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After 100 years, Norway town to get sunlight
Updated On: 17 July, 2013 12:46 AM IST | | Agencies
Residents in Rjukan, a Norwegian industrial town nestled in a narrow valley in central Norway, will get some sunlight on the town square from this September, breaking a history of over 100 years of having no sunlight in winter.
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If everything goes as planned, sunlight will be beamed onto the square in front of the town hall from the three mirrors erected 450 metres high on the mountainside.
The installation of the mirrors, which began on July 1, 2013, has already been completed. On Monday, workers and technicians were giving the five-million-kroner project a final touch.
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