One of the most important nationwide celebrations in Finland, Juhannus (mid-summer) has an almost mythical atmosphere to it. Why is mid-summer so special in Finland? Well if your in the north then the sun never dips below the horizon and even down south we only get about an hour of 'almost-twilight'. This means that the party can continue all through the night...and it does.
It is tradionally spent at your summer cottage with your family and this was exactly what me and my family did. After going onto the lake to watch a massive bonfire burn we returned to the summer cottage to play some mölkky (a Finnish game resembling bocci) and go to the sauna.
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