2am on the Balcony
It is hard to go to sleep when there is such a wonderful sun outside.
Tags: Midnight Sun, Tromsø
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Wow! I really want to see this for myself sometime! Thanks for sharing!
You take such wonderful pictures. My family is of Norwegian decent and my husband and I have always wanted to see our ancestral home. I love seeing your pics because it gives me more to look forward to.
So beautiful. It must be wonderful to live there in the summer when there are so many hours of sunlight.
It’s beautiful. Less beautiful is waking up at 4.30am and thinking that I’ve slept through the alarm and am late for work! I’m down in Bergen so the sun’s not up, but it’s light enough to be confusing.