Hello from Norway

[Naits]

Welcome from Central Oregon, USA.

If I might ask, how is pipe smoking viewed in Norway?

Thank you! Well, it is viewed pretty OLD fashioned! No hit at all...Probably not a surprise. Generally not cool, though in certain circles it is. I really don't care about that. Much more concerned about the strict norwegian tobacco policy..

 

[FurCoat]

Welcome from North Carolina

 

[Sgetz]

Welcome from Durham in the UK

 

[Naits]

Welcome from an Irishman in New Zealand. Is pipe smoking accessible in Norway? What are the prices of tobacco like? Nice to meet you.

Thank you, mate! Yes, to a limited extent it is accessible. To obtain a variety of good pipes is though not so easy. Good well known tobaccos is hard to find. Oslo, Bergen and Trondheim has a couple of nice shops who offers some good ones (english/irish, german and danish). I some times order from there...Or mostly when I'm abroad.
And prices in Norway? I hardly dare to answer. About 40$ for 50 gr (puke)

 

[anotherbob]

Hello pipe smoking fellows!
I´m happy to be able join you here. I am a Norwegian, and I have been a pipe smoker since 1996. My first proper pipe was a bent Danske Club. At that time I lived in Hamburg, where I was studying until 2001. My regular pipe shop there was Pfeifen Tesch, a really nice shop downtown (is recommended!).
English (and partly irish and some scandinavian pipe makers) straight, classy pipes is for me a passion, and I prefer tobaccos in the pure English taste direction. Lately there have been some new pipe investments.

(Pipe smoking at -10 Celcius is pleasant)

Kind regards,
Stian (Naits)

Hey welcome from pa. I certainly don't fully agree with the -10 Celsius part that's right where I start thinking I can wait till tomorrow to smoke. I had to do the conversions though to realize that -10 is far more bareable then I assumed it would be.
So I've been pipe smoking two years longer then you and yes it's competition. But only for people who started smoking pipes 94 or later.

 

[anotherbob]

Thank you, mate! Yes, to a limited extent it is accessible. To obtain a variety of good pipes is though not so easy. Good well known tobaccos is hard to find. Oslo, Bergen and Trondheim has a couple of nice shops who offers some good ones (english/irish, german and danish). I some times order from there...Or mostly when I'm abroad.
And prices in Norway? I hardly dare to answer. About 40$ for 50 gr (puke)

I have to be honest. I personally find the price here in the U.S. astonishing the other way. I can't believe I can get something that is luxurious for such a price. I guess what I am saying is I'd always prefer spending less for more always, but you could drive the price up quite a bit before I think it's too much (sadly my wallet doesn't always agree with that).

 

[Briar Tuck]

Welcome, from the Oregon coast.

 

[Kobold]

Welcome from Maryland

 

[kcghost]

Welcome from Kansas in the USA!!

 

[reloader]

Welcome from New Mexico, USA.

 

[Honkytonk Man]

Howdy & welcome, from Korea.

 

[Naits]

Thanks to you all for this kind and warm welcome. I appreciate every single greeting and likes from each and every one of you. This seems to be a great forum!

 

[Flatfish]

Hello from Wales

 

[Lees65GTO]

Welcome from SE Texas.

 

[canucklehead]

Welcome from the middle of Alberta.

 

[Highlandpiper]

Welcome form Scotland, I was in your beautiful country Nov22, in Bergen, absolutely stunning place with such friendly people and had a good smoke of my pipe on the summit of Lovstakken and amazingly a friendly local spotted the pipe pulled out his own and a 30 min smoke on a snowy hilltop was had. A real lasting pipe memory.

 

[Naits]

Welcome form Scotland, I was in your beautiful country Nov22, in Bergen, absolutely stunning place with such friendly people and had a good smoke of my pipe on the summit of Lovstakken and amazingly a friendly local spotted the pipe pulled out his own and a 30 min smoke on a snowy hilltop was had. A real lasting pipe memory.

Thanks a lot. Oh nice! Glad to hear that. Sounds like quite a memory. Yes, Bergen is lovely, and actually for some reason pipe smoking is more common there..

 

[Naits]

Evening smoke in Lofoten, Norway. Tobacco pouch contents Standard Mixture, Peterson. Happy smoke to all of you!

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

Welcome and Greetings from Finland.
Btw.Those older estate Lillehammer pipes are worth it to look into,I have had a couple of them,

 

[mso489]

Hey from central North Carolina, and welcome aboard. One of my middle school and high school friends was a proud Norwegian American, and when I moved from the area, he later became a good friend to my father. He was one of the founders of a Norwegian Day parade in my hometown, a suburb of Chicago, and often as not, Ralph (his name) was riding in one of the lead convertibles in the parade. As I recall, he had a huge crush on the homecoming queen beautiful girl in our high school class who was also Norwegian.