We have the same situation in Finland. I think the best solution would be to crawl on the ground.
Buy spikes
Jesus H. Christ
I remember a few years ago when we also had this kind of weather here in Switzerland
Now I’m happy if it snows for Christmas 😐
Nope. Nope nope nope. My car is hiding behind me and saying the same thing.
I m seeing this picture whilst I am laughing in my head ’cause I fell down 4 times this morning while I was trying to get to my car in the parking lot! And I kid you not…
I also live in Sweden 😄
Activate penguin walk!
Skridskor till jobbet!
Skridskoväder!
Interesting. I thought this was just a country-like-bulgaria problem and this doesnt happen in “proper” countries. Especially ones that deal with cold often
Norway here, we’re having the same issues around right now….
Do people wear spikes on their shoes there?
Well at least you don’t salt the roads which is commendable.
Thanks Sweden for Icebugs 🙂
Nothing undignified in crawling.
Less painful than breaking your ass.
It seems like a typical Romanian road in the winter.
That shit is brutal, my entire driveway is covered in ice and I could barely back my car out.
As a Finn I look at the other photo and this photo and am pretty sure the correct way to cross in both photos is first a belly slide as far as you go and then pulling forward with ice picks. If yoy want to go cheap then those picks you use to pull yourself up if ice breaks from under you on the water.
Sweden, Finland:
Freezing rain exists
Europe: yes, yes we know it, we have it too occasionally.
I thought this was in a cycling subreddit. I cycle paths like this all the time.
My college parking is like that. Yesterday I almost slipped but managed to not fall over and in addition to my knee hurting yesterday, I woke today up to a nice bruise on my knee (I didn’t fall on it, it just took the whole mass of my body when I was frantically moving my limbs trying to regain balance).
Don’t forget your studded gloves and kneepads so you can crawl safely.
Are we in… Sundsvall?
I slipped just looking at this picture
Not a problem if you use studdet tires on a bicycle. Harder to walk then then to cycle.
Eh, the Poles and Lithuanians already know what happens when Sweden tries to kill you.
had to deal with this a week ago or so. walking my dog felt like I’m doing a cameo in Mission Imposible.
yeah in norway its the same, i almost flew down a flight of stairs yesterday. if i had done that the two older women in front of me would fall down with me
That’s amateur stuff. Get rid of the studded tires and let’s talk then:D
Dubbdäck och hjälm.
Do people still try to drive?
Oooh that’s one of the few surfaces I have learned not to try cycling on.
I mean you can. Just not if you want to be able to brake, or steer, or ride on anything but a flat horizontal surface. Nearly tackled an old lady and her dog the last time I did.
Same in Estonia rn
Oh don’t worry Finland is stuck in this trainwreck of weather with you.
Looks like Delsjöområdet? Tried to go for a run there a couple of days ago, ran for an hour in the ditch lol
My tailbone hurts just watching this picture.
Today I walked on what I thought was black nd dry asphalt. Turned out it had a nice smooth layer on top
Buy yourselves some Yak Trax. They’re amazing and work perfectly. You can power walk over that ice with them on.
Take vid of you sliding down entire street
I also died twice already in similar conditions
As someone who lives in Sweden I can confirm weather like this is the worst.
All around the Baltic sea:
*person drives a car*
Nature: *So you have chosen death.*
In Estonia same situation today.
Had same thing today on Finland.
But I could walk full speed. Why ?
Because in Finland law says that there has to be gravel on top of the ice after certain time it has frozen.
Fuck Sweden and fuck the Swedish Work Environment Authority (SWEA).
Swedish Fish are good though.
With how much europe places a priority on people walking, why don’t they clear the walking paths so this doesn’t happen? I live in Finland now and it’s the same here.
In the snowy and cold places in the US where I grew up, the sidewalks and walking paths are all cleared from snow almost immediately by either people or machines. That way it never gets walked on enough to turn to ice.
Genuine question, I never understood it since I moved to Finland. Even in Helsinki, the sidewalk stays 100% ice unless it warms up for a few days like it has been this week
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We have the same situation in Finland. I think the best solution would be to crawl on the ground.
Buy spikes
Jesus H. Christ
I remember a few years ago when we also had this kind of weather here in Switzerland
Now I’m happy if it snows for Christmas 😐
Nope. Nope nope nope. My car is hiding behind me and saying the same thing.
I m seeing this picture whilst I am laughing in my head ’cause I fell down 4 times this morning while I was trying to get to my car in the parking lot! And I kid you not…
I also live in Sweden 😄
Activate penguin walk!
Skridskor till jobbet!
Skridskoväder!
Interesting. I thought this was just a country-like-bulgaria problem and this doesnt happen in “proper” countries. Especially ones that deal with cold often
Norway here, we’re having the same issues around right now….
Do people wear spikes on their shoes there?
Well at least you don’t salt the roads which is commendable.
Thanks Sweden for Icebugs 🙂
Nothing undignified in crawling.
Less painful than breaking your ass.
It seems like a typical Romanian road in the winter.
That shit is brutal, my entire driveway is covered in ice and I could barely back my car out.
As a Finn I look at the other photo and this photo and am pretty sure the correct way to cross in both photos is first a belly slide as far as you go and then pulling forward with ice picks. If yoy want to go cheap then those picks you use to pull yourself up if ice breaks from under you on the water.
Sweden, Finland:
Freezing rain exists
Europe: yes, yes we know it, we have it too occasionally.
I thought this was in a cycling subreddit. I cycle paths like this all the time.
My college parking is like that. Yesterday I almost slipped but managed to not fall over and in addition to my knee hurting yesterday, I woke today up to a nice bruise on my knee (I didn’t fall on it, it just took the whole mass of my body when I was frantically moving my limbs trying to regain balance).
Don’t forget your studded gloves and kneepads so you can crawl safely.
Are we in… Sundsvall?
I slipped just looking at this picture
Not a problem if you use studdet tires on a bicycle. Harder to walk then then to cycle.
Eh, the Poles and Lithuanians already know what happens when Sweden tries to kill you.
Use the grass not the road!
*Falls anyway*
It made me think of [this](https://youtu.be/SQNIpLoN_-8)
Time to penguin walk.
Sincerely, Norway
had to deal with this a week ago or so. walking my dog felt like I’m doing a cameo in Mission Imposible.
yeah in norway its the same, i almost flew down a flight of stairs yesterday. if i had done that the two older women in front of me would fall down with me
That’s amateur stuff. Get rid of the studded tires and let’s talk then:D
Dubbdäck och hjälm.
Do people still try to drive?
Oooh that’s one of the few surfaces I have learned not to try cycling on.
I mean you can. Just not if you want to be able to brake, or steer, or ride on anything but a flat horizontal surface. Nearly tackled an old lady and her dog the last time I did.
Same in Estonia rn
Oh don’t worry Finland is stuck in this trainwreck of weather with you.
Looks like Delsjöområdet? Tried to go for a run there a couple of days ago, ran for an hour in the ditch lol
My tailbone hurts just watching this picture.
Today I walked on what I thought was black nd dry asphalt. Turned out it had a nice smooth layer on top
Buy yourselves some Yak Trax. They’re amazing and work perfectly. You can power walk over that ice with them on.
Take vid of you sliding down entire street
I also died twice already in similar conditions
As someone who lives in Sweden I can confirm weather like this is the worst.
All around the Baltic sea:
*person drives a car*
Nature: *So you have chosen death.*
In Estonia same situation today.
Had same thing today on Finland.
But I could walk full speed. Why ?
Because in Finland law says that there has to be gravel on top of the ice after certain time it has frozen.
Fuck Sweden and fuck the Swedish Work Environment Authority (SWEA).
Swedish Fish are good though.
With how much europe places a priority on people walking, why don’t they clear the walking paths so this doesn’t happen? I live in Finland now and it’s the same here.
In the snowy and cold places in the US where I grew up, the sidewalks and walking paths are all cleared from snow almost immediately by either people or machines. That way it never gets walked on enough to turn to ice.
Genuine question, I never understood it since I moved to Finland. Even in Helsinki, the sidewalk stays 100% ice unless it warms up for a few days like it has been this week