Hello, this is Business Daily with me Elizabeth Hotson.

On today's program, we're looking at how the never-ending summer daylight in Sweden powers the economy.

From reindeer herding.

My village, we have 20,000 raindies.

The light is very important for us in the night and we're working in the night time.

To late- night entertainment venues.

We are absolutely depending on this daylight

and as long you stay and as long you are enjoying

then you spend more money.

That's all coming up on Business Daily from the BBC.

I'm in the park enjoying the summer sun, but a few hours is probably enough for me.

When it gets dark a bit later on, I'll go inside and maybe watch a film. But here's a thought.

What if it never got dark, if the sun didn't go down? Would it be a technical a paradise,

or would the novelty soon wear off?

Well, in some parts of Northern Europe, people don't have to imagine what it's like for the sun to shine 24 hours a day because it's a reality.

And so is the opposite.

24-hour darkness, where the sun doesn't rise above the horizon.

Traditionally, this meant that in Sweden, whose economy used to be centred around agriculture, life revolved around the seasons, with much of the work

being done in summer. Sweden was an incredibly poor country, but now with an average GDP per capita

of over $60,000, the World Bank ranks it as very much in the high-income bracket.

Even so, the natural light still plays an important part in daily life in the economy,

from renewable energy to tourism, hospitality and the traditional working life of the

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