More importantly, most of the places where people live in Norway are not actually that cold. In Oslo it hasn't dropped below -20C / -4F since 2010.

Most folks would consider -20C cold AF.

-4F is pretty cold, especially compared to temps in VA in the US. I'd be a little surprised if VA got to below 10F in the last 10 years.

Depends on where. Probably not in Richmond, certainly not in Virginia Beach. But up in the mountains it gets chilly. Winchester apparently averages a little over one day a year where the low dips below 0°F.

> not actually that cold

> In Oslo it hasn't dropped below -20C / -4F since 2010.

-20C is brutally cold, far colder than any coldest winter day I ever experienced while living in the northeast USA.

Where I live we usually have that for at least two weeks during winter, and the rest of the time hovering around -10C (for two to three months). We don't have much snow though, and little wind, so it's really not that bad if you are dressed properly.

Man oh man you wouldn't enjoy eastern Europe in the 90s.

Aside from the general post-communism, we had -30C cold snaps.

But yeah, snot freezes at around -18C - I consider this the point at which things become universally unpleasant regardless how prepared you are.

That being said during a cold snap of -22C I saw my neighbours struggle to start their ICE cars while my hybrid just brutally kicked the engine into action.

Global warming came in handy for once.