Norwegians know quite a lot about winter.
Tromsø, a northern coastal city which sits 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle, spends much of late November to mid-January in the dark – a phenomenon known as the “polar night”.
Yet despite the lack of sunlight, the people of the city are pretty happy. As Kari Leibowitz, a psychologist and contributor for CNBC noted when she visited, they tend to have a “positive winter mindset”.
Part of this is because they celebrate winter “as a season of cosiness and beauty”. Leibowitz highlighted Tromsø’s inhabitants also focus not on winter’s limitations, but its opportunities.
In short: they’re all about making it ‘koselig’ (pronounced koosh-lee).
What is koselig?
“It is a word that is most often translated as cosy, but it’s a very emotive word, so it evokes a lot of feelings of cosiness or being comfortable in spaces and with people,” Read Entire Article
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