It is a quarter to midnight and the light is of that colour you normally expect at about eight o'clock. Soft, warm, a little golden. We drive up a narrow gravel path between two lakes and no one looks at their watch. That's the effect of the midnight sun: you lose all sense of time, Around the summer solstice, at the end of June, in southern Sweden, the sun doesn't set until after 10.30 p.m. and rises again around 3.30 p.m. In between, the sky remains a blanket of sunlight. In between, the sky remains a kind of permanent twilight. In Finland, at the altitude of Lahti, you have about 19 hours of direct daylight. That means: no rush, no lights, no pressure to be back before dark. Gravel in Finland or Sweden during Midsummer Night is a wonderful option to do in summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n