Helsinki at Night Page Content Page Name (for URL) Page Title Breadcrumb Text <~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2004-06-20-e-more/20040620_267_2242 2004-06-20-e-more/20040620_288_2660 2004-06-20-e-more/20040620_262_0576 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> Here are a few photos of Helsinki between 10:30 and 11 p.m. on a Sunday night. Like most cities, Helsinki gets pretty deserted at that time on Sunday (on Fridays and Saturdays people stay up quite a bit later). They the empty streets are hardly dark - it is around the sunset time. Sunset is of course a rather vague concept in helsinki since the sun tends to linger around the horizon for a long time. On that day, I saw the last beam of direct sunlight right before 10 p.m., but the twilight continued till past midnight. It never really gets quite dark, though by 1 a.m. the sky gets a bit darker than in those photos. Sort of like the sky looks in California about an hour after sunset. Such "night" only lasts around half an hour, however: by 1:30 a.m. the dawn is already quite noticeable. Advanced Fields Category 2002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014E. AsiaE. EuropeL's FamilyL's FriendsN. AmericaN. EuropeS. AmericaS. AsiaW. EuropeY & LY's FamilyY's Friends Prototype Redirect Permissions0 Actions Config Markup Module HTML/Meta/Keywords HTML/Meta/Description Save Hook HTML Fields Main Head Body Header Menu Logo Content Template Page Sidebar Footer Tags Allowed for XSSFilter HTTP Fields Cache-Control Expires Guru Fields Templates Translations Fields Edit UI Admin Edit UI Don't put anything here Don't put anything here Don't put anything here A summary of your changes Edit Summary Don't put anything here Don't put anything here Don't put anything here save preview cancel
