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Also, hours of daylight in winter is a factor. I was in Reykjavik for Christmas once and there was about 4 hours of sunlight each day. It confuses the body.

Hamuko 4y ago
It's not really that confusing if you actually live there. Speaking from experience, since I grew up further north than 99% of the world population (Reykjavík would be down to the south).
- cpach 4y ago
  I don’t find it confusing, but it’s dreary though. Especially in regions where there’s short days but very little snow.
  - SZJX 4y ago
    Yep, Berlin’s snowless and gloomy winters are messing me up really badly.
Nullabillity 4y ago
That's what people always seem to be concerned about… but the real problem up north is the eternal summer days. Enjoy never getting a night's proper sleep!
- thematrixturtle 4y ago
  This problem is trivially fixed with blackout curtains. Dealing with lack of sun is harder.
  - Nullabillity 4y ago
    Lack of sun is trivially fixed with lights. Blackout curtains don't form a good seal and always let light bleed through around the edges.
    - citboin 4y ago
      You want “ Blackout EZ - Total Sunlight Blocking Window Covers” (available on Amazon) which seal to Velcro strips that are mounted around your windows with screws, and a DIY hard shell window valence above that, plus blackout curtains over that just so it doesn’t look so stark. That’s what I do.
    - cpach 4y ago
      “Lack of sun is trivially fixed with lights.” As someone who lives in Sweden, I can’t agree there. Lights can never fully replace sunlight. It’s not even close.
      - Nullabillity 4y ago
        > As someone who lives in Sweden, I can’t agree there. I've lived in Sweden my whole life, and in Norrbotten for a decade.
        cpach 4y ago
        Ah. I would probably not survive north of Gävle :-p
      - vintermann 4y ago
        Why can't those damn coelux things become mass produced?
    - thematrixturtle 4y ago
      It actually isn't, because most home lighting is far less intense than the sun and the wrong spectrum to boot. Light therapy works but sitting in front of a big bright box is not terribly convenient or fun. And if your blackout curtains don't work, get better ones. Many Nordic households have double curtains, one solid plastic to block the vast majority of the light and the other from cloth to diffuse/block the rest and look pretty.
    - ProZsolt 4y ago
      Instal proper window shutters. Your rooms will be pitch black.
- drodil 4y ago
  In Finland we usually sleep during the winters and stay awake during the summers

Hamuko 4y ago

It's not really that confusing if you actually live there. Speaking from experience, since I grew up further north than 99% of the world population (Reykjavík would be down to the south).

cpach 4y ago
I don’t find it confusing, but it’s dreary though. Especially in regions where there’s short days but very little snow.
- SZJX 4y ago
  Yep, Berlin’s snowless and gloomy winters are messing me up really badly.

Nullabillity 4y ago

That's what people always seem to be concerned about… but the real problem up north is the eternal summer days. Enjoy never getting a night's proper sleep!

thematrixturtle 4y ago
This problem is trivially fixed with blackout curtains. Dealing with lack of sun is harder.
- Nullabillity 4y ago
  Lack of sun is trivially fixed with lights. Blackout curtains don't form a good seal and always let light bleed through around the edges.
  - citboin 4y ago
    You want “ Blackout EZ - Total Sunlight Blocking Window Covers” (available on Amazon) which seal to Velcro strips that are mounted around your windows with screws, and a DIY hard shell window valence above that, plus blackout curtains over that just so it doesn’t look so stark. That’s what I do.
  - cpach 4y ago
    “Lack of sun is trivially fixed with lights.” As someone who lives in Sweden, I can’t agree there. Lights can never fully replace sunlight. It’s not even close.
    - Nullabillity 4y ago
      > As someone who lives in Sweden, I can’t agree there. I've lived in Sweden my whole life, and in Norrbotten for a decade.
      - cpach 4y ago
        Ah. I would probably not survive north of Gävle :-p
    - vintermann 4y ago
      Why can't those damn coelux things become mass produced?
  - thematrixturtle 4y ago
    It actually isn't, because most home lighting is far less intense than the sun and the wrong spectrum to boot. Light therapy works but sitting in front of a big bright box is not terribly convenient or fun. And if your blackout curtains don't work, get better ones. Many Nordic households have double curtains, one solid plastic to block the vast majority of the light and the other from cloth to diffuse/block the rest and look pretty.
  - ProZsolt 4y ago
    Instal proper window shutters. Your rooms will be pitch black.
drodil 4y ago
In Finland we usually sleep during the winters and stay awake during the summers