Read on Twitter
Comparing Norwegian friluftsliv to Love Island, and suggesting it’s “almost too broad to commodify” plus a mention of ‘gorpcore’ (no, I haven’t a clue either)
Always a delight to read Brits reporting on other countries’ traditions
(short thread) https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2020/sep/23/fjord-focus-is-norways-friluftsliv-the-answer-to-surviving-a-second-lockdown?CMP=share_btn_tw
Always a delight to read Brits reporting on other countries’ traditions
(short thread) https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2020/sep/23/fjord-focus-is-norways-friluftsliv-the-answer-to-surviving-a-second-lockdown?CMP=share_btn_tw
This National Geographic piece also considers the meaning of friluftsliv, with better photos: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/2020/09/how-norways-friluftsliv-could-help-us-through-a-coronavirus-winter/?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits #OutdoorLife #HowToSurviveWinter
Am reasonably confident Henrik Ibsen (thought to have coined ‘friluftsliv’) would flinch at it being associated with a portmanteau like gorpcore.
And yes, his poem is really really long. That’s what having so much friluftsliv does for your thoughts: https://www.ibsen.uio.no/DIKT_Diktht%7CDiftPaaVidderne.xhtml?modus=enkeltdikt
And yes, his poem is really really long. That’s what having so much friluftsliv does for your thoughts: https://www.ibsen.uio.no/DIKT_Diktht%7CDiftPaaVidderne.xhtml?modus=enkeltdikt
Anyway, there will undoubtedly be more Anglophone attempts to explain friluftsliv.
If you’re nowhere near a fjord or can’t go hiking in the mountains, here’s a handy GIF explaining the idea in a nutshell
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#friluftsliv
#NoSuchThingAsBadWeather #GetOutdoorsEveryDayDamnit
If you’re nowhere near a fjord or can’t go hiking in the mountains, here’s a handy GIF explaining the idea in a nutshell
FIN
#friluftsliv
#NoSuchThingAsBadWeather #GetOutdoorsEveryDayDamnit
