I always wanted to travel to norway but i heard they have 6 months of day light and 6 months of night????

Question

IS THIS TRUE??????

Answer 1

The days get longer and shorter, as in most places on earth, but they get real long in summer, and real short in winter.

In the south of Norway where the most towns are, like Oslo and Bergen, the sun keeps coming up in the shortest days of winter and keeps going down in the longest days in summer.
But in winter the days do stay twilight and in summer the nights do not get real dark, you can read the paper outside by midnight.
In between the days lengthen and shorten gradually, in September and March the days and nights are about the same length.

You have to go north rather far in Norway before you can see the midnight sun, and then it will only be a few days a year, only in the extreme north the midnight sun is there for a longer period.

Only at the poles the sun sets only once a year, see this wikipedia page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_sun
And this site shows the period of midnight sun in different places in Norway:http://visitnorway.com/templates/NTRarticle.aspx?id=28481
You can expect a period with no sun in winter for the same length of time.

Answer 2

Yes it is.

During the peak summer weeks it's still bright like mid-day around 23:00, gets a little dim after that then gets bright again around 02:00.

During the peak winter weeks the sun rises around 09:00 and sets as early as 15:00!

The one thing that most travellers have trouble with when visiting Norway is the expense of it all. It's waaaaaaay more expensive than New York or any other US city.
To give you an idea...
0.5 liter beer in a bar - 12 dollars
A 20 pack of Marlboros - 13 dollars
A big mac meal with large fries and drink - 15 dollars
A 12oz coca cola at 7-eleven - 3 dollars

Answer 3

Only in the VERY Northern part of Norway. In the Oslo area of Norway, there is sun from about 9 AM to 3 PM in the winter, and there is sun from about 3 AM to 11PM in the summer.

Answer 4

In Svalbard, Norway, the northernmost inhabited region of Europe, there is no sunset from approximately April 19th to August 23rd. The extreme sites are the poles where the sun can be continuously visible for a half year.

Answer 5

Not exactly 6 months of each, but there are 24 hr dats of continuous light or dark depending on the season and how far north you are. See website below and scroll down to the section on " land and Climate".

Answer 6

For a tourist, its a superb experience. Go to Tromso, where you'll have a truly Norwegian experience.

http://www.goscandinavia.com

Answer 7

Yes it is. Wonderful thing.

Answer 8

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