numbers. But of course we have more blondes than abroad! But it still feels like a pretty strong stereotype for me.

@alphagod4690

4 жыл бұрын

Lol my father is swedish and my mom is albanian and my hair is blonder than everyone in this video🤣

@milomiller161

4 жыл бұрын

@@koktepoteter Exactly the hair darkenes with age, except for a few very blond people.

My experience as a swede who's spent a decent amount of time around Americans... Swedes are generally very polite, but our politeness is very different from Americans. Our way of being polite is to keep to ourselves and not impose ourselves in anyone elses space, so if we don't speak to strangers or say hi to people on the street it's because we know how awkward we get when somebody does it to us and we respect other people's right to not have us bother them. Meanwhile American politeness is more about surface level engaging. Smile, say hi, make some small talk, forget about each other and move on. Swedes don't really do small talk, unless we have something to say we shut up. On the other hand, we can be quicker to open up and engage in serious conversations with people we connect to. So we go in deep with fewer people rather than on the surface with a bunch. At least that's my experience. Americans are easier to strike up conversations with but it takes much longer to get them to really open up. Then there's the honesty... I think we're very straight forward and honest, as well as very sarcastic. Which I think can easily come across as a rude, bitchy or a bit stuck-up. Americans are a lot more about coming across as nice and polite, though it's often not all that sincere. There's just a culture of being all hiiiii oh my god how are youuu and then talking shit about that person immediately afterwards. Swedes won't necessarily be outright rude to people we don't like, but we just won't engage more than we have to and we won't fake insincere niceties. Also, sooo much sarcasm and dry humour. Which can make Americans just go "oh, she's a bitch". Overall, swedes are often thought of as very reserved, shy and awkward... Which we can be. But in many ways we can be more open and transparent than people from other cultures, we just engage with people in very different ways. Swedish politeness can come off as rude and snobbish in the US, and American politeness can come off as over the top and fake in Sweden. But if you take the time to get to know the social culture you figure out how people's behaviours fit into a cultural social context.

@floki5605

4 жыл бұрын

Interesting comment, thanks for sharing!

@pumpernickelplace

4 жыл бұрын

well said

@claudioaguiar1023

4 жыл бұрын

Is that a perfect comment!!! Are you an anthropologist, sociologist, ethnographer, man? ;-(

@xtratic

4 жыл бұрын

I'd say what you wrote about swedes, also applies to the rest of us Nordics.

@Angel-lt1sh

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! As an American (from immigrant parents) this is very true about the surface politeness. Even here it is broken down further in the states with northerners vs southerners. Southerners being the over the top fake sweet polite ones.

"It takes a lot of time to know a Dane, but as soon as you know a Dane, they are sweetheart" *doesn't say hello to you on the street the next day

“You go to Norway to get a banana and you have to take a loan” 😂😂😂 omg that killed me, but it very true😂

@user-dv6ds8mr8b

3 жыл бұрын

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@danziger9996

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-dv6ds8mr8b Why?

I was in Germany many years ago with a friend and the group of people we were with kind of absorbed a group of Danes while we were out drinking. They started out quiet and polite and turned into madmen after a couple hours drinking. They were all really cool though and a great time was had by all.

"Of course, definitely in Finland. It's like your national sport!" You hit it on the head my Norwegian dude.

here is another stereotype: everybody looks like a legit model.

@masterjunky863

2 жыл бұрын

In my opinion Nordic and Subnordid phenotypes are the most beautiful in the world.

@tropicalsploon

2 жыл бұрын

as an icelandic person myself, i gotta disagree with that. or it could just be the fact i hate myself but yeah yeah.

@Olivia-tz8rl

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha not me, not at all

@svenjensen5568

2 жыл бұрын

Google Norwegian chess player Magnus Carlsen lol

@tropicalsploon

2 жыл бұрын

@@svenjensen5568 he reminds me of the singer from Kaleo

"In Norway, if you buy a banana you gotta take out a loan" -- made me as a Norwegian spit my coffee out bursting out in laughter

Nordic people tend to have a laissez-faire attitude and not into small talks, plus they are honest to a point that they don't know how to lie. That's my general impression

@MachivelianBear

4 жыл бұрын

As a Dane myself I can confirm that we Danes love smalltalk. But Swedes are posh and more reserved.

@WoWFtw8

4 жыл бұрын

we wouldnt be posh or reserved if you could talk normal inget hat, bara kärlek ^^

@TylerSolvestri

4 жыл бұрын

They are just socially awkward and too individualist, the wellness truly makes people like Robots.

@Axel-ek8lm

4 жыл бұрын

@@MachivelianBear as a foreigner I think Danes are the least reserved among all Nordic countries, a friend of mine is Danish too

@llodeka

4 жыл бұрын

That's true. We traveled to Puerto Rico a few years back. The hostess of our airbnb gave as a bottle of wine as a welcome gift and said something like: I hope you like wine. I, as a finnish person rushed in and said (honest as I am) Oh, we don't actually drink alcohol at all. I was so ashamed afterwards as I realised how rude I was.

Why does that blond Norwegian guy look more Finnish than any Finn I've ever seen?

@harshkulshrestha9440

4 жыл бұрын

How do you differentiate? All have the same features to my indian eyes. Please don't mind it, it's a genuine question.

@najsbajsmedmajs

4 жыл бұрын

@@harshkulshrestha9440 There's of course overlapping, and among the Scandinavian countries there's generally no difference, but a lot of Finns have a more eastern look. It really can't be explained to someone not familiar with them unless you start going after racist stereotypies like Finns being mongoloids and stuff like that

@Aboleo80

4 жыл бұрын

Probably because he looks like Mika Hakkinen's long lost brother

@korppi164

4 жыл бұрын

@Draken There are real differences between the way people from different Nordic countries look.

@kasperknutsen8283

4 жыл бұрын

@@najsbajsmedmajs as a Norwegian i get what ur saying

This Finn has a gorgeous voice. He should be a voice actor or something (if he isn't already).

@vaclavmichalekmusic

3 жыл бұрын

I think it's Aleksi Himself (the name of his YT channel about the life of Finns)

@svenjensen5568

2 жыл бұрын

Someone felt in love lol

I can attest to the getting drunk one(I. Canadian btw, I was visiting) I went to a bar in Bergen Norway and I tried commenting on a soccer jersey a guy was wearing, it was the same club I liked. He ignored me and looked at me confused. 20 min and 4 beer later he’s at my table with all his friends and we are getting rowdy singing arm in arm. Still one of the best memories I hold. Skal.

@svenjensen5568

2 жыл бұрын

Bergen is the worst city xD go to Olso next timehaha Semi Celts i Bergen can be quite rude

@Bestbeachesincalifornia

2 жыл бұрын

4 Beers in 20 mins??????

@MrTrizmaster

2 жыл бұрын

@@Bestbeachesincalifornia yeaah i know it seems kinda slow realy

6:25 ”Like go buy a banana and you’ll have to take a loan” why did I laugh so hard at this 😂😂

Denmark; Its so expensive... blah blah blah Norway: Hold my banana!

@ludvig3463

3 жыл бұрын

Hes Not kidding im from sweden i went to Norway once and mc Donalds costs Double as much

@mao_zhu_xi

3 жыл бұрын

@@ludvig3463 And especially snus, one box volt in Sweaden costs only like 48 kronas, mean while in Norway it costs 92 kronas.

@ludvig3463

3 жыл бұрын

@@mao_zhu_xi yeah i bet and all candy is expensive too cus of so much taxes o.o

@jpedrob

3 жыл бұрын

😂

Said "I'll see you again, next time around" to a Swede who was going back home. Dude looked at me as serious as can be and said "Really? You think we will see eachother again? I don't think so." I was like ok bud 👌

@Nabium

3 жыл бұрын

Why did you say you'd see him again then? I'm a confused Norwegian. It's like when Americans ask me how I'm doing, then when I tell them in detail how I'm doing they act as if they never even asked me.

@aularound

3 жыл бұрын

​@@Nabium Yes, i effin hate to get asked "How are you?" all the time! It's none of their effin business! And it's so tiresome to answer every time! You don't ask that to strangers unless you are prepared to listen to all the shit their going through! :)

@Nabium

3 жыл бұрын

@@aularound M-hm. If they don't want me to go on for 15 min about my back pains then why even ask how I am. And they always seem so confused as to what is above them. Keep asking what is up. The ceiling! I tell them, but... then they act like they didn't want to know what was up after all.

@aularound

3 жыл бұрын

@@Nabium Hehe :P

@LSF000

3 жыл бұрын

See now, that's on you. You obviously failed to properly demonstrate your clairvoyant abilities.

They are aesthetically pleasing to the eyes

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3 жыл бұрын

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@davidgoldman3236

3 жыл бұрын

Unlike Yankies

@arp2178

3 жыл бұрын

@Wagner Nogueira Lol no many rich people are ugly as fuck

@wroomwroomboy123

3 жыл бұрын

They even selected unatractive nordic people.

@Basedjeevs

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-dv6ds8mr8b what the fuck

the ONE thing everyone wants to claim: every culture thinks they're the drunkest

@kinuuni

4 жыл бұрын

Well, none of the nordic countries have a legal drinking age (though you can't buy alcohol legally until you turn 16). Danish teens are the biggest drinkers in Europe and generally Denmark fall in the top 10-20ish alcohol consumption pr. capita.

@richardkinier3493

4 жыл бұрын

kinuuni laughs in Slavic

@nielsnielsen9013

4 жыл бұрын

@@richardkinier3493 teenage binge drinking > adult alcoholism

@richardkinier3493

4 жыл бұрын

niels nielsen common thing that teens no older than 13 drink alcohol and not just beers but destilates. still sad tho

@RenVCWorship

4 жыл бұрын

Have you met the Irish?

"Nords are reserved and quiet" Yeah except if they're Swedish, and travelling, and drinking.

@eldsprutandedrake

4 жыл бұрын

Think this applies even if you cross out Swedish and traveling, drinking is the key :P

@TheSuspectOnFoot

4 жыл бұрын

Travelling in general makes people more open simply because there's much less social pressure in a place you'll unlikely come back and around people you'll unlikely see ever again.

@RohannvanRensburg

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheSuspectOnFoot There is distinct stereotypical behaviour observable depending on the country. Canada in general has a great reputation while travelling. Germany does too. Japanese tourists are usually incredibly polite and well received. The US is hit and miss, and so is China. I can't tell you how many times I've talked to people who say Swedes are incredibly polite and reserved normally and then they see Swedish tourists binge drinking and puking in public. Obviously such a sweeping generalization is tongue-in-cheek, but it's interesting to note the various reputations of travelers.

@robinolsson7003

4 жыл бұрын

@@RohannvanRensburg from personal experience, germans are the worst. Always loud and entitled, doesn't respect local etiquette, seems completely oblivious to other travelers and their needs/wishes. Now that I think about the few swedes I've met abroad have been the same. Germans are just bigger in number I guess.

@user-ci7vu7eo9w

4 жыл бұрын

@@robinolsson7003 they loud only if they drink and sing that german folks music

Give Telma an armor and she's like the perfect stereotype of a valkyrie or a Viking warrior.

@Qwerty-ly8qk

3 жыл бұрын

Icelanders are direct descendants of Norse people, many of which used to be vikings. Because of the isolation, the population has remained very much untouched.

@deivisony

3 жыл бұрын

@@Qwerty-ly8qk Yes indeed, what if we selectively bred then preservating a interesting specimen? COME WITH ME TO MY SECRET LAB MUHAAHAHAHAHA

@Qwerty-ly8qk

3 жыл бұрын

@@deivisony Sounds crazy. I'm in

@pyromorph6540

3 жыл бұрын

Except women didnt really fight back in the day to be historically accurate :/

2 жыл бұрын

@@Qwerty-ly8qk True. Unlike *Danish* *Norwegian* and *Swedish* languages that have been influenced by & taken in grammar from the continent (English, French and German words) *Icelandic* is pretty much (due to the isolation in the North Atlantic) the language that Vikings spoke a little more than 1,000 years ago (no outside influence at all)

Not gonna lie. I think I have a crush on the girl with the dreadlocks. 🥰

@Tbam99

3 жыл бұрын

She's cute

@lajellybeans

3 жыл бұрын

Same ☺️ she’s cute. I followed her on Instagram

@geoffoakland

3 жыл бұрын

@@Tbam99 .She has a pretty face, but personally I can't stand dreadlocks on women. to each his/her own

@danielavargas2340

3 жыл бұрын

she s gorgeous. nordics are the most beautiful humans in Europe, maybe world..

@luciustitius

3 жыл бұрын

I´d not be that picky - I´d take the blond one.

We finnish might seem a little cold but when you build a trust between us and you, have a few drinks and naked sauna, we are extremely down to earth, chill and filled with(sometimes dark) humour. Just dont come hugging and kissing as a gesture and respect the personal space and were buddies.

@kalotinazare6376

4 жыл бұрын

Wait... respect personal space yet there's a naked sauna people sit in together? Huh

@alksi1

4 жыл бұрын

@@kalotinazare6376 Its complicated. Sauna is our safehaven. Everybody opens up, everybody has a good time. Its like you sweat away your restrictions. Its a magical place.

@kalotinazare6376

4 жыл бұрын

@@alksi1 ok.😅

@LittleLulubee

4 жыл бұрын

Respect personal space...until..the..sex..at..the..end..of..the..night..🤣

@apexninja2596

4 жыл бұрын

@@kalotinazare6376 But dont let them take you behind the Sauna

Kalle looks like a typical Finnish man. I though first that he's finnish

@mariella3172

4 жыл бұрын

Same!

@EnergyShotStudios

4 жыл бұрын

very true, he got this ugric look many finns have

@UncleHam1337

4 жыл бұрын

I were sure the hippie girl was Finnish.

@abbad707

4 жыл бұрын

Omg ye

@esaedvik

4 жыл бұрын

I'm Finnish and I'd pick Phillip as the most Finnish-looking, like someone I'd mistake for a Finn. Kalle does have some features too for sure.

"Come say hi" I mean, please be considerate and only say hi within the constraints of a social meet up so everyone involved is prepared to be approached.

"SKYRIM BELONGS TO THE NORDS!!!"

"Go buy a banana and you'll have to take a loan" 😂😂

Danish women «it rains all the time in Damark» Me from Bergen Norway «Hold my beer»

I'm middle eastern. I've never liked that "saying hi how are you and how is your whole family to everyone you know on the streets" thing especially because in smaller cities or neighborhoods it can become a huge burden. When with new people I'm usually reserved until I get drunk or unless I decide to act otherwise to look as friendly as possible cause many have considered me a snob, while to me their behavior is exaggerated and not honest enough . Also dating is so overvalued things can go way more natural and easier. People are so dramatic here over nothing. I must be at least one thousandth Nordic. Lol.

@sinsinsinat5377

2 жыл бұрын

I kinda agree, the thing is if you are reserved in the middle eastern culture people find you weird but being extrovert in the nordic countries makes you weird.

I don't have any stereotype on Nordics. I swear it on their horned helmets.

@Junde14

4 жыл бұрын

Vikings didnt have horns, Christian(Jewish) propaganda to paint them ''devil''

@blanche1935

4 жыл бұрын

@@Junde14 You know that was the joke, right?

@Junde14

4 жыл бұрын

@@blanche1935 Yes, obviously. But i reckon he doesn't acknowledge the fact it is many of the Jew's Anti-European propaganda our people faces

@blanche1935

4 жыл бұрын

Son of Northern Europe What are you trying to say? He does acknowledge that the Vikings having horned helmets is an incorrect stereotype. Your comment is so out of place that even if it was joke it’s not funny. Which by the way I assume it’s not by your speech. It sounds to me that your speech is either impaired or you language comprehension is hugely below standard.

@MMadesen

4 жыл бұрын

@@Junde14 Its actually not propaganda to make them evil, but the exact opposite, to make them look fierce and cool.

Scandinavian countries are rich. Even with high tax, they get an NHS, payed tuition for college/university, payed vacation, payed maternaty leave, payed sick leave, completely functioning infastructure, the lowest corruption, comparetivly low crime and strong unions

@Ilnath

4 жыл бұрын

@T Ko Germany is a good country to live in ...And as far as I understand you are legally oblicated to own medical insurance in Germany 🤔

@Lexman00

4 жыл бұрын

What do you mean "even with high tax"? It's precisely those high taxes that pay for their welfare states. Also, they are not economic powers.

@Ilnath

4 жыл бұрын

@@Lexman00 Even with high tax Scandinavians are still rich

@carlcommentator8262

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, but almost everything is still super expensive. Just look at some car taxing in Denmark (can be as high as 180 % (!!!)) and Finland (can be as high as 48 %) for example. Also, a huge public sector causes some serious and real economic issues. Labour markets are also very stiff and companies have a much greater and higher bar to employ people than in the United States for example.

@Bawamba

4 жыл бұрын

"lowest corruption" as a swede I can tell you was so wrong there. Do some more research my friend. The socialist is the most corrupted you can find, and they walk over dead bodies to maintain their power. But it's luckly all about to change. The socialism is finnaly about to die and get overruled by brains, real scientist, fact and an reality image more correct to reality.

Quite amusing. The best part was, “don’t call me happy, I’m perfectly miserable”. Lmao!

I should have been a "Nordic" since my personality "fits" more with their personality but no instead of that I was born in Latin America where people are very friendly and noisy...

@aleksandros6965

3 жыл бұрын

As italian I relate

@somethung8188

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly friendly people and social people>>>> Nordics cool and all but theres a reason people like southern european people better.

When I visited Iceland, the people were incredibly nice, warm and kind, I didn’t find them arrogant, distant or cold at all.

I love the Nordic way of "dating", it feels the most genuine for me. Driven by emotions and atmospheric tension. Speaking without words, with smiles, gazes, motion. I just listened to Kalandra's (Norwegian group btw) song called The Waiting Game few minutes ago and my first thought was "This is it, this is what it feels like".

I'm the quiet and reserved personality type. I think I'll adjust pretty well in Scandinavia. But the other guy who said you need a loan to get a banana just threw my plan off my dreams. 😂

Well, to start all of them are extremely beautiful and handsome, but Kalle especially, he is probably the type of person you imagine in your head when hear "Scandinavian"

"Don't call me happy, I'm perfectly miserable" At least you made me happy my Danish friend

Well, this shows perfectly what Finns are like. We don't talk as much as our other Nordic countries :D

@niklasvilhelm7247

4 жыл бұрын

No one talks in the nordic countries

@niklasvilhelm7247

4 жыл бұрын

You can fart in Norway and you will hear it in Russia

@vikingpotet

4 жыл бұрын

Niklas Vilhelm Well,The Koke depends on where in Norway but 😂

@ataraxia4526

4 жыл бұрын

Well I don't know about this stereotype. There are lots of finns who talk all the time and can't stfu.

7:02 "Don't call me happy ! I'm perfectly miserable !" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 It's like us Brazilians

"If you want to buy a banana in Norway, you're gonna have to take a loan" -Jøn the Danish guy

That thing about being drunk and having fun with a dude then the next day not saying hi, that is the truest thing ever about Scandinavia

@gustavalbericchidurocher9764

3 жыл бұрын

don't you think this is mostly because of self shame? you can't clearly remember what you've talked sooo much with that "friend" that night; you don't know if he is a cool; or trustable person; or if you were just drunk talking about any random shit... so you (both) feel ashamed for yourselves and don't want to take the risk and just say that in between lips "hi" and leave. or what else could it be?

@christrahi16

3 жыл бұрын

@@gustavalbericchidurocher9764 Well it could be specially if one is a bit shy and thinks it is awkward, but I think it is more about coming back to your true self the next day and not having the energy/willing to be sociable. So basically that person you talked to when you were drunk, was because you were drunk and under the influence of alcohol. But in reality you don't really want to be friend with tvis person or you don't think it is worth to make the effort and say hi to that person. So you just don't care.

@gustavalbericchidurocher9764

3 жыл бұрын

@@christrahi16 awkwardly enough it makes total sense that BOTH people have the same feeling - and end up skipping good friendships because of it hahah But curious about 2 things now: if someone comes aa talkative as the other day, what you will think of him? Has this ever happened? it feels it can eithet be the really cool guy or the silly. And about what would make that acquaintance look like a friend material to the point you would actually want to talk with him? Please don't say me it's status i'd hate to hear that Hahahahaha

@christrahi16

3 жыл бұрын

@@gustavalbericchidurocher9764 Well the thing is, we behave very differently when we are under the influence of alcohol. I am one of those that really don't behave that much differently when drunk. I don't become wild. I don't start talking to everybody I am still the same person but just with a bit more confidence. Others behave very differently and their personality transform completely when drunk. So many can be very sociable and then the other day not say a word. What I usually do is just try to say hi, if the other person ignores me I won't do anything. But I always try to be friendly first. Now if the person was very talkative and the other day doesnt say a thing, that gives the impression of that person being a bit fake, even though i fully know that alcohol can do wonders I still can't help to think like that "Oh so you are only talkative when drinking but then you pretty much pretend to not know me, what a fake behavior!" I didnt quite get what you mean with your last question btw.

@isabellahalldorsdottir1726

3 жыл бұрын

Christian Tsobanoglou I feel like we nordic people have drunk friends and sober friends. The drunk friends are the ones u only really talk to when drunk, but if youve had a drunk friend for a long time sometimes it evolves into a sober friend. So basically we dont really talk to the friend the day after because we actually dont really know the sober them just the drunk them. idk if im making any sense

In the last 3 years I've had the opportunity to meet many Scandinavians (neither Icelandic nor Finnish, just Scandinavians) and I have to say they are the nicest, most respectful, funny and easy going people I have ever met! No one gets their way of living, especially Southern European people, but they really are amazing people when you get to know them

One thing i heard once was that nordes are the most hapoy in the world. Not by being hapoy all the time, but mostly by being satisfied. Just not depressed all the time.

Bah, I am a Norwegian who was out shopping a few weeks back. While I was picking up groceries, I accidentally smiled at someone in public. The person i smiled looked visibly uncomfortable and everyone else in the store stopped at stared at me. It was truly an embarrasing display. Be careful should you ever end up in Norway or any other Nordic county. You don't want to embarras yourself like I have.

@gogego998

Жыл бұрын

yoooo wtf hahahahaha for real???

@CheezeSailor

Жыл бұрын

@@gogego998 no you doofus. Its just an exaggeration. 😘

Nevermind the "deppressed" or "cold" stereotypes, you are some of the greatest peoples on Earth because you are raised to show true respect for everybody and to be honest and trustworthy, an aspect that here in Latin America (and many other parts of the world) is hard to find and makes me feel sick and ashamed at the same time.

3:04 "A social lubricant" ... I mean, you can put in that way too.

8:26, sibling love between Norway and Sweden

My boyfriend is from Sweden and I am Italian and very demonstrative. He is quiet and reserved from the first I et him know I loved him and would hug him and cover him in kisses at every opportunity and spoil him with lots of food. At first he was uncomfortable with this but now he has responded well and has become more open,warm and loving

@b.v.nielsen8714

Жыл бұрын

So, you met a well functioning swedish Viking, and at the first opportunity you changed him into something else? 🤔🇩🇰

"What else would you do in Denmark, it's raining all the time?" *Y e s*

The Icelandic woman omg 😍👑

The Finnish guy said like one sentence. This is very truthful

Stereotype: Nordics are very shy, reserved and unemotional. "We are rational about things I think". Well said

"I'm perfectly miserable" i felt that

the women with the dreads is gorgeous

@miskids5318

4 жыл бұрын

I just feel like you look filthy with dreads, also gives off that vegan pc type.

@khairyjenkins

4 жыл бұрын

MisKids shut your dumb ass up

@norXmal

4 жыл бұрын

@@miskids5318 Reggae never crossed your mind?

@miskids5318

4 жыл бұрын

Waya Lyric somebodys triggered

@khairyjenkins

4 жыл бұрын

MisKids not triggered not even the slightest just shut the fuck up

One thing I can tell: Nordic people are very very very beautiful !! Greetings from Sao Paulo, Brazil.

"Don't call me happy! I'm perfectly miserable." lol my favorite line

“Go buy a banana, and you have to take a loan” hilarious but true 😂🙌

i hate when people say someone is unemotional and indifferent they are not unemotional they just mind their own business

0:37 "What is happiness? How do you define it?" - Charlie Brown

As a Brazilian that lived with swedes in Gotland for a short period of time, i can say we are alot different, even the way we interact was strange, they ere so closed and overly sarcastic that make me chuckle nervously sometimes, they were so straightforward in their responses that it make them seem unsympathetic many times with your feelings, but i did not felt they were mean or something like that, it's just their thing, my best buds there was a dude from Iran and a girl from Germany, and the cold made everything worse, for a Brazilian who had never seen snow in his entire life like me, that was difficult to take, I did not last long there.

@CarlXVIGustafBernadotte420

3 жыл бұрын

As a swede I thought mexicans were even more straight forward bordering on insulting when I was there

@willrichardson519

3 жыл бұрын

Damp cold is the worst, British weather surprises nordics, I've found

@patrikback739

3 жыл бұрын

@@willrichardson519 some nordics maybe. Not us living in Gothenburg :)

@cisco9281

3 жыл бұрын

@@CarlXVIGustafBernadotte420 depends the older generation is pretty direct. The younger generation likes to sugar coat.

"Shy, reserved and unemotional": the southern italians say that about the northern italians.

@deaddoll1361

4 жыл бұрын

Southern Italians are the opposite to a truly spectacular degree.

@estherbednar3260

4 жыл бұрын

It seems like it's always like this no matter what "south" and "north" you're talking about. The American South vs the North (well, actually the shy part doesn't seem to fit here), southern European vs northern European countries, southern vs northern India, etc. Hell I remember being in Holland and the guy I was with was talking about how the southern part of the country was where all the boisterous Catholics lived, and the north was more Protestant and reserved. And yet, Holland as a whole exists in "the north". What's the deal with that??

@brianmiller1077

4 жыл бұрын

It's relative I guess.

@xoxo-ym5pw

4 жыл бұрын

@A B nobody cares

@Isuukuu

4 жыл бұрын

The further north you go, the more brooding people get.

"If you wish to buy a banana, you need to get a loan" LOL

@travelguy1564

4 жыл бұрын

A banana costs me 27 cents at Kroger - wow, cheap in USA!

i visited sweden norway and denmark in 1978. my buddy's dad was swedish and we stayed and travelled with his cousin. wonderful people

"Don't call me happy, I'm perfectly miserable" I wanna be miserable like this lol

Thanks for another amazing video! I lived in Norway, and I have a big love to my little town Flåm. " Brunost " is the first thing came to my mind when it came to stereotypes of Norway. :D

1) The happiness index are based on self-reported happiness. It's the most objective way to measure happiness, and the reason the Nordic countries consistently rank the highest on this is because of our strong social safety nets, thus there's not a lot of economic anxiety compared to most other countries. We also rank among the highest on overall standard of living. 2) Taxes are higher because our wages are higher. That's how a progressive tax system is supposed to work.

@EmA-oo9xk

4 жыл бұрын

Don't forget that Janteloven is ever present. If an American and a Nordic person had the exact same feelings, the American might say they're not happy while the Nordic might say they are, as it's usually "Not worth complaining about it".

@cosmopolitanbay9508

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah this self-reported happiness strikes me as very unreal, especially if you are brainwashed by the state or say that out of status anxiety. I cannot imagine Nordics being the happiest people in the world, in my experience they are some of the most depressed and miserable people around.

@kennet7837

4 жыл бұрын

@@cosmopolitanbay9508 Maybe during winter time because it's dark outside almost the entire day.

@Dan-vz7xu

4 жыл бұрын

You do realize the Nordic nations have the highest use of antidepressants anywhere in the world, right? They are listed in the top 15. Iceland leads the list with 14% of the population on antidepressants.

@kennet7837

4 жыл бұрын

@@Dan-vz7xu 14% is a minority.

As a German, I soaked this up to the full. Fantastic setup, very well made and soooo fun to watch. Thank you so much for making and sharing. In the early 1990ies, I travelled to Finland quite often and found some, if not most, of the stereotypes confirmed. The coolest thing I heard from my Finnish pal was "I don't get you Germans on drinking. In Germany, Alcohol is so cheap, so why you just stop drinking before losing it completely? It's a waste of time and money!" So pure... And then, when having met a very cool Dane at the German island of Fehmarn, seeking to buy some liquor, he told me that Norwegians travel to Sweden for cheap liquor, Swedes travel to Denmark for cheap liquor and Danes travel to Germany to buy liquor not just for them because it's cheap, but also for their friends from Sweden and Norway. This is how you treat genuine friends :-)

I remember I was working as a Whisky promoter at an airport and I approached this beautiful 6'4 blonde Swedish man and gave him a few samples of Jameson and he was so incredibly charming (and ended up buying two bottles of Jameson) and I still think about him haha

@svenjensen5568

2 жыл бұрын

One if milion, most of us are boring lol