Finland is a dark country. That's what lots of people think. And of course in the middle of December, they are right. But in the summer there is more light here than pretty much anywhere else in the world. And it is one of the reasons that so many Finns stay here in the summer rather than going anywhere else on holiday.When I was a little girl I always used to think it was strange that Finns didn't want to go abroad during their summer holidays, because it seemed as though everyone in the UK spend the whole year looking forward to their week or fortnight abroad.
Having now lived here for almost five years though, I now completely understand why Finns want to spend their summers in Finland. It's beautiful, peaceful and simply magical here in the summer. No point at all in going anywhere else. Holidays in the sun are best saved for November or February.
My "roots" even though I was not brought up in this country, are in a small town called Lumijoki near Oulu in the north west of the country. That's where my Mum is now, back in the place where she was born and brought up.
This picture was taken just before midnight a few days ago in a place called Varjakka, which is in the municipality of Lumijoki on the coast of the Baltic Sea. Just before we went swimming at midnight....
When you live in a country like this....why go anywhere else?
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Sometimes Finns may want to visit in such kind country, where weather conditions are poor duoring other seasons but not in summer. (Eg in England or Ireland etc). ;-)
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