Five Minutes of Sunshine

Bergen gets a lot of rain, and when I say a lot, I mean a lot. London and Vancouver are said to be very rainy. On average, they get 164 and 171 rainy days respectively, where a rainy day is one with more than 0.1mm of rainfall.

Bergen gets 231.

They seem to be used to it though. You can spot locals by the way they dress: rubber boots and long raincoats are common. It’s because of the rain clouds that Bergen doesn’t get a lot of sun, even though it’s in the south, making the 5-10 minutes I experienced in between two showers noteworthy.Read more