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z3r010 said:

I've only spent a few days inside the arctic circle at the top end of Finland in winter but I found it one of the most odd experiences of my life....such a lack of day light is just bizarre.

You get used to it. Anyway, the darkness only lasts about a month or so. This winter, the Sun set last time on 5th of December at 12:27 PM after a 23 minute long "day" (sunrise was 12:04 PM):

... and will be back next Tuesday. Last of January there will already be sunlight for over 5 and a half hours:

(Screenshots from Sunrise and sunset times Enontekiö, January 2015.)

z3r010 said:

The reindeer stew is awesome

Very true :).

Not too bad.

The summer compensates this. For example this summer of 2015, the sun rises on 23rd of May at 1:46 AM and will set next time on July 20th at 1:29 AM.

One funny detail, in Northern Finland there's every year a clear increase in child births in early October, just over 9 months after the darkest days of "Kaamos", our word for Polar Night.

That's a good way to keep warm.