The mirrors that lit up a dark Norwegian town

Podcast: Witness History · BBC World Service

Opublikowano: 2026-10-07

In October 2013, people in the small Norwegian town of Rjukan experienced winter sunshine for the first time in history. This was thanks to the arrival of an unusual invention - giant mirrors high up on one of the mountains that make up the deep and narrow valley where Rjukan sits. They reflected the sun directly down to the town square – to the joy of local people who had previously lived through long, dark winters. Lars Bevanger speaks to inventor and artist Martin Andersen. Witness History is a short BBC World Service po...