Summer · Slow living
Midnight sun, no alarm clock
When the sun barely sets, time goes soft.
By Mats Aalto · 6 min read
Around midsummer, much of the north gets close to nineteen hours of daylight, and above the Arctic Circle the sun doesn't set at all. Clocks start to feel like a suggestion.
We spent a week without alarms, eating when hungry and sleeping when tired. Dinner drifted to nine, walks to eleven, and nobody minded.
Clocks start to feel like a suggestion.
A tip: bring an eye mask. The light is glorious, but your body still needs darkness to sleep well.
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