Norway
I was in Norway last June in what can only be described as one of the best vacations in my life. Part of it was seeing the native homeland of my grandmother, and part of it was being entirely surprised by what was going on around me. I was expecting a jagged, barren, cold nation, with exposed rock, or at the very least, snow covered rock. I wasn't prepared for how lush and green the country is, The border between Sweden and Norway is dominated by the Scandinavian Mountains, and the Norwegian Sea to the west is actually quite a bit warmer than one might expect, as it is fed by the warm Gulf Stream. This means that the western coast of Norway sees a LOT of rain as it is drawn from relatively warm Sea and squeezed out by the sharp contrasting elevation. Of course, there is plenty of snow, especially inland, but along the coast, temperatures in the winter are moderated to be tolerable. The stretch of southeastern coast and Plains sees warmer, drier conditions in the summer and colder, snowier winters, as they are on the lee side of the mountains, not exposed to the Sea and sheltered from the primary sources of moisture.
When I was there, I went to Trondheim, which is midway up the coast and set in the third longest fjord they have over there in Norway, and there was a thunderstorm that came rolling into town. As luck would have it, 2009 was a quiet spring in the States, and it was the first thunder I heard that year. An obese Swede on the train from Sweden told me about yr.no, which is the weather forecasting website for the Meteorological Institute of Norway. The Meteorological Institute has their own site, met.no, which makes this unique in that it has a site set only for the purpose of forecasting and another for the institute itself. The YR site is a joint operation with the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation and highlight the fact that they are detailed and completely free, which is a huge change from many European sites, with France standing out highest among them. They have a very cool animated forecast map on the main page that I could stare at for hours. Not only is it functional, but it's beautiful to look at. Another interesting thing; if you look at a site like Finnmark way on the top of the country, they have a symbol to indicate that they are in polar night, i.e. the sun doesn't actually rise during the "day". (When I was there, the set for most of the night) For other fun components, the radar is wonderful, the satellite is crisp, and I seem to have begun drooling on my laptop. The imagery and presentation is word class. We should put Norway in charge of more things, if you ask me.