I ask this out of curiousity, and the reason I've become curious is based on a couple of articles I read. They are both in Norwegian and I'm uncertain to which extent others may access it from abroad, however at the very least my fellow Norwegians can check the sources.

Lise Lotte walks across South Korea during the winter to avoid winter depression: https://www.nrk.no/trondelag/gar-sor-korea-pa-tvers-for-a-unnga-vinterdepresjon-1.17854943

Greek researchers visiting Norwegian kindergarden in order to see if there's something useful to learn there, in order to counter growing child obesity in Greece: https://www.nrk.no/vestland/kan-norsk-leik-fa-ned-overvekt-i-hellas_-det-vil-greske-forskarar-finna-svar-pa-1.16388604

Two things in those articles made me wonder:
1. The girl traveling in South Korea claimed that South Koreans are stays well clear of the cold. I had to check how cold a Korean winter could be, but from what I googled it seemed like a rather mild Norwegian winter.

2. In the article about the Greek researchers visiting a Norwegian kindergarden, one claimed that there are parents in Greece who'll refuse their children to go outdoors if it's 12 degrees celcius because that would be too cold.

I do of course assume these are the extremes, and that even if a culture in general stays clear of the cold, there are many who embrace it. I mean, there's plenty of people who stay clear the winter in Norway too, and are just waiting for the summer to come back.

But how do you experience your own country's attitude? And for those in larger countries - how do you experience your part of the country's attitude?


How cold is too cold to be outdoors to play or work or just hang?

How cold do you consider too cold for children to be outdoors?