Culture & Design
Now Even Norwegians Are Skiing Indoors in Winter
A country that’s symbolic of mountains, snow and winter sports adapts to a warming world with its first indoor-skiing center.
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On a Monday morning in February skiers glided down the run, while snowboarders nearby practiced jumps on the ramps and tired visitors rested on red picnic chairs and munched snacks as they recovered.
The scene could be that of any winter morning on any ski resort in Norway—the cradle of modern skiing—except that snow hadn’t fallen from the sky, and the view of a powder-coated Scandinavian forest was printed on a giant panel built on the side of the slope.