After the bread's gone you've still got the crust! I got up early a couple days ago and went out over the fields near Oslo's water supply resevoir. We've been having daily highs in the 8-9 degree C range with bright sun. That melts the top layer of the snow. Then our cold, clear nights freeze that back up.
If you get on it before it remelts, you get to go zipping about wherever you want using skate technique (with skate skis and longer poles).
This video doesn't show crust skiing, just skating on trails, but you still get a good idea about it being pretty grueling exercise!
It seems like the Norwegians haven't figured out the crust skiing thing. They just stick on trails. Though one of them did slow down and gawk a bit when I was gliding over the fields next to a road he was driving on.
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