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Winter is coming and given the COVID-19 situation it means that if you want to meet other people savely doing it outside in the cold might be the best way to go about it.
For meetups I'm thinking to have a setup that switches between still group explanation and then pair exercises that can be done while walking around.
As far as clothing goes, I'm very unclear at the moment. What clothes are ideal for being able to be outside in the cold without freezing?
Are there any other concerns about how you might improve outdoor meetups when it's cold?
For what's actually ideal, I would suggest (if you find it interesting) reading about technical clothing for mountaineering and winter camping and adapting that to city fashion -- but if you want some helpful more affordable tips, what works for me is many layers.
For example, long sleeve undershirt and long underwear from Walmart. T-shirt over the undershirt, cheap sweatshirt hoodie over that. Thin pajama style pants over the long underwear. For me anyway, this can be completely comfortable under an outer layer of only jeans and just an autumn jacket up to... (read more)
I don't care about high-desert conditions as Berlin won't hit them. I care about making meetups work in the other contexts and I'm happy about any suggestions for that even if the don't work for all cases.
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Cool (but not cold ;) ). I've only been to Berlin in the summer, but from travel guides, it seems basically temperate and not overly-damp - there will be occasional snowfall, but no significant accumulation, and many days will have no cold rain to deal with.
Standard advice for clothing in variable conditions applies: look to layers, so you can adjust over time, and add/remove pieces when you go indoors or if the sun is out and it's 5-10C warmer or cooler than you expected. A sweater/jumper over your shirt gives you flexibility here. I have a fleece undercoat with a waterproof shell that's great in really cold conditions, and fine as just a shell when it's warm (+5C) and rainy.
For meetups, you'll still want to find covered areas - even if no rain is in the forecast, less moving air makes a noticeable difference in comfort. I suspect there's no way to make it pleasant and effective enough to be worthwhile before you can do it in an enclosed (but not crowded) space, but I really look forward to hearing how it goes.