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Edits: We mistakenly said JET STREAM and meant GULF STREAM – sorry (and no need to tell us again). We also would have added other durable and temperature efficient building materials to homes (we focused almost wholly on brick to make the comparison, but it's true of better-insulating wood and other materials). Lastly, we know about heat pumps that they also offer cooling functions. They're not exactly the same as AC and our point more broadly is that North American homes, stores, apartments, trains, malls, churches, banks, schools, buses, restaurants, etc are air conditioned continuously from May through October and 90% of Americans use AC in their homes during that period. So in broad strokes, we know people have heat pumps (no need to remind us again) but it's just not on the scale of how AC is overused elsewhere – which is actually a good thing 😀

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Humidity, that is why. Ottawa is humid and hot in the summer; that is why dudes.

I've been to Norway a couple of times. Cold as fuck, so that explains why they don't have AC even though they're rich as trolls. I'm from southern Sweden and can't really see any excuse for not having AC. During summer, Sweden is a truly a third world country.

Yes, we have, more and more, in a hurry, use to both varme and cold days 😂⛱☃️👍

As a Norwegian, "escape the heat" is a concept of which i am unfamiliar. The few days a year when the temperature goes above 25 degrees C, there is no other place we want to be than outside in the sun.

Altitude also plays huge part in heat of summer. When it's 80 degrees in Britain,it's hot. When it's 80 degrees in southwest Wyoming it's blistering. Being over a mile above sea level makes it just ugly.

I've never heard of the this sea water cooling system in Copenhagen before – despite living 70+ years on Sjælland, the island that houses Copenhagen, but during my any visits to US I've come to despite overly cooled rooms requiring you to wear extra clothing just to stand inside low temperatures during warm days out.

Old diseased heat attack in home..dehydrating ..

At the University there's a drinking water cooling ….tap .place for refil. as a service. for everyone. when cofees expensive and . poisend .

No air-condition…but ..solarie..???

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It is fun to see videos about Scandinavia from the eyes of americans. I would not recommend to visit Finnmark during the summer, mainly because you will not know what time of day it is at first. Sun is up 24/7 for the summer.
I've gotten questions from tourists asking if we have 2 suns, and it was hard to stay serious when you get that question, and now it is just annoying.

Our houses are so well insulated against cold that they become equally well insulated against heat. My dad's house, on the hottest days of the year, holds perfect room temperature. Our houses are built to last, not made out of materials with an R-rating barely above that of cardboard.

Sorry guys poorly researched!!! The most important is insulation and the insulation code which have in use for many years (75) you need to research Rockwool, Because off high energy prices we need to be warm in winters and cool in summers, and
most danes invest in insulating to save money in the long run, which was never a topic in the US also because energy was cheaper in the US, and people dont like to look to far ahead in the future!

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Its not very hot compared to places where air conditioning is a must.

2018 was the year everyone wanted one tho. I slept naked with a fan on trying to survive in my 30-35°C bedroom.

if we used aircon. in scandinavia we couldn´t complain about how hot it is and if we couldn´t do that then we would be bored and have to invade other countrys in order to not die of boredom.

A lot of houses and buildings in Norway have heatpumps, and they are basicly A/Cs

From my experience most houses here are built out of wood or concrete, not bricks. Most houses in the UK are from bricks though. I'm in Finland and think we need air conditioning, as does the rest of Europe. Sure, it's not long that it's hot in the Nordics but it's still freaking hot for when it is.

I am a dane and I do have AC I mean it's only 2k kr for a AC you can pack away when the heat is over

if the summer has been "bad" cold, a lot of Swedes take a trip to Greece, Spain, Italy in August.

been trying to explain, that my town are on the same latitude as Anchorage several times, but Americans seams not to don't understand.

The Atlantic Jet Stream keeps Europe cool? Don't you mean Gulf Stream or North Atlantic Drift? The Jet Stream is up in the stratosphere. Come on guys, do your research properly.

We norwegians don't escape the heat we run to it! We love it whenever the sun comes out. Sometimes we even get to go early from school or work if its sunny/hot outside!

You could maybe add a little about the building code here, these days you can almost heat a house build to the latest standards with a candle or two.
I cant recall the minimum thickness of insulation required in a house today but i think it might be a lot more than in the US, that is if the US even have codes pertaining to insulation for new build houses, and that spray stuff used in the US, well that would only work for a chicken coop here, and maybe not even that.

You could also talk about what it cost to heat a home ( even under normal circumstances ) as you probably know by now, electricity are not cheap in Denmark, same go for heating oil, or the homes heated with a natural gas furnace.
So you want to make sure as we say in Denmark, you are not heating for the crows.

Money and estetics are real reasons. It costs 2000 euros to get ac to house. Someone needs to make it smaller and cheaper. There are portable units too but making a tube to window is a mess. And big box in small apartments not good. Here hot days are usually only 30 to 40 days in year. There arent good solutions for ac.

in sweden we have 25 days of payed vacation per year and 20 days are mandatory so you can save 5 days each year to use later if you want

Even I wasn't aware of this and I'm from Sweden 🙂

With the price on electricity in DK, the cost of running an A/C would ruin my budget, and now Putin the Bastard is making energy even more expensive, so we might have to turn down the heat during next winter ☹️

OMG! It was Mike and Derek all along! 😯

I think you should change it to "why Scandinavian don't need aircondition" , in stead of "don't have" . Because here you are dead wrong. There are millions of heatpumps in Scandinavia on houses, apartments, cabin etc. – and as you might know, heatpumps are actually an AC run in reverse. So when we use it for cooling, that one day during summer, it's actually used for what it's suposed for, in the rest of the world. All of these heatpumps run on cooling liquid known as refridgerating gas such as R410A or R32. These products are sold by houndreds of thousands each year (combined Scandinavian numbers) both new instalations and aftermarkets/replacements – but as heatpumps.

Always good to see your input on the Scandinavian way of life…. and conditionings
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More or less all people I know having a villa has AC. Im living in Sweden…..

I love that you are making fun of yourself/Americans 😀 and I didn't know about this (I am from Denmark) but I always wondered why we don't really have it here.

Most hotels, offices and shops have air-conditioning.

Also since many of the Scandinavian cities are old and therefore build next to the sea or big rivers, there is a lot more cool breezes to be felt.

You are so wrong. We have milions of aircons. All heatpumps, also works as aircon. Many dont use them unless its really warm, but we have them. Regards jannick

Vi skal bare ikke bruge den i mere end en uge eller sådan noget om året 🤣 Så hellere finde den gamle blæser frem

I was so confused about the title of this video thinking of course we have air conditioning, but no, I can’t even remember anyone having it around here. I love in Oslo, Norway in an older brick building. In summer we constantly keep the windows open as well as the doors inside the flat to keep the air circulating. We also have a fan, but that’s not something I’ve been used to having before the last few years. It’s still a bit weird as it feels like there is a wind inside a building and I usually turn it off when my boyfriend is not at home. There are also green areas all around. There is a park just outside my window and there is also a national park with a lake less than 15 minutes walk from here. They have really made sure to keep nature. We also often go to the park on those days where it’s too warm to properly function or to the waterside to cool down. It’s just so integrated into how we live our lives.

But also wooden buildings are very common outside of the bigger cities which have a lot of the same benefits of keeping the heat and cold as a brick building. I guess this is another area where natural materials are the best.

I usually just use blinds. The sun is dampened enough but the air still moves. But if you’re close to a bigger road it’s a different kind of dilemma. Heat or too much noise. Also some people have fans that they turn on

Nice video. But we build almost all houses out if wood in norway at least. Not much bricks here.

The last few summers were surprisingly hot here in Denmark, now in 2022 I'm pretty tired of it already 😆

Waiting for Canadians to jump in en masse. Canada is not a tundra! There is tundra, but you cannot say "Canada is a tundra."
Oh dear.

Virtually all norwegian homes have aircondition. It's 2022, not 1980

I had to laugh watching you talk about potentially short summers in DK, while both of you being quite sun tanned ☀️ (presumably from DK) and btw love Derek's new hair style. Very fitting with the beard ☺️ great video as always ❤️

Also in Denmark, we have building regulation by law, for insulation

well in the summer my home is not below 30 degrees inside and in the winter if not expensivly heated doesnt go 12-15 degrees C.. so my home is a heat and cold sponge…

I live in Kalmar, about 300 kms north of Copenhagen. We use a '3-30-300' principle when we're planning urban areas. This means that you should be able to see at least 3 trees from the windows of your house or flat; 30% of any given block should be covered by tree tops; and everyone should be no more than 300 metres away from a park (or similar place with natural surroundings). We haven't totally succeeded with this in every part of the city, but we're getting very close to succeeding. This spring we planted small open fruit orchards all over the city, so people have been harvesting fruit for free in the last few weeks …

I used to live in Härnösand when I first came to Sweden (63°N … or about the latitude of the north coast of Alaska). In June and July the sun would 'set' at about 10 minutes to midnight and 'rise' about 25 minutes later. At 1.00 am the birds were singing, the sun was up and your friends would be calling to see if you wanted to go to the beach. Every couple of days you had to remember to go to bed and sleep …

I live in Norway, and I have a table fan which helps me through the hotter days.

Its not about the climate at all.. Many states in the us have seasons, frost and also air conditioning. The reason is that american houses are built like shit..