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> The "belts" seems like made up thing, bending the actual facts to fit someone's story. Agreed. As a Norwegian, I can attest Norway is known for its appreciat
by josteink 7y ago
> The "belts" seems like made up thing, bending the actual facts to fit someone's story.
Agreed. As a Norwegian, I can attest Norway is known for its appreciation of fine spirits like scotch and cognac.
That said, we’re clearly a beer-country. We make beer, we drink beer, we go out for a beer, and when people come over, we ask if they want a beer.
Vodka is only drunk by a smaller niche or Eastern European immigrants.
How we could ever be a “vodka nation” beats me. This looks like fiction.
Edit: I guess the illegal “moonshine” culture in the northern parts of the country could account for “vodkaism”, but that’s not really a striving culture these days, and definitely not mainstream.
- iguy 7y ago"these days" is key. I think the map is trying to say that maybe 200 years ago, people mostly drank hard alcohol of some sort, not beer or wine. Do you know whether that is accurate? And they've lumped by country borders, too. Could people grow hops in very southern Norway, perhaps?
- supermatt 7y agoThey provide no sources for historical consumption. It looks fictional to me. I know there is a lot of fruit wines traditionally in lithuania, for example, but we have been lumped into the "vodka belt"...
- mongol 7y agoDo you have a aquavit / snaps tradition? I think it is likely that Norway, like Sweden, had more emphasis on these spirits traditionally, before 1950 or so.
- flurdy 7y agoYeah, I am not sure of the Vodka belt for Norway. Though as others mentioned it may be more historic. Sweden does make Absolut though I'm not sure they are Vodka country either. My memory gaps from trips to see friends in Finland has convinced me they are Vodka country though, Koskenkorva and more. The second map where Norway prefer Beer as of 2012 is probably true. I am not quite sure why there are two maps. Though I agree moonshine was quite prevalent when I was young. Gallons of some dodgy near methanol drink bought of some Russian trawler... My Norwegian family does seem to drink a lot of Cognac and occasionally some Aquavit. I would say Norwegian drinking habits are not like other beer countries where they may have 1 or 2 pints a few times a week. It seemed in Norway more like once a month 8 pints or nothing for most... Though they are more cosmopolitan these days.
- tdsamardzhiev 7y agoPerhaps the Eastern European immigrants are drinking a lot of it.