Sweden: Midsummer is a national holiday that includes traveling to the countryside. Celebrations include meals of pickled herring, potatoes, dill and chives, drinking vodka schnapps, making flower ...

On Thursday morning, I checked again and saw 25 or 26 degrees [Celsius] just for Midsummer Eve. But that definitely should not be taken as a sure thing. Everything is borderline and I suspect that ...

Electricity spot prices will dip into the red on Midsummer Day. According to price data from Nordpool, the price of electricity on the exchange fell into negative territory for the first time at ...

Pagan celebrations of the day carry on into modern times. Events include gatherings at Stonehenge in England, the Midsummer Eve celebration in Sweden and Ivan Kupala Night in parts of Eastern Europe.

A bonfire is lit during the Midsummer Eve celebration on Seurasaari Island in Helsinki, Finland, June 20, 2025. Thousands gathered on Helsinki's Seurasaari Island Friday evening to celebrate Juhannus ...

One of the most anticipated Midsummer’s Eve celebrations in Pärnu County unfolds in Valgeranna, where music, fire and festivity light up the coastal night. The lineup features some of Estonia’s most ...

At summer solstice the sunrise aligns with laser beam accuracy to Stonehenge's mightiest megalith, the 30-tonne Heel Stone, casting its light directly into the centre of the stone circle. It's a ...

UK's Stonehenge, the world's most famous prehistoric monument, was purpose-built for the solstice. By whom, we really don't know. But whether the 5000-year-old circle of stately stones was ...