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I'm born and raised in Norway, but I have to say that I wince whenever someone refers to us as "Vikings" in any capacity - it is almost exclusively a thing that

I'm born and raised in Norway, but I have to say that I wince whenever someone refers to us as "Vikings" in any capacity - it is almost exclusively a thing that foreigners/outsiders do, sans a small subculture of people here that enjoy Viking LARPING. But, anyway: When I grew up (30+ years ago) we did spend most of our time outside. Playing soccer, biking around, exploring the hillsides, building tree huts/house, playing along the shoreline, and so on. If we were lucky, we would get an hour to play some NES/SNES/etc., but that was the exception. I especially remember our grandparents just sending us straight out, no mater what - they had a saying "Det finnes ikke dårlig vær, bare dårlige klær" which translates to "There's no bad weather, only bad clothing" - so we would be outside playing in all kinds of shitty weather. The "bad weather" excuse has always been a faux pas thing here, which gets hammered down from early on. Seeing strollers outside feels completely natural to me, that's just how things have always been. I also lived in Finland and Sweden a couple of year growing up - same same, but different. 90% of my childhood memories consists of playing outside in rain, sleet, sunshine or snow.

cunningfatalist 3y ago
Funny, the weather bit is also true of us Germans. Even our saying is almost the same. "Es gibt kein schlechtes Wetter, nur schlechte Kleidung." And we also have this one: "Wir sind ja nicht aus Zucker." (We're not made of sugar.)
- reaperman 3y ago
  I'd heard "There's no bad weather, only bad clothing" growing up in a USA state with a high number of German, Dutch, and Finnish immigrants. We also played outside unsupervised a lot 30 years ago (but we also played a lot of video games). I don't think the children where I grew up are still playing outside unsupervised -- I believe it's not entirely legal anymore.

cunningfatalist 3y ago

Funny, the weather bit is also true of us Germans. Even our saying is almost the same. "Es gibt kein schlechtes Wetter, nur schlechte Kleidung." And we also have this one: "Wir sind ja nicht aus Zucker." (We're not made of sugar.)

reaperman 3y ago
I'd heard "There's no bad weather, only bad clothing" growing up in a USA state with a high number of German, Dutch, and Finnish immigrants. We also played outside unsupervised a lot 30 years ago (but we also played a lot of video games). I don't think the children where I grew up are still playing outside unsupervised -- I believe it's not entirely legal anymore.