In Bristen UR, the sun never rises in winter. What does it feel like to live in a shadow hole? blue News visits the village of 500 people and finds out: Where there is shadow, there is also light.
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- There are shadow holes in Switzerland that have to make do without sun for months in winter.
- People in Bristen have to live without sun for a particularly long time. In this village in the canton of Uri, the sun stays away from mid-October to the end of February. That's more than four months.
- The blue News editorial team visited the village of 500 people and wanted to know what life without sunshine is like.
For some places in Switzerland, winter means saying goodbye to the sun. And not just for a few days, but for several months.
In fact, the mountain peaks block the winter sun between mid-November and the end of January, especially in narrow valleys running east-west. Or even longer.
In Bristen UR, for example, the sun says goodbye at certain points as early as the end of October and only reappears at the end of February.
Where there is shadow, there is also light
The differences within the village, which belongs to the municipality of Silenen, are great. Some areas of Bristen are in the shade for no less than four months, others for just three.
The blue News editors Bruno Bötschi and Christian Thumshirn wanted to find out from the people of Bristen how life feels without the sun. Last week, the duo took a trip to the village of 500 people at the foot of the 3073-metre-high peak of the same name.
The conclusion of the visit: where there is shadow, there is also light.
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