Time
The flag is flown from 8 AM to sunset; however, even in summer at most to 9 PM. There are three exceptions:
- on Midsummer the flag is flown from 6 PM on Midsummer Eve to 9 PM on Midsummer Day
- on Independence Day the flag is flown from 8 AM to 8 PM.
- on election days, if the election goes on after sunset, the flag is flown from 8 AM to 8 PM
Read more about this topic: Flag Days In Finland
Famous quotes containing the word time:
“The time comes when our hearts sink utterly;
When we remember Deirdre and her tale,
And that her lips are dust.”
—James Kenneth Stephens (1882–1950)
“It’s time for America to get right.”
—Fannie Lou Hamer (1917–1977)
“It is time that beats in the breast and it is time
That batters against the mind, silent and proud,
The mind that knows it is destroyed by time.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)