“It’s a real sharing experience, to be in the dark waiting for the light,” says Clare Tuffy, manager of Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre in the Boyne Valley of Ireland. In 2016, nearly 33,000 people ...

Tomorrow, December 21st is the winter solstice and shortest day of the year when the inner chamber at Newgrange, a World Heritage site, is flooded with light for just a few minutes at sunrise. This ...

Happy Winter Solstice! This year, the traditional pagan holiday fell on Dec. 21, 2023, for the United States, and Dec. 22, 2023, for Europe. Considered to be the longest night of the year, the days ...

People gather to celebrate the winter solstice in Newgrange, Ireland on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, with dancing, singing and more. The crowd gathered at a Stone Age monument in the Boyne Valley that ...

To watch back the solstice go to the 1hr 15 minute mark on the YouTube video below. What is the winter solstice? The solstices occur because the Earth is tilted on its axis at about 23.5 degrees. If ...

Christmas is just days away - but it’s not the only winter celebration in the calendar. Different cultures have celebrated the winter solstice since the dawn of human history. The solstice - which ...