In the northernmost city in the world, the sun disappears for 2 months every winter. This perpetual night causes extreme effects on people, known as "polar stress syndrome". Would you be able to survive two months of complete darkness? I mean, we humans can get used to a lot of things but would you want to?

@akwrite

6 ай бұрын

All you need is D R U G S)) 'cos you ain't got no Sun, evidently

@DrummerGrl001

6 ай бұрын

I honestly don't think I personally could. I can't even stand the temporarily "shorter days" caused by the annual "Daylight Saving Time" routine of turning the clocks back an hour! 😅

@viggycat8592

6 ай бұрын

Ahhhh, NO! It's not healthy.

@MichaelCarle

6 ай бұрын

I get up and go to work before the sun is up. Work for all day in a dark facility. When I get off it's dark. Do it again the next day. Only see the sun on weekends. I think I'd be just fine.

@rock3times

6 ай бұрын

Here we have the Winter Blue syndrome when the daylight gets shorter, similar but not as extreme like all day long in the dark.. one treatment is light therapy, lighting in the house will alleviate some of the depression. But in severe cases, move to different geolocation is a must.

I am a Norwegian from Oslo. My father and all relatives on his side leaves close to Hammerfest. I stayed about 3-4 years myself up there, in the next city closest to Hammerfest, namely Alta. You adapt and get used to it, meaning the «winter time». People up north survive the winter months by staying social, keeping active with work and interests, and also keep and communicate thru a pretty colorful dialect. They dont hold back in terms of saying what they mean, and also have a GREAT sense of humor. Keep in mind that the summer months are the excatly opposite, with the midnight sun shining 24/7 between june-august. They are very concious and focused on staying active and getting as much sunlight during that period making sure body and mind are exposed to and packed with D- vitamin from the main source, the sun, in due time before fall sett in. Hope this helps.

@justiceevans1720

6 ай бұрын

I'm an African American looking into getting a residence permit in Norway, although it's an awkward question, are black people accepted there?

@rock3times

6 ай бұрын

I did not see blacks during many visits to the country but I see a lot of Arabs and Muslims and Asians. So I think not a racial issue but the tough immigation laws of Norway.

@steinarlarsson9887

6 ай бұрын

@@justiceevans1720 Absolutely. As an american citizen the odds would not be against you imo. The us embassy in Oslo is far the biggest of any foreign ones, guess it may be because of the history and overall good relations, especially since ww2. A LOT of young norwegians have gone over for a year during high school, doing their bachelors, master or phd. And also a lot of work related exchange students have worked anywhere from Au pairs to Disney/Epcot throughout the years. I guess what I am trying to underscore is that if you come here to work it should get ur chance greatly enhanced compared to other reasons. Just my 2 cents, hope it helps, SL

@steinarlarsson9887

6 ай бұрын

@@justiceevans1720 Absolutely. As an american citizen the odds would not be against you imo. The us embassy in Oslo is far the biggest of any foreign ones, guess it may be because of the history and overall good relations, especially since ww2. A LOT of young norwegians have gone over for a year during high school, doing their bachelors, master or phd. And also a lot of work related exchange students have worked anywhere from Au pairs to Disney/Epcot throughout the years. I guess what I am trying to underscore is that if you come here to work it should get ur chance greatly enhanced compared to other reasons. Just my 2 cents, hope it helps, SL

@cristinesomerville4522

5 ай бұрын

@@justiceevans1720Strangely enough, I was thinking about that exact same question as I noticed how very White the population seemed but then, in the very last scenes of the documentary, I saw that there were a couple of Black children at the nursery school. I was surprised to see this as this was a much smaller city than the likes of Oslo or Bergen and located so far North! So apparently there definitely are Black people who live in Norway , speak Norwegian and assimilate to the Norwegian culture. But if I were you and thinking of living in Norway id probably choose to live in a larger city like Oslo where there’d likely be a larger Black community. Also, id assume that in a big, metropolitan city like Oslo people would be more accepting of other cultures and races.

I adore the cold and darkness it is so peaceful and calm and quiet!!!

im an emotional wreck when daylight savings ends here in america. id probably go insane living in a city like this. i really thrive on sunshine, guess im never leaving california

Great documentary. I appreciate that I live in a place that is sunny almost ever day and I can open my windows most days. I don't even need air conditioning. I even get slightly depressed on days that are cloudy and I could never live in such a place as Hammerfest.

I wonder if some people have more difficulty with the light season, especially those with insomnia.

I wouldn’t mind living in a country like that. I love long winters. There is something introspective about darkness you don’t get in sunny climates where the sun bores into your eye balls much of the day. Mind you the days where it is light 24/7 would be a challenge but you can go inside and draw the curtains and shut out the world.

@axwapples

6 ай бұрын

you write like someone that has never lived in a cold/dark place

@AvilaPhilip

6 ай бұрын

Look like you're from Africa.🥵

@jorginator123

4 ай бұрын

I live in Hammerfest. The darkness is nice and cozy the first couple of weeks, then you really start missing the sun and daylight and start feeling the lack of energy and D-vitamin you get from the sun

I would love to experience living there!!😊😊 Another great documentary!! Watching from Tanzania,🇹🇿 East Africa.

I am very grateful that i dont have to live in those types of countries, i love warm weather all year round. Long days also. Italy and Spain have the best weather.

@texasboy5117

6 ай бұрын

Well said!

@ciaranclancy3296

6 ай бұрын

Each to their own 👍

@SPACEDOUT19

6 ай бұрын

@@johncbny Never knew that "weather is weather", thanks for informing me :)

David - this is the best doc I’ve ever seen. Thank you so much.

I was looking for this documentary for several years. First time I saw this was in a German/French channel called ARTE. Many thanks ! 👏👏👏

I'm from that region, and I also lived a long period of my life longer south with more daylight in the winter. Before, it could be really cold in the wintertime. The record in my living life that I have experienced is - 51 degrees celsius. I have startet and driven a car i - 49. Plastic starts to disintegrate in - 37 and insects and animals who do not belong to us in the arctic, they die in that temperature. Although it is called dark time, it is not that dark, neither during the day nor at night. It's not like a night in Africa where it gets dark. No problems with traveling in nature in the dark without carrying a light and if you have something to hide, then not everyone can see what you are doing. It is rather the spring that is the problem, then all the winter's bad conscience comes to light. It simply gets too bright and so fast.

@teemadarif8243

6 ай бұрын

your experience sounds fascinating . are there things which might serve as easier transitioning ? reading your wording , I can picture it within my mind and get a visual feeling of it. I would have to use Chromatherapy when there , to ease any anxiousness .

Amazing documentary, the team did an excellent job show casing different aspects of life. I'm thinking about visiting!

I was in Hammerfest by Truck in the winter for 40 years ago greetings from Holland

Wow! Great documentary ❤

WOW... I live in a country where the climate is hot and most days are extremely bright even in winter. This cold city in Norway where the night lasts for a long time seems like an alien planet to me. But I suppose the Hammerfest people who travel to Brazil will also feel like they're on a very different planet where what we call a cold winter they call a hot summer.

Very fascinating.Thank you

I remember 30days of night that's so cozy I love it

I thought this was going to be a cool documentary about a unique city but ended up being about mental health issues instead. Very deceptive title.

@ppmtrader

6 ай бұрын

You literally save my time sir/ kabayan?

@TheWanderingKuya

6 ай бұрын

@@ppmtrader Walang Anuman Po. I am an American living in the Philippines.

@einherjargabriel

6 ай бұрын

Yeah, this was a misleading disappointment

@dansweda712

6 ай бұрын

They probably have everyone on antidepressants, I don't think I'm going to make it pass the first guy talking nonsense, bye-bye

Excellent documentary!!

@FreeDocumentary

6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Guy in the beginning talks like a vampire tbh

Love these Documentaries 😍 🇮🇪 ☘️

Must be absolutely beautiful at Christmas!!

NO, I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE IT I FOUND IT HARD TO WATCH I WAS FEELING TIRED AND DEPRESSED

Wow. That first psychiatrist. The gaslighting was unreal

Born and raised on the Equator this sounds strange 🤔 much ❤❤ from Nanyuki kenya 🇰🇪

It would be helpful to have the year these documentaries were originally made for context somewhere in the video description or title. I had to go hunting on IMDB and I guess this documentary was made in 2010 as part of the Extreme Cities series. Which isn't a bad thing by any means, I just know that the artificial sun lamps have become a lot more common since 2010.

@sandcastlelyndylynneklynch766

6 ай бұрын

Interesting, since you say this was made in 2010, the city leaders talk about the war in GAZA at 31:50 & how its their Twin City & They condemn war & will talk about what amount of money for humanitarian aid! Just shows how long the conflict has been going on really! Quite sad! As there was a war or "'military clash"' every year! In 2010 it was March of 2010! Quite sad!!! So so heartbreaking! 💔💔💔

@ignoblesurfer6281

5 ай бұрын

They also mention Russian gas very early on. My guess is the voiceover was re-recorded for 2023.@@sandcastlelyndylynneklynch766

I am from sunny open blue sky of the equator ll can't imagine cold and darkness.

Good 👍😊

Great doco, that would be awesome. If it was 6 months dark instead of only 2 then it would be way better. Thanks for releasing this, everyone please hit LIKE! on the video!

🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪👏👏 I love my country.

I don’t know how I’d cope with the blackout in winter, it’s bad enough in Northern Ireland when in deep winter it’s dark maybe by 3.30, 4.00.

As a Filipino i cant imagine to live in that situation without warm sunshine in a months!!!

Darkness is just depressing. I don't know how people can live on it.

dream city

Scandinavian countries are literal heaven 🤍🤍

Hi guys 😊 can i use some part from your video for my KZread channel about Re-narrated story telling around the world 🙂 i will tag you in my description for original video 🙏

Sounds crazy and random I know, but I’d love to know what everyone’s favorite flashlight is there in that town. If anyone is from there please share your favorite go to LED flashlights that are long lasting and bright.

The city of long arctic sleep without rest. I’m moving there.

❤❤❤❤❤

An older man voice will be comforting to hear😊😊😊

@5:00, did she said it causes mentally unstable people to lose point of reference and turned insane? Under this kind of darkness for so long, it will turn any stable mind into an unstable mind.

@KanyeKetchup

6 ай бұрын

Yeah brah

@MomMom4Cubs

6 ай бұрын

No. She said "many claim," which is hardly a definitive statement. Many people claim earth is flat, too.

@damonmelendez856

6 ай бұрын

@@MomMom4Cubseveryone’s opinion is equally valid. Respect for all!

@MomMom4Cubs

6 ай бұрын

@@damonmelendez856 Could you please educate me as to what, precisely, is disrespectful, or even an opinion, contained within my original reply? It seems you don't respect my reply (which doesn't contain any opinions), otherwise you might've been more tempted to keep your noncontributory response to yourself.

Allô allô from Alberta land

No big deal. It is light throughout the summer months.

@FreeDocumentary

6 ай бұрын

sure but i still wouldn’t like sitting two months in the dark. But hey, one can get used to it I suppose

Stayed there 15 year's.

🎉🎉🎉

7 minutes into the documentary, depression, psychosis and a mental institute becomes the subject :) I always wonder why northern Scandinavian (young) people who claim to be close to nature, have such a liking of heavy metal music :)

*Hammerfest!*

Interesting, one comment looked this up & found out this was made in 2010! The city leaders talk about the war in GAZA at 31:50 & how its their Twin City & They condemn war & will talk about what amount of money for humanitarian aid! Just shows how long the conflict has been going on really! Quite sad! As there was a war or "'military clash"' every year! In 2010 it was March of 2010! Quite sad!!! So so heartbreaking! 💔💔💔

@FreeDocumentary

6 ай бұрын

it is a tragedy no lasting solution has been found before this.

It doesn't exactly sound like a party to live there 🌿

@arcticrunning8370

6 ай бұрын

Nightlife is realy good in Hammerfest! (fest= party)

A bit cold for me 🥶🤧😊

@kenhmful

12 күн бұрын

Wintertime aint so cold as you would think here in Hammerfest couse of the golfstream, rearly colder then -10 °celsius, aprox between -2 to -5celsius is the normal i the winter, but feels colder couse its almost always a little wind, sometimes a whole lot of wind. After 50years i still reacts to the darknes frome the end of november to the sun is back around 20-25 of january. But like the summer and the midnigt sun.

Northern most city? Isn't Honningsvag is further up north?

@cokemango

6 ай бұрын

I think they mean city as in population. There's a difference between a city and town, village.

Hell is not fire and brimstone, its Hammerfest

Feel sorry to the people living in such horrible conditions, stay strong.

@jorginator123

4 ай бұрын

I live in Hammerfest, and thank you 😂😢

This documentary is exactly as depressing as the north of Norway. The psychiatrist who claims depression isn’t caused by the darkness needs to have his head examined.

He got 11 years in prison for being a tourist guide in Holland? Yeah, right!! Wish we could get the full, TRUE story.

@Twobarpsi

6 ай бұрын

Probably drug related.

At the equator, we got an excess of hot bright sun.

I thought he is possessed at 3.45 😂

I would argue that Longyearbyen on Svalbard is classified as the northernmost city in the World. There are also numerous towns, villages and cities further north than Hammerfest and all part of Norway.

@Cochmazh

6 ай бұрын

Longeryearbyen is not a city. It is the worlds northern most settlement though.

I wonder if flashlights are apart of peoples every day carry.

🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪👏👏👏👏💪

The way she just said *Melke øoijoa* its melkeøya/ Melke øya

People here really could use a lot of magic mushrooms to treat depression.

where in the world are there people who have only one day in 2 months?

what did the prisoner mean when he said he was in jail for being a tourist guide in holland??

@futuregirl8803

6 ай бұрын

Drugs probably 😀

This a wonderful place to me,I live in a hot and tropical country,I hate it,in the summer is so hot,is like oven

13:50 wth happened?!?

سبحان الله

@damonmelendez856

6 ай бұрын

Alah snack bar

He's probably just making up that bird noise. It's not like anyone would be able to call him on it.

These girls are gonna be beautiful!

Tromso has a prison? The whole town is a prison!

This is like my dream city. I'm a sleepy person and love the dark , so I would fit in very well here.

@FreeDocumentary

6 ай бұрын

😅

i wish i could live ther, i hate sun.

Why don't patient go South or Even the tropics for a few month to regain the sun ...cheaper and more natural that way .

Solbarnen ❤

Subtitles when people speak would have been useful

The obsessive focus on how awful it must be - seen through an outsider's lens - is an odd form of documentation. Norway has the lowest rates of suicide of all the Nordic countries and one of the lower rates per country overall. Australia has a higher rate, and one could hardly suggest it's lacking in sunshine. There was a far more interesting and open minded angle from which to make this documentary and I'd really have enjoyed seeing that.

i would love to live there, i'm a night person.

Wikipedia says that Norilsk in Russia is the most northern city?

Flat earthers, explain this.

Most northern in Europe

Fookin hell mon Shout them a week in Ibiza

The title of the documentary is wrong : The most northern city in the world is Longyearbyen in Svalbard that is 800 kms to the north of Hammerstead

They need more lighting seems poorly lit

Should be called Tromsø not Hammerfest since 90% of it is there lol

imagine living there and playing league of legends 💀

So dark image I can't see anything. Dissatisfaction

To many adds

Here in Africa when your telling people about these places no one believe you it's like myth

Bet no black folks there

@damonmelendez856

6 ай бұрын

Crime is very low too. I’m sure of it.

@MrZinnerman

6 ай бұрын

@@damonmelendez856 I'm sure it is to

@MrZinnerman

6 ай бұрын

@johncbny I didn't, have to watch again, I was curious, never heard of a closed town other than military.

@damonmelendez856

6 ай бұрын

@@johncbny lol. Gotta have a sense of humor

I'd be happy in this environment, I like the dark.

my country is much worse than Hammerfest. it's very hot in summer and very cold in winter, the temperature is very changeable and unpredictable. the environmental pollution is killing residents everyday and night. ambulances are moving on every street .

@Crrly

3 ай бұрын

Where do you live?

@BLACKINFINITYETERNITY

3 ай бұрын

@@Crrly the country with most population and most brutal tyrant and dictatorship.

India is the best in terms of weather. We have all weathers equally round the year. 4 months summer 4 monsoon 4 winter