Nordics were deified.
There are beautiful scenery everywhere, everyone is in a bodhisattva's heart, every family lives a wealthy life and hiking on weekends and holidays... In short, children are happy and adults are leisurely, and they are a paradise.
▲Norwegian
As a Chinese holding a Norwegian green card, she has been in Nordic Europe for eight years. After carefully reading various Nordic deification posts, she combined the honest quality of Nordic people and the fine tradition of our Chinese to seek truth from facts, and she is deeply suspicious of the following descriptions:
1 People who do not work can get money every month, and it is similar to the money they get when they go to work. ...No one will consider employment issues at all.
Norway’s unemployment benefits are about 62.4% of the wages before unemployment, and can be received for up to two years. No one can lie on the unemployment benefits for the rest of his life to bask in the sun.
2 The driver who drove a shuttle bus at the airport (when asked what he thought about the government’s acceptance of refugees) said in particular calmly, isn’t this what it should be? Our country is so rich, shouldn’t we help others?
The driver is admirable, but Nordic really opens his arms and welcomes refugees unconditionally? In 2015, the Norwegian government followed the Danish government and placed advertisements in various media, warning Afghans in Russia not to attempt to enter Norway illegally to seek refugee status, otherwise they would be deported back to their birthplace.
3 In Northern Europe, people can learn what they like since childhood, music and art. It is about 100 yuan per semester. As long as you register, you can learn it. You can learn it for as many hours as you can.
The flute courses at the Public Cultural School of Stavanger, Norway are once a week, each time for 20 minutes, and the six-year tuition fee is about RMB 3,000.
4 The state will subsidize hundreds of thousands of dollars until the age of 16.
Norway receives 970 kronor per month from birth to 18 years old (up to 1054 kronor next year), a total of about 180,000 yuan. The so-called national subsidy of hundreds of thousands of dollars is for kindergartens and schools, not for every family.
5 Norwegians get off work at three o'clock every afternoon, and all the shops are closed at four o'clock.
There are many people who get off work at around four o'clock and five o'clock. The mall usually closes at 8 pm and the supermarket is even later.
6 All houses in Norway have no security guards and no anti-theft windows.
If the security guard here refers to the security guard in uniform, and the anti-theft window refers to the window with stainless steel railings. There is indeed no house in Norway, but there can be an intelligent alarm system. The best-business security company is called verasure, which is used by Xiaoqiu and many friends.
Norway's 2019 budget continues to allocate an additional 30 million kroner to the Oslo police station to deal with the growing gang problems in southern Oslo.
7 In Norway, where wealth is evenly distributed, I have never seen a luxury car before.
Norway's fourth largest city, Stavanger, is the city with the largest density of Porsche in the world, and the capital Oslo is the city with the largest density of Tesla in the world.
▲The crowded Tesla charging station in Oslo, the capital of Norway,
8 Although it is already "rich", in order to allow future generations to share the dividends brought by oil for a long time, the government is careful to make every expenditure, and live a rich life as poor life.
How can it be considered oily when it is rich? Last month, a Norwegian colleague in Xiaoqiu suffered a toothache, so he carefully planned his recent expenses every day to see which weekend skiing or which night of concert can be cancelled, saving money to visit the dentist. Some people even suggested that she go to Poland to see a dentist because it is cheap!
A large group of people offered suggestions because of their two teeth, which greatly aroused Xiaoqiu's curiosity. He went to the Norwegian Bureau of Statistics website to check it. In 2017, Norway's per capita savings were 20,400 kronor, about 17,000 yuan. This number is not the rival of Chinese aunts who queue up to buy discounted eggs in supermarkets! Another figure is that in May 2017, the per capita loan amount in Norway (even elderly and infants who do not have loans) was about 500,000 yuan.
has listed so many things. I am not doubting the sincerity of Gao Xiaosong and others in making this bowl of Nordic chicken soup, but wanting to skip the oily noodles from the soup and look at the base of the soup - those people in Nordics, are they really carefree and kind and friendly?
In addition to sentiment, there is also the cost of kindness. is also the elderly who fall, and the Chinese would rather be accused of being indifferent than go away quietly because if they are blackmailed, the medical expenses will be unbearable for many people, and they will also heal the psychological trauma of good intentions and not being rewarded by themselves. Norwegians will not have such concerns, because Norwegian medical care is free, and blackmailing people who help themselves up will not benefit any of the elderly who fall. Similarly, the hero who bravely acted in Norway was not worried that he would be bitten by the rescued person. Therefore, we can appreciate the enthusiasm of Norwegians, but we cannot simply and roughly accuse the Chinese of indifference.
In addition to personality, there is also the relationship between the two parties. Visitors to Nordic Europe are for themselves to appreciate the scenery and cultivate their sentiments, and for Nordic Europe, it is to promote the prosperity of the tourism industry. People who ask for directions and shoppers get more smiles and help than people who compete for job opportunities and share social resources together. This should not only be a Nordic feature, right?
In addition to concentration, there is also the strength that makes a person uneasy. Norway’s Rogaland County Government began to raise the toll on October 1 this year, which caused each household to spend about 20,000 yuan more each year. The Norwegian people immediately became restless and didn't care about walking their dogs and children. They took to the streets many times, and some people even smashed the toll stations at several major intersections.
determines that a person's desperate index is not only the three views, but also the need to work hard. Objectively speaking, most Nordics are indeed more relaxed than domestic people, not so urgent and not so anxious. But this is directly related to their social status. It has a small population and high welfare, so the pressure of going to school, finding employment, choosing a spouse, buying a house, and seeing a doctor is far less than that of compatriots in China, and of course they will be more free and comfortable.
This is the difference in the current situation of two completely different countries. It cannot be defined as one noble and the other is vulgar, and it cannot be used to compare which of the two groups is better or worse. It is common to human beings to seek pleasure and avoid suffering. If a Nordic person is thrown into a highly competitive Asian country, his desperate index will naturally soar in less than half a year. When Norway's natural and social resources can already meet the needs of the people, Norwegians naturally have more time and mood to discuss which is healthier and more environmentally friendly, running to work or cycling to work. We can thank them for their contributions to the Earth’s family, but there is no need to mock the anxiety on the faces of those who squeeze into the subway to work. On the contrary, Xiaoqiu should pay full respect to his compatriots in China who work hard and live hard.
As long as there are people, there will be good, evil, beauty, ugliness. There are also Uncle Lei Feng in China, and there are also thieves, liars, and murderers in Northern Europe. During the eight years of Xiaoqiu's life in Norway, he had experienced many experiences or listened to the stories of his friends around him. The amount of fraud was large and small, but the weakness of human nature reflected was the same. There is no distinction between high and low or between Chinese and foreign when crows are black.
Once, Xiaoqiu was rear-ended at the entrance of a supermarket. The Norwegian couple in the car behind admitted their full responsibility and asked whether they could settle it privately. Xiaoqiu has a friend who works in the insurance industry. I heard from him that Norway’s automobile insurance regulations are not cost-effective when the amount of claims is less than 20,000 yuan.
Xiaoqiu agreed when he felt soft and felt that it was unreasonable to say it, so he asked them to write down the documents. At that time, I was a little guilty that I could not overcome the villain's heart, and that I was very guilty and stingy, which would damage the style of a great power in China. The other party was very involved and immediately started looking for paper and pen. But unfortunately, a pen and a piece of paper were not found in the two cars. Xiaoqiu began to hesitate, but the Norwegian man took out a business card from his suit and handed it over with a gentlemanly manner, saying that he used the business card as evidence. The title on the business card is an engineer from a certain oil company.The couple spoke politely and sincerely. At that time, the woman was wearing the work clothes of the supermarket behind her, with an employee sign hanging, and the name photos on it were clear. All these factors combined to break through Xiaoqiu's psychological defense line.
The next day, at the agreed car repair shop, Xiaoqiu waited around, and waited for half an hour without anyone seeing him. I suddenly felt something was wrong, so I called the phone on my business card and it was immediately connected. But the person on the phone is completely different from the person who begged for a private settlement the day before. His words were still polite, but he just asked Xiaoqiu not to disturb his work very politely. He had no idea what Xiaoqiu was talking about!
This is obviously a debt. But a mere business card really can't prove anything, so Xiaoqiu had to pay for his blind trust.
There are many similar experiences. The Norwegians I met were all kinds of. Just as Mr. Jin Yong said, there are worlds where there are people. Where there is a world of martial arts, there will be grudges.
▲The northern rivers and lakes also have sinister
The world is very big, and life is very different. The lifestyles of Chinese and Nordic people are the best choices made in their respective environments. How can there be any difference between beauty and ugliness?
Sunlight and shadow, gains and losses, pros and cons all exist at the same time. All countries in the world are fireworks on earth, and paradise is either in poetry or in dreams.
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