5 things I learned today

View Original

Enormous Bonfire For Norwegian Midsummer

Photograph by Geir Halvorsen

Every year in June, in the city of Alesund, Norway hundreds of wood pallets are stacked to a height of over 130 feet, and then set on fire in celebration of Midsummer and John the Baptist’s birthday.

Photos by Ruben MolnesGeir HalvorsenStaale Watto/Sunnmørsposten and Kenneth Enstad.
 

See this map in the original post