Sommarøy’s time-free zone was, in a sense, an attempt by residents to reclaim their connection to a more natural measure of ...

Don’t you wish those long summer days could last forever? An island in northern Norway is campaigning to do just that. With the Northern Hemisphere’s summer solstice just around the corner on June 21, ...

On a picturesque Norwegian island where there is constant daylight during the summer, residents are campaigning to make their lives formally “time free”. They argue that, in the 69 days a year when ...

Cher put it best when she sang, “If I could turn back time, if I could find a way, I’d take back those words.” On June 17, CNN published a story about the Norwegian island of Sommarøy’s bid to become ...

Editor's note: We got duped. After this story was published, a press official for the Embassy of Norway in Washington, D.C. contacted NPR to let us know that the campaign by residents on the Norwegian ...

Travellers are spoilt for choice when it comes to the number of stunning islands dotted across the world. Many of them may have similar qualities—such as being surrounded by crystal blue waters and ...

On a picturesque Norwegian island where there is constant daylight during the summer, residents are campaigning to make their lives formally “time free.” They argue that, in the 69 days a year when ...

Kjell Hveding wants to stop time — at least on the small Norwegian island he calls home. The 56-year-old human resources worker is leading the charge to have Sommaroy — where the sun doesn't set ...

Don’t you wish those long summer days could last forever? An island in northern Norway is campaigning to do just that. With the Northern Hemisphere’s summer solstice just around the corner on June 21, ...