Entries Tagged ‘Midnight Sun’
Midsummer Fishing in Alta
Midsummer’s Eve is a big deal in Norway. The day is to celebrate the brightest day of the year. People go camping or have BBQs at the beach. Midsummer’s Eve is about enjoying the endless sunshine. However, in Alta, shops close early, people leave work before time and the city becomes like a ghost town [...]
2am on the Balcony
It is hard to go to sleep when there is such a wonderful sun outside.
First Midnight Sun of 2010
Officially the first night of the Midnight Sun in Tromsø is 20th of May. However, the residents since, at least, the Iron Age have counted it from when the sun can still be seen over the mountains to the north, which is about the 23rd of May. However, if the sky is cloudy and the [...]


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On any celebration table in Norway you can always find a Norwegian layer cake (bløtkake). What better way to celebrate Norwegian Constitution Day than with fresh cream, wild berries and a little bit of sponge in between.

The sun never goes down during this season but the mountains to the East are so high that the sun still has to raise above them in the morning hours and an artificial dawn-effect wakes the city.