Myth busters LH Norway 🇳🇴

Всем привет, ребята!💥

Давно у нас не было разбора мифов о странах. НО даже не думайте, что мы про вас забыли. Наша команда активно общалась с иностранцами, узнавала правду, и теперь мы готовы представить вам мифы о Норвегии!🙃

Что возникает в голове, когда кто-то говорит про Норвегию: холодная снежная страна викингов, которые кажутся закрытыми и неприветливыми, верно? Давайте спросим коренного норвежца, нашего друга — Томаса.

Поехали!✨

Myth: All Norwegians can do ski and the first thing they teach their kids is skiing
Truth: This is a myth and only a myth. Not all Norwegians like skiing. What’s a fact is that a lot of Norwegians do. In winter skiing is a practical way to get around, and a lot of kids like it. Before iPods and streaming services, an easy way to entertain kids was to dress them warm and throw them out in the snow, to entertain themselves. If you like skiing, skiing is fun, so a lot of kids chose skis in these situations, so skiing was a hobby that was curated from a young age. Kids who didn’t choose the skis have always been forced to ski in school, through the annual ski day(s). The famous Norwegian author Jens Bjørneboe once said, “One of the inalienable advantages of at last coming of age, is to not have to ski”.

Myth: Norwegians respect personal space, so they build houses very far from each other. Truth: Norway has a very spread population traditionally. People moved where the food was, and where they got to land. There are fishing villages, and small farming areas and you may wonder why anyone found those places in the first place. In rural areas, there may be a long distance to the next-door neighbor, but in cities, towns, and villages there is no difference from any other country, in this corner of the world. The distance between houses in rural areas may be a reason why many Norwegians, as long as Swedes, Fins and Russians are so good at skiing from a young age. You need skis to get to your friends and school, but to get back to target, not because of respect for personal space.

Myth: Norwegians don’t like foreigners. Truth: This may be true in a way, but this isn’t exclusively Norwegian. Of course, many Norwegians don’t have problems with foreigners as well. The thing about Norwegians is that we have a long history of not liking what’s new and unknown to us. Norway was against the v-style in ski jumping, skating in skiing, alpine skiing, woman skiing, women ski jumping, glass fiber skis, joint start, trail grooming machines, even the winter Olympics (can you imagine?) Norway was against it when it was presented. If something is new and unknown, you can bet your average Norwegian won’t like it.

Myth: It’s always cold in Norway, including summer. Truth: Norway has a diverse climate, and this is not something that should be generalized. Some places are hot, some are cold, some are both, and it may vary from day to day. In 2009 I was at a festival, on the 2nd of July, I woke up to the white ground and a tent almost collapsed from the amount of snow. The next weekend I was at a festival 100 km away from the first, and it was never below 20 degrees, night and day. In general, we can say, if we do what we shouldn’t do, the lowlands in the south and middle parts of the country have warm summer. The mountains in the south and northern Norway are cold, but there may be normal and even extreme heat as well.

Интересно получилось, правда?🤔Норвежцы — весьма интересный народ. Девочки из нашей команды, Люба и Даша, учились по обмену в Норвегии. Хотим вас уверить, что это волшебная страна. Вы поймёте это, как только там окажетесь!😍

Спасибо, что вы с нами,
ваша LH team❤️