STD ad goes viral

Published June 28, 2018 · Updated December 31, 2020

An advertisement for condoms has irked Norway’s tourist board with its message about venereal disease The Local “Welcome to Norway! The Land of Chlamydia,” pronounces the poster, which shows a young Norwegian couple dressed in the traditional bunad costume in front of a backdrop of snow-capped mountains and fjords. Visit Norway, the country’s tourist board, has hit out at the ad for depicting Norway in a negative light. “(This) makes Norwegians seem like uncouth, lewd, sex-mad people,” Visit Norway marketing developer Stein Ove Rolland told Dagbladet. “This is not a good advert for Norway.” The poster advertisement is currently displayed at Oslo Central Station, making it likely to be one of the first sights to greet tourists upon arriv

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