[quote]Amonero wrote:
There are of course huge differences within Norway. In some smaller places and societal layers there is an accumulation of…Undesireable women, true. Norway probably can’t compete with some Baltic and Easter European countries as far as beauty goes either - talked to an Estonian girl yesterday, beautiful, and she said she felt average in Norway and like a pile of shit in Estonia. What experiences you do have with them though will of course be heavily coloured by who you are - some have it easier than other. The same stuck up chick you just talked to will be cool to someone she likes.[/quote]
There is no shortage of finnish women lamenting how much better swedish men dress and look after themselves. But the men are similar too, thinking swedish women are superior. From the sound of it here, norwegian women are not as as ‘shallow’ as the swedish kind then.
I would not go too far with the praise of the Baltics, Russia and the rest of the slavs. The women there do care a lot more about their looks but they are also more demanding and want the man to pay for everything. It seems America is somewhere in the middle between nordic states and the east, where they end up calling us effeminate for not being assertive and masculine enough but yet I question if they have a chivalric culture as does anything under the former Soviet Union. In nordic society, women are expected to like men and sex without there being some kind of a material/social advantage to it, which surely contradicts evolutionary biology to some extent and probably depresses a certain amount of women.
Harald’s Gym is well known as the best BB gym in Norway, I was going to recommend checking that out myself. It’s in Hausmans Gate. I’ll be moving to Oslo in July, and will probably be training there if it lives up to its reputation.
[quote]Amonero wrote:
There are of course huge differences within Norway. In some smaller places and societal layers there is an accumulation of…Undesireable women, true. Norway probably can’t compete with some Baltic and Easter European countries as far as beauty goes either - talked to an Estonian girl yesterday, beautiful, and she said she felt average in Norway and like a pile of shit in Estonia. What experiences you do have with them though will of course be heavily coloured by who you are - some have it easier than other. The same stuck up chick you just talked to will be cool to someone she likes.[/quote]
There is no shortage of finnish women lamenting how much better swedish men dress and look after themselves. But the men are similar too, thinking swedish women are superior. From the sound of it here, norwegian women are not as as ‘shallow’ as the swedish kind then.
I would not go too far with the praise of the Baltics, Russia and the rest of the slavs. The women there do care a lot more about their looks but they are also more demanding and want the man to pay for everything. It seems America is somewhere in the middle between nordic states and the east, where they end up calling us effeminate for not being assertive and masculine enough but yet I question if they have a chivalric culture as does anything under the former Soviet Union. In nordic society, women are expected to like men and sex without there being some kind of a material/social advantage to it, which surely contradicts evolutionary biology to some extent and probably depresses a certain amount of women. [/quote]
I’m not sure if I would call it chivalry, more like, old fashioned. Also, there seems to be a big gap between Estonian Russians and Estonian girls in this matter. It’s like Russian girls lived in the 50s in many of the aspects.
Estonian girls also “demand” things to be paid, but their attitude towards relationship doesn’t feel so antique.
I also know, for a fact, that Russian doctors here in Estonia tell young Russian couples that a girl who is past 27 years old is already past the “red light” for having children and things like that.
[quote]Body Hammer wrote:
Scandinavia has given us some of the best metal bands ever. Amon Amarth, Immortal, Wintersun, Kalmah, Dark Tranquillity… early Satyricon and early In Flames… fuck yeah.[/quote]
This is an interesting thread. I’m American of course but my father’s side is Swedish and Danish while my mother’s side is Swedish and Norwegian. It’s great to read the perspectives of actual Scandinavians on the Nordic countries. I hope to visit someday!
They ship to Denmark, it seems, but Swedish (and perhaps Norwegian?) customs apparently seize quite a few shipments.
[quote]JonDoh wrote:
do the free shipping also include abroad shipping ? [/quote]
No. It’s expensive as hell and despite many petitions, Biotest won’t put one guy in the EU to make it reasonable for us to order from them. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
[quote]dre1986 wrote:
I’m half swedish (fathers side). Not lived in Sweden since i was 15 and when i did live there i didnt enjoy it much. Lived in Malmo which is considered the worst place to live in the country which may explain it. I did spend a lot of time in Copenhagen though which i loved. Much more liberal and people were a lot more friendly.
Cant say i’ve met any Norwegians or Icelanders so cant really comment and only ever met on Finn who was a nice guy. Have to agree with Amonero though about the Danes, they do make talking tough on themselves…lol, sounds like they’ve got something really hot in their mouth. [/quote]
You were an angry teen back then I presume, but what makes Malm�¶ so horrible? I might be moving there because of work, so any insight would be appreciated.[/quote]
First off: lolz at your latter post.
Malmoe isn’t that bad at all. I go there all the time as my grandparents live there. The center of town is really nice, very old and well preserved. It’s smaller than Copenhagen and seeing as Copenhagen is also an capital there’s always more stuff happening in Copenhagen, but Malmoe has a decent nightlife and a good restaurant culture. Much cheaper than Copenhagen.
IT has some social issued due to a large un-integrated immigrant population and the fact that swedes in the south are crazy racist, but the immigrant population also adds a lot of flair and add a lot opf nice different cultural aspects.
