From Oz to Oslo

Today is winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, or more correctly the day with the shortest amount of daylight. Here in Oslo, the sun rose this morning at 9:19am, and will set at 3:12pm. Yes, that’s right: not even six hours of daylight. Just as Norway is the land of the midnight sun in summer, it is also the land of the midday darkness in winter. I’m just glad that I don’t live in the north of the country, which is currently experiencing total darkness through the winter months.

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