Quote: (12-28-2009 02:21 PM)Luckystar Wrote:
Who here has been to Norway? Not a lot of info on this area....would be nice to get some details if anyone's got any...quality, ease, party scene, cost (i know its expensive, but how bad is it?)
Not been to Norway, but been to Sweden and from what I've heard the two countries are very culturally similar (even the two languages are so similar they are more like two dialects of the same language).
There are a lot of really fucking good looking women in Scandinavia. The stereotypical look is tall, slim, blonde hair and blue eyes and you do see many who look like that (in fact significantly more than elsewhere), although there are some brunettes and redheads etc too. And none of them are fat. There are also lots of plain women as well ... the overall quality is very good but in terms of pure numbers it doesn't quite match Argentina, Brazil or some Eastern European countries. As for easiness, when i was in Sweden I was still a complete pussy-loser, so I couldn't tell you to be honest, but I've HEARD that Scandinavian chicks are relatively easy to pull, and appreciate direct game. Certainly I noticed a lot of the Swedish guys were quite reserved and didn't approach unless they were blazin drunk, so I think a big set of balls works to your advantage big-time there.
Many parts of Scandinavia can be quite straight-laced and sterile, but there tends to be a good party scene in the big cities. One night in Gotherburg I went to a big superclub playing pretty good house music full of hot girls; another night I went to a smaller bar/club with some mad satanic death metal band playing (Scandinavians are really into that stuff).
Like most of northern Europe, people get out-their-face drunk when they can, as opposed to the southern European drink-in-moderation culture. The one thing that limits this though is expense. Sweden's and Norway's governments are quite socialist, meaning that "essentials" are reasonably priced or free, but "luxuries" such as tobacco and alcohol are ridiculously taxed in order to fund everything. To give you an idea ... in London, England you'll probably pay the equivalent of about $6 for a pint of beer. In northern England or Scotland that might go down to $4 or so. In Sweden I paid $9 for a mug (2/3 of a pint) of beer, and I've heard Norway is more expensive still. You notice that bars are dead until midnight-1pm then they fill up suddenly. This is because drink prices make everyone sit and get wasted at home before heading out to party.
All in all I'd say Norway sounds like a good place to go - I certainly enjoyed Sweden overall - but like anywhere weigh up the pros and cons first.