{"id":2103,"date":"2015-08-13T07:23:03","date_gmt":"2015-08-13T07:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=2103"},"modified":"2015-08-13T07:23:03","modified_gmt":"2015-08-13T07:23:03","slug":"norwegians-and-alcohol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/norwegians-and-alcohol\/","title":{"rendered":"Norwegians and alcohol"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2104\" style=\"width: 211px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/08\/3590604546_6f485357cc_z.jpg\" aria-label=\"3590604546 6f485357cc Z 201x300\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2104\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2104\"  alt=\"Photo by Siri Spjelkavik at Flickr. (CC License.)\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/08\/3590604546_6f485357cc_z-201x300.jpg\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2104\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Siri Spjelkavik at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sirispjelkavik\/3590604546\/in\/photolist-9Ew7Ew-6thMCW-7T9e4M\">Flickr<\/a>. (CC License.)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>Sk\u00e5l!<\/b> [skawl] The word for \u2019cheers\u2019 is very useful when celebrating with Norwegians! <b>Men hva er i glasset?<\/b> (But what\u2019s in the glass?) <b>Nordmenn<\/b> (Norwegians), of course, are just as different as other people. Some drink a lot of <b>alkohol<\/b> [alkuHOOL] (alcohol), some just drink <b>brus<\/b> (soft drink)! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Traditionally, <b>avholdsbevegelsen<\/b> (the temperance movement) has been quite strong in Norway. In other words, if you drank anything stronger than <b>melk<\/b>, you could risk getting some disappointed\u00a0looks. (Meanwhile a number of people were probably busy distilling illegal <b>hjemmebrent<\/b> [YEMMehbrent] \u2013 home brew.) Of course, today Norway is a modern country, and people drink the international beverages: <b>\u00f8l <\/b>(beer), <b>r\u00f8dvin<\/b> (red wine), <b>hvitvin<\/b> (white wine), <b>sjampanje<\/b>, <b>whisky<\/b>, <b>konjakk, brennevin <\/b>(brandy)\u2026 The general attitude towards moderate <b>drikking<\/b> (drinking), however, still isn\u2019t quite as lax\u00a0as in Italy or France, for example. (Do you disagree? Feel free to share your thoughts with the other readers!)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2105\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/08\/3451202126_a1ac504f0a_z.jpg\" aria-label=\"3451202126 A1ac504f0a Z 300x225\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2105\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2105\"  alt=\"An Oslo Vinmonopol. Photo by Metrocentric at Flickr. (CC License.)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/08\/3451202126_a1ac504f0a_z-300x225.jpg\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2105\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An Oslo <strong>Vinmonopol<\/strong>. Photo by Metrocentric at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/16782093@N03\/3451202126\/in\/photolist-8uLzPh-7Nrm8u-7YZDKa-7Z3T2C-4ATXzP-6fYj9W-7yxcfC-om9SkH-aXCP8i-8Syfqb-jziDcd-jya3Zt-jzt9GE-8JshHc-jx949d-dmDEJu-6DcNp5-jG5Dvq-7CvN4C-7CvN4S-2GSMnA-2GQzmm-e3BhZi-5bfksv-cxdeWA-dgWABh-5bL4rQ-sLMwi3-ehTSEU-5bfm6D-6bTcB2-7yLavf-8jvdAF-nNpiMp-8AzmNq-8Bqy89-9CqzGg-bLdJjg-ehTRYb-du5uJJ-8Bqy7S-4ATXzZ-8Bqy7W-85A9Ag-oFaykh-85A9A6-5XbFCf-sMCNs8-6VKtLu-orqNHL\">Flickr<\/a>. (CC License.)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Before you plan your Norwegian pubcrawl, please note:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>drikkevarer<\/b> (drinks) in Norway are quite expensive. If you go to a <b>pub<\/b> [purh-bb] or a <b>restaurant<\/b>, expect to pay at least 50 Kroner (6 US Dollars) for a pint of beer.<\/li>\n<li>you have to be at least <b>18 \u00e5r gammel<\/b> (18 years old) to buy beer, and <b>21 \u00e5r<\/b> to buy stronger drinks.<\/li>\n<li>it is <b>strengt forbudt<\/b> (strictly prohibited) to drink alcohol in public spaces. Do <i>not <\/i>open that bottle of wine in the park, no matter how nicely <b>sola skinner<\/b> (the Sun is shining)! You could probably go on a short-distance flight for the money <b>boten <\/b>(the fine) will cost you\u2026<\/li>\n<li>ordinary Norwegian supermarkets and food stores do sell alcohol, but only weaker than 4.75 %. That means <b>\u00f8l<\/b> and <b>rusbrus<\/b> (\u201dsweet booze\u201d, literally \u2019intoxication soft drink\u2019).<\/li>\n<li>for alcohol stronger than 4.75 %, you have to go to a special store: <b>Vinmonopolet<\/b> [VEENmohnohpohleh] (The Wine Monopoly). It\u2019s the only place in Norway where you can buy <b>vin<\/b> [veen] (wine). You\u2019ll find a <b>Vinmonopol<\/b> in every city and larger town. In smaller towns and villages, however, you might have to do with the refreshing taste of <b>kildevann<\/b> [<i>SH<\/i>ILLdeh-vann] (spring water). Or you can climb a <b>fjell<\/b> (mountain) and get thrilled the natural way.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you really want to get close to Norwegians, be on the lookout for a <b>vorspiel <\/b>[FORE-shpeel]. It\u2019s a German word meaning \u201dfore-play\u201d, and before you go on to think it\u2019s something dirty, I\u2019ll quickly add that in Norwegian, at least, it means a \u201dpre-party\u201d! Because of the high alcohol prices, many students and other people only go bar-hopping <i>after<\/i> they\u2019ve been to a <b>vorspiel<\/b> in someone\u2019s home. Here people bring their own alcohol, typically cans of beer from the local supermarket. Now they\u2019ve got the chance to chat, listen to <b>musikk<\/b> and maybe get a little <b>full<\/b> (drunk) before going downtown to enjoy themselves on <b>dansegulvet<\/b> (the dance floor)\u2026 After the town session, people often return to another private home for a quiet <b>nachspiel<\/b> [NAKK-shpeel] or \u201dafter-party\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"236\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/08\/p\u00f8bb.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><p>Sk\u00e5l! [skawl] The word for \u2019cheers\u2019 is very useful when celebrating with Norwegians! Men hva er i glasset? (But what\u2019s in the glass?) Nordmenn (Norwegians), of course, are just as different as other people. Some drink a lot of alkohol [alkuHOOL] (alcohol), some just drink brus (soft drink)! \ud83d\ude42 Traditionally, avholdsbevegelsen (the temperance movement) has&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/norwegians-and-alcohol\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":2106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2691,386154,1928,10150,386157,3339,386155,386159,386156,7972],"class_list":["post-2103","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-alcohol","tag-avholdsbevegelsen","tag-beer","tag-laws","tag-nachspiel","tag-party","tag-rusbrus","tag-vinmonopolet","tag-vorspiel","tag-wine"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2103"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2108,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2103\/revisions\/2108"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}