{"id":655,"date":"2010-11-18T19:02:45","date_gmt":"2010-11-18T19:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=655"},"modified":"2010-11-18T19:02:45","modified_gmt":"2010-11-18T19:02:45","slug":"winter-weather-in-norway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/winter-weather-in-norway\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter weather in Norway"},"content":{"rendered":"
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this was the coldest day I\u00b4ve ever experienced in my whole life and we were on a walking tour of Oslo<\/p><\/div>\n

Now that we have had our first sn\u00f8<\/strong> (snow) here in MN after a long, warm, and beautiful h\u00f8st<\/strong>, I\u00b4m definitely getting in the spirit of vinter <\/strong>and jul<\/strong>. \u00a0Although I was very disappointed to have to leave Norway recently, I was happy to narrowly escape the normally scheduled and very prompt arrival of vinter<\/strong> immediately upon my return home. \u00a0Since much of my sommer <\/strong>was spent in northern Norway and thus was much cooler than juli <\/strong>and august<\/strong> in MN, I was quite pleased to come home to such great v\u00e6r<\/strong>. \u00a0Anyways, vinter<\/strong> is here now and it\u00b4s time to embrace it!<\/p>\n

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my best friend playing hockey for Furuset in Oslo<\/p><\/div>\n

If you are not a vinter<\/strong> sport person, being able to enjoy yourself outside really depends on how you are dressed. \u00a0If you bundle up enough and can keep yourself warm even if you are standing still, you should be good to go. \u00a0I think for a while I didn\u00b4t know what the best way to layer was or maybe I was terrible at judging how much warm clothing I would need based on walking outside and testing the weather. \u00a0Either way, unless I was skiing, skating, or sledding, I loathed vinter<\/strong>, with a passion. \u00a0I have poor circulation in my hender <\/strong>(hands) and f\u00f8tter <\/strong>(feet), so I was always miserably cold because I could never find votter<\/strong> (mittens) that were warm enough for my hands! \u00a0I can thank a small store in Troms\u00f8 for providing me with the world\u00b4s best votter<\/strong>, hands down. \u00a0They are huge, down, bright red votter<\/strong> that are undoubtedly going to keep my hender<\/strong> nice and toasty.<\/p>\n

What other vocabulary would be useful for you with regards to winter wear?<\/p>\n

Let\u00b4s start at the top: \u00a0everyone needs a lue<\/strong> (hat) or \u00f8reklokker <\/strong>(earmuffs, literally translated to ear clocks) to keep your hode varm <\/strong>(head warm). \u00a0Many people neglect nakken<\/strong> (the neck) by not wearing a skjerf <\/strong>or some other sort of covering, such as a halsvarmer<\/strong> (neck warmer). \u00a0Although we always hear that the most heat escapes from our heads, a jakke<\/strong> (jacket) or a frakk<\/strong> (coat) are essential to keeping the trunk warm. \u00a0Underneath your jakke<\/strong> or frakk<\/strong> you might have lang<\/strong> undert\u00f8y<\/strong> (long underwear) and a genser<\/strong> (sweater). \u00a0On your hender<\/strong>, you may choose votter<\/strong> or hansker<\/strong> (gloves). \u00a0Your bottom half also may have lang undert\u00f8y<\/strong> or even sn\u00f8bukser <\/strong>(snowpants). \u00a0Your f\u00f8tter <\/strong>need warm sokker <\/strong>and st\u00f8vler <\/strong>(boots).<\/p>\n

Now that we\u00b4ve covered winter wear items, I want to share with you some winter trivia from Norway.<\/p>\n

-The coldest recorded temperature was -51.4 C (-60.5 F!) in Karasjok-brrrrr!<\/p>\n

-The Langnes-Troms\u00f8 area have the most snowcover on average. \u00a0There are 160 days a year when there is 25 cm or more snow on the ground.<\/p>\n

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skiing out of a dorm in Trondheim<\/p><\/div>\n

-The warmest average January temperature in Norway is in Molde-right about at freezing.<\/p>\n

The coldest city in Norway right now is Lillehammer at -12 C and the warmest is Stavanger with 4 C.<\/p>\n

Happy winter, especially to those of you in cold, snowy climates!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Now that we have had our first sn\u00f8 (snow) here in MN after a long, warm, and beautiful h\u00f8st, I\u00b4m definitely getting in the spirit of vinter and jul. \u00a0Although I was very disappointed to have to leave Norway recently, I was happy to narrowly escape the normally scheduled and very prompt arrival of vinter…<\/p>\n

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