A Non Blonde
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Awesome thread Voicy, thanks for sharing and grats on living your dream.
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crackersa
Honorary Master
First winter there, voice? Did you get cabin fever?
Nah, I was and am constantly away from home on mountains all over. But a couple of weeks in winter when it was quiet there's still so much to do. We have a ski slope 5mins from my work so I'd just go snowboarding for an hour or 2 after work. People also do cross country skiing here ALL the time.
Because of all the snow it's not so dark and like I've been saying, unless it's windy, it's actually quite pleasant outside. Inside my house is often too warm so I go out for a walk.
crackersa
Honorary Master
I lived in Alaska as a teenager, and by the 5th year there I was learning to hate the cold. To the point that I have not been in snow now for 16 years
The missus has been wanting to go back to Norway for years now. I keep telling her I can never live in the snow, I'll be showing her this thread so I can listen to the " I told you so...", only seen negative stuff about the foreigners flooding in etc...might just change my mind. Thanks for the info Voicy.
Billy
Expert Member
Thanks for the link to a great map.
We will be there for 5 days. Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger, and then across to Denmark by ferry from Kristiansand.
My wife is dreading the tunnel, she wasn't happy about the St Gotthards at 16.9 Km, but the "Caves" in the Laerdal tunnel intrigue me, and there is far less traffic.
Jet-Fighter7700
Honorary Master
Are the Norwegians like the Germans?
Ie they will call the cops if your recycling isn't done properly?
Heard something similar to that once?
Ie they will call the cops if your recycling isn't done properly?
Heard something similar to that once?
Nanfeishen
Executive Member
It also makes a huge difference that it is a majority homogenous society, and by nature the Norwegians are generally law abiding citizens who are also quite "sheltered" in their thinking.
My Dad was from Tonsberg a bit further South than your location, and i often travelled there as a kid, the family house overlooked an inlet, and i used to go fishing off the pier for Flounder.
Dad was in the whaling industry which brought him and many other Norwegians to S.A. after the war.
Used to be able to "snake norsk" as a kid, but have lost it over the years.
Great thread, thanks, memories flooding back about a very fond time in my life.
Mila
Honorary Master
A www I miss my voice.
// goes in search for jobs for mr Mila
Awesome thread Voicy! Tx.
// goes in search for jobs for mr Mila
Awesome thread Voicy! Tx.
Ockie, you were asking about normal stuff in my home town...
Most older homes look quite average and borderline poverty'ish, but it's largely due to all homes being built from wood so quite bland outside, but quality inside. That...and the fact that there is no real poverty class nor upper class. The gap between a blue collar worker and a white collar worker isn't big at all, in most cases blue collars earn quite a bit more than white collars.
This dude's house looks budget from outside, but he drives a Tesla.
This subtle efficiency was quite interesting. Unless you live in a main street, all the houses in the same street place their postboxes on a wall at the entrance to the street. That way the postman just stops next to the road in his caddy and delivers mail to everyone in the street without having to go door to door. Simple, efficient, cheap.
Most older homes look quite average and borderline poverty'ish, but it's largely due to all homes being built from wood so quite bland outside, but quality inside. That...and the fact that there is no real poverty class nor upper class. The gap between a blue collar worker and a white collar worker isn't big at all, in most cases blue collars earn quite a bit more than white collars.
This dude's house looks budget from outside, but he drives a Tesla.
This subtle efficiency was quite interesting. Unless you live in a main street, all the houses in the same street place their postboxes on a wall at the entrance to the street. That way the postman just stops next to the road in his caddy and delivers mail to everyone in the street without having to go door to door. Simple, efficient, cheap.
ISP cash cow
Executive Member
^I want to see the inside of that guys house
Just break in quickly and take some pics
Just break in quickly and take some pics
^I want to see the inside of that guys house
Just break in quickly and take some pics
Do people there even lock their doors?
AfricanTech
Honorary Master
Having reached this point, I can safely say YES in between the crying and sobbing...
Jeepers, that's some beautiful country he is in...
@Voicy - awesome, awesome thread - looking forward to many more posts from you
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Yes and no. Some leave their cars idling while they go into shops. It really just depends. It's also extremely common here to start your car to idle for 30mins in the mornings while you stay inside during winter to get the windscreen de-iced and warm up the car. The only trouble they've had with that a few years back was a bunch of naughty buggers who would steal cars and park them in random places around town for ****s and giggles. Other than that, there's absolutely NO market for stolen goods. The munic and electrical suppliers even leave huuuge drums of copper cable outside, nobody takes anything.
There's a bunch of asylum seekers who now live all over the country from Eritrea and Sudan etc and as sad to say but they're not helping their stereotype much. Expect everything for nothing with a huge victim mentality. Boggles the mind.
My neighbour and I share the same front door (each place beyond that has its own door) but I don't think he understands how locks work. Whenever he's home the front door is always locked, but when he's out the door is always unlocked...maybe he doesnt realise you can also lock the door from the outside with a key.
Haha thanks buddy, I'll try snap the oddly interesting stuff.
There's another South African here but he's been here for over 5 years. Whenever he moans about work and all I just link him news24 articles to make him remember what he's taking for granted.
MickeyD
RIP
Keep 'em coming!! And I'm SURE that you miss Slummies... 
Keep 'em coming!! And I'm SURE that you miss Slummies...
Haha don't diss slummies, is n kief plek daai!
Are there any specific things you okes wanna see? Oh! The sun FINALLY set last night after being permanently visible since May.
MickeyD
RIP
We know the countryside is awesome... how about the things we take for granted? Like the post boxes? Imagine that here?
Garbage disposal, petrol stations, recycling, traditional foods, etc.?We know the countryside is awesome... how about the things we take for granted? Like the post boxes? Imagine that here?
Hmmm..will have to see what to actually take pics of. Garbage is quite normal, except its collected by white dudes and we have 3 bags. 1 Normal, 2 green for foods, 3 red for paper and carton.
You also pump your own fuel, no jockies around.
Something I found quite interesting is the municipal rubbish dumps. You pay around R300 per cubic meter of waste and you have to sort it into the different types of trash containers yourself instead of dumping everything at some landfill. With everything pre sorted it makes it much simpler to recycle...and in many cases ship the waste off the sweden because they don't have enough garbage to transform into renewable energy.
The foods aren't that great compared to home, I'll be honest. I also ate whale meat once, it was...interesting.