I can't talk about winter in Denmark without talking about the darkness. People always ask us if it's really cold-- because Scandinavia makes everyone think polar bears and reindeer and furry boots-- and seem disappointed to hear that it isn't that cold and the real problem is the dark.
If you think the dark is not a serious problem, you are sadly mistaken and probably live somewhere very far south of us.
B was recently in Boston for some work stuff. The Bostonians asked how much daylight we were getting, and then said, "Oh, not bad then. Your sunrise is just about an hour later... and sunset an hour earlier... or so..." Yes. That's two hours less daylight than them. And that was in November, a month before the Solstice. The length of day here, today, was 7 hours. And it's still getting shorter.
I know no better way to illustrate this than to tell you that this afternoon C got out our flashlight to shine on her solar-powered calculator.
That, my friends, is dark.
If you think the dark is not a serious problem, you are sadly mistaken and probably live somewhere very far south of us.
B was recently in Boston for some work stuff. The Bostonians asked how much daylight we were getting, and then said, "Oh, not bad then. Your sunrise is just about an hour later... and sunset an hour earlier... or so..." Yes. That's two hours less daylight than them. And that was in November, a month before the Solstice. The length of day here, today, was 7 hours. And it's still getting shorter.
I know no better way to illustrate this than to tell you that this afternoon C got out our flashlight to shine on her solar-powered calculator.
That, my friends, is dark.
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