# Welcome to Norway, land of Chlamydia (7-11 billboard)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-norway-land-of-chlamydia-7-11-billboard/816451>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 20, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-norway-land-of-chlamydia-7-11-billboard/816451 "2018-06-20T16:41:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-norway-land-of-chlamydia-7-11-billboard/816451/21 "2018-06-21T14:44:10Z")

</div>

> [@TruCelt](#):
>
> [Here’s your sign.](https://me.me/i/welcome-to-the-land-orthe-fjords-and-chlamydia-norway-has-22877946)

Neat, there are more than one design then. Here’s the one I saw first. It’s in a major Norwegian newspaper, so it won’t disappear like the reddit post: [https://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/denne-reklamen-moter-turistene-nar-de-kommer-til-oslo/69919276](https://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/denne-reklamen-moter-turistene-nar-de-kommer-til-oslo/69919276)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-norway-land-of-chlamydia-7-11-billboard/816451/22 "2018-06-21T14:46:14Z")

</div>

> [@Sunny\_Daze](#):
>
> [How about these ads from the Health Department in Norway](https://sputniknews.com/viral/201805261064833296-norway-condom-campaign/)?

Meh, those are just straight attempts at getting the attention of the target audience. The 7-11 add is more of a deliberate bait to go viral.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-norway-land-of-chlamydia-7-11-billboard/816451/23 "2018-06-21T14:55:25Z")

</div>

It’s odd that the 7-11 posters are specifically aimed at tourists - “Visiting from abroad? Protect yourself against the locals!” I wonder if this was some weird partnership with the Tourism Board or something - increase the number of visitors by implying that Norwegians will be happy to have sex with them, but keep down the number of "I got an STD in Norway! reviews by terrifying everyone into using condom.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-norway-land-of-chlamydia-7-11-billboard/816451/24 "2018-06-22T23:15:01Z")

</div>

> [@pohjonen](#):
>
> I always thought Rotunda and Avarice would make nice names.

Damn, I had a whole comedy routine based on misunderstood/pronounced words, mainly Rotunda. Along with “Latoose” (lettuce) and “Radisha”.  
Dennis

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2018, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-norway-land-of-chlamydia-7-11-billboard/816451/25 "2018-06-24T01:39:58Z")

</div>

i’m wondering, would Donald Trump still want Norwegians to immigrate to the U.S. even if they’re suffering from STD’s?😃

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-norway-land-of-chlamydia-7-11-billboard/816451.md?page=1)