Ukrainian Girl on Biggest Culture Shock Living in Norway 🇳🇴

Ivanna from Ukraine shares her biggest culture shocks after 1.5 years living in Oslo, Norway.

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  • @MounirTachinardi says:

    Don’t expect dating to be traditional. You’re in a egalitarian country now so you have to step up your game if you want to date.

    • @Frivals says:

      is not traditional to think you are a princess and have privilege. Females always worked hard all day in all human history, ask your grand mother if she thought she is a princess and deserve privileges

    • @calis2497 says:

      @Frivals, stop projecting. There is nothing in her response that claims an expectation of a princess treatment. Traditional gender roles for women aren’t princess ones.

    • @MrAwsome1991 says:

      @@calis2497 You obviously don’t know many Eastern Slavic women. I do know many of them. They generally do think that the men should do all the work and spoil their girls like princesses with gifts and constant proof of admiration. In return their men get a beautiful girl (according to their logic). Is the woman in the video like that as well? None of us can tell from that short clip but she kind of indicated it by somewhat disapprovingly “not understanding” the woman carrying bags.

    • @Frivals says:

      @@calis2497 she just complained and is angry that other females don’t have the princess syndrome like her so they handled suitcases at the airport, do you even have a brain?

    • @Frivals says:

      @@MrAwsome1991 of course you can tell from this short video! “Mama mia, I don’t understand why is she working at handling suitecases” 🙄🙄🙄🤦‍♂️

      she just complained and is angry that other females don’t have the princess syndrome like her so they handled suitcases at the airport, do you even have a brain?

  • @paperleaves4762 says:

    Wow, I would love to live in a country striving for real gender equality 😍😍
    Only thing is that I really like brightly colored clothes, so I am going to keep wearing them no matter where I am

  • @uliana_juliet_selina says:

    This is crazy. I was shocked too, but now I understand how incredible is that 💕

  • @subdrvr says:

    Lovely lady!

  • @johngonzalez4298 says:

    Happy Saturday, Marina! ❤

  • @ravik007ggn says:

    As the son of a mother ( whose father was mostly busy / away making money using Jack and Bean stalk type schemes), i am not shocked. Mum used to do everything, including painting the home and fixing electrical issues.

    • @Frivals says:

      All females in all human history worked hard all day, just today we see the princess syndrome

    • @redleeks6253 says:

      The issue is that many women were left alone to do everything but were never taught the skills so they wouldn’t get paid or had to hire men.

      Also who paints a house everyday or has electrical issues to always fix? Apart from changing light bulbs i never had any electrical problem to fix in 30 years.

    • @missJolie85 says:

      ​@@redleeks6253 When did the guy write his mom painted everyday, these were examples, among many things. Also what he wrote is exactly what you claim she didn’t have. She fixed things herself, she didn’t have to rely on someone, or leave it broken because she didn’t have money to fix it. Fixing things at home is usually considered a mans job, and something they get creditet for doing. They don’t get blamed for not being an entrepreneur who hasn’t started up a whole carpenter company yet. Usually if you can easily fix it yourself, why would you need or even want to pay someone for it?

      I find it impressive you haven’t lifted a finger in 30 years. The house must be brown and moldy in there by now.
      I live in an expensive new apartment (from 2019) where one of the spotlights in my bathroom has stopped working, and I just asked the company who built the building to come and look at it (I have a 5 year warranty).

      Also my dog managed to drag down the jacket knob thing in my hall when she was looking for candy in one of the pockets. It left two noticable holes in the wall. So I will probably have to fill it and paint the room (very hard to get the same colour if I only paint the holes).

      Also I lost my old Mac computer twice on the floor. It left two huge marks on my eak floor. So I googled on YT ways to fix it, ordered the things i needed from the internet and fixed it. Tada.

      And lord, two of my pleated blinders got ripped and fell down almost at the same time (so unlucky right). So I had to buy new ones and the guy who put them up for me was super busy, and I hate waiting. So I bought a drill and just did it myself.

      I also have built my share of Ikea furniture etc… Given CPR to plenty of computers, phones and TV’s and made dem work again.

      I’m not dead, I don’t need to have someone change my diapers yet just because I can afford to.

    • @taralalram says:

      Women like that no longer exist.

    • @asamicat8323 says:

      That’s true

  • @bogdantourist9940 says:

    it calls equality

    • @user-ct7zj8ry6s says:

      No, it is called stupidity

    • @S3aCa1mRa1n says:

      They better sign up for the draft too 😂

    • @Alaskan-Armadillo says:

      I mean yeah but what’s the point in being condescending towards someone who never had the luxury to deviate from gender roles?

    • @karolinemathildehellan7869 says:

      ​@@S3aCa1mRa1n they have to go to sesion ( pre-draft) now – on the old system they could get called in for service if they were over 25 and still did not have kids. My mother got called inn, but she had just become pregnant. ( males have to go to the military, women dont need to couse we make babies )

    • @BobSmog says:

      ​@karolinemathildehellan7869 so biology disagrees with top down societal programming? Next you’re going to tell me that men make better heavy lifters and women make better nurses

  • @user-xj3vg8be8n says:

    Being equal is not the same as being identical.

    • @ashvinveeraraghavan8450 says:

      Then what does it mean? People who say “seperate but equal” have yet to give a proper explanation for what that means.

    • @persephoneszeliga says:

      English is obviously not her native language, but I know what she means.
      Sheesh.

    • @avapilsen says:

      ​It means being equal in value and having the same legal rights and learning valuable things no matter your gender @@ashvinveeraraghavan8450

    • @roy_for_real2674 says:

      True, but Norwegians do both.

    • @alanrichardson1816 says:

      ​@ashvinveeraraghavan8450 well I see fairness and equality as totally different. It’s equal to give a poor man and a millionaire £100 but it’s not fair. It would be more fair to give all the money to the poor but it would then not be equal

  • @pinkeypromises says:

    This is very interesting!! It’s nice that there are different cultures and it’s normal to be surprised about some things. I like that she’s respectful and not judgemental or negative in any way about their customs. Guests to the country are not supposed to understand locals 100% on a personal level but it’s important that they respect and learn new stuff. ❤

    • @NoctLightCloud says:

      guests? she probably moved to Norway permanently.

    • @pinkeypromises says:

      @@NoctLightCloud umm I wouldn’t know that automatically. And even if yes, noone can get a “permanent residence” right away. It takes a lot of work, time, integration courses, etc. During which a person gets more and more familiar with the local norms and eventually gets more knowledgeable about them than a “guest”.

    • @AA-cf4es says:

      ​@@pinkeypromisesdude, of course she ran away from the war. How can you NOT understand it.

    • @marvin2678 says:

      ​@@AA-cf4eswhats your Point ?

    • @taralalram says:

      She sounds more like a traditional woman. Feminists will say she’s oppressed even though she’s happy.

  • @mattnobrega6621 says:

    I love the accent. You look beautiful as well

  • @nordicson2835 says:

    You are beautiful and I love your voice. Thank you.

  • @purpleheart3861 says:

    Nordic and germans for me. BEING A LIBRA FREE SPACE AND INDEPENDENCE IS WHAT I DESERVE. JUST WANT A LIL COMFORT AND GREAT AMOUNT OF UNDERSTANDING FROM MY PARTNER

  • @IngebhorgdPizarroKrause says:

    True, they are obsessed with not stading out and being all the same 😂

  • @AttaBek1422 says:

    ‘Everyone wants to be the same’
    ‘Independence is important here’

    • @DatingBeyondBorders says:

      Indepence equals self sufficiency but also everyone wants to fit into the same mold. I go deep into it in my Swedish videos

    • @mindymmk says:

      Perhaps it’s a language barrier thing. They don’t want to be the same. They don’t want to stand out/show off. Its hard to feel free when everybody stares at you

    • @ulrikanilsson6395 says:

      Independence and individuality are two different things.

    • @AwwYouTried8639 says:

      English isn’t your strong suit huh 😢💀

    • @governmentname4088 says:

      I thought the same thing, but I think its cause English isn’t her first language. Everyone wants to be the same= people want to feel like part of a community. Independence is important= people are strong and allowed to find their individuality. When they come together, people can find the hobbies and jobs they love and when they do, they find a community that’s accepting.

  • @wilsonsoares3542 says:

    Go Norway! 🙌💪💪💪 *and IvANa 😍

  • @sarai5000 says:

    That’s sound like a DREAM.

  • @LizaFergison says:

    That’s why I love Norway. It thrives on equality. It is also a beautiful country.

    • @Artiom88 says:

      it’s beautiful, I been working there for a year as a truck driver….and even tho I totally respect Norwegians, they created amazing country and they should be proud of it and keep it Norwegian.

      but I personally don’t like the “we all the same vibe” 😀

      it feels like not reality, because I am from Lithuania, and when I worked in Postnoord as a truck driver/loader…not even single woman was working that, but there was few in management. 😊

      and it’s normal for us. girls don’t like loading trucks and driving that sheet, on average. ladies prefer organising. logistics. 😂

      all the wherehouse physical work was virtually done by East European and Norwegian working class men.

      but then society sort of…built of false premise that we are all equal with same capabilites and so on.

      even in Norway, most of the brutal, hard, dirty work is done mainly by men.😊

      not even talking about offshore platforms, commercial diving, mining. and so on.

    • @leoelteniente6875 says:

      boolshit

    • @Facerip says:

      It thrives on oil money, lol.

  • @veda6831 says:

    I wanna move to Norway!

  • @Fstop313 says:

    She’s so charming! Are a lot of Ukranians very good english speakers?

    • @LoisoPondohva says:

      Depends on what’s a lot. In percentage terms, one of the highest in Eastern Europe, but much less than in Scandinavia or Netherlands, for example.
      Maybe 40% speak it, 20% speak it well. Basically nobody older than 50 speak it, but more than half of people in their 20s speak it.

    • @Facerip says:

      Not really. Most people who escaped the war are wealthy, at least middle class, and educated. Those demographics usually speak better english.

  • @mrc3226 says:

    Ivana seems like a great women

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