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“Things In Norway That Are Foreign To Me”: 25 ‘Cultural Shocks’ This American Woman Experienced After Moving To Norway
Interview With Artist
Part of traveling and seeing new places is the thrill and excitement of finding out how people live in other countries. And the more drastic the difference is in culture, the more exciting it is.
Meet Jorie, a Chicago creative who has moved to Norway to live together with her husband, family, and pets, and who has also turned her TikTok channel into a platform to broadcast all of the interesting things she as an American found foreign in Norway.
In her running series of videos, appropriately titled “Things In Norway That Are Foreign To Me”, she points out things like bread cutting machines in grocery stores, leaving baby strollers with babies outside, packing your own groceries, and the like.
This, and other videos on her channel, have drawn in nearly 24,000 followers and almost 800,000 likes.
So, we’ve turned her intriguing points into a curated list that you can vote and comment on below. So, get cracking, and if you’re an international living in another country, why not share your biggest culture shocks in the comment section below!
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#1
Dogs Are Allowed On Public Transport
Kookamunga 2 years ago
Dogs should be allowed everywhere. Church, restaurants, theaters, schools, hospitals, nightclubs, prisons, trampolines, TV studios, nuclear substations.....all things better with dogs.
Bored Panda got in touch with the face behind the channel, Jorie, for an interview on her Things In Norway That Are Foreign To Me video series and all things Norway.
In the beginning, Jorie thought of creating these videos for an American-only audience as a way of informing them about the Norwegian culture. But she quickly understood that Norwegians like to see their culture reflected back at them, so the audience grew rapidly.
"Of course, it’s a small country in population and representation is exciting. I also think they enjoy explaining (as much as I enjoy reading it) why these differences are the way they are," elaborated Jorie.
So as my audience arose, I now try to point things out to Norwegian viewers of things here in Norway that are not common in other countries, especially the Americas, that they might not realize (like how much they add canned corn to, its not something they notice until they realize many other places don't have it as a common pizza topping!)."
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#2
Grass On Roofs
Trond Hermansen 2 years ago
The turf was traditionally used to hold birch bark in place thus creating a leak proof roof.
#3
Stop Light Buttons That Actually Make Drivers Stop
#4
Double Beds From Single Duvets
Now, it's not all culture shock, as there are also "spot the difference" videos. Sure, some can be a tad bit shocking, like the idea of the government having to agree on a baby's name, but the latter category would involve things like date format differences and, according to Jorie, they are more for the sake of discussion.
And speaking of videos in general, Jorie used to keep a running list of things to discuss in them, but it changed a bit when the audience got involved:
"Now I read heavily through the comments, and just note things as I experience them. Again, there are 2 categories in the series: the ‘culture shock’ which doesn’t have many items left on the list as I’ve been living here a while; and the 'basic-known differences', those I have a few more on the back burner about. I’m also highly sensitive to all the things that will be misinterpreted as 'stupid American' so I try to stay always from those… or at least give a very thorough brainstorm of how to communicate it in a video."
#5
Nothing's Open On Sundays
#6
Leaving Babies In Strollers Outside
#7
Colorful Houses
(T)reacherou(S) 2 years ago
What colours do they use in usa if not blue and red (not trying to be mean, honestly curious)?
#8
Recycling Bottles And Cans
There are, however, videos that Jorie decided not to post, or there are videos that were posted despite it not really being "new" information at this point. She elaborates:
"Like I just mentioned, I hate the 'stupid American' comments. Of course, I know in Europe the dates are D/M/Y vs M/D/Y, or that the power outlets here were different, but I still want to post these small differences for Norwegians and other Europeans that don’t know how America does it."
"I also get a lot of comments telling me how America works (in a negative cliche light) from people who definitely have never been. Mind you, we are made up of SO many states that are SO different culturally than one another. So videos that bring up politics, I’ll stay away from as I don’t like feeling any personal association with those cliches.
"On the other end, I’ll get comments from people who studied abroad in the states telling me I’m wrong about my comparison (roundabouts are not common in the US, period, end of story!)."
#9
Bread Slicers In Grocery Stores
Walking On Sunshine 2 years ago
God can you imagine if they let Americans use this? They would be cutting their hands all over and then suing everyone inside.
loopyli 2 years ago
Lol we have them and no one has been hurt yet but I'm working on it.
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Robert T 2 years ago
In they UK, if they have an in-store bakery, they will have one of these in the back, and you just ask them to slice it for you.
Ally R 2 years ago
I came across one for customers to use in a Sainsbury's a few months ago. 😱
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Sharon Ingram 2 years ago
A lot of grocery stores have a bakery that sells loaves of bread. You can have it sliced, just ask.
Roxy Eastland 2 years ago
Absolutely standard in a bakers in the UK. No one would buy one otherwise. So you can chose your loaf and then decide whether to have it sliced in the shop or not. We don't have them in supermarkets though.
Roxy Eastland 2 years ago
Aah, I understand the photo now. We don't use them as customers, they are behind the counter for the staff to use.
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Cattress511 2 years ago
No they don't, never seen one in Delaware or any stores near the state line
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River Daski 2 years ago
My local chain that was bought out by Kroger had one. Hecc, the local chains NOT bought out by anyone have these. How exactly does anyone think that dozens of loaves of sliced bread get cut?? By hand?? Gods i would die. (Former Baker)
Connie Martin 2 years ago
They're in any grocery store that bakes its own bread, people, just in back where shoppers can't see them. Oooh look at the bread slicer! Sounds like bakeries should put them somewhere visible and charge a quarter to watch smh
Walking On Sunshine 2 years ago
You're from SA? I Love finding out where my friends are from.
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Jette Wang Wahnon 2 years ago
This looks extremely messy....we have these in Portugal too,but no-one would leave them looking like that.
F. H. 2 years ago
The ones we have in Germany are usually angled so that the crumbs fall through a grid. But they aren't used that much anyway.
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Ozacoter 2 years ago
I had never seen one until I went to the Netherlanda and it was amazing. I like spanish bread betrer but more nordic european countries make great sliced bread.
Miss Cris 2 years ago
This mahines are in most supermarkets in Spain. And of course in all bakeries, where they cut your bread for free if you ask them to.
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aaaggg hhh 2 years ago
These exist in the US< but only used behind the counter by the bakers. If it were a "self serve" slicer in the US, there would be SO many severed moron fingers and the resulting lawsuits.....
ChickyChicky 2 years ago
So who operates them, customers? Anyone can walk up and slice their own bread? We do have these in the US but as others have said, you have to ask an employee to do it for you.
River Daski 2 years ago
When one is moving fast, the ends can slip past you, or you dont feel like throwing them into the bag, since a lot of customers who request slicing will also request no ends. They're just so small and surprisingly slippery when you're trying to bag a bunch of loose slices.
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Donna Chambers 2 years ago
Very interesting and I'm wondering why? Is it fresher being cut the day you buy it and can you chose a different width? I enjoy fresh cut bread
Salty Wild Hair 2 years ago
I have seen these in bakeries in the US. Select your bread and ask for it to be sliced. Still when I first saw it, I was like "really?" and then I could see how this is good for evenly cut slices that gets the job done in less than a minute.
Leslie Crittenden 2 years ago
Never ever seen one of these in my area of the US (rural Northeast)
Marcella VanRenselaar 2 years ago
Yes they are very common in the US. They are only for employees to use. I believe the post intended that this machine is for the customer to use. I cannot imagine an employee use only machine being that messy.
Phil Vaive 2 years ago
How do you think bread gets sliced in the us? There's aren't little bread slicing elves in every bakery.
Jayne Kyra 2 years ago
They are in every local supermarket. I used one in Tesco last week. (Slovakia)
Kobus Loots 2 years ago
We even have them in South Africa!!! Where are you from that you don't?
Zaza 2 years ago (edited)
We have the same in The Netherlands. These are more common than most people know. Every bakery, supermarket and other shop that sells bread has one, even though not a lot of people have seen one. The tiny bits go into a little bin and those kids who knew about it used ask bakers for the scraps to feed the ducks (before everyone knew about bread being bad for ducks)
Sandra Givens 2 years ago
Really? There's one in the Lidl grocery store up the street from me in Virginia, and every bakery I've ever been in has had one, NJ, PA, VA, TX.
jk nbt 2 years ago
some of the stores I go to that bake their own bread have bread slicers in the US also... but they always seem to be broken & out of service when you want a clerk to slice your bread (liars)
River Daski 2 years ago
I def agree with them being liars. Our breadslicer was such a daily part of the grind that if it went down, it got fixed just as fast as an oven.
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Hannah Edwards 2 years ago
Used to see these in England, but I’ve not seen one for a while. Maybe we had our privilege revoked for some reason
ZAPanda 2 years ago
if you buy a freshly made loaf and it's not sliced you need it.
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Andrea Heenk 2 years ago
We had those at the grocery stores I worked at in the PNW, nothing fancy. Just behind the scenes usually.
Anita Rapp 2 years ago
I've never been to a US grocery chain store that didn't have one. If you pick up a loaf of unsliced bread, you just take it to the bakery counter and ask to have it sliced.
#10
Clean Drinking Water From Faucets
#11
Packing Your Own Groceries At Checkout
#12
Different (Consecutive) Date Format
#13
Smaller Milk Packaging With Shorter Expiration Periods
Trond Hermansen 2 years ago
Norwegian scientists recently clarified that milk can be perfectly good for way longer than what is printed on the carton.
Jorie continued:
"My biggest takeaway on it is that these videos are not 'who’s right and wrong', and no, I personally don't think the world revolves around the US, and many try to declare that. It’s just a fun note on how different countries and cultures can be. Although I find my commenters can be a very literal bunch! So I also try to put out as many disclaimers as I can to avoid all these types of comments."
"Sometimes my videos are dramatizations (I added canned corn to everything I ate that week of shooting, I do know Norwegians don't add it to those specific items). And some of my videos are more based on my experience coming from Chicago, not just the general US. But no matter how hard I try, no one reads captions and they will still find a point of contention. I do have a huge experience I plan to talk about in the very near future that I’ve been eager to share on social. So those will maybe become a sub-series to this series very soon. Stay tuned!"
#14
Smaller Fridges
#15
Gender-Specific Names For Newborns
#16
Standing Rather Than Sitting Next To A Stranger On Public Transport
#17
Paprika Flavored Snacks
#18
Roundabouts
"Norway is a beautiful, safe, and lovely place to be! Posting videos and interacting with so many Norwegians via TikTok has been a great microscope to even more of their culture than I could experience alone. The biggest challenge was trying to explore my new home during Covid times. I hope to keep it up throughout my time living here," concludes Jorie.
Stay tuned for more videos from Jorie, which you can check out on her TikTok channel. But don't leave just yet, as there are more things to see by scrolling below, and why not leave a comment with some of your culture shocks in the comment section!
#19
Flexible Shower Doors
#20
Blinds Outside Windows
#21
Windows Open In Multiple Directions
Olga Dremina 2 years ago
You mean, it is different in the US? I thought, windows are the same everywhere?
#22
More Laid-Back Airport Security
#23
Separating Beer Packs
#24
Canned Corn In Almost Any Dish
#25
Different Electrical Outlets
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Thorfin Wolfsbane 2 years ago (edited)
It would be simpler for all these articles to just have the Headline: "American Surprised Things Are Done Different In Other Parts of the World"
Guy MacGregor 2 years ago
Yep. Still don't understand why they are surprised over International standards. What also puzzle me is why it is posted on Bored Panda. I mean... This website and its whole admin team is from Europe. Why the focus on US stuff like that?
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Guy MacGregor 2 years ago
Especially since Bored Panda and its whole admin team is from Europe... Getting tired of these US focused posts.
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Angelar 2 years ago
Aren't there any Americans moving to the Maldives - it's getting a bit boring? How about Africa?
ZAPanda 2 years ago
yes, there are quite a few who have selected Gambia because it's english-speaking and is the original location of some of the slaves that were taken in the 1700s.
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wowbagger 2 years ago
This person seems to have lived a very sheltered life in the U.S. Lots of these things are common in the U.S.
William Mahoney 2 years ago
Worst article EVER in BP. Love Europe but maybe check out states.
Load More Replies... Tom 2 years ago
Anyone from America wouldn't truly be surprised at things like roundabouts. lol
Dasha Slepenkina 2 years ago
I know these posts get a lot of criticism because they are repetitive, but I actually really like them! I'm Russian-American and have lived in five different countries. Each time you move, things that might be obvious to people in that country or region can be really shocking to you - and it can make you feel less alone to share the oddities of your new home with others. I would definitely like to see more of these from other perspectives, not just American. But I think these are entertaining and sometimes interesting.
Leo Domitrix 2 years ago
Same! My mother's familiy is not from the US and to their deaths, my grandparents experienced little bits of culture shocks!
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Eiram 2 years ago
I want to apologize to non-americans. This person is just inexperienced. Most everything on this list IS done in America, just not in the same places that this person is from. I can take pictures of 80% of these in my hometown in Alaska. The last few exist somewhere else im positive.
Clipps / Xaften 2 years ago
WHy is everything on BP american centered? Not everyone is american!
Azure Adams 2 years ago
Many of these are obviously poor research (simple google) by this naive and such American. Look bigger and wider than your scope and quit being a fool, it makes the good travelled Americans look bad!
William Mahoney 2 years ago
Came in handy when we fed and armed England for years before having to stop Hitler. Read books folks, industry from America won war. Just sayn 🤷🏼♀️
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Ozacoter 2 years ago
To all the people calling her "stupid" you have clearly never lived in different countries. Even if you know that the differences exist we all experience more or less cultural shock after emigrating.
Don't Look 2 years ago
I say she's stupid and ignorant. Ignorant of other cultures, sure. Stupid enough not to know about things that are actually available to her in her own home town. Also, she's on tiktok. I put that on the "I want attention for no actual reason" stupid list.
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Erik Olsson 2 years ago
This shows the utter ignorance of life outside of the very insular US of A.
LJ Robinson 2 years ago
I don't think it really does. This girl is either very naive, or never left her house. Lots of these things are the same in the US, and the other things, like the wall plug, she should have learned years ago. I can't imagine going to another country without taking adapters that will work in that country. I really don't quite understand how she didn't know almost all these.
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Segu Rohdes 2 years ago
another chapter o "usa people discovering that other countries do different thing"... this is stupid
Karis Ravenhill 2 years ago
What a needy, attention seeking pile of drivel. BP you should be ashamed for posting this click-bait.
Smilejustbecause 2 years ago
Calm down, it’s just an article for people to read when you are BORED! Don’t like it? Don’t read it, don’t comment, and move on to the next one ;)
Aahzmandus Pervect 2 years ago
Clueless woman surprised by ordinary things. There, I fixed it.
Heather Pobicki 2 years ago
Can bp come up with some sort of focus group to discuss what your readers want to see? Or an American Advisor? So sick of these posts. They are absolutely pathetic. Have an American read these before posting them. 90% of this was false. People actually believe these things to be true.
Briana Kessler 2 years ago
Many of these are done in the USA. Not everyone is an uncultured idiot..thanks BP 🙄
Lylan Daina 2 years ago
Most of these surprising things are common in most of European countries and in the US. Maybe this lady moved from a very remote village? That's why she is surprised
LJ Robinson 2 years ago
I don't know where this woman was living in the US, but most of these are not surprising. She calls her site “Things In Norway That Are Foreign To Me”, so I have to remember that they were surprising to HER. I love the multiple open windows, I've never seen that.
CanadianPanda 2 years ago
My thought is either this lady is not well-travelled, or just being ignorant about the facts there are other Countries that do the same thing but just Americans that are different??? Majority of the listed items are normal where I am in Canada (roundabout traffic definitely isn't Canadian forte lol), as well as Europe.
Summer Mason 2 years ago
SHE LIVED IN A BOX IN THE MOUTAINS. ALL OF THIS WE HAVE BUT .... excuse me. We have most of this stuff here in.... the USA. I'm so sick of people being "shocked". It's not shocking. Move around. Get cultured. Know what your getting into before you move. Would I leave my sleeping baby in a stroller outside? No. We have different outlets and volts here than other countries. Yes. Good God. I kinda want to shake her.
Nikki Sevven 2 years ago
Honestly, she's just plain wrong about a lot of these. Either she led a quite sheltered life, or she's not really American.
Chloe Dakin 2 years ago
90% of these things can be discovered in the majority of Europe too... are roundabouts seriously not a thing in the US?
LJ Robinson 2 years ago
We have them here. I think the OP had never driven on one, or didn't have any near her. Not sure, but yup, we have them!
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Anne High 2 years ago
Most of these I recall from 35 years ago. The thing that really surprised me was when I forgot my purse at a restaurant two hours from home. I couldn't remember the name of it though. A telephone operator narrowed it down, called for me and it was there for pick up. The honesty and helpfulness of the people were a revelation!
Philip Morris 2 years ago
Almost all of these are Europe-wide norms, nothing out of the ordinary here
Don't Look 2 years ago
Facepalm. TikTok is allowing for stupid people to be on ...social media, I guess... and BP is encouraging me to click on TikTok s**t. Also, this woman is yet again an example of a sheltered fool. Part of the reason I refuse to play tour guide anymore.
Mariele Scherzinger 2 years ago
Holy s**t! Things are different in a different country! What a sensational conclusion.
Frannie Kaplan 2 years ago
These "Americans in Europe" posts become more trash everyday. There are Americans already living in Europe for many years, and vice versa, and some of the "shocking" things have been common knowledge for 30 years. Plus it's not even original panda content, it's just a deconstructed tiktok video
Linda Tisue 2 years ago
All these thing are common in northern Europe. Don't move to another continent if you need things to be the same.
Whitney keen 2 years ago
One thing i constantly see said about americans is our complete lack of geography or about other cultures so BP is showing americans being surprised and yall mad. This is helping to educate what is normal everywhere else. Then maybe we we'll finally do something about our shitty healthcare system and will realize we arent the most technologically advanced (cuz so many do think that). And no, we generally dont move to other countries. Americans are only now getting fed up enough to move elsewhere. So calm down. You dont have to read these posts ya know.
Shaun Coleman 2 years ago
I don't understand why many of these things are culture shock. We have most of these things in Canada. Does the US do everything different from normal countries?
Roberto Sommacal 2 years ago
Omg ... uncommon only for US natives who never left their country
Kaila Sterland 2 years ago
Most of these things are actually normal in everyday life in other countries like milk only lasting a week unless it is long life !! And shower doors hahaha
Camilla Koutsos 2 years ago
Many of these are normal in other countries too. The US is pretty unique.
LJ Robinson 2 years ago
I couldn't even finish this. The USA bashing in here is too over the top. I left a bitchy comment and scrolled through. I've always dreamed of traveling overseas, but after reading a few of these articles on BP, not so much anymore. I can spend my money here.
Celeste Grant 2 years ago
A lot of these things are normal not just in Norway but throughout Europe. What surprises me is that Americans have no clue that other people live differently. It's not about one way of living being better than another, just different cultures but I have to say I'm surprised by the things she is surprised about because these are such normal things where I live!
LJ Robinson 2 years ago
Celeste, a lot of these things are quite normal here too. I don't know what was up with the OP, but she must have been very sheltered, or gone anywhere other than her own hometown. I'm not sure the OP was even American at this point. Please don't say "Americans" as if it's all of us. It's careless and untrue.
Load More Replies... Chris Scritchfield 2 years ago
Tik toker really needs to move on with there life. I mean most of this exist across the globe and she is just showcasing American ignorance
John Baker 2 years ago
Dipwad doesn't know the difference between "there" and "their", talks about other people's ignorance.
Load More Replies... Lilyan 2 years ago
All these 'american is surprised by' articles are doing is showing how moronic americans are.
Brafne Heiwer 2 years ago
All these rude Europeans in the comment can't seem to be able to tell the difference between one stupid person and the population of a large country.
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Mini Muppet 2 years ago
These are so f*****g ridiculous. This applies to most of europe and you think it is something "crazy" or special? Seriously, americans, stop this sillyness. It is your world that is ridiculous.
LJ Robinson 2 years ago
Jesus H. Christ Mini Muppet, this girl was showing us things she was surprised about. Most of those things are right here, right now, and have been for years. This girl was either very sheltered and never left her hometown, or.. or... I don't know why she wouldn't know these things. "It is your world that is ridiculous". Spoken like someone who has done less research than the girl in the article.
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Olga Dremina 2 years ago
Hey, that's just mean. People are people everywhere, they are not more stupid or more brave, or moral, or vicious because of where were they born.
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Thorfin Wolfsbane 2 years ago (edited)
It would be simpler for all these articles to just have the Headline: "American Surprised Things Are Done Different In Other Parts of the World"
Guy MacGregor 2 years ago
Yep. Still don't understand why they are surprised over International standards. What also puzzle me is why it is posted on Bored Panda. I mean... This website and its whole admin team is from Europe. Why the focus on US stuff like that?
Load More Replies... Guy MacGregor 2 years ago
Especially since Bored Panda and its whole admin team is from Europe... Getting tired of these US focused posts.
Load More Replies... Angelar 2 years ago
Aren't there any Americans moving to the Maldives - it's getting a bit boring? How about Africa?
ZAPanda 2 years ago
yes, there are quite a few who have selected Gambia because it's english-speaking and is the original location of some of the slaves that were taken in the 1700s.
Load More Replies... wowbagger 2 years ago
This person seems to have lived a very sheltered life in the U.S. Lots of these things are common in the U.S.
William Mahoney 2 years ago
Worst article EVER in BP. Love Europe but maybe check out states.
Load More Replies... Tom 2 years ago
Anyone from America wouldn't truly be surprised at things like roundabouts. lol
Dasha Slepenkina 2 years ago
I know these posts get a lot of criticism because they are repetitive, but I actually really like them! I'm Russian-American and have lived in five different countries. Each time you move, things that might be obvious to people in that country or region can be really shocking to you - and it can make you feel less alone to share the oddities of your new home with others. I would definitely like to see more of these from other perspectives, not just American. But I think these are entertaining and sometimes interesting.
Leo Domitrix 2 years ago
Same! My mother's familiy is not from the US and to their deaths, my grandparents experienced little bits of culture shocks!
Load More Replies... Eiram 2 years ago
I want to apologize to non-americans. This person is just inexperienced. Most everything on this list IS done in America, just not in the same places that this person is from. I can take pictures of 80% of these in my hometown in Alaska. The last few exist somewhere else im positive.
Clipps / Xaften 2 years ago
WHy is everything on BP american centered? Not everyone is american!
Azure Adams 2 years ago
Many of these are obviously poor research (simple google) by this naive and such American. Look bigger and wider than your scope and quit being a fool, it makes the good travelled Americans look bad!
William Mahoney 2 years ago
Came in handy when we fed and armed England for years before having to stop Hitler. Read books folks, industry from America won war. Just sayn 🤷🏼♀️
Load More Replies... Ozacoter 2 years ago
To all the people calling her "stupid" you have clearly never lived in different countries. Even if you know that the differences exist we all experience more or less cultural shock after emigrating.
Don't Look 2 years ago
I say she's stupid and ignorant. Ignorant of other cultures, sure. Stupid enough not to know about things that are actually available to her in her own home town. Also, she's on tiktok. I put that on the "I want attention for no actual reason" stupid list.
Load More Replies... Erik Olsson 2 years ago
This shows the utter ignorance of life outside of the very insular US of A.
LJ Robinson 2 years ago
I don't think it really does. This girl is either very naive, or never left her house. Lots of these things are the same in the US, and the other things, like the wall plug, she should have learned years ago. I can't imagine going to another country without taking adapters that will work in that country. I really don't quite understand how she didn't know almost all these.
Load More Replies... Segu Rohdes 2 years ago
another chapter o "usa people discovering that other countries do different thing"... this is stupid
Karis Ravenhill 2 years ago
What a needy, attention seeking pile of drivel. BP you should be ashamed for posting this click-bait.
Smilejustbecause 2 years ago
Calm down, it’s just an article for people to read when you are BORED! Don’t like it? Don’t read it, don’t comment, and move on to the next one ;)
Aahzmandus Pervect 2 years ago
Clueless woman surprised by ordinary things. There, I fixed it.
Heather Pobicki 2 years ago
Can bp come up with some sort of focus group to discuss what your readers want to see? Or an American Advisor? So sick of these posts. They are absolutely pathetic. Have an American read these before posting them. 90% of this was false. People actually believe these things to be true.
Briana Kessler 2 years ago
Many of these are done in the USA. Not everyone is an uncultured idiot..thanks BP 🙄
Lylan Daina 2 years ago
Most of these surprising things are common in most of European countries and in the US. Maybe this lady moved from a very remote village? That's why she is surprised
LJ Robinson 2 years ago
I don't know where this woman was living in the US, but most of these are not surprising. She calls her site “Things In Norway That Are Foreign To Me”, so I have to remember that they were surprising to HER. I love the multiple open windows, I've never seen that.
CanadianPanda 2 years ago
My thought is either this lady is not well-travelled, or just being ignorant about the facts there are other Countries that do the same thing but just Americans that are different??? Majority of the listed items are normal where I am in Canada (roundabout traffic definitely isn't Canadian forte lol), as well as Europe.
Summer Mason 2 years ago
SHE LIVED IN A BOX IN THE MOUTAINS. ALL OF THIS WE HAVE BUT .... excuse me. We have most of this stuff here in.... the USA. I'm so sick of people being "shocked". It's not shocking. Move around. Get cultured. Know what your getting into before you move. Would I leave my sleeping baby in a stroller outside? No. We have different outlets and volts here than other countries. Yes. Good God. I kinda want to shake her.
Nikki Sevven 2 years ago
Honestly, she's just plain wrong about a lot of these. Either she led a quite sheltered life, or she's not really American.
Chloe Dakin 2 years ago
90% of these things can be discovered in the majority of Europe too... are roundabouts seriously not a thing in the US?
LJ Robinson 2 years ago
We have them here. I think the OP had never driven on one, or didn't have any near her. Not sure, but yup, we have them!
Load More Replies... Anne High 2 years ago
Most of these I recall from 35 years ago. The thing that really surprised me was when I forgot my purse at a restaurant two hours from home. I couldn't remember the name of it though. A telephone operator narrowed it down, called for me and it was there for pick up. The honesty and helpfulness of the people were a revelation!
Philip Morris 2 years ago
Almost all of these are Europe-wide norms, nothing out of the ordinary here
Don't Look 2 years ago
Facepalm. TikTok is allowing for stupid people to be on ...social media, I guess... and BP is encouraging me to click on TikTok s**t. Also, this woman is yet again an example of a sheltered fool. Part of the reason I refuse to play tour guide anymore.
Mariele Scherzinger 2 years ago
Holy s**t! Things are different in a different country! What a sensational conclusion.
Frannie Kaplan 2 years ago
These "Americans in Europe" posts become more trash everyday. There are Americans already living in Europe for many years, and vice versa, and some of the "shocking" things have been common knowledge for 30 years. Plus it's not even original panda content, it's just a deconstructed tiktok video
Linda Tisue 2 years ago
All these thing are common in northern Europe. Don't move to another continent if you need things to be the same.
Whitney keen 2 years ago
One thing i constantly see said about americans is our complete lack of geography or about other cultures so BP is showing americans being surprised and yall mad. This is helping to educate what is normal everywhere else. Then maybe we we'll finally do something about our shitty healthcare system and will realize we arent the most technologically advanced (cuz so many do think that). And no, we generally dont move to other countries. Americans are only now getting fed up enough to move elsewhere. So calm down. You dont have to read these posts ya know.
Shaun Coleman 2 years ago
I don't understand why many of these things are culture shock. We have most of these things in Canada. Does the US do everything different from normal countries?
Roberto Sommacal 2 years ago
Omg ... uncommon only for US natives who never left their country
Kaila Sterland 2 years ago
Most of these things are actually normal in everyday life in other countries like milk only lasting a week unless it is long life !! And shower doors hahaha
Camilla Koutsos 2 years ago
Many of these are normal in other countries too. The US is pretty unique.
LJ Robinson 2 years ago
I couldn't even finish this. The USA bashing in here is too over the top. I left a bitchy comment and scrolled through. I've always dreamed of traveling overseas, but after reading a few of these articles on BP, not so much anymore. I can spend my money here.
Celeste Grant 2 years ago
A lot of these things are normal not just in Norway but throughout Europe. What surprises me is that Americans have no clue that other people live differently. It's not about one way of living being better than another, just different cultures but I have to say I'm surprised by the things she is surprised about because these are such normal things where I live!
LJ Robinson 2 years ago
Celeste, a lot of these things are quite normal here too. I don't know what was up with the OP, but she must have been very sheltered, or gone anywhere other than her own hometown. I'm not sure the OP was even American at this point. Please don't say "Americans" as if it's all of us. It's careless and untrue.
Load More Replies... Chris Scritchfield 2 years ago
Tik toker really needs to move on with there life. I mean most of this exist across the globe and she is just showcasing American ignorance
John Baker 2 years ago
Dipwad doesn't know the difference between "there" and "their", talks about other people's ignorance.
Load More Replies... Lilyan 2 years ago
All these 'american is surprised by' articles are doing is showing how moronic americans are.
Brafne Heiwer 2 years ago
All these rude Europeans in the comment can't seem to be able to tell the difference between one stupid person and the population of a large country.
Load More Replies... Mini Muppet 2 years ago
These are so f*****g ridiculous. This applies to most of europe and you think it is something "crazy" or special? Seriously, americans, stop this sillyness. It is your world that is ridiculous.
LJ Robinson 2 years ago
Jesus H. Christ Mini Muppet, this girl was showing us things she was surprised about. Most of those things are right here, right now, and have been for years. This girl was either very sheltered and never left her hometown, or.. or... I don't know why she wouldn't know these things. "It is your world that is ridiculous". Spoken like someone who has done less research than the girl in the article.
Load More Replies... Olga Dremina 2 years ago
Hey, that's just mean. People are people everywhere, they are not more stupid or more brave, or moral, or vicious because of where were they born.
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