Norwegian Prime Minister and Minister of Finance (former secretary general of NATO) standing just in their socks, visiting some ordinary family in connection with the election campaign before the general election. It is an unspoken rule in Norway and from what I know in the other Nordic countries to take off your shoes when entering a private home. In more formal settings, like a party, you are welcome to bring your own indoor shoes. (Source: Aftenposten)
by Pterodactylus1
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What’s strange is walking into someone’s house wearing shoes
Its weird for Americans, not the NB8
The fact that peope walk inside with their outside shoes that is dirty all around their house is in my opinion insane. Imagine all the shit you have stepped in outside and then bring that into your own house…
What is strange is voting for a mango maniac, and spending the next four years going to bed every night wondering if the next day will bring civil war.
So no, the discovery that politicians can take their shoes off is like one Planck length of weirdness in 2025.
its weird for uneducated and rude Americans,everywhere else you take your dirty ass shoes before you enter. ever heard of Japan…?
I think it’s quite common in other countries as well, especially far north where we have snow in the winter. Going in with shoes in the winter would quickly make your home into a wet mud hole. Then we just keep doing the same in the summer.
It’s just more sanitary, cleaner and easier to clean if you don’t drag the outside indoors. That goes for everyone, even Prime Ministers.
Wait, Americans walk around in shoes indoor???
Never have I ever seen anyone bring indoor shoes to anyones homes. Only for indoor events at venues where it was requested.
this is very rare in Norway.
it happens about every 4 years and a few people are carefully selected to be visited from these guys with or without socks. I think it is not ok to walk inside others houses not wearing socks, but some do.
note that the two older gentlemen played a huge part in destroying Libya in 2011. They dropped over 500 bunker buster bombs without preselected targets. and they did not bother to investigate after what they did to this country -nor helping them out.
Well done Norway! Nobel peace prize is coming!
No. Politicians in almost all countries will make an effort to get some photos of vapid symbols and meaningless gestures. What is weird is how many folks are fooled by this
Perfectly normal behavior lol
Not as creepy as kissing babies.
What is strange for Americans is too see political leaders treating regular people like equals lol.
Trump would be walking out with his pockets full after demeaning them.
But no – most places in the world have manners that dictate the removal of shoes.
>It is an unspoken rule in Norway and from what I know in the other Nordic countries to take off your shoes when entering a private home
Nah, it’s spoken, as in if someone walked into my house wearing shoes I’d normally speak up about it.
In the UK this is pretty normal to take off shoes when you enter. I dont think anyone would object to indoor shoes, even in an informal setting though.
There are some (my uncle, for example) that wear shoes around the home and are happy for visitors to do the same, Id say these are the exceptions though and definitely wouldnt assume my shoes are staying on when visiting an unfamiliar home.
The real weird bit about this is politicians visiting a private person’s home. Wouldn’t happen over here i dont think.
Switzerland: it’s common and considered polite. You’d leave the shoes in the foyer, or sometimes outside the door if it’s a flat.
If you are from a country where shoes inside is polite or preferred, what the fuck do you do if you want to stretch out your legs on a sofa or bed when watching TV. Do you put on your dirty outside shoes after taking a shower just to get to bed? I have so many questions
If someone walks into my house other than the hallway with shoes on, they will get a bucket and a mop also.
man it’s almost like they are humans too!
Why would anyone wear shoes inside? You’ll dirty up the floors!
You Americans are so dirty 😂 no way you actually think this is strange
Total number of countries where wearing shoes indoors is somehow said to be acceptable, even when they have fluffy carpets everywhere (but where most who live there still hate it, for obvious reasons): 1.
Total number of countries where the heads of state will endear themselves to the general populace by deliberately acting like a lofty douchebag: 1.
In Slovenia this is completely normal. I think also in other countries where they use wooden flooring.
Choose your pain: Smelly socks or getting your floor shit on
What’s crazy to me is that Americans usually wear shoes indoors but they also have way more carpet flooring than we do here in Norway. Like HOW do they keep it clean???
Do you wear your shoes when you go into public toilets? Subways? Urban settings?
If yes, then why the f would you wear shoes in your home. Let alone allow others regardless of rank to wear their shoes in your house.
What’s strange is walking around your house with shoes on. Dumb as fuck.
The whole point of shoes was to protect our feet from outdoors.
Husband looking so uncomfortable
I think taking your shoes off being the norm depends a bit on where you live and what kind of floors you have.
Here in the Nordics where there’s snow, sleet and mud half the year and having floors that will be damaged by dragging mud, water and other crap onto them, taking the shoes off is just natural.
If I lived in an old building in, say, Italy, just as an example, and there were stone or tile flooring, I might consider keeping my shoes on or wearing slippers.
Americans just found out about Swedish Wettex, soon they find out that taking of shoes reduce the dirt inside the house :0
Shoes will ruin my perfect parkett!
In the UK you should try and walk into someone’s house with shoes on
Frying pan round the head
Basic of all Slavic countries
US here…I grew up spending the most time visiting my Norwegian grandma (who was born in the US, but both her parents were Norwegian & so we’re the vast majority of surrounding families where she grew up), who had the strict rule of shoes off at the door. Her parents helped them build their house & it included a foyer between the outside door & inside door. You took your shoes off there. My Slavic grandma was the opposite, I guess… because they allowed shoes to be worn through the house & never said anything about taking them off.
I can’t stand the thought of outdoor shoes tracking in everything onto floors throughout the house. Not only does it make them dirty faster, but you’re tracking traces of animal poop and all the potential bacteria/etc carried in it. So in my house the shoes come off at the door (we have a mud room).
If we’re hosting a party that’s outdoor or combo outdoor/indoor, then I don’t make people take their shoes off, but I do go through & clean all the floors after. 😆
Taking vertical photos of a group of people?
That’s a bit strange, but not uncommon.
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