Kaamos, or the polar night, will begin in Finnish Lapland this weekend.

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Photograph: TONY ÖHBERG/FINLAND TODAY

According to the weather service Foreca, Kaamos will begin in Finland’s northernmost village of Nuorgam in Utsjoki when the sun sets there after 12:00 in the afternoon on Saturday.

Kaamos will end in Nuorgami on January 18, 2024.

That’s when the sun will rise in the village for the first time next year.

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Nuorgam, the northernmost point of Finland, is a home for about 200 inhabitants. Illustration: Wikipedia

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