When does the sun set in Europe’s capitals during winter solstice?

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  1. Seems a bit of a stupid map. Why colour a whole country with the data for a capital? This is particularly misleading for countries which span a range of latitude (e.g. Norway, Sweden…)

  2. Belarus just casually getting an hour extra sun compared to all of its neighbours, nothing to see here.

  3. Worth noting that winter solstice isn’t the earliest sunset, just the shortest day. The earliest sunset in most European cities was in early December. The latest sunrise, meanwhile, will be in early January.

  4. Basically the same shit for everyone as long as you are at work till 18:00.

    I do like longer nights as long as it’s not freezing cold though.

  5. Although the winter solstice itself lasts only a moment, the term sometimes refers to the day on which it occurs.

  6. Wait. What’s up with iceland? Why does the sun set there around the same time as in Poland?

  7. Daylight hour map of winter solstice would give a much more accurate idea of the light situation. I’m sure people have posted it lots of times before. The time zones kinda fuck up the time of sunset.

    Edit: sure

  8. This is not a very good map, för example in southern Finland the info is pretty accurate, but in northern Finland the sun doesn’t rise at all. Can’t really put an entire country under one time.

  9. How on Earth is the sun setting later in Helsinki than in Stockholm? Did you use different time zones for different countries?

  10. It is sometimes hard for me when the sun set at that hour in winter meanwhile in summer it sets about 9 if I am not wrong, an answer for my northern fellas, How do you feel when the sun sets around 14-15h? It is the hour when I lunch! I probably feel a little bit sad with that being spaniard tbh.

  11. I don’t get this map. If Amsterdam and Berlin are at the same latitude, then why are the times so different?

  12. This is wrong. In Finland it sets at 14:31. One hint shouldve been that Finlands capital is more north than Swedens. How would it even be logical that sun set earlier in Stockholm than in Oslo or Helsinki? Is Stockholm underground or something?

    Solstice in Finland was yesterday, and the sunsets today is 14:31, so i would really wanna hear a big brain explination how sun wouldve set yeasterday like an hour later?

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