Sometime back in early December I calculated that the dark season would end for me mid-February. The sun would be up in Stockholm by 7:30, which is about the time I try to leave for work, and wouldn’t go down until 16:30, so I’d catch the tail end of daylight at the end of the working day.

I’ve been looking forward to that day since then. We’ve still got a week to go, but it’s almost here! And we’re gaining 5 minutes of daylight every day.

Today the street lights were still on when I was approaching the office, but it actually didn’t feel that dark.