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Ariana said:
Why are you surprised? We have pretty snowy winters.
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Stereotypes. Canada=snow, right?
We had a wet two inches one day in December and it was gone two days later. That's it so far this year.
Where I am, snow is on the ground maybe five days a years on average.
 
Ariana said:
If this is true, I can see why.
http://themetapicture.com/this-seems-about-right/
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Here is a different take:
  • +15°C / 59°F
    This is as warm as it gets in Norway, so we'll start here. People in Spain wear winter-coats and gloves. The Norwegians are out in the sun, getting a tan.
  • +10°C / 50°F
    The French are trying in vain to start their central heating. The Norwegians plant flowers in their gardens.
  • +5°C / 41°F
    Italian cars won't start. The Norwegians are cruising in cabriolets.
  • 0°C / 32°F
    Distilled water freezes. The water in the Oslo Fjord gets a little thicker.
  • -5°C / 23°F
    People in California almost freeze to death. The Norwegians have their final barbecue before winter.
  • -10°C / 14°F
    The Brits start the heat in their houses. The Norwegians start using long sleeves.
  • -20°C / -4°F
    The Aussies flee from Mallorca. The Norwegians end their Midsummer celebrations. Autumn is here!
  • -30°C / -22°F
    People in Greece die from the cold and disappear from the face of the earth. The Norwegians start drying their laundry indoors.
  • -40°C / -40°F
    Paris start cracking in the cold. The Norwegians stand in line at the hotdog stands.
  • -50°C / -58°F
    Polar bears start evacuating the North Pole. The Norwegian army postpones their winter survival training awaiting real winter weather.
  • -70°C / -94°F
    The false Santa moves south. The Norwegian army goes out on winter survival training.
  • -183°C / -297.4°F
    Microbes in food don't survive.
    The Norwegian cows complain that the farmers' hands are cold.
  • -273°C / -459.4°F
    ALL atom-based movent halts.
    The Norwegians start saying "Faen, it's cold outside today."
  • -300°C / -508°F
    Hell freezes over. Norway wins the Eurovision Song Contest.
 
They are better on skis. Though they had some great skaters in the past as well. Karlstadt. Koss! And Boecko or however you write his name is still doing pretty OK (not as good as the Dutch though ;-).
 
Forostar said:
They are better on skis. Though they had some great skaters in the past as well. Karlstadt. Koss! And Boecko or however you write his name is still doing pretty OK (not as good as the Dutch though ;-).
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For that matter, why aren't the Dutch better at hockey? Norway is OK, but Holland at hockey is worse than Canada at soccer.
You'd think that with all those great skaters for all those centuries, a few of them might have picked up a club.
 
I see what you mean, but these are different disciplines. One about tactics, technique, explosiveness, stick handling and team play. The other more about (constant) speed and endurance.

We rule hockey on the field though. Last Olympics: two finals, and one of them was won.

And in the eighties we did well with ice hockey but we had Dutch guys imported from Canadians. ;-)
 
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