I’ve lived in Finland for most of my 40-odd years but I can never get over how weird the nightless nights feel at the beginning of every summer.
It’s 3am and this is as about as dark as it gets. That just ain’t right, it ain’t natural. Makes a person wish for thicker curtains
I was in Anchorage two years ago in August. The temperatures were wonderful and the place is beautiful but the sun never setting was so strange. Very unsettling to be walking home at 10 PM, in a deserted area that felt kind of dangerous but it’s as bright as sunset.
This is what it’s like in Alaska, though it doesn’t stay this bright until July. I welcome all the daylight after making it through the 5 hours we get a day during the winter.
Some people can’t stand it. I love it, but I’m a night owl so it fits me fine.
Finn here, hello! I saw Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds at Pori Jazz 2018. They were the last act of the day, starting a bit after midnight, I believe. Cave remarked something along these lines:
“It’s the middle of the night & I can see everyone clearly. This is fucking horrifying.”
Isn’t it nice though? I love it, it’s like waking up after several months of darkness during the winter! Suddenly you feel alive again!
Can you tell that I don’t live winters?
But it gets corrected in winter with neverending night. I’m not quite as far north as you, here the longest day of the year goes from about 5:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. or so. But then winter comes and it’s dark at 8 a.m. and dark again at 4 p.m.
