Roadtrip to the North, 5

Continuing north, we saw our first reindeers the next morning. From the moment we passed the sign "polar circle 30 km" we became super excited... as soon as we arrived, we rushed out of the car to hop across the polar circle several times, and then we jumped into the lake and crossed it swimming.

We arrived at the northernmost point of our journey, the city of Jokkmokk.

Here we try to see the midnight sun (you know, the moment it turns) on a hill next to Jokkmokk. We read it´s where you have the best view (true) and a nice café opened into the night (false). Yes there was a house though. We just sat down on the porch and started watching, when suddenly an Irish guy with swallow tattoes on his arms came out and was just as surprised to see us as we were to encounter him. He informed us that sometimes it takes him up to 10 minutes to be able to open the house's door from inside, then he vanished again.

Meanwhile, the sun was moving unbelievably slow and clouds of mosquitos were trying to eat us alive. So, general advice. Go much later than you think you should... the first picture is taken around 11 pm. The sun moves so flatly above the horizon that it constantly looks like "any time now. Any time!"