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The island where you live in the dark 24/7 and it turns out that it's not so bad - voila! tourism

2022-12-02T22:19:42.801Z


The darkness makes you feel gloomy and afraid. The residents of Svalbard live in constant darkness, but explain that it is actually a very safe place to live, just not for cats.


The girl who lives on an island that is dark 24 hours a day tells about the crime there (TikTok/@sejsejlija)

If winter and the dark days that accompany it make you feel gloomy, think about what the guys who live in Svalbard are going through.

The island, located between Norway and the North Pole, is completely dark 24 hours a day, seven days a week for four months - but it turns out it's not so bad.

The reason for the constant darkness is the polar night - which occurs when the sun hides all hours of the day below the horizon line.



Although darkness usually brings with it an opportunity for people to commit crimes such as theft, local resident Cecilia Blumdal explains that there is almost no crime in this place and it is definitely worth living there.



In a video she uploaded to Tiktok and was viewed over 2.3 million times, she explained: "I can happily say that the level of crime here is very low, almost non-existent. And it does not change because we are in four months of darkness. The local police report that there are between 130 and 150 crime cases Every year. Most crimes are theft or property damage crimes. Crimes like riding your sled while drunk or punching someone in a bar would probably put you in jail somewhere else, but we don't have a jail here."

Live happily with the dark

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A post shared by Cecilia Blomdahl ✘ Svalbard (@sejsejlija)

This is what it looks like when the darkness begins

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A post shared by Cecilia Blomdahl ✘ Svalbard (@sejsejlija)

This is the state of crime in the area

@sejsejlija Do I feel safe here?

#svalbard #longyearbyen ♬ original sound - Cecilia Blomdahl

Why does she even live there?

So what do local residents have to fear if not crime?

Cecilia explains that "we really have to worry about the polar bears. We go around armed because of them and they fear us."



So how do you deal with life in perpetual darkness?

Cecilia explained: "It's very easy to lose your routine during the day because it's hard to explain to your body that it's day and not night. I found a special light that helps me get up in the morning and tells my body that now is day."



A strange island indeed, and I have seen strange islands in my life.


A glimpse of the abandoned island where the lighthouse keeper went crazy, raped and executed his


island neighbors with the hidden treasure that inspired "Jurassic Park" - and entry to it is forbidden and dangerous

@sejsejlija Sooooo cozyyyyy!

#svalbard #polarnight ♬ In The Forest (Acoustic Indie No Copyright) - Instrumental - Lesfm & Olexy

Why are cats forbidden to breed there?

@sejsejlija Cats are banned on Svalbard!

I've gotten sooo many q's about this lately so here are the facts!

#svalbard ♬ In The Forest (Acoustic Indie No Copyright) - Instrumental - Lesfm & Olexy

"I also take vitamin D, eat nutritious food and work outside during the day," she added, "I know that many people here mistakenly work in the middle of the night because they rest in the afternoon and wake up at eight in the evening and think they slept at night and go to work at eight in the morning."



Another problem in the place that surprises a lot of people is that it is forbidden to keep and breed cats in Svalbard, since 1992. The reason for this is the fear that they will spread diseases and harm the rare birds that live in the area.

There are cats in a nearby village, but they are listed as arctic foxes.

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