Aerial view of smal islands covered by snow and ice, Drammen, Buskerud, Norway

Norwegian exposure

Thanks to the North Atlantic Current (an extension of the warm Gulf Stream), Norway is actually quite temperate for its high latitude. This doesn’t mean that Norwegians are spared from Boreas’ bite: here in the lowlands near Oslo, locals pay for their warm summers with long, dark winters and thick layers of snow and ice. But as the Nordic saying goes, there’s no bad weather, just bad clothes – so bundle up and get to work on that snow fort!