{"id":109,"date":"2009-06-24T13:10:05","date_gmt":"2009-06-24T17:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=109"},"modified":"2009-06-24T13:10:05","modified_gmt":"2009-06-24T17:10:05","slug":"midnattsol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/midnattsol\/","title":{"rendered":"Midnattsol"},"content":{"rendered":"

Norway-land of the midnight sun.\u00a0 Midnattsol <\/strong>is one of those words that is really two words smushed together that is pretty easy to figure out if you know what sol <\/strong>means from another romance language and if you can figure that midnatt <\/strong>means midnight…\u00a0 I have only experienced the midnattsol <\/strong>in one place-Norway.\u00a0 Anywhere north of polarsirkelen <\/strong>(arctic circle) or nearby it and south of the antarctic circle experiences the midnattsol <\/strong>for a period of time during the year.\u00a0 Since there really aren’t people who live south of the antarctic circle, the only people who actually experience this phenomenon are those who live in the far north-people in Canada, the United States (only Alaska) Norway, Sweden, Denmark (Greenland-an autonomous country within the kingdom of Denmark) Finland, and Russia.\u00a0 And there aren’t many people who live in these far north regions, so there is a small portion of the world’s population that get to really enjoy this awesome midnattsol.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

The farther north you are above the arctic circle, the longer the sun will be out and the longer the duration of days the sun will remain out as long as it does.\u00a0 So, in way northern Norway, in Troms\u00f8 for example, there are many days in the summer\u00a0when the sun never truly sets.\u00a0 This is great for parties and outdoor activities of course, but sleeping becomes difficult.\u00a0 Many people break out their black shades or curtains to block the sunlight so they can catch some sleep.\u00a0 Of course the midnattsol <\/strong>affects visitors and foreigners moreso than natives who have become used to it.\u00a0 Jews, in particular,\u00a0are affected for a reason other than bodily consequences (although of course may be affected bodily as well), and that is religion.\u00a0 This is true because practicing Jews have religious rites based on the 24 hr day\/night cycle.\u00a0 This issue was cause for a Jewish body of\u00a0law in the polar regions.\u00a0 Climatic conditions have affects even on religion.<\/p>\n

The first time I went to Norway I was with my dad visiting some relatives.\u00a0 We were staying at one of their houses on a fjord north of Bergen.\u00a0 They had a huge party down by the water and everyone was having a blast.\u00a0 It wasn’t until about 3 am that my dad and I looked at our watches and our jaws dropped.\u00a0 Did someone mess with our watches?\u00a0 How could it possibly be that late?\u00a0 Why aren’t we tired?\u00a0 It was definitely the middle of the night and we weren’t tired because we were having so much fun and when it’s light out, even if it stays light for longer than your body is used to, you kind of just go with it until you reach a point (3 am that night) when you start to feel tired and wonder what’s going on.\ufffd<\/p>\n

In Norway, the time to experience the midnattsol <\/strong>is between June 12 and July 1 (at the arctic circle).\u00a0 This duration of time increases as you move north.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It is quite a treat.\u00a0 If you are in Norway during this time period, I highly suggest traveling northward to experience this phenomenon.\u00a0 Just don’t plan to get a whole lot of sleep.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Norway-land of the midnight sun.\u00a0 Midnattsol is one of those words that is really two words smushed together that is pretty easy to figure out if you know what sol means from another romance language and if you can figure that midnatt means midnight…\u00a0 I have only experienced the midnattsol in one place-Norway.\u00a0 Anywhere north…<\/p>\n

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