The Norwegian Secret to Enjoying a Long Winter(fastcompany.com)

The Norwegian Secret to Enjoying a Long Winter

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Norway does have a lot of community oriented activities especially if you have children. There are ski-clubs everywhere for cross country skiing, and those clubs often have "lys-løype" (lit tracks) and a man who drives a tracked vehicle that makes the line-tracks in the snow. This means there are clearly designated areas where skiiers can park and ski on a course. The ski-club where I live also produce a map of a nearby forest with all the winter trails marked out. The tourist board of Norway have "get outside days" for children and organised clubs all year around to encourage use of the countryside. Ski-clubs also arrange for garage-sale type events where almost new and used gear can be gotten cheaply. There is no stigma around this in Norway even among the more well off. Buying new gear for growing children is OK, but getting it cheap is more OK (a lot of Norway is wealthy because people are frugal, I think they remember times before the oil boom!).

It's almost impossible to avoid being harassed into going cross country skiing in Norway. Accept and assimilate.

hga10 anni fa

One of my favorite books as a kid was Snow Treasure, which involves kids sledding the country's gold bullion past unsuspecting Nazis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Treasure

It's almost impossible to avoid being harassed into going cross country skiing in Norway. Accept and assimilate.

Heh, that's something I think I'd like, too bad I live in a more temperate zone, we're not even assured of getting a serious snow in any given winter. And as I remembered, apropos of it, the sport of biathlon, cross country skiing + shooting, two activities that work at physiological cross purposes, originated in Norway: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biathlon

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seanp2k210 anni fa

Or, move to SF or LA where "winter" means a few months of scattered showers once a week and occasionally days where a hoodie is more comfortable than just a t-shirt.

unixhero10 anni fa

Yeah like how. Do you know how hard it is to get a greencard or residence permit for Northern Europeans?

hga10 anni fa

Some of us like a real winter season, and I'll also note that a hard freeze kills or suppresses a bunch of bugs. Are big scorpions a thing in LA? (I wouldn't expect them to be so in SF, probably too wet.)

unixhero10 anni fa

Well written, thanks