The ‘friluftsliv’ way of embracing the outdoors like the Norwegians
The ‘friluftsliv’ way of embracing the outdoors like the Norwegians
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January 12, 2021 12:48 IST
After a year of being indoors, it is perhaps time to understand this Nordic concept of spending time in Nature, immaterial of the weather
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After a year of being indoors, it is perhaps time to understand this Nordic concept of spending time in Nature, immaterial of the weather
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Friluftsliv? It doesn’t really have a direct translation.” Oslo-resident Mikael Ravndal ponders over the Norwegian word for the concept of embracing the outdoors, that rose to prominence globally in the past year as we were forced to remain indoors for months on end. He ventures a guess: hiking? No, skiing? And then says, “It is just about spending time in Nature and not being in a rush.”