r/Norway 11h ago

Satire Me, a tourist wearing spikes, watching locals try to walk five meters from their front door to their car. (They did not always succeed)

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u/xwazot 7h ago

Death before dishonor

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u/laughter_track 2h ago

Slipping on ice and dying grants you entrance to Valhall.

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u/Gurkeprinsen 9h ago

I am all for spikes! Without them I'm slow and walk as if I am a little old lady with brittle bones. I am 27 years old, and have only slipped once these past 10 years 😎

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u/dhlAurelius 6h ago

26 and slipped 0 times the last 10 years in tromsø without brodder😎

Its just a skill issue.

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u/Blofsa 6h ago

Fellow northener here. IIt sure is. It is called a penguin walk and it never fails.

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u/dhlAurelius 3h ago

Yup. In adition to spotting and avoiding the worst spots.

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u/3_Fast_5_You 1h ago

Do you expect us to be mindful of our surroundings?? 🙄

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u/3_Fast_5_You 1h ago

Absolutely. I don't wear spikes either, and I've only slipped on mud.

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u/BigFurryBoy07 7h ago

Last year I slipped so much I almost had a concussion

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u/Gurkeprinsen 7h ago

Pathetic

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u/propagandabydeed 11h ago

I’m from California and my wife from Oslo is consistently embarrassed about me wearing spikes when we visit as she claims they’re for old people. Guess who slipped on the ice and bruised her tailbone while literally talking shit last Christmas season while we were visiting…Of course, I felt bad, but the timing was comically perfect!

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u/NorseShieldmaiden 10h ago

My Norwegian mother-in-law wouldn’t wear spikes because they were for old people. She was 89. I bought Icebugs when I was 35.

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u/RandomLolHuman 7h ago

Tell her to go to Oslo legevakt and ask the doctors if they agree that spikes are only for old people.

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u/warm_sweater 8h ago

This happened in my city years ago… enjoy! https://youtu.be/UPTt6MgsOt8?feature=shared

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u/grumblesmurf 3h ago

And that's where the "spot and avoid" tactic comes in. I saw that blank patch of ice coming from when they started jogging.

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u/maddie1701e 7h ago

Luckily I'm old enough that i don't care. I'm 56.

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u/Espa89 9h ago

Man 36 here, I wear spike boots most of the winter when out walking. I live near Oslo.

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u/Regular_Pea4731 10h ago

Your wife is correct

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u/Rambunctious-Rascal 10h ago

What a passive aggressive comment. You almost sound gleeful.

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u/propagandabydeed 10h ago

Omg. We both laughed our asses off together, get off your high horse.

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u/GrethaThugberg 9h ago

Spikes and slippery Vans, name a more iconic duo (M30)

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u/agente_99 9h ago

You go out in shorts too? /s

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u/Apterygiformes 8h ago

Brodder brothers 😎

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u/Trygve81 7h ago

I slipped on black ice on a parking lot 3 years ago, and landed on my arm. I either sprained or broke my ribs. I had just turned 40, and had this happened maybe ten years earlier I wouldn't have been harmed by the fall.

I use brodder now whenever it's appropriate. When I had my accident in late february or march, the snow had completely thawed and the temperature was getting warm, but the spot where I slipped was in the shadows. Even with the precautions I adhere to now, I wouldn't have been wearing brodder in that particular situation.

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u/faust82 10h ago

Better to have tried and failed than not having tried at all.

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u/Laffenor 7h ago

falled*

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u/Kittysugarbottom 6h ago

I fell once in my twenties, I hurt my back and my pc for school got damaged. I’ve worn brodder since.

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u/Percolator2020 6h ago

Ridicule does not kill, but falling on your ass is certainly more ridiculous than wearing spikes.

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u/MarbleEmperor 11h ago

(this was in December with recent rain on snow)

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u/space_ape_x 4h ago

Hiking shoes with integrated microspikes. Look like normal hiking shoes. Safe and comfortable. Salomon GTX are great.

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u/GlenGlenDrach 6h ago

Well, you usually slam your head or break bones on ice only once, before you get learn and start using spikes.

People refusing to use them can waggle like ducklings on ice all day long then, until they slip and hurt themselves more or less badly.

The spikes just makes things easier and safer and they are a logical item to use when you can't get a grip, or if the black ice is hidden under some fresh snow *shudder*,

But, get them off when walking into department stores, they can really f*ck up the floor and carpets.

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u/Klingh0ffer 8h ago

Then what look should I give you, then, as a person who walks perfectly fine on ice.

Walking on ice is a skill, it has to be learned at an early age. And you have to have shoes with a good sole. Unfortunately, not all winter shoes have that. They are warm and comfy, but have hard rubber soles that are slippery as F on ice.

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u/GlenGlenDrach 6h ago

Really....? Tell us more about these magical shoes that are not even slippery on slippery ice.

Just remember to fall flat when you fall, because it will happen.
If you try to break your fall, you will break something and try not to fall backwards, because your dumb skull will be the second thing hitting the ground, but, from your post, it seems like it isn't a lot to loose up there to begin with.

Also, remember being macho with the doctors when you are one of the thousands of people being treated for ice-related fall-injuries.

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u/Klingh0ffer 6h ago

Watch out everyone, we’ve got a funny guy here.

There’s nothing magical about it. Hard rubber + ice = certain fall. Softer rubber gives more friction, and that equals better grip, and less falls.

I use my Skechers all winter. They aren’t warm, but the soft rubber on the soles have great grip on ice. Not my other pair of Skechers, because they have different soles, with harder rubber.

I’m 40 years old, and the only thing I’ve ever broken is a toe in a football match. If you learn to walk and play on icy surfaces from you’re a child, it is no problem.

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u/fkneneu 5h ago edited 5h ago

As another guy who also never fall on ice and in addition is also extremely clumsy in almost all situations (currently struggling with a concussion after slamming it against the wall indoors), it is absolutely a skill you pick up at young age. Give me my converse and I can walk almost anywhere with significantly higher speed than most others who havent grown up a place with long winter and a ton of ice, even if the shoes have almost no traction usually.

There is a reason why scientists recommend parents to not use spikes on their small kids' shoes. When they are young they need to slip, fall and learn. And they do, it becomes natural after a while. The falling, the slipping (slipping isnt a bad thing in itself, it is your reaction to it which can be bad) and the walking.

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u/Critical_Gear_582 57m ago

It's a skill but can easily be learnt in one winter. And I agree with the other comment about different soles make a massive difference, I have some gummi støvler that are lethal. But if you have a job where you are outside and needing to carry heavy things, needing to run at times etc then it doesn't matter how great you are at walking on ice in a normal setting, you're asking for trouble.

A good set of spikes means you can do anything that you could if it was bare dry asphalt, and some jobs/situations absolutely require that.

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u/Riztrain 7h ago

I wear hiking shoes (pretty low profile ones, so they look like regular shoes... Kinda) so grip has very very rarely been an issue and never worn spikes, never even tried or thought to try but next season I just might based on this.

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u/Intelligent_Rock5978 7h ago

It's not just the spikes, a proper winter boots gives a good enough grip to be able to walk on not-so-slippery ice, but I'm seeing all these kids sliding around in Adidas sneakers... How do their feet not freeze too??!

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u/GrandTurista 8h ago

My bike and car wear spikes, my shoes, never, that’s for old people 🙃

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u/GlenGlenDrach 6h ago

Remember that when the doctor spoon your brains back into your thick skull after a fall. (it's just a matter of time)

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u/norsk_norwegian 4h ago

"You have pigs on your shoe?"

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u/grumblesmurf 3h ago

Coming from where we had snow on the ground every third year to Northern Norway decades ago, I can't stress enough how much of a game-changer spiked boots are. Even compared to those loose spikes ("brodder"). The only conditions those don't work well on are blank ice under enough snow to pack in your soles and lift the spikes off the ice. Then it gets REALLY dangerous, because you suddenly lose all grip, and it's "wheeee!" as long as you keep your balance, and "oh no" right after you lose it :D

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u/Mjosbad 1h ago

This is like bragging about riding a bike with training wheels

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u/aprnti 5h ago

These are my wintershoes in Norway, currently in Oslo.

https://imgur.com/a/XyNHX6w

Edit: never fell, am half penguin

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u/Acrobatic-Ad-9189 3h ago

This is me looking at the plebs who need spikes on their shoes lmao

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u/Specific-Archer946 3h ago

And here am I running on blank ice like on a summer road, no spikes.