Forums > Off Topic > Norway, the best country in the wold to live in?
Unicorn Lynx (181769) on 8/27/2006 1:39 PM · Permalink · Report
I heard that you have extremely high salaries, and things are extremely expensive ;)
I never went there, but I've been in Denmark and Sweden, and I had a Norwegian colleague at the university. Played Grieg very well ;-)
chirinea (47507) on 8/27/2006 2:49 PM · Permalink · Report
Well, I don't know much about Norway, but I had this Norwegian colleague at high-school that came to live in Brazil 'cause his girlfriend was Brazilian. I suppose that Brazil isn't the best place in the world to live (and I'm not the one to judge since I never went out of its borders), but I think that guy is an example of how the best place to live is where you'll be happy.
Unicorn Lynx (181769) on 8/28/2006 2:07 AM · Permalink · Report
...or rather, how the best place to live is where your woman is :-))
Marko Poutiainen (1151) on 8/27/2006 6:10 PM · Permalink · Report
Doesn't look too bad, extremely expensive though. People in the north come over the border to buy stuff from Finland in hordes and this isn't exactly a cheap country either!
There's a massive amount of oil money stashed away and the government does some nice stuff to the people occasionally. And I heard health care is excellent.
Michael B (303) on 8/29/2006 5:12 PM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start Marko Poutiainen wrote--] There's a massive amount of oil money stashed away and the government does some nice stuff to the people occasionally. And I heard health care is excellent. [/Q --end Marko Poutiainen wrote--] Health care isn't all that great. We have to pay huge amounts of money, just to go to the doctor. And most of the time, the hospitals have no money to perform the operations needed on their patients. And we're supposed to be the richest country in the world. Yeah, right...
Игги Друге (46653) on 8/29/2006 7:50 PM · Permalink · Report
How much? 200 NOK?
Игги Друге (46653) on 9/1/2006 5:41 PM · Permalink · Report
And let me guess what a liver transplant costs... 200 NOK?
Игги Друге (46653) on 8/28/2006 1:54 AM · Permalink · Report
The cigarettes are too expensive but the girls are prettier than elsewhere. Can't say much good about infrastructure or cuisine, though.
Matt Neuteboom (976) on 8/28/2006 4:58 AM · Permalink · Report
Okay, sort of a random question dont you think?
Oh but come on guys we all know America is the greatest place in the world to live today, duh. ;-P
Unicorn Lynx (181769) on 8/29/2006 2:12 AM · Permalink · Report
I would love to live in America, it's a great country with great people. I've only been in New York, but it was an unforgetable experience. Like visiting the capital of the world!
Gonchi (3590) on 8/29/2006 4:28 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
Of all the nations I've been to (and I've been to a lot), I felt the most at home in Singapore. Nutty, huh? Not that I don't like Uruguay, but as things are right now with the current government (which has successfully eradicated the middle class), the first chance I get I'm moving the hell away.
I personally wouldn't like living in the US, not permanently anyway, but living in Uruguay earning what I would earn in the US... hell yeah. =D
Marko Poutiainen (1151) on 8/29/2006 6:17 AM · Permalink · Report
Singapore had too much people for my liking and all those "Do this" and "Don't do this" signs made me a bit paranoid.
USA, on the other hand, is OTT for my liking. It's hard to explain, but it's... hm, maybe it's the commercialism thing and the want to make everything bigger. "Bigger isn't always better" doesn't seem to apply. And I don't particularily like the car-centered way of life, either.
MichaelPalin (1414) on 9/9/2006 2:45 PM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start Iggy Drougge wrote--]the girls are prettier than elsewhere. [/Q --end Iggy Drougge wrote--]
Seriously?, I have always thought that Norwegian girls were a fatter version of the Swedish ones. But well, being fat is a good thing in cold countries, XD
Matt Neuteboom (976) on 9/10/2006 4:41 AM · Permalink · Report
Rofl
Unicorn Lynx (181769) on 9/26/2006 12:50 AM · Permalink · Report
Come on, Munich girls are not that hot ;) You have great Weisswurst there, though :)~
Игги Друге (46653) on 9/26/2006 10:17 AM · Permalink · Report
With weisswurst, who needs girls?
Unicorn Lynx (181769) on 9/27/2006 3:46 AM · Permalink · Report
I hope you don't mean what I'm thinking right now... Because "with weisswurst, who needs men" sounds more logical... :)~
80 (6478) on 9/27/2006 10:30 AM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start Unicorn Lynx wrote--]I hope you don't mean what I'm thinking right now... Because "with weisswurst, who needs men" sounds more logical... :)~ [/Q --end Unicorn Lynx wrote--]
OMG ! Don't you think we drift away more and more from the main topic !? ;-))
Игги Друге (46653) on 9/27/2006 12:14 PM · Permalink · Report
That's what the cannibal would say.
Unicorn Lynx (181769) on 9/28/2006 2:40 AM · Permalink · Report
Okay, we should stop this right now, because I already see Tentacle Porn topic on the horizon... :-/
General Error (4328) on 9/26/2006 12:23 AM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start MichaelPalin wrote--]But well, being fat is a good thing in cold countries, XD[/Q --end MichaelPalin wrote--]That's not even a joke, it's mathematics: The more spherical you are, the smaller your volume to surface ratio becomes, as the sphere is the body which, for any given volume, has the smallest surface. And smaller surface means less exposition to the cold, thus saving energy. Strange but true.
Spag (58) on 10/2/2006 8:40 PM · Permalink · Report
People, I'm from Norway, and it's a lot hotter than you think. The girls are hot, not fat, the weather's great, at least in the southern part, where I'm from. God damn its 25 degrees celsius in the water sometimes! my sister went to the US once with a friend and she told me that people at high school there thought Germany was the capital of Europe and that polar bears walked around on the streets of Norway. Seriously... a country like that should teach its children some WORLD history, not just american history.....
Shoddyan (15005) on 10/3/2006 2:48 AM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start Genga wrote--]People, I'm from Norway, and it's a lot hotter than you think. The girls are hot, not fat, the weather's great, at least in the southern part, where I'm from. God damn its 25 degrees celsius in the water sometimes! my sister went to the US once with a friend and she told me that people at high school there thought Germany was the capital of Europe and that polar bears walked around on the streets of Norway. Seriously... a country like that should teach its children some WORLD history, not just american history..... [/Q --end Genga wrote--]
You would probably enjoy this. It's Rick Mercer walking around various parts of the United States asking Americans questions about Canada. Some of the responses are hiarious.
Daniel Langer (5) on 10/14/2006 10:33 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
Germany is indeed one centre of europe and by the way ... life is great in germany except the weather sometimes :-)
asdfasdf asdfasdfasdf on 10/8/2006 11:38 PM · Permalink · Report
It is the best place on the planet, especially with genetics and environment --- you are full of poop --- you are just angry because you hate your parents and had to grow up there and feel disconnected ----- you are wrong and presenting information way out of context.
asdfasdf asdfasdfasdf on 10/8/2006 11:39 PM · Permalink · Report
you are wrong.
asdfasdf asdfasdfasdf on 10/8/2006 11:41 PM · Permalink · Report
you don't know how to appreciate it.
asdfasdf asdfasdfasdf on 10/8/2006 11:42 PM · Permalink · Report
this is skewed....very skewed.....this guy has never left his homeland.....very off....very innacurate.............
asdfasdf asdfasdfasdf on 10/8/2006 11:45 PM · Permalink · Report
very irrational.