{"id":2386,"date":"2017-10-16T13:59:04","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T13:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=2386"},"modified":"2017-10-16T13:59:04","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T13:59:04","slug":"sprek-norwegians-are-sporty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/sprek-norwegians-are-sporty\/","title":{"rendered":"“Sprek” Norwegians are Sporty"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rulleski<\/strong> (roller skis) makes it possible to keep your skiing skills afloat \u2013 even without snow! (Photo courtesy of Trysil at Flickr<\/a>, CC License.)<\/p><\/div>\n

Are you a spreking<\/strong> (\u2248 fit person)?\u00a0An Icelander told me about this stereotype of nordmenn<\/b> (Norwegians): They are people who are always active, do a lot of sport<\/b>, and speed up and down fjellsidene<\/b> (the mountain slopes) with top-notch utstyr<\/b> [OOTstee<\/i>r] (gear). Even if this stereotype is vastly exaggerated \u2013 I\u2019ve personally known several \u201dlazy\u201d Norwegians \u2013 it does contain et \u00f8rlite grann av sannhet<\/b> (a tiny grain of truth)\u2026<\/p>\n

Norge har mye vakker natur<\/b> (Norway has a lot of beautiful nature). That\u2019s why it is very common \u00e5 g\u00e5 turer i skog og mark<\/b> (to go on trips in \u201dwood and wilderness\u201d). Even people in cities like Oslo<\/b> and Bergen<\/b> have \u201dthe big outdoors\u201d a bus trip away from the city centre. In winter, when sn\u00f8en <\/b>(the snow) is covering the hiking tracks, many people in Norway like to go skiing or snowboarding instead. Even Norwegians themselves say that they\u2019re f\u00f8dt med ski p\u00e5 beina<\/b> [fur<\/i>tt meh shee paw bye-nah] \u2013 born with skis on their legs! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Of course, Norway has lots of other options for you to f\u00e5 opp pulsen <\/b>(\u201dget your pulse raising\u201d, literally \u201dget up the pulse\u201d):<\/p>\n