I just remember this one time I was living in Ålesund in Norway, it's on the west coast, and during the fall it can get very very rainy and windy there, and one day we were walking and it was so windy that my leg, every time I lifted it up to walk, would get blown over to the side. Like I couldn't walk straight because it was, the wind was blowing so hard. Yeah, that's Norway for you.
Probably the craziest weather story I have, I served in a city way up north by the Russian border called Chichen Itz, and I was there during the winter time, late January through the end of March, and we got to see the northern lights 24 hours a day. It was really cool, but we were there during the period of what's called the first day of sun or the first sun up. I can't remember what the kids called it, but we saw we saw all the elementary kids hiking to the top of the mountain, so we went with them, and they said, oh, we're here watching, waiting for the sun to come up. So we thought, oh great, the sun's coming back. It's finally not going to be 30 to 40 below, and it literally went like this. It was two seconds long. All the kids were cheering, all the teachers were cheering, and we couldn't believe that was what they were cheering about.
Extremely cold in the winter, not extremely hot in the summer, probably hottest I've seen there maybe up to 70 to 75 degrees Fahrenheit. Summertime you have long days, wintertime you have short days. If you're up in the north, you may between November and February you never see the sun. That's up in the Arctic Circle. If you're down in the lower part of the country, you'll get some sunlight in wintertime, probably about sun may come up 10 or 11 o'clock and be down by 2.
It does snow a lot in Norway, especially in the north. I was in Trondheim and one time we got caught outside in a blizzard. So we jumped on the nearest bus and there were tons and tons and tons of people on the bus because it was snowing like crazy outside.
The fun thing about Norway, people think it's the snow, but actually it's the fact that in the summer the sun just goes in a big circle over your head and never goes down, or in the winter it just never comes up. I think that is probably the most fascinating thing about being so far north.
So the weather in Norway is just like in Iceland, except in the northern part It's the same as it is in Iceland. Crazy, windy, although I think it's a little bit windy in Iceland than in Norway But on southern part, it's a little bit nicer not that crazy, but a lot of snow. Bergen, a lot of sloppy stuff around the areas and Just make sure that you are well dressed and don't worry about your clothing. Don't pack too much. Just be prepared. Be prepared Don't worry. Things will work out