Norway's economy is very, very developed, with a national income twice that of the United States, and it is a real high-welfare state.

Take childcare as an example: if you are a pure housewife or work less than 6 months before pregnancy, before the child is born, the Norwegian government will issue a maternity reserve of 36,000 kronor (about 29,000 yuan for soft girls) for the purchase of baby products; About 520 yuan for soft sisters) newborn subsidy, 1-3 years old can receive 3,000 crowns per month (about 2,400 yuan for soft girls) if they are not sent to nursery schools but take care of children at home.

In addition, there is a monthly nutrition allowance of 910 crowns (about 730 yuan for soft girls) for children aged 0-18, and if mothers have more than one child and feel that it is stressful to take care of children, they can even apply to the Social Welfare Bureau for a free childcare assistant, and the Social Welfare Bureau will send a specialist to help take care of the children at home, three times a week.

Of course, the source of all this is high taxes.

Norway's income tax rate starts at 36%, the excise tax on purchases is divided into 14% for food and 25% for non-food items, and 80% for cars.

This kind of tax rate is difficult to imagine in other countries, but it is a matter of course in this country, after all, high incomes will also increase taxes, followed by welfare policies that benefit the whole people.

The country is actually really interesting.

They weren't that rich in the first place.

Norwegians are one of the oldest humans in the world.

Before the 1970s, this small Nordic country was seen by the rest of Europe as a poor and backward "European countryside". Two-thirds of Norway is covered by glaciers, mountains, and plateaus, with little arable land and imports of food, and the only survival skill passed down from our ancestors is to make a living at sea - to be a pirate. So as early as the Viking period, the clever and studious Norwegians had already mastered the art of shipbuilding and long-distance navigation, and to this day, Norway has been a leader in the world of shipping.

Later, they found that pirates were not easy to do without capital, but their own population was small and domestic demand could not be stimulated, so they began to do foreign trade business. During the First World War, Norway used its traditional maritime industry to transport arms and other goods for belligerents, which enabled its economy to grow rapidly, but from the perspective of Europe as a whole, Norway was still a drag.

The fate of the Norwegians was completely reversed on December 23, 1969, when they discovered oil in the North Sea. At that time, Norway did not have a dedicated oil management and production department. So they spent three years setting up their own oil company, and then the whole country worked together to build the oil industry, making Statoil one of the world's largest crude oil suppliers, earning $40 billion a year.

So far, the poorest country in Northern Europe, which originally started as pirates, has made a magnificent turn, from a country of sea, herding, forest, and reindeer to the black gold empire.

Nature seems to favor the small Nordic country, and by 1998, Norway had discovered 47 oil and gas fields with a land area of only 385,000 square kilometers. With Norway's current oil resources, 5.3 million Norwegians can live in abundance for 150 years, even if they don't work. It stands to reason that it will take a long time for all the outbreaks to make up for the lack of poverty. For example, in Dubai, when there is money, he reclaims the sea and builds all kinds of miracle buildings, such as Brunei, after the discovery of oil, the king spent a lot of money to build a grand palace that broke the "Guinness World Record". However, Norway is different, it is still in the corner of Europe, living a quiet and quiet, traditional and simple life.

Of course, it didn't start like this.

When Norway first became rich, its over-reliance on oil led to the decline of other industries. At that time, in order to engage in the oil industry, all Norwegians went to work in the oil-related industry, no one caught fish, no boats were made, all kinds of factories were closed, and the whole Norway fell into a quagmire.

The Norwegian government has learned the hard way and decided to take a different path from other oil countries. In 1990, Norway established the Petroleum Pension Fund, the world's largest sovereign wealth fund, to cushion the impact of oil price fluctuations on the economy. It was the establishment of this pension fund that allowed Norwegians to enter a utopian society where they could be cared for from cradle to grave, and they had a complete social welfare system such as free education and medical care.

While in other parts of the world, a person's success is often measured by how much he has, but Norwegians are proud of the values of how much they pay each year in taxes for the country and how much they contribute to society. But Norway is different, where they are willing to pay high taxes to give back to society instead of comfortable cars by walking or biking, they are one of the richest countries in the world with second-hand stores and thrift markets, they like to "pick up" and "borrow" cardboard boxes in the most affordable way to move, and they prefer to copy notes by hand in the library rather than making large copies of materials.

On the streets of Norway, you can see young people using bicycles everywhere.

Although their national income is twice that of the United States, it is rare to find a luxury store on the streets of Oslo. Donkey and Chanel are not the source of happiness for Norwegians, who prefer to replace skyscrapers with green parks and quaint cottages. King Harald V of Norway often admonished the people in his New Year's message: "Do not overconsume so as not to damage the environment." ”

Therefore, in this country, whether you live or travel, you can feel a sense of ease and tranquility.

People who are accustomed to the steel jungle will inevitably get a feeling of being cleansed when they come to this country...... In fact, in addition to the necessary cough every night, during the day, Zhou Fangyuan and Lin Yueya either walked on the streets, or followed the tour group to get close to nature.

Because of its commitment to nature conservation, Norway has a lot of natural attractions.

There are so many of the more famous.

The Lofoten Islands, which means "bobcat feet" in Norwegian, also allude to the "Lofoten Wall", a series of precipitous islands rising from the elevation of their territory. The "Lofoten Wall" forms a 160-kilometre-long barrier between the Westfjords and the North Sea. The Gulf Stream makes for relatively warm and humid winters, and from January to the end of April, large numbers of fish flock to the shallow waters of Lofoten to spawn, and fishermen flood at this time of year.

There are fewer fishermen on Lofoten Island, but the number of tourists and artists has increased. The fishermen's shacks, which made Lofoten's history, became holiday homes for tourists who came to visit. Painters who were drawn to the daylight of Lofoten became more and more famous. In Sveenea, near Svolwa, a new "art house" has been built for six Swedish painters and two Norwegian painters.

Helsit, located on the west side of Geirangerfjord, and Geiranger is known as Norway's Yellowstone National Park, with a very vast pastoral mountain scenery, looking down on this mountain town in the early morning, the green manor is covered with a thin layer of white mist, and the sense of comfort makes people linger. It was also the base of the Viking invasion of Britain, France, and Russia more than 1,000 years ago, so you can find the remains of an old farm.

Baliss, Sognafjord, Norway's longest and deepest fjord, more than 200 kilometers long, the deepest depth of 1,300 meters, in some places vertical mountain walls suddenly rise from the sea level up to 1,000 meters, the magic of nature is amazing. Barisse River is a small town by the Sogna Fjord, a meeting point of several small fjords, and an important tourist and transportation city in the region, with snow in the mountains in the distance and green grass in the valleys in summer, like the countryside of England, and a bit like the lakeside resorts of Switzerland.

In addition, there are the famous four summer bays.

Geirangerfjord, located north of Bergen on the southwest coast of Norway, is one of the most beautiful and mysterious fjords in Norway. The fjord is 16 kilometres long and is flanked by mountains over 1,500 metres above sea level. Geirangerfjord is famous for its many waterfalls, many of which cascade down steep rock faces, such as the "Veil of the Bridegroom" and the "Seven Sisters". At the top of the fjord is the village of Geiranger, which is only accessible by a 1,000-metre road that winds down the hillside and is popular with tourists on foot in summer. In addition to the Geirangerfjord Church, built in 1842, there are also the Forridalsyuwe Observatory, which is frequented by photographers, and the Darsnieba Observatory, which is 1,500 metres above sea level. There is also a Briksdal Glacier in the vicinity.

Sognefjord, located north of the city of Bergen, is known for being the furthest landbound. Stretching 204 kilometres east from the west coast, Sognefjord is the longest and deepest fjord in the world.

Hardangerfjord, located south of the city of Bergen, is known for its idyllic beauty. Hardangerfjord is the most idyllic of the four fjords. In spring, fruit trees bloom in a variety of colours on the hills on both sides of the fjord, complementing the 170-kilometre-long green fjord. In summer, apple blossoms and apricot blossoms bloom everywhere

Lysefjord,. Located to the east of the city of Scandavanger, it is a perfect combination of cliffs, cliffs and strange rocks. The 42-kilometre-long Riesefjord is home to the wonder of a "pulpit" perched on a cliff about 600 metres above the sea, as well as a boulder suspended 1,000 metres in the air.

In short, Norway is indeed a good country, with good air, good environment and good atmosphere, and the tour group stayed here for three full days before restarting.

Sweden is followed by Denmark, the country of Denmark, how to say it...... It doesn't feel like it's featured, but it's like there's a lot of it.

If you want to talk about Denmark, everyone can probably recall a lot of names, such as Hans Christian Andersen, Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales, the world's most famous fairy tale series, it may be an exaggeration to say that everyone knows it, but Hans Christian Andersen's name, Zhou Fangyuan himself has known it since he was two or three years old, and the whole Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale has been translated into more than 150 languages, isn't that a joke?

What else is there besides fairy tales?

Danish sandwiches and cheeses, that's also famous.

Needless to say, Lego bricks are also becoming more and more famous in the world, and Minecraft, produced by distant games, is actually developed by imitating Lego bricks, and Lego bricks are almost the most famous building blocks in the world.

And Novo Nordisk, this, well, there should be a lot of people who know. Founded in 1923, it is a world-renowned pharmaceutical and biochemical group company, producing insulin and enzyme preparations accounting for more than 50% and 40% of the world's market share respectively. It has subsidiaries or offices in 68 countries and regions, with a total of 16,000 employees. In November 2000, it was officially divided into two companies, the company in charge of the pharmaceutical business continued to use the original name, and the company in charge of the enzyme business was renamed Novozymes. In 1995, the group invested about 200 million US dollars to set up a factory in Tianjin, which is the largest Danish enterprise in China.

Zhou Fangyuan has diabetics at home, and the most common diabetes drug on the market is produced by Novo Nordisk, and there is also an injection drug that can lose weight, which is also very beneficial to the maintenance of diabetics.

The above should be the biggest label for Denmark that most people can think of.

As for snow mountain skiing or something, to put it mildly, except for Iceland, these four countries in the five Nordic countries on the European continent have developed snow mountain skiing projects. The geography and climatic conditions in which they are located are ideal for skiing. You can't just say that any country has to do a better skiing program than the others, in fact, these countries are all about the same level of development, and there is no obvious difference.

Tours have the shortest stay in Denmark, with only one day. Then we moved on to the last stop, Iceland.

Iceland is the only island country among the five Nordic countries, with a land area of 103,000 square kilometers and a population of about 340,000, making it the least densely populated country in Europe.

Many people are not familiar with Iceland, as a reborn Zhou Fangyuan, in his previous life, he knew very little about Iceland, what really made him notice this country was the stubborn resistance of the Iceland team in the World Cup, which forced Argentina, ranked fifth in the world, to 1:1, such a record, but the national football team did not get it back then. Since then, the country has really come into the limelight of many people.

But don't look at the small size of this country, its strength is not weak.

In terms of energy, Iceland is blessed with unique hydropower and geothermal resources, a very developed energy industry, abundant electricity, and low prices. The development technology of geothermal utilization is unique in the world.

In the metallurgical industry, Iceland's annual aluminum output will reach 760,000 tons, becoming one of the world's largest aluminum producers, accounting for 5% of the world's aluminum production.

The pharmaceutical industry, the fourth largest in the world, is one of the main pillars of Iceland's economy, mainly due to the advancement and development of biomedical and genetic research in Iceland.

The software industry, such as gaming, commercial, anti-virus disinfection, teaching and laboratory software, is one of the world's major software exporters.

But these are not the focus of the tour group, the focus is the natural environment.

Clean!

Chaste!

This is the answer that everyone who sets foot in Iceland can give subconsciously.

Because there is the purest air and water in the world, as well as the best hot springs. Compared to other Nordic countries, Iceland looks pristine, but it is closer to nature.

Blue Lagoon, Glacier ...... If Sweden gives people the feeling of a relaxation of the mind, then Iceland gives people the feeling of a complete cleansing of the whole person, the whole body, mind and soul!