This is the last week of sun before the dark season. As you can tell I’m taking all the pictures I can. Soon the sun will disappear for two months but even in the darkness we have a ‘bright season’ – Christmas, and not to mention the Northern Lights. Tis the season to be jolly.
Flower Show Series: Arctic Botanical Garden Selection – Tromsø
At full-moon the blue light almost looks electric. Our favourite jetty really knows how to surprise us for Christmas – especially with this ‘elfs-eye-view’.
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How Norway became a country is shrouded in mystery and folklore. The most well known tale is of Harald Hårfagre who gathered the small kingdoms of the north into a unified nation in 872AD – and of course, this story is about love.
A popular Summer activity in Norway is kayaking. The coast of Norway is dotted with thousands of little islands making the perfect conditions for a smooth paddle.
The further ‘out of the way’ you go the more common it is to see folk cottages standing by the side of roads, along fjords or in a thicket of trees, minding their own business.
There is an opposition in everything. At the darkest time of the year, we celebrate Christmas. And at the exact opposite end, when the midnight sun is at its highest, we celebrate Midsummer.
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Wow, it’s very beautiful, but also a little scary! Two months of darkness seems tough. Do people suffer depression during this time of year from lack of sun?
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from L-Jay:
Yep, depression is an issue up north but management and attitude is the way to beat it. We wrote a post about some of the tricks to beating depression from the darkness: How to Survive the Dark Winters
But the dark Winter is also a time of sleeping and good eating. Two of the biggest days are in the darkness that warms everyone up – Christmas and New Years. But we also have the Northern Lights to look forward to. 
So far… I’m missing the sun already even though we still have three more days left.