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Notes from outside.

Longer pieces on friluftsliv, the outdoors, and what a year of it in Norway actually taught me.

16 Jul 2026what the research says, and what it doesn't

Friluftsliv health benefits, without the hype

Does friluftsliv improve health? Research links time in nature to less stress and cardiovascular benefit, but studies on friluftsliv itself are scarce.

16 Jul 2026the right friluftsliv takes for granted

Allemannsretten: Norway's right to roam, explained

Allemannsretten is Norway's right of public access: walk, ski and camp on uncultivated land, no permission needed, since 1957. Italy has no equivalent.

16 Jul 2026the season friluftsliv stops being comfortable

Winter friluftsliv: living the cold, not enduring it

Friluftsliv doesn't hibernate: winter is when the Norwegian open-air philosophy is most itself, seeking comfort outdoors, inside the cold, not against it.