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Hi, hi, I'm Paul from Norway and today I'm going to show you our Norwegian cabin
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cabin and the other one is hite leave which means cabin life now what does a Norwegian
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hite look like and what does hittelive mean to Norwegians let me explain the Norwegian hite
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comes in many shapes and sizes you find them by the sea up in the mountains or out in the
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woods some are quite advanced like a regular house while others can be primitive
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shacks in the middle of nowhere having a hitta and spending time at it is a big
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part of the Norwegian identity. Not everyone own their own Hitha, but normally someone in your
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family or some friends got one and might invite you on a Hithetur a trip to the cabin to enjoy some hithew live life at the cabin
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My family's hitta is situated two hours east of Oslo, just next to a lake, and it looks like this
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Our hitta has three bedrooms, so you can invite friends and family to stay over
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There's a practical kitchen and a dining table. next to a fireplace. There's a living room with a comfortable sofa and some chairs
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and also a second living room with big windows for a good view of the lake, perfect for a rainy day
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In our cabin we have electricity, but there's no plumbing here, so there's no running water
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So we wash ourselves in water from the lake and bring drinking water in on these cans
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What I like about this sita is that it's fairly basic, but it's comfortable
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And I think that's something that's very important to many Norwegians. The peace and the quiet and the connection that you get to nature
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is one of the most important things of coming here. Norwegians love these big platforms that I walking on here now It kind of makes sense though because when we at the Hitta we want to spend as much as time possible outside
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We want a comfortable place to sit. So we're not just building along one wall of the cabin, but we build them around the cabin
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so that we can catch the angle of the sun throughout the day
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So we really spend a lot of time hanging out on these platforms. And if you're as lucky as we are, you also have a little platform
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leading down to the water where you can go for a swim. Since there's no plumbing, you need an alternative approach to a toilet
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And in this cabin there happens to be two options. The first option is an indoor incineration
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toilet which burns the waste. The second option is almost like a Norwegian icon. We call it for
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Ute, Do, an outdoor toilet, and it's usually placed around 40 to 50 meters away from the cabin
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This is actually the toilet that I prefer When you done you put some bark in the hole and nature takes care of the rest and you can enjoy a view of the forest There a lot of different activities you can do at a cabin Eating is one of them and we always enjoy a good
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barbecue. Also you can fish, hike, swim, meditate, play board games and there are always some
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dishes that need to be cleaned. And in the late evening we enjoy taking out our canoe and go for a little
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paddle on the lake. For me, the most important thing is to read and relax and disconnect from the stressful life in the city and enjoy a good portion of a good portion of some
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Norwegian higge. All right, that's it for now. How does it compare to any of your cabin experiences
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Until next time, take care and hallebrau
