<strong>Sommarøy:</strong> Sommarøy -- meaning Summer Island -- is an island in West Tromsø, around 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle.
Sommarøy: Sommarøy -- meaning Summer Island -- is an island in West Tromsø, around 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle.
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<strong>'If I could turn back time': </strong>This little island of around 300 inhabitants is campaigning to become the world's first-free time zone.
'If I could turn back time': This little island of around 300 inhabitants is campaigning to become the world's first-free time zone.
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<strong>Midnight Sun:</strong> Conventional timekeeping means little here, where the sun doesn't set between May and July, and the darkness of the long Polar Night lasts from November to January.
Midnight Sun: Conventional timekeeping means little here, where the sun doesn't set between May and July, and the darkness of the long Polar Night lasts from November to January.
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<strong>Leave your watches here:</strong> Rather than the padlocks you might see on bridges elsewhere in the world, there are watches abandoned on the bridge that links Sommarøy to the mainland.
Leave your watches here: Rather than the padlocks you might see on bridges elsewhere in the world, there are watches abandoned on the bridge that links Sommarøy to the mainland.
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<strong>The islanders:</strong> Kjell Ove Hveding (front) is leading the campaign for a time-free Sommarøy.
The islanders: Kjell Ove Hveding (front) is leading the campaign for a time-free Sommarøy.
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