yann in the arctic

The past two days have been quite special in Norway (hence Svalbard). You see, on the 16th May they won the Eurovision and then the next day was the  "17th May" which is one of the biggest dates in the calendar, representing when Norway was declared an independent nation.

And so, on the 16th we organised this Eurovision party in my kitchen. I managed to get hold of a projector and a screen from UNIS (this would never happen back at home!), and we streamed the event live from the Internet. We had a really great time and loads of people turned up (some in silly dress, including myself) - mainly because we knew Norway had a good chance of wining. Everybody knew the song which was really nice. After the victory was announced, we all headed over to Husset to celebrate. It was empty when we got there, but we really did bring the party down there and as the night went by more and more people arrived. They must have played that Fairytale song around 5 times, but every time they did everybody went mad.

Waiting for the Eurovision results

Norway wins ^^

Student celebrating Norway's victory on the roof

Students singing along :)

We got out at 4AM, and it was absolutely freezing outside (none of us were dressed appropriately for the Arctic) and the sun was shining in our eyes. I quickly went to bed, knowing I had to wake up at 8AM for the morning celebrations (for the 17th of May) where we organised a massive breakfast :p

Waving the UNIS flag down the 17th May parade