American Reacts to 24-Hours of Daylight in Norway

As an American I heave heard about how the sun can stay up all day in certain parts of the world such as Norway, but I have never had the opportunity to experience it myself. That is why I am very excited to react and enjoy tis video about 2 months of 24-hour daylight in Norway. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!

[@Tancoll]

Just imagine how mind blown Tyler will be when he discovers that during the winter its permanent darkness for two months with just a shimmer of sunlight at most.

[@waize]

His head will hurt more then.

[@najroe]

yeah, just now I have sun practically at horizon mid day...

[@Mentally_Unstable_Fangirl]

We haven't seen the sun in DAYS rn

[@my2450]

In Winter there is Polar Night. Where I live Polar Night begins 21. October and ends 18. January. Love it as much as the Midnight Sun.

[@davidmalarkey1302]

Tyler is a victim of the American education system whose curriculum has an American narrative. Also highlights the general willful ignorance of Americans. Also there is a lack awareness of anything outside of America.

[@tweetay03]

Fun fact: Bruce Springsteen had a concert here in Norway during summertime, he made a joke about enjoying it so much so he would play to the sun went down😅 The concert ended at 01:30 something because his bassist told him that the sun never goes down during summertime🤣. That was one long concert and we loved it!

[@Miamia_01]

Magical!! Wish I was there! Springsteen is such a great guy

[@steinarhaugen7617]

@@Miamia_01 I was there too.

[@apaxtoa]

I work alot of festivals here in northern sweden, we had workers from Japan one year. We asked them how late they were gonna work the first evening. They said "Til the sun goes down" They lied 🤣

[@cattach]

In the olden days, this was just the way of life, because travelling was hard, so they probably didn't know anything else. Fun story; I was travelling south from Bodø after christmas holiday at home a couple of years ago, and overheard a group of teenagers that was taking the same flight: "I've heard that in Oslo they have sun even in the winter! And in the summer the night gets DARK?!? How weird is that???"... Guess it's all about perspective 😀

[@ahkkariq7406]

Exactly. I grew up in Hammerfest, which is even further north than Tromsø. When I met my husband and spent my first Christmas in the southern part of Norway something were very wrong to me when the sun was shining threw the windows at church on Christmas eve. It was hard to get the Christmas feeling while walking in the streets decorated with Christmas lights and the sun was shining. Now I have lived in south for 25 years+, and I still find the dark summer nights fascinating, especially in late July.

[@oceanmythjormundgandr3891]

heh, yeah for them it would be considered sun in the winter. We get sun here but it is only clear for a few hours before it gets to this weird state where its as if clouds are blocking the light, hazy. The sun is usually clear when its lunchtime but not everyone gets the chance to enjoy it. So Oslo winter has sunlight but it depends if you get the sun and what is considered "sun". We still need vitamin supplements. Same kind of perspective with summertime and night. I see the sun go below the horizon for 3-ish hours before being up again, and even then it is light enough outside to not need a human light source to see. All about perspective, though yeah, the midnight sun and polar night are more obvious up north and I love it.

[@-ingar-]

Well that's only half true. Yes, I wouldnt be as easy as it is today, where we can just jump on a plane. But there is evidence that sugest trade from Northern Norway and at least as far south as Denmark and the Baltics as early as the late Stone Age (around 1500BC). This doesnt mean that one individual or group travelled the whole way, but there was definitely mobilty in ancient times.

[@Luredreier]

I live just south of the polar circle in Trøndelag. We don't have midnight sun or say like you guys further north, but summers will never be the same without the near endless combined sunsets/sunrises here. And the twilight of winter really does set the winter mood, doesn't it?

[@annchristinrine5443]

But he said 500-1000 years ago.. that's the midevil ages. They knew very well about the world and was excelent at navigating on the sea. For their time that is. 🌬🛶

[@Jahny75]

17 years working as a taxi driver in Tromsø. I had some fun experiences with tourists, both summers and winters. I got a fare from the airport and into a hotel downtown. This was just before New Years eve, or right after (cant remember 100%, but it was during Polar Nights - meaning no sunrise for 2 monthe in Tromsø). Was some americans. One guy was wondering when is the sunrise: 21st of Januar, I replied. *Completily silence for like 15 seconds* And he repeated the question. I repeated, 21st of Januar and added: we are in the Polar Nights period now, which means sun sets 21st of November and doesnt rise again until 21st of Januar. His friends started laughing. :) Had two Italian couples in the cab once, during summertime. They were convinced we moved south during winter, cos no one could live this far north. Polar bears walking in the streets and the cold. Well, I had to tell that theres a truth with some modifications here. Wild Polar bears roaming... nop, absoulutely not. Cold..? Well, coldest ever recorded in Tromsø, is "only" -17 degrees celcius. Only difference working between summer and winter, is a little bit more clothing and put on some winter tires, and I keep driving as I do right now. :)

[@jarls5890]

A famous Norwegian song/poem regarding this. Found this English translation: Org title: "Vi skal ikkje sove bort summernatta" (we should not sleep away the summer night) "We should not sleep away the summer night, it is too light for that. Then we shall wander together in the open under the trees that are heavy under their leaves Then we shall wander together in the open where flowers in the grass are standing We shall not sleep away the summer night which with dew our hair does fuss We shall not sleep away from the smell of hay and the singing of the grasshoppers in the fields but wander together under the pale blue sky till the birds lift their wings And feel that we are of the same kin as the earth with the wind and the white clouds, and know that we shall be together all the time till dawn"

[@BrimirMe]

I like Lars Klevstrand's version: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqaWe2dsnM2mb7M

[@LeNaInLoVe]

Except we don't have grasshoppers in the Arctic.... 😉

[@jarls5890]

@@LeNaInLoVe Incorrect. There are 17 species in Norway and found all over the country. E.g. "Fjellgresshoppe" and "Torngresshoppe" in Narvik.

[@microwar]

"Lyst hele natta" Light/lust all the night.

[@deadlykitten8792]

Hello from the north end of Norway 🇳🇴 since I have lived all my life up here (even further north than Tromsø) I can tell you that we don't find this strange in any way. It's just part of living this far north. But it's easy for us to get "døgnvill" which mean that you get confused about what time of day it is. This is also true in the winter time where the sun does not rise for 2 months, and we only have a few hours of light each day.

[@Jmvars]

I live in the arctic circle and I distinctly remember playing outside until 3 am not even realising it's been so long because I honestly couldn't tell it's night. Here it's daylight for 3 months. On the flipside, in winter we have no daylight for months, so there's that.

[@eldridbakk8623]

For me, as a Norwegian, it would be crazy if the sun didn't go sideways.

[@LeNaInLoVe]

😂😂 yeah, well... in any part of the world...... 🤔

[@ladythalia227]

Yeah. And the half moon close to the equator freaks me out. It’s lying down instead of standing up

[@bard6184]

The sun always go sideways, everywhere. The only difference is that you can observe it when when the sun doesn't set

[@klaras9324]

In northern Sweden it’s the same. In summer the sun never sets. Sure, it feels weird sometimes when you realize how late it really is and it’s still light outside, but I wouldn't say it's a problem. Of course, you stay up longer in the summer, but most people have jobs to go to, so you still go to bed. Blackout curtains solve most problems. It is worse in winter, when the sun never rises and it is dark 24 hours a day. You have less energy when it's always dark. Good reaction!

[@MrMudbill]

As someone who's lived in this environment for a long time, I have a few interesting bits to mention. Someone I know who came from Australia mentioned to me that the sunlit nights were so surreal, not because of the level of light, but because of the sounds. The nights still sound like nights even though the sun is up. The nocturnal animals come out, and the common birds go to sleep. It's generally very quiet, which is a big indicator for what time of day it is. I hadn't actually thought about that until the Aussie mentioned it and now I can't NOT notice it. Another thing which might be obvious, is that the sun doesn't go up and down very much, but rather circles around in the sky. Due to this, I always associate the direction of the shadows with a time of day. There's something about all the mountains being lit up and casting shadows in the opposite direction that tells me it's no longer daytime.

[@Kelsea-2002]

This is exactly the case in northern Sweden and Finland. At the moment we have polar night in the polar region, which means that the sun does not rise for over a month.But on clear winter nights we often have northern lights in the sky.The most beautiful natural spectacle in the world.

[@TrymYoutubeMainChannel]

how far in Sweden... are we talking Luleå

[@Kelsea-2002]

@@TrymKZbinMainChannel I've had a look. I am about 300km north on the Finnish side of the border.

[@Asa...S]

@@TrymKZbinMainChannel No, Luleå is too far south, it's not in the polar region. Jokkmokk, Kiruna, Jukkasjärvi, Gällivare, Abisko, Karesuando... those are the places in Sweden that has the polar night (and the Midnight sun in the summers). Luleå has a sunrise at about 10 am and a sunset at 3pm, so it gets pretty dark for a long time, but it's not polar night as it is further North, in the Artic circle.

[@TrymYoutubeMainChannel]

@@Asa...S cool I live near Abisko, closest "big" city would maybe be Kiruna but I am on Norwegian side

[@Kelsea-2002]

@@TrymKZbinMainChannel We are about at the same altitude.I am near Muonio/Finland.

[@EasterWitch]

Constant sunlight is not nearly as annoying as constant darkness. Having sunlight 24 hours is actually quite nice, since you can get so much done and never have to fear walking home after a night out. But in the winter I always have such trouble waking up in the mornings when it is dark out. Unless I turn on some lights in my room as soon as the alarm goes off I can sleep for hours more!

[@ctriis]

This happens in northern Alaska. Mainland Alaska and mainland Norway are very much on similar latitudes, from northernmost to southernmost points. The midnight sun can also be seen in the northernmost parts of Sweden, Finland, Russia, Canada, and almost all of Greenland.

[@MichaelEricMenk]

0:15 "This do not happen in America" Yes it does, in Alaska.

[@tjorven64]

Alaska has exactly the same, darkness 24 hours in the winter(northern light in the winter as we in Norway have) and sun 24 hours in the summer.

[@PingoTheClown]

I live further north of Tromsø in Varangerbotn. We are used to it being daylight around the clock. We sleep well even with the sun up, but we don't sleep that much. we sleep when When it's dark from November to February. The best thing about being awake at "night" is the silence.

[@robinchwan]

winter at night is very calm and silent as well. probably due to the snow making sound quiet or something.

[@stinebeateeilertsen4083]

It is not a lake that surrounds the city, but the sea. I've watched a few of your videos and I really like your prespective on things we take for granted here. I'm also a Tromsø native so it is always nice to see my city on KZbin.

[@steinarhaugen7617]

Trouble sleeping... A black roller blind in the bedroom solves that problem.

[@ahkkariq7406]

This was filmed in early summer. That's why there is still so much snow. During the summer, most will melt away, with the exception of the glaciers and some spots in the shadow side, depending in how warm the summer gets. I grew up in a small town even further north than Tromsø. I still travel up north in the summers. The light at night is magical, and most people stay up until well past midnight. The children run around and play and the adults enjoy something in the glass. When we discover that it is about to become daylight, we crawl into bed to sleep for a few hours. Five to six hours of sleep in the summer is quite normal. We can sleep in the winter.

[@mjrdainbramage]

I first experienced the midnight sun in Svalbard in June, and it really messes with your internal clock if you aren't used to it. We left for Svalbard early in the morning (around 06:00 AM), and the first time we noticed that something was "a bit off" was when we started to feel physically tired, only to realize that it was 04:00 AM the next day. Living in a small boarding house with no curtains didn't help, but after a few days you learnt to simply turn your back to the brightest window. Even though there is no midnight sun south of the arctic circle, the whole country experiences very long days in the summer, and very short days in the winter. Today we had about 5h 55m of sunlight, but during the height of summer we have just shy of 19 hours of sunlight. The remaining 5 hours of the day is more like dusk/dawn, so it doesn't really turn dark like it does for the rest of the year. Between summer, and winter solstice the length of the day is constantly increasing, or decreasing depending on the time of the year. Between early May, and early August the day is between 16 - 19 hours long.

[@auldfouter8661]

Even in Scotland ( I'm at 55 deg North ) it is light until after 11pm for a few weeks in summer. There is a period when the glow in the sky moves right round through the northern sky , and it's never truly dark in June and July. In summer in Scotland it only gets slowly dark after sunset - this period of half light is called the gloaming.

[@tigerww]

I have been living in Oslo since 2000, and grew up a bit futher south the coast of Oslo. But both my parents are northerners. Every summer we used to spend some weeks at my grandma's house in Tromsø (30 min walk from the beach filmed). I was back to Tromsø for 7 years of university studies. And I still go there a couple of times a year, both for work and pleasure. Every time the beauty of the landscape hits me hard, and I get a lump in my throat and tears to my eyes when seing Tromsø and it's surroundings from the plane flying in.

[@bubble0]

The polar nights makes the Scandinavian summers so special. Nothing beats it!

[@-ingar-]

Tromsø native here. We who have grown up with these phenomena, sun all summer and darkness all winter, don't think much about it. It's therefore a bit funny to see your videos which help put things into perspective about how lucky we are. However, I know that people who come from the southern half of the country have a little trouble getting used to it, but they do eventually.

[@sigori4672]

I live in this city, i feel special now. Thank you

[@odinandreassen3278]

Hey Tyler As a Norwegian i can say its not odd at all, the change happens very gradually. So 2 mnds where theres no dark but the next mnd is like 23-20h with no dark pr day an so on. Same goes for the winther, 2mnds where u cant see the sun at all and only some light in the day. Last note, its not a lake. Its a fjord with salt sea water. Love ur videos🇧🇻

[@eivindkaisen6838]

In mid june- around the solstice, it doesn't rally get dark anywhere in Norway. Even in the soutth the sunset is about 11 pm-ish and sunrise around 3 am. When you have 24 hour sunlight, the sun does a complete circle in the sky. Even 1,000 years ago, this was something the locvals thought was perfectly normal, it happened every year at the same time of year. Mythology was of course used as an explanation, but they were'nt ever afraid of it.

[@Nemrai]

I live further south in Norway. We don't get the constant sunlight, but it doesn't really get dark either.

[@trudehallerud1839]

I think it's strange when the sun sets before midnight when it's hot. I never get used to it when we are on holiday.

[@cheesedemon88]

When it comes to what ancient people thought, if you grew up there, it would just seem normal. I’ve heard that the Sami people said that the Sun rides on the back of a bear, that’s why it’s up in the summer and gone in the winter because that’s when the bear is hibernating.

[@DivineFalcon]

I served my military service in Northern Norway. I was a guard, which meant my shifts were 2 hours on and 6 hours off for days, sometimes weeks, at a time. During the polar nights and midnight sun I lost all track of time. It was a really weird experience.

[@pianoblacksky]

I live in northern Sweden, a bit south of the Arctic Circle, and even if the sun does disappear below the horizon for a few hours in the middle of summer, it doesn't get dark. We just get this dusky light in the middle of the night, and then the sun rises again around 1:45 am. I don't think people living here a thousand years ago thought it was strange at all. They had nothing to compare to. You get used to the constantly changing light conditions here. Now, it's dark with only a few hours of light. In about a week we have the winter solstice, and then the days will slowly start to get longer and longer until it doesn't get dark at all again. That's just how it is and has always been. My brain gets confused when I travel south and experience warm air in combination with a dark sky. That is a weird feeling to me and very foreign. I still remember seeing my first thunderstorm in darkness when I visited Stockholm as a kid. That was mindblowing 😂 Lightning looks super badass on a black sky, but since most thunderstorms happen in summer, we rarely see that.

[@mkitten13]

I don't live far enough north to get the full 24 hour experience, far from it, but this just feels normal to me. If it's warm outside I expect it to be light a lot, and if it's cold outside I expect it to be dark a lot. Travelling south and experience warmth combined with pitch dark nights just feels "off" to me. I kinda feel cheated out of my light, because if it's warm outside then I expect it to be light up to near-midnight, then go a little darker for a few hours (not really proper dark either) before the light comes back.

[@bernadetterubin4892]

The lovely bright summer nights where life is easy and full of joy stand in stark contrast to the long dark winter days where everything is heavy and melancholy sets in. Some use blackout curtains, but it is far from everyone, you sleep a little in the summer and a lot in the winter, with electric light the contrast is not quite as big as it must have been in earlier times. You can never have too much light.

[@oceanmythjormundgandr3891]

Southern Norway gets its similar but the sun goes beyond the horizon for a few hours while still casting a weak light, like a sunset. Obviously, the midnight sun gets more intense and longer lasting the more north you go. I usually spend most of my summer holiday up north and it is amazing to have so much light, but it does mess up my inner clock in the beginning. When you are so up north the sunlight still illuminates for a long time despite the sun passing the horizon. So it is not just 2 months of weird sunlight, it is 2 months of the *weirdest* sunlight, and the other summer months are still light with almost no proper night.

[@einha19]

It happens in the U.S aswell, in Alaska

[@Valfodr_jr]

The midnight sun can be experienced as far south in Norway as Tuvøya, 65°44'20", but not the whole sun and only one day a year. To experience that the WHOLE sun being above the horizon, you have to go a little further north to Dønna, 66°12'14", where the entire sun is up all night between June 17 and June 25. The same of course applies in the southern hemisphere but in the opposite season. As others have also said here, all countries with territory above about 65° north have the midnight sun, also in Alaska, Canada and Greenland on the American continent. It's just that in Norway we have been very good at marketing the midnight sun as an attraction compared to many other countries.

[@peterc.1618]

And it's also a little milder than northern Canada, Alaska, and Greenland.

[@indreduobaite13]

It's just funny to me because I learned this at school as a kid so I just see it as basic geography but to people who never knew about it it would probably seem unreal

[@SRT8-Melissa]

As an average Norwegian guy, it's so funny and interesting to see how a "typical, average American reacts on Norwegian stuff 😅.And now also being from Tromsø originally, I fully understand the reaction regarding the" 24 hour sunlight" situation. It's about 23 years since I moved to the capital, and I can honestly say, being in Tromsø now in the summer season, drives me crazy. BTW Tyler, love your videos, and off course your reaction on things regarding Norway 😊❤

[@jenniferharrison8915]

In Southern Tasmania we have twilight, so it's hard to get to sleep and outdoor activities are extended! We also have the "Southern Arora"! Norway's Northern Lights are very beautiful, but imagining living in Noway and the other Artic countries! I can easily see the people being depressed regularly in Winter and hyperactive in Summer! 😢🤣

[@Dararamful]

You should be here now... 😫 I'm a bit north from Oslo.... and it is dark. We are in the darkest month now. Think it the 21/12 that is the shortest day. I like the snow this time of the year, as it makes it a bit brighter. 🌨☃️ And we appreciate the Christmas lights a lot...🎄

[@Avoien]

There are so many people awake because it was summer vacation and a weekend so it's not so important to have a sleeping routine. I live in Tromsø and it is completely normal for me that it is so bright. And I'm quite used to sleeping in a fairly light room in the summer.

[@my2450]

In Winter there is Polar Night. Where I live Polar Night begins 21. October and ends 18. January. Love it as much as the Midnight Sun.

[@H4wk0n]

The north is great in the summer. I love 24 hr’s of light and have never had a problem sleeping 😁

[@hjerte20]

1. Yes, you have it in usa also, its called north Alaska 2: close your eyes, is it dark? go to sleep, you dont need curtains 3: Before you react to dark winters, turn on the light (we have power and lamps here to) 4: they did not know anything else in the old time, so they did not think it was cursed. 5: its not like 2 months and one day, its "normal" the sun maybye gone for 1/2 hour, and little longer every night. 6: We (i) sleep little in summertime, and a LOT in wintertime. the body are just used to it Love from north Norway p.s. Its our life, we are use to it.

[@TheOftedal]

They can enjoy their bright summers, but right now they have descended into perpetual darkness and cold for a couple months. It is exact polar opposites (pun intended). I’m kind of glad I live in the southern part of Norway during the winter.

[@mrmoostik]

Pitch black when i get up, when i go to work, when I go home from work, and when i go to bed. Always pitch black. We have like 30 minutes of twilight or something around noon but most days I don't even notice.

[@Myrkish]

The kid being out at 2am is because it would be the summer vacation around that time. Schools are out for most of the summer, and most adults have at least a month off during the summer time. So, it's common for kids to be up much later, with friends or family.

[@Miamia_01]

That clip could have been from when it was morning or day as well. There was no time stamp

[@Myrkish]

@@Miamia_01 Certainly. There was a time mentioned, it was just before that clip, so it was implied that those clips were also around that time. Both are possible. Either way, my explanation is still true.

[@TheChrchBrnr]

Its not a lake surrounding Tromsø, but the sea and its on the edge of the ocean :) And its not "normal" 10 months of the year, during winter its all dark with a tiny bit of dusk from 1-3 hours during the day. The sun is practically never up then so opposite of summer.

[@pantherjungle]

I'm sure you have this in the US aswell, in Alaska. There are timelapses on KZbin if you search "Midnight Sun Timelaspse - Alaska"

[@avlinrbdig5715]

I thought it was always sunny in Philadelphia... :D

[@evelynproulx1853]

There are places in Canada where we have that also! And don't forget there is a counterpart of this during winter... the sun don't come up for two months (or barely)!

[@hdfxr]

I can travel and be anywhere in the world all year round, the windshield in the summer, then I just want to be at home by myself in northern Norway to enjoy the bright summer, right now it's dark for 22 hours a day, sitting here with lots of snow and polar low pressure and wish me away to a completely different part of the world

[@larsyvindgrindrud8341]

It is interesting to compare with Longyearbyen'. Svalbard. ' with 5 months of day and 5 months of night. Longyearbyen is two hours flight from Tromsø. Longyearbyen is a town of 2500 inhabitants situated closer to the North Pole than any other settlement of more than 1000. You will find a lot of videos about Svalbard by searching on KZbin.

[@frosty6960]

10:15 yeah 2 months of no dark ... But not 10 normal months, only 8-ish. Cuz this video doesnt explain the opposite side. In winter, they have TWO MONTHS of NO SUN. Just darkness. Then theres the months leading up and away from this. So... lets say 4 "normal" months then. In ancient times ppl living there was ofcourse used to it and thought it was like that everywhere. But for travellers... it must have been mindboggling

[@Tanjaaraus]

In the summer, blackout curtains are great. And many are up late, as it hits around summer vacation. So since people have like 25ish days off pr year for paid vacation, many are awake and out and about "at night". As they don't have to get up for school/work the next day. The winter is worse imho as it's an equal length of time with no sun. So then a sunlight /wake up lamp is important. It slowly starts getting lighter 30min before the alarm, to mimic a sunrise.

[@Miamia_01]

I loved this video, I have never experienced this myself or seen it on video. But its similar to how it is further south in Norway. It surprises me every year when that time hits, its not 2 full months like in north and its not light for 24 hrs. But the sun can be up till 12 at night, go down a bit after 12 and go up again around 3.15 and it doesn’t get totally dark those few hours either. I love that time of year and it does mess the sleep up a bit and you feel kinda weird if you havent gone to sleep before the sun is back up again and the birds starts chirping at 3 am. But I have black out curtains at least☺️😋 You feel so energized and you can enjoy late outdoor concerts till midnight for example and still have sun.

[@peterc.1618]

At about midsummer one year I visited a friend of mine who lived somewhere near Oslo and it was like dusk at about 11 pm. and pretty much daylight again shortly after 1 am. I had to make sure I was in bed when it looked like it was about to get dark or I wouldn't get to sleep; I don't normally go to bed at 11 pm. when I'm on holiday, but that's what I had to do.

[@Miamia_01]

@@peterc.1618 I live a bit further north so maybe Im exaggerating by saying 12. maybe its more like 12.30 and its not even dark, its just darker. The bird song at 3 am is weird though. Its the same every year but it always takes me by surprised because the weather is ever changing during the year. Its an interesting phenomenon.

[@jollyo9276]

Much better than the "never ending" darkness during winter, I`d say. Eeven some great charms even about that, though 🤗

[@CuteHalo]

I had a great aunt liming in Alta (‘AHL-ta), NE of Tromsø. She told me that in the summer time, you sleep when you can. All of a sudden, the doorbell rings at 4am, and then you have to make coffee.

[@steinarhaugen7617]

☕😨 4am

[@nixxonnor]

Remember that during a couple of months in December/January, the situation is reversed in Tromsø - There is no sun at all during the day. Only darkness for two months. The South pole is getting all the sun during this period.

[@DJSicksense]

at 4:33 and 5:18 you can see the moon aswell.. so both moon and the sun is up at the same time after midnight, its bearly perceptible/faint in the sky

[@espetor]

The winter is so dark, that you tend to enjoy the summer more. And we all know the summer is very short. In the winter the sun is gone for a similar time. It is not totally dark all day, just that the sun doesn't show over the horizen, so you get a kind of a dark cloudy day for a couple of hours midday, and then darkness.

[@livm333birdinterest]

I heard you said that winter time it will be “normal”. However here is nothing like normal, because in winter people will not be able to see the sun and it’s quite dark. Maybe some light at 2 o’clock pm, but it’s just dusky. For most people it will be hard to endure the darkness for weeks and months. It really does something to the feelings of people who live there. Even if they have lived there always. 😊

[@PetterSele]

You should read up and look at videos from Longyearbyen and Svalbard which is also Norway, but way further north than Tromsø and got proper midnight sun and polar nights. :)

[@ernaamandasinnes8619]

Parts of the Great state Alaska is also North of the artic cerkel

[@lunda2222]

They do have the Midnight Sun in the US too. In Alaska.

[@VidarLund-k5q]

North of the Polar Circle there's midnight sun all alound the world, even in USA (Alaska) during summer, excactly like in the Antarctica south of the southern Polar Circle when it's summer there. Not shocking at all. At winter it's dark all the time.

[@agatonicaararacap4917]

I lived in other town name Hammetfest for over 3 years,and its too hard to sleep when its only daylight during night time,but you sleep eventully.

[@SweDaneDragon]

The northern part of Norway, Sweden and Finland is called the land of the Midnight sun.

[@Toreld52]

We go to we crach in summertime and in the winter it is 2 months dark night. No sunrise. 🔥🌞❄🌺

[@antxoncarbonero]

It's been 16 years since I moved to Norway. I still get confused some evenings during the summer, assuming it's like 7-8 pm but being 11 instead.

[@Xirque666]

"...10 normal months..." 🤣🤣🤣 Nope, you need to count in the polar night as well, that is equally long during the winter. And then there the fact that there a huge difference in the length of the day every day from the equinoxes and the solistices

[@kendexter]

is the same in Alaska and here in Norway above the Artic Circle we can see the sun 24/7

[@ngaourapahoe]

In Spain people nap or do siesta between 2 and 4 pm and I am not sure that they need darkness. The reason for this is the heat. Then they get up and return to work. After work they stay up late at night.

[@NorwayMan36]

Remember that we also have "mørketid", the dark period. From middle of desember to middle of january we dont see the sun at all in Tromsø:)

[@Johnnyonoline]

228 / 5 000 When I visited my Tromsø family a few years ago, I took a flight from my nearest airport (Gardermoen, Oslo) and the flight took almost 2 hours. It was summer and sun around the clock, and there was very little sleep. An amazing experience!

[@VampyrMygg]

As a Norwegian with ADHD which brings along time blindness... it makes it hard to tell time without a clock, did I just spend 1 hour doing something? or 10 hours? I have no idea as it's still bright outside.

[@Toru_T0RU]

Its the same thing in wintertime, just no sunlight. I think that happens longer at Svalbard

[@Nuclear-Viking]

I live close to Tromsø, in the city of Harstad. The big downside to this is that on the other side of the year, right now, the sun never comes up for two months. Alot of people get depressed around this time. Also, you need to react to a video explaining how to pronounce our last three letters "Æ, Ø and Å". It's TROMSØ, not TROMSO.

[@nanach6276]

Everyone must feel more sober when walking out of the Bar at 2 Am and its still like middle of the day. That would be so refreshing tbh.

[@anntrger3093]

I live in tromsø,and in the winer there are 2mnd were the sun never rise..dark all the time😊

[@neoandlykkecat]

You can find this in Alaska too.

[@Biathlete]

"The lake"?? It's the Atlantic ocean! But cool to se your brain twisting about the midnight sun. Did you ever think about how the same midnight sun occurs in Antarctica around new year? (Summertime on the southern hemisphere)

[@JustLiesNOR]

I guess it's easy to think "lake" when you see land on the other side and aren't used to fjords?

[@mrmoostik]

Yes, the atlantic lake. Slightly smaller than the Pacific puddle.

[@Curious-q9b]

You have exactly the same up in Alaska. Fairbanks-"the land of the midnight sun"

[@oh515]

Many kids are awake very late in Norway in the summertime. We all have daylight almost the whole night in the summer.

[@steinarhaugen7617]

😎

[@sole129]

In Greenland, my brother and I went fishing at midnightish in daylight. It was strange

[@koodyql9325]

Loving the content man, keep it coming

[@gautearefjord]

We have vacation in July..Most of the Norwegians.500 years ago people did not travel as much. They did not think of that this night sun was Special. For them this was normal. To travel to South Norway took probably 10- 15 days..with boat

[@LeNaInLoVe]

😄😄 AwZm reaction. Love this, gives perspective.. I've born and raised and live couple of hrs drive from Tromsø. I have no difficulty sleeping when it's light outside. I'm used to it 😊 Will not have it any other way :D In the same way, I want NO SUN shining at XMAS. Moon and Northern lights on the other hand, YES PLZ❣ This vid is filmed on 11th of June, and then it's still snow in the mountains, if this was taken on the 11th of July, it'd look a bit different. Some mountains are never free of snow because of altitude and ofc, it is the Arctic. 😉 So this is on 69 degrees North, and I had an experience couple of years ago, I went to Spitsbergen (78 degree North) in May. Even I got affected. There you feel nature... and the rush to get everything done within the short window of summer. Birds and animals barely sleep. I think the birds quiet down for 3 hrs... It gave me perspective. I'vve experienced sunsets in Hawaii... and I was so amazed that almost momentarily after sun had set, it was dark. So different.

[@fishbone0]

The rest of the year is not "normal". There is also times where the sun is not visible at all.

[@annabrego3698]

That was the summer. The next sunrise in Tromsø will be on January 15th at 11:35 AM!

[@CostaWanti]

I literally was in Tromsø at that exact time 😅

[@AltrightBuddha]

It does happen in America. Northern parts of Alaska.

[@cheesedemon88]

Yep, I figured maybe no one lives there, but I checked, and there are a few towns above the polar circle in Alaska

[@MartinTomrenSøvik]

When you say that the locals must also be kinda weirded out by the fact that there's sunlight for two months straight, you are kinda right. But there's not 10 months of normal day cycles, because in the winter it is dark for several weeks straight with no sunlight. You should proably react to a video of that sort aswell.

[@GnosticAtheist]

I have had some strange problems when I travel, because my brain does not recognize darkness or light as an indicator for when to be tired, coming from Tromsø. At least, thats my theory for why I only get tired when I have been up for 16-17 hours, regardless of sunlight. Its generally a good thing here, obviously, as sun or no sun has no effect I notice on the quality of my sleep.

[@sundhaug92]

This also happens if you're equally far south, but on the other side of the year

[@janeh3134]

Yes but we have black out curtains, and we sleep whenever we want or can, and it's like this for 3-4 months. But we have just 4 hours of daylight in the winter. In Brønnøysund where I live. It's like being at night shifts year around like me. I always sleep in the day fot 7-8 hours after my shifts. No problem. 😊It's like that in Canada as well I think.

[@danieljohansen8539]

half of my family is from tromsø so i have experienced this a few times but most of the time i visit during christmas so i usually experience the dark all day and all night

[@baatsfjord]

It happens in America. In Alaska

[@mskatonic7240]

This is all caused by the Earth being tilted! During our winter, the North Pole is tilted far enough from the sun no daylight reaches it, and it's reversed in summer. Anywhere in the North of the Northern Hemisphere is going to long summer days and long winter nights - the UK sees the sun setting at 9pm during summer and at 4pm during winter, but we always have a 24 hour day night cycle. That far north though, it gets weird.

[@MichalBergseth-AmitopiaTV]

As a Norwegian, I must correct you. This 24h daylight is from the end of April until the start of September with the sun up 24h hours for 1-2 months. In the capital Oslo, we don't have the sun up 24h but the 24h daylight is there from May until August. Another thing. Do not forget the Alaska state USA. It is crossing the polar circle too. Iceland is just underneath it. Other countries experiencing this is Sweden, Finland, and Russia. The northern part of Japan got 24h daylight too and if you add Greenland to Denmark they also got it too. So there are a lot of countries having this each year. And yes... black curtains is a must thing to have either in Oslo, Tromsø or Alta.

[@mrmoostik]

You forgot the northern half of Canada