I really hope this doesn't arrive in UK

What is it? I don’t like clicking links.

Party buses for students after exams.

Goodness. I had no idea. Agree with your thread heading bluebelle.

Well a bit more than party buses which sounds very tame Georgesgran
These go on for weeks and cost thousands

It’s a perfectly safe BBC link argymargy I wouldn’t post anything dodgy

Yes, agreed BB. I just posted the headline for argy as she was reluctant to click on the link.

The plan now is to ensure that from next year celebrations are moved to the post-exam period.

Well that's the most obvious and sensible step to take in the first place.

They're going to party anyway, that's a given. It just needs to be done a bit more safely too.

If it was an Amercian tradition- like those awful proms- I would say it may come here, but as it's Norwegian and they are a more caring society no way will it be picked up here. This is because we don't have the midnight sun here and the article is about how to stop these young people having some fun after their hard work, and not encouraging them to do so.

I read the article this morning and was shocked that the partying goes on before and during their final exams. And how costly it all is.
I have been watching the excellent Simon Reeve series Scandinavia. Norway comes out as an exremely wealthy country which invested their undersea oil discoveries in the welfare of their citizens as well as international investments which have produced an enormous reserve. Unlike the UK and our north sea oil.
So I expect these 18 year old Norwegians have more money to spend on partying and maybe their futures are so financially secure that exam results don't matter too much.

Not really stopping them having fun Keepingquiet it isn’t about that it’s about the length of time it goes on for and the cost ( thousands) I doubt anyone would complain about one night of celebrations or even a weekend but these go on for weeks even whist they are still studying, playing loud music in the streets from midnight to dawn
It's a party bus! We go out every night for a month, we get drunk, we're partying with our friends and it's just fun!" says 19-year-old Edvard Aanestad, who is finishing school on the west side of Oslo.The fear is that all the weeks of partying as well as the peer pressure involved are having a detrimental effect on teenagers' overall wellbeing, as well as their grades. A small fortune is often spent renting the buses and decking them out and many school-leavers go into debt to pay for it all
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Oh I don’t know.
It might brighten up the average bus replacement service 🚌

I wonder if they are telling the whole truth? Did they interview many students or just those who go out every evening for a month? I always think there is probably a few who do, but many who are home studying. But that wouldn't make a good story

Ah the journalist’s mantra
“Never let the facts get in the way of a good story” 🤣

It is common for there to be a long party and event season after A level "studenten" exams in Sweden but the busses are a thing I hadn't heard of. My kids did A levels in Sweden where there was about a month of activities but it wasn't all alcohol fuelled so I wonder if this is a particular thing in a wealthy suburb. My kids did BBQs, minigolf, a formal ball, kayaking, swimming in the lake, a club night, parties, dinners etc - not to mention the hat ceremony.

Exams are done by mid May but there are 3-4 weeks of term left as you get your results on the final day so there are a load of daytime/nightime events. The final week was a bit crazy and the final exam result day the craziest of all;
- champagne breakfast
- in to school for for an early lunch to get your exam results
- the official class "run out" where the students run out of school in their student hats to waiting families who hold huge placards with baby photos and balloons and hang flowers/toys around their neck ...
- onto the backs of lorries for the parade around town
- into the town square and then the official student march around town
- meet up with families for a family reception or dinner

Makes the currant bun and cup of tea I got in the UK seem really tame

But DH has reminded me that in Denmark it was the tradition when he was at school to be on the back of lorries and then go to everyone in the class's home for a drink!

I don't think it is really a lot worse than the stuff that 19 year old British University students get up to after exams.

I don’t think British students would like ‘organised’ fun😁 they like to do their own thing.
I watched a good Scandi mystery programme ( fiction) on a pair of missing students who went off on a party bus after exams.

I think this article is hugely exaggerated!

Partying every night for a month is not something I believe.

I have seen the scores of young people in their red dungarees, it’s very much a right of passage, the real party is on Constitution Day.

Even Norwegians find alcohol very expensive, it is taxed highly.

Alcohol over 4.75% can only be purchased in the state run off licence Vinmonopolet, the stores have very tight restrictions and will not sell to anyone they think is inebriated.

The legal limit in Norway is 18 for beverages of under 22%, it then goes up to age 20.

The culture there is so different than UK.

Oreo

I don’t think British students would like ‘organised’ fun😁 they like to do their own thing.
I watched a good Scandi mystery programme ( fiction) on a pair of missing students who went off on a party bus after exams.

These events - apart from a few - are not organised by the school/local authority - they are organised by the students themselves. I remember my daughter's class had a lot of stress to organise their lorry for the exam day parade as noneone in the class had any haulage or farming contacts ....

The group in the article must be very wealthy - have you seen the cost of booze in Norway? Norwegians often travel to Sweden to buy booze.

Norway has high salaries tho doesn’t it? There’s a big drinking culture there and Sweden from what I’ve read.

I found the claim that Norwegian teens are making money by selling toilet rolls, interesting.

Oreo

Norway has high salaries tho doesn’t it? There’s a big drinking culture there and Sweden from what I’ve read.

High school students don't really have high salaries and a bottle of beer is about £10 in a bar.

I think there is possibly a bit of a binge drinking culture in Sweden - holidays and sporting events etc. However I would say that Brits probably consume more overall - but the drink driving laws may influence this as the Swedish drink driving limit is just a quarter of the British.

Australia has schoolies week which is when people who have just finished school in Year 12 all meet together at a beach suburb and party. It involves boozing and having a good time. Most by that time are 18 so it is not illegal. Some beach areas have banned it for obvious reasons. The danger is the creepy infiltrators who are older and just looking for a young drunk female for sex. Several of my grandchildren have participated in these weeks and they have all loved it, letting your hair down after exams.

Well, DGD is just doing A levels. As far as I can see, she too will be havinga party summer.

There is her Prom, then, having turned 18 a week ago, there is her first holiday broad without family - to Greece - with school friends. Paid for from the earnings of her part time job. Then there is a trip to France. Her friend's mother is French and they are going down to the mediterranean to stay at the family home.

Her generation, and certainly her group, seem to drink far less than their parent's generation.

I cannot remember any celebrations after finishing my A levels. I was at boarding school, term ended, my trunk with all my effects had been sent on by rail ahead of me. So when the exams were over. I went back to my room, packed my overnight bag and walked out of school forever. Caught the trains home, my parents met me at the home station and that was it.

What is wrong with party buses? They would bore me stiff, but others enjoy parties. What exactly is the problem?

I clicked the link but it did not interest me. I'd have appreciated a brief resume and more informative title.

Caleo

What is wrong with party buses? They would bore me stiff, but others enjoy parties. What exactly is the problem?

I clicked the link but it did not interest me. I'd have appreciated a brief resume and more informative title.

Expensive (putting students into debt), exclusionary (due to the expense), unsafe (sideways facing seats/standing whilst moving). Negative impact on education (the "celebration/buses go on during examinations and beyond).

On the other hand it can be sensible to have a party bus with a sober driver as it actively discourages anyone from drink driving. The Norwegian drink driving limit is 0.2 and you can go to prison for less than the UK drink driving limit.

Also US prom culture has been alive and well in Britain for many, many years - I remember about 20 years ago my kids being gobsmacked when we were visiting my brother's home in the UK a pink stretch limo pulled up at a neighbour's house to collect a group of girls for the school prom ..... they were 11 and it was the year 6 prom!