In Norway one can walk almost everywhere as long as it is 150 meters from a house, and one can put up a tent almost anywhere too, presupoosing that one moves the tent after 2 days if staying in the vicinity of houses. It’s a law.
When I wrote that we got some kind of walkabout tradition in Norway it only means that it is socially accepted to live outdoors, and people think it is cool if you do it.
Here is a young woman living in a mountain cave:
http://www.ba.no/nyheter/ida-19-bor-i-en-fjellhule/s/1-41-7276015
Even children sleep outside on the veranda, like this 5 year old who wants to stay outside a whole winter, alone(!):
http://www.abcnyheter.no/livet/2011/11/22/141349/david-5-vil-sove-ute-alene-i-hele-vinter
This 52 year old sporty woman also sleeps outside the whole year:
http://www.ta.no/nyheter/jeg-er-bygdas-eneste-uteligger/s/1-111-7340999
And through the country we probably have many young men, like this “viking”, who have lived outside a whole winter or year just as a challenge and experience freedom:
http://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/denne-mannen-bor-ute–helt-frivillig/3066012.html
Our modern national heroes are Lars Monsen and Cecilie Skog:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Monsen
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilie_Skog
And finally we got all the men and women who want to be part of the Special Forces:
http://thornews.com/2014/02/15/author-conversations-tom-bakkeli-inside-the-special-forces/
Of 1400 applicants 10 women just finished the Special Forces training:
http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/1400-fikk-tilbudet—ti-kvinner-kom-seg-gjennom-Forsvarets-ekstremutdanning-8133834.html
Basically, when you live in small towns in Norway you can only do two things: enjoy nature and play computer games. So many stay outside, more or less, though materialism and a sedentary lifestyle have become the main rule now unfortunately. I have also become influenced by this modern trend, and enjoy it actually, but it’s not freedom.
