By minnamoira on Skatehive
How to dress for winter? It is snowy, there is no sunlight for hours and hours and it is really really … cold! Welcome to Winter Wonderland! The coldest temperature ever recorded in Helsinki from 1987 was -34.3°C. Luckily those kind of temperatures are rare, but it can still easily get to -20 there on a normal winter. In the North, the degrees are generally 5-10 degrees more, (or less) depending how you look at it. In order for you to enjoy the Finnish climate, you need to dress properly and in layers and to avoid frostbites. So, how should you do it? Read on. There are three (or four) basic layers. As a rule of thumb, jeans and denim clothing are not good during the winter. Any cotton is not good for winter. This is because when cotton gets wet, it will no longer help insulate the air around your body. Keep dry Keeping dry means wearing clothes that absorb the moisture out from your skin when you move. Being damp (and cold) puts you at higher risk. If you have a habit of sweating exce