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False ; Norwegians don't look at Americans.
Except almost everything they see on the screen is Americans
The Americans are going to walk up on the street and randomly engage them in conversation
Sure they do.
Like the rest of the world:
I'm really not enjoying the popcorn anymore, though.
Anything tastes good with a sweet sauce of schadenfreude.
Norwegians when americans just come up and say "How are you?" and they don't really want to know in detail how we are but just want to be polite:
Not the Northern most Americans. They already understand how impactful a small hand wave is.
A hand wave? I’ve been a New Englander all my life. You get a quick glance and half grimace smile if you’re lucky. And that’s pretty much only if we accidentally make eye contact
So I'm functionally invisible if I go there? Tempting
There is 100% a strong culture for minding your own business and not bothering anyone here. By that I mean that approaching someone without having a good reason to do so is very much frowned upon. That doesn't mean we're anti-social or complete strangers to small-talk, but there are some rather subtle social cues governing when it's appropriate to approach someone, and if you just mind your own business and don't give any indication that you want to chat, there's a high probability that no one will approach you or talk to you.
So you either successfully do crimes because you're invisible, or you successfully get put in a Norwegian prison. I'm gonna go check plane ticket prices.
Fair enough.