Solfestuka - The Sun Festival Week

Finally sunbeams are also reaching Longyearbyen. We're celebrating the sun coming back at the 8th of April when it's possible to see it first time from the stairs of the old hospital. And we're not only celebrating then - there is a full week with different happenings.

Actually we didn't see the sun when it was supposed to show up over Lars Hiertafjellet. Instead it was snowing and blowing. We haven't been lucky with the sun last years - last time there was a sunny day in that big celebration in 2005. But we celebrate anyhow, even though the only sun we see is the happy sun in the drawing of 8-years old Sigri Steen. She made this years official logo for Solfestuka.