This picture painted in 1908 by the Danish painter Harald Slott Georg Moller, is precisely the intense atmosphere I associate with midsummer.
I think it is the finest evening of the year.
Sankthans
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This picture painted in 1908 by the Danish painter Harald Slott Georg Moller, is precisely the intense atmosphere I associate with midsummer.
I think it is the finest evening of the year.
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HANNA'S WALK 
And people across the water have lit bonfires? It’s a terrific painting, the watchers’ stance feels very true to life.
Hi Robert. It’s a moody scenario. The bonfires and the sea on a summer evening. And history adds a whole new perspective to the experience.
In the Viking Age burial mounds were used as an alarm system with large bonfires on top.
It is easy to imagine a large Viking ship sailing up the fjord.
All the best,
Hanna
In a way, it’s like an archetypal rehearsal from the Viking Age.
All the best
Hanna,
Wonderful. You are absolutely right about the intense atmosphere