Jan 21, 2022
Soldagen
Today, the 21ts of January, is the day of the sun...or sun-day (directly translated) here in Northern-Norway.. Since in this part of Norway the sun goes down in the end of November and we're polar night in almost two months. Regions over the polar circle will experience polar night and the further north you live, the longer they will last.
In the town where I live, the sun is expected to be seen around the 16th of January, but because we are surrounded by mountains the sun wont show until today.
In elementary school, children usually sing songs about the sun and make decorations for it too. The stores also sell 'solboller ' aka berliner doughnuts and we eat them to celebrate the sun returning.