Swedish flags were lowered and moved out of the way as Skansen’s massive bonfire was lit on Saturday, April 30 around 9:10pm. Spring songs were sung, banishing winter for the next 6 months. Thousands of faces were tainted orange by the fire’s warm glow.
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I can imagine beverages and barbeque in the background as the people sung=)
Wow what an amazing image! Love the gazing looks from the people in the background. You can see how hot it must of been from the distance they are standing 🙂 Great shot!
@Bluegreen Kirk – Yes. It’s celebrated every April 30th as a way of welcoming spring in style. There were a few thousand, but in other college towns, close to 30,000 showed up.
@Dami – For real!
@Joshy – Thanks ninja. It was hot enough to burn off eyebrows!
I love so many things about this shot lola. I bet that fire burned hot and fast
is this the one time swedes don’t care about carbon emissions? j/k
Is this something that is done yearly for the incoming warm months? Love the photo can only imagine how many people ended up being there.