No, not the place of thousands of murders. The shortest night of the year - or longest day. It is not even today, but was is celebrated yesterday in Scandinavia. There's loads of traditions. People leave cities and towns to go to the countryside, either their own cottage, familys' or rented one. Preferably by the lake, with sauna. Going to midsummer sauna usually means also swimming.
And there's no celebrations without food. For us it is new potatoes, pickled herring, smoked salmon, grilled meat and sausages, grilled veggies, pasta salad and potato salad, fresh green salad, more new potatoes aaaaand:
Crepes.
Then there's bonfires, dances, music festivals... And lots and lots of drunken people. I'm not one of them, and neither is my sons. We had non% sparkling"wine" to toast by the bonfire.
One thing we will NOT have is surströmming. Nope.
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