But one city, Oulu in Finland, with winter weather worse than most Canadian cities, shows that winter cycling has nothing to do with the weather, and everything to do with safe cycling infrastructure.

This is the city which hosts the winter Lumo light festival, featuring artistic installations of light and sound. It boasts the Frozen People arts festival, a kind of Burning Man for the cold north.

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Oulu in northern Finland has snow on the ground for five months - but that doesn’t stop residents using their bikes. Video by Erika Benke The BBC's Analysis Editor Ros Atkins takes a look at the ...