Quoting Roberto Suarez Soto <ask4it@...>:
> On May/31/2003, daniel andreasson wrote:
>
> > > I'd move to Sweden or Germany only because
> > > of that, but heck, I like to have 12+ sunny hours in summer ;-)
> > You've never been to Sweden in the summer, have you? :) Today
> > the sun reared its yellow face at 3.49 am and it will set at
> > 9.43 pm.
>
> Ooops. My fault. I thought that Sweden was not *so* near the
> Arctic O:-) And in fact, now that I think of it, summer day time is
> always higher when you go up north. Hmmm. I don't know what I was
> thinking when I wrote that. Maybe I just didn't think at all :-)
The northernmost bit of Sweden is actually north of the Arctic Circle - 24h of
sunlight ... and 0h in late december.
> > PS. Polar bears don't walk around in our streets. Promise. ;)
>
> And elks? :-? ;-)
On the streets? It happens, but isn't common. Unlike hitting one in 100km/h at
the motorway.
Andreas