Ski in Norway
 

I was in Norway for a few days over the summer during a 2 month Euro trip. Norway was an amazing country with great people. I was thinking of going there for some skiing, either XC or Alpine. My 2 concerns are cost and darkness. If I were to ski around Lillehammer, how many hours a day of light is there? Cost is the other issue. Even as a thrifty backpacker, I found Norway to be EXPENSIVE. Are costs of hotels in Winter just as expensive as Summer? Thanks

Yes, Norway is expensive. All ski resorts, however, offer relatively fair packages throughout the winter season. Right now I'm sorry I do not remember god websites to look into. Maybe www.skiinfo.no or at least www.geiloil.no
Darkness is a relative problem. Just now sun rises at 9 and sets at 3:15 in Oslo. It gets slightly worse until Dec 21st, and then slightly better. When reaching Jan 20th, daylight hours increas in an exponential way. So Do not worry, and welcome to the Norwegian winter.
Bjorn, Oslo

What is the light situtation in Mid-Feb around Lillehammer?

Tag

app. sunrise will be close to 8, sunset close to 5.
Bjorn

Bjorn:

Gjør De taler Norweigian? Jeg lærer språket. Kanskje skriver vi til hverandre?

Hi Quebec
One of the most difficult things when learning English was the "Do you"-thing.
Do you speak English etc. In Norwegian we do not use that. Directly (word by word) translated from Norwegian we rather would ask: "Speak you English?"
Your direct translation "Gjør De taler Norwegian" therefore becomes kinda ununderstandable. "Taler De norsk" is better (er bedre), but not a daily expression. Talk/Speak most often translates into "snakke" (a speach is en tale, though, and when you give a speach, then you taler), and we do not use the polite De so very often. Hence your question "Do you speak Norwegian?" will translate into "Snakker du norsk?"
Yes, I am born with Norwegian, and I gladly will try helping you in your efforts.
Bjørn (Norwegian for bear)

Bjorn, what is you email address so I can practice with you?

OK, Quebec. Vi kan prøve, men du kan ikke vente at jeg vil være verdens ivrigste lærer. Særlig ikke nå som julen står for døren og alle har det travelt.
[email protected]
(OK, Q. We can try, but you must not expect me to be the world's most eager teacher. Especially not now as Christmas stands on the doorstep and all people are very busy)