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People might use cars or public transport instead of a bike to commute if there is heavy rain or snow. This is an important consideration in Bergen which is not
by MagnumOpus 3y ago
People might use cars or public transport instead of a bike to commute if there is heavy rain or snow. This is an important consideration in Bergen which is notoriously the rainiest city in Europe (it rains more than half the time).
- DeathArrow 3y agoSo there are places in Europe where it rains more than in UK?
- wartijn_ 3y agoYes. Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Albania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_average_annual_precipitation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_average_a...
- arethuza 3y agoThat's averages over the whole countries though - the north and west of the UK (particularly the Scottish Highlands and the Lake District) are a lot wetter than the south-east where London is. Also, "volume of rain" might be misleading because it doesn't give you a feeling for how often it rains. The Highlands in particular can have a light rain that falls for weeks at a time (or at least seems like it if you are in a tent).
- smugma 3y agoMost of the Bay Area gets about the same amount of rain as London. The key difference is that in Cupertino/Los Gators/Palo Alto it rains less often but with more intensity.
- ubercore 3y agoWelcome to western Norway. Bring a raincoat!
- tyfon 3y agoNot just a raincoat, I've had snow, sunny summer, storm gusts, hail and rain on the same day just this week, I'm int he SW though not entirely west. I remember one time a few years back when I lived in Stavanger, I went to the post office in the city center there in a bright nice summer day and came out to torrential rain and rivers in the street!
- ubercore 3y agoI'm in Stavanger as well. The weather is pretty interesting here.
- ornitorrincos 3y agoyes: https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/average-annual-precipitation https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/average-annu...
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- lebski88 3y agoBergen is one such place funnily enough.
- snovv_crash 3y agoLuckily it doesn't rain (or snow) inside of tunnels.