What is life like in the encircled northern region of Norway? How do the land and people differ from Oslo?
by Qiimassutissarput
What is life like in the encircled northern region of Norway? How do the land and people differ from Oslo?
by Qiimassutissarput
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Lots of igloos. People wear tennis rackets on their feet for short journeys and those snow bikes for long ones. They have special clothes like nose warmers. It’s like a hat that goes on the end of the nose to prevent it freezing and breaking off. There is one hour of daylight a day.
Hillbillies, but with ice.
First of all, they are encircled.
Nicer, warmer personalities, better humour, thicker skin and colder body temperatures. (-45°C today in the inner regions)
they long lives 100-150 years old maybe
Actually not that different from the rest of the world. Northern Norway isn’t actually very remote.
Actually not that different from the rest of the world. Northern Norway isn’t actually very remote.
They love complaining about how much worse it is up there, and that southerens complain too much. Despite it being bad to live there they still insist on staying
Cold, I imagine. ,
Friendly hospitable people who enjoy life and prioritize having fun. Great place to live If you enjoy nature, hiking, hunting, fishing. Also poorest region in Norway, and parts of it is far away from hospital etc. Driving from one end of this map to the other can take 12 hours, but the roads are sometimes closed in winter. As the airports occasionaly are. It is a place where the ocean and the cold will kill you If you let your guard down, the inhabitants are survivours.
Colder. More sun in the summer, less in the winter. Way fewer people, but they tend to be friendlier than in cities in the south. Everything is more informal and straightforward.
Imagine a tropical paradise, bathed in sunshine, playing on the beach. Now take away the sunshine, the warmth, the sandy beach and introduce alcohol.
5 of them are really nice. The other half are OK.
There are tax incentives for living in that part of the country, though I can’t remember specifically what they are.
Very scewed male-female ratio. Young women leave for uni down south, while young men stay and work in fishing/oil.
The only region in Norway without a troll problem. I rest my case.
Google maps and street view tell quite a story.
Well for one they have polar nights in winter and midnight sun in the summer, something Oslo doesn’t have. Also there’s a lot of Sami people in northern Norway, something you don’t see down in Oslo.
Hæstkuk
Well. They know how to drive cars year round for one. They don’t lock the doors and riming the door bell means at least opening the door and yelling hello or just going directly to the living room and sitting down, people are actually nice and friendly and people will actually stop and help if you have problems
I visited in christmas time and its flat, cold, no sun and the trees are really short for some reason?? Also you have to drive everywhere because everything is so far apart
IMO this is the best part of norway, though going further west to Lofoten is missing.
The people are not rednecks, if that’s what the OP wants to know.
They do curse a lot
Cold and windy
About 20 degrees Celsius