It’s Summertime (and useless change of time)

Once again people have been tortured today thanks to daylight savings time. Photo from the National Museum.

Daylight savings time (in Finnish kesäaika = summertime) is quite useless in Finland – the sun hardly sets during our summer so minor savings can only be made during spring and autumn. For a good reason many complain the need to change our daily routines twice a year for no obvious benefit.

I can understand the reasoning in countries that are closer to the equator. For me it’s quite disappointing to spend a summer in a place where the summer nights are long and dark.