In Sommarøy, Time Has Been Officially Fired

⛰️✨On this world-only “time-abandoned” island, polar suns and moonless nights wrote the calendar—and clocks were politely asked to leave. 🕰️ Time Out – The World’s Only Clock-Free Island In the 1990s, Sommarøy’s fishermen petitioned parliament to abolish clocks—arguing that polar-day/night rhythms made wristwatches irrelevant. Since then: eat when hungry, sleep when tired, sail when sun rises. 🌅➡️🚢 🌊 Getting There – Ferry to Senja + Hike Segla Ferry from Tromsø → Senja Island → 45-min drive to Sommarøy. Hike Segla peak (2 hr RT) – vertical granite blade rising 639 m. At the summit: 360° Arctic cinema – fjords, peaks, Atlantic storms all at eye-level. 🏔️🌊 🌈 Weather Roulette – Fog, Sun, Rainbow in 1 Day Morning: fog blankets meadows like silent cotton. ☁️ Mid-day: sun bleaches whole island instant white. ☀️ Afternoon: sweeps across horizontal rain curtains. 🌧️ Before descent: rainbow pops from horizon = sky-smile finale. 🌈 🏡 Life Without Clocks – Eat, Sleep, Sail No hotel check-in times – hosts greet when ferry docks. 🛳️ No restaurant hours – kitchens open when fishermen return. 🍽️ No alarm clocks – sun = natural wake-up call (3 a.m. in June). 🌞 No last orders – wine flows while sun hovers above horizon. 🍷 🎣 Fishermen’s Philosophy “Time is tide, not tick-tock.” Boats leave when light appears, return when baskets full. “Hunger is the only deadline.” 🎣✨ 🌱 Take-Home Mantra When you stand on Segla, watching weather change faster than any app, you realize: “Clouds are clocks, tides are calendars, hunger is the only deadline.” ⛰️🌊✨ Lock the ferry date, let polar suns + rainbow storms delete your inbox stress. Sommarøy = where granite peaks meet galaxy skies—and nobody charges admission to the awe.* #US #CA #Sonoma