[KingOfCoders]

"The thing about Norway is that it’s a cold, barren, remote place where very few people want to live."

We walked 700km through Norway in the summer, from Oslo to Trondheim (the South were most people live). The country was sunny and warm, it seldom rained, people were exceptionally friendly, and it had the best wild strawberries and raspberries I ever ate. The Dovrefjell was the only very cold place. We'll might move there in the future.

[Someone]

> We walked 700km through Norway in the summer

“in the summer” must have helped. In the depth of winter, there’s less than 6 hours between sunrise and sunset in Oslo (https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/norway/oslo?month=12), just over 4 1/2 in Trondheim (https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/norway/trondheim?month=12).

To make matters worse, the sun doesn’t get high in the sky.

[NorwegianDude]

There is not much sun in the winter, but that also means there is more sun in summer. The variance is greater, but it averages out.

[Toutouxc]

The country lies north of the Northern Tropic, which means that it gets less sun in summer AND significantly less sun in winter.

[NorwegianDude]

Ehh, what?

Just because Norway is far north does not mean that it gets less sun all year round. It has more sun in summer, and less in winter.

You can be at the northern most point of mainland Norway now and wait for sunset. But you will have to wait until August. It's been up since May 11.

[Toutouxc]

I wrote that in a rush and was thinking more about the angle, i.e. peak intensity. You get more sun hours, but not that warm.

[KingOfCoders]

Which leads to the best raspberries I ever had. Which suprised us a lot.

[ithkuil]

Less sun intensity but longer days during summer

[bongodongobob]

It's summer for like a month. Living that far north is hellish for most people. It's not just like a colder Seattle or something.

[zrules]

I find the best arrangement is spending a month or at least two weeks in Norway during the summer. I prefer to stay around Stryn. You can do some what I consider good drive outings in every direction. Because the day is longer it’s perfect for going into rabbit holes, hacking something together to explore new tech and just plan out what’s next. The scenery and the very friendly folks helps too. Only tough thing right now is it’s hard to find things to do for kids. I have not found a summer camp for non-Norwegian speaking kids. This definitely limits how much hacking is done.