Initially, when planning the trip,
I went from Germany to Stockholm (Sweden),
I was planning to take a ferry from Stockholm to Helsinki.
The itinerary involves departing in the evening, spending one night on board, and arriving the following morning.
I daydream alone.
The night of the summer solstice in Scandinavia.
From Stockholm, we traveled through a network of small islands to the Baltic Sea.
The ship moves slowly.
The sun never sets, and the fantastical scenery of the sea under the midnight sun unfolds before your eyes...
I wanted to see the sea under the midnight sun.
Due to various circumstances, I have made significant changes to my travel plans.
The sea voyage is gone.
My first night in Helsinki.
It's still quite bright around 8 PM.
It feels like it's around 3 PM.
After finishing dinner and leaving the restaurant,
The sun is still shining brightly outside.
It wasn't until after 10 PM that the sky finally began to show its evening colors.
Then the sky gradually began to darken.
In Helsinki during the summer, twilight lasts long into the night.
The boundary between evening and night seems to melt away into an endlessly faint blur.
Even so...
It gets fairly dark after 2 PM.
It's incredibly close to "night."
It certainly doesn't feel like a "midnight sun."
yeah?
Is there no midnight sun?
I thought about it and looked into it.
I'll check the weather app on my smartphone.
Then in Helsinki,
There is a proper "sunset" and "sunrise".
Night was coming.
Wow...
To experience the midnight sun,
A city further north, beyond the Arctic Circle
You can only experience this if you go as far as Rovaniemi.
In Rovaniemi, from the beginning of June,
For about a month, until the beginning of July, the sun does not set.
The sleepless sun at the edge of the lake,
The silhouette of a coniferous forest is visible on the lake's surface.
The sky is tinged with orange and light purple...
perhaps.
The fantasy of crossing the sea under the midnight sun by boat...
It ended as just a fantasy.