Name: Living with the Dark Winters in Sweden | Midnight sun & Polar night
Uploaded: 2021-10-27T05:11:29.000Z
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And it's also a country with a lot of darkness.

Just like many other countries in the northern hemisphere

there is a strong contrast in the light conditions between summer and winter.

In the winter it's dark almost all the time.

And in the summer it's light all the time.

During the summer in the very north of Sweden

the sun never sets between the end of May

And then, during the winter in the very north of Sweden

For a couple of weeks the sun never rises above the horizon.

Which means that there is no sunlight for about a month.

is caused by the rotation of the earth in relation to the position of the sun.

And the further north you go, the bigger the contrast.

And if I'm lucky and there is a clear sky

I can see the sun above the treetops for about an hour

And this is how high the sun goes up now.

But winters like this one, when it's been cloudy every day

I actually didn't see a glimpse of the sun for over a month.

But just a few days ago, now in the beginning of January

I got to feel the sunlight on my face again.

This is the first glimpse of the sun that we see in over a month.

And that feeling when you begin to feel the sunlight again in January

It's like seeing the sun for the first time in your life.

Even if it can be hard sometimes with these kinds of light conditions

I really love it and I would never want to change it.

I think the light is never as beautiful as it is during these most extreme times of the year.

When it's summer I usually change my rhythm

and stay up all night and then sleep in the forenoon instead.

The light is so beautiful in the middle of the night.

It's like a dream to be out and capture the beauty of the bright nights in June.

we at least get a few hours of twilight during the day.

And that light is the most beautiful kind of daylight that I know.

It's like experiencing a long sunrise without a sun.

and the sun is rising just a tiny bit above the treetops

It spreads a soft and pink light all over the landscape.

Around 3 in the day it's already getting dark.

And it makes the evenings feel never ending.

But the darkness makes us see what is never visible in the light.

I live in a place where there is no light pollution.

And for me, that is one of the reasons that I really love the winter here.

the sun sends us a greeting in the darkness.

Particles from storms on the surface of the sun

The northern lights that dances in the sky.

I can never find the right words to describe how much I love to stand under the northern lights on a cold and dark winter night.

I can take the darkness any day as long as I get to see the stars and the northern lights.

But even though there is so much beauty to find in these special kinds of light conditions that we have here in the north

I would lie if I said that it's always easy to live and adapt to them.

I don't think you can have too much light.

is if it's harder to sleep when its light all night.

And for me personally, if I want to sleep during the night

And for those who do feel like it's a problem

It's easily fixed with some thick and dark curtains.

But the winter and the darkness is definitely much more challenging.

And I can only speak from my own experience now.

The lack of sunlight makes me more tried.

And during the darkest and coldest months

I sometimes struggle to keep up the energy

It's harder to get up in the morning when it's dark outside.

Our body naturally want to wake up with the sun.

And in the afternoon I often get confused with the time

Since the darkness makes it feel like it's much later than it really is.

And the lack of daylight makes me struggle more as a filmmaker

Since I only have 1 hour of good light to film in a day

Compared to the 24 hours of good light in the summer.

So the darkness combined with the cold make things a bit more challenging

And I know that I'm not the only one who are struggling to keep up the energy during this time of the year.

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