Post AY2EpJdPNeZ1fZwKe0 by thor@berserker.town
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(DIR) Post #AY1klckxLaPLBvnHge by thor@berserker.town
2023-07-24T15:29:08Z
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via German (i believe) via English, we borrowed the word "camping" into the Norwegian languagedo not confuse this for sleeping out in a tent, or going on hikes.when you see "campingplass" or "camping" on a road sign in Norway, this is a business that rents plots out to camping trailer / RV users for a few nights.do not confuse it for an actual camping site where you light up a fire and go on hikes. this is targeted toward lower middle class people.typical Scandinavian lower middle class memory is spending the summer in one of these places. and there is nothing to do there. but this is what your parents think a vacation is.
(DIR) Post #AY2Ep5MESiVROFnPvc by encarsia@social.tchncs.de
2023-07-24T23:21:52Z
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@thor There are RV only parks but they seem rare. Most campsites are open to RVs, trailers, tents and commonly provide hytter.People just don't use tents anymore. I've been to multiple campsites this summer and there was a maximum of one other tent than mine on each site I stayed for the night.
(DIR) Post #AY2Ep80ibA4zcOkmJM by thor@berserker.town
2023-07-24T23:22:57Z
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@encarsia yeah, i mean, this is true. but it's not real camping. that happens out in the wild. it's "camping".
(DIR) Post #AY2Ep9T7B4O88l2yDA by encarsia@social.tchncs.de
2023-07-24T23:25:48Z
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@thor According to this definition staying on campsites (campingplass) is no real camping in general.That's quite a Norwegian thing to say...😅
(DIR) Post #AY2EpASnTjjDE3uEM4 by thor@berserker.town
2023-07-24T23:27:07Z
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@encarsia it's a very English thing to say. "campsite" as it is ordinarily understood in English does not ordinarily feature any RVs or mowed lawns.
(DIR) Post #AY2EpAeqkvMxpRXr8q by thor@berserker.town
2023-07-24T23:25:26Z
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@encarsia this is a campsite
(DIR) Post #AY2EpBUxdB3MR3vTMm by thor@berserker.town
2023-07-24T23:27:46Z
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@encarsia the main point of my post is to point out how weird it is that we borrowed "camping" - the English word - only to misuse it
(DIR) Post #AY2EpCW3qZWlalRrii by encarsia@social.tchncs.de
2023-07-24T23:32:27Z
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@thor We tamed campsites like we did with the wolves. Now there a RV parks with power stations to charge the battery of movable houses to watch Netflix instead of the stars and no open fire allowed and pugs that can't breathe.
(DIR) Post #AY2EpDRqNjkSTyU0mm by thor@berserker.town
2023-07-24T23:33:23Z
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@encarsia Norway resembles America more than the rest of Europe geographically speaking, because we have actual wilderness here, and plenty of it.
(DIR) Post #AY2EpDxOUQzA3pFCxk by thor@berserker.town
2023-07-24T23:30:57Z
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@encarsia it seems the main reason we did this is because of "camper trailer" - which native English speakers do know what is - and we went "ah, they mean the RVs and such, so we will have 'camping' sites" :blobcatgoogly:​
(DIR) Post #AY2EpEkJYY7KVY8HDM by thor@berserker.town
2023-07-24T23:34:03Z
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@encarsia the word we use for actual camping would be "telttur", not the English loanword "camping" that you see so often along roads.
(DIR) Post #AY2EpGMzWEeJXnEg8e by encarsia@social.tchncs.de
2023-07-24T23:40:19Z
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@thor Yes, there is a lack of differentiated vocabulary.Your vision of camping is what we now call wild camping and that's usually not permitted (and often times not possible due to dense settlement structures) outside of Scandinavia (and not even entirely there, but Danmark has its wonderful shelterplass spots).
(DIR) Post #AY2EpHv3l3UkLkBOsa by thor@berserker.town
2023-07-24T23:35:55Z
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@encarsia but yes, the rest of Europe is *very* domesticated. civilisation permeates it.
(DIR) Post #AY2EpIHkOhdvU6nWF6 by thor@berserker.town
2023-07-24T23:42:31Z
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@encarsia if you're car-based, you can semi-camp if you see a sign like this we'd consider this a bit closer to actually camping
(DIR) Post #AY2EpJdPNeZ1fZwKe0 by thor@berserker.town
2023-07-24T23:32:24Z
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@encarsia it probably also doesn't help that wilderness is fairly rare in the more densely populated countries of Europe, so if you try actually camping in most of it, you risk setting up a tent in someone's back yard.
(DIR) Post #AY2EpKS6LB76Cneoeu by thor@berserker.town
2023-07-24T23:42:59Z
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@encarsia up north, these places usually have great views
(DIR) Post #AY2EpMSWsYe0QhsBbU by encarsia@social.tchncs.de
2023-07-24T23:47:19Z
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@thor I have only cycled in the south which was challenging enough for a flatlander like me. :blobcatfearful:
(DIR) Post #AY2EpOV5I1sOlD5Frc by thor@berserker.town
2023-07-24T23:48:37Z
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@encarsia
(DIR) Post #AY2MqMtvWLhPitgAMa by Viking@noagendasocial.com
2023-07-25T01:19:36Z
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@thor @encarsia Himmelbjerget.
(DIR) Post #AY2NTstGWEuwEKDETg by thor@berserker.town
2023-07-25T01:26:43Z
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@Viking @encarsia Denmark's tallest peak.i don't think they really care in Denmark. but i'm going to ask questions if a Danish person claims any kind of authority on mountains.