Norwegian island’s serious-but-not-literal ‘time-free zone’ bid generates more attention than expected

Sommerøya still wants to be the island that forgot time, but, for now, it is the island that duped the press.

By Kevin McGwin July 9, 2019
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It sounded too good to be true. And, in fact, it was: Sommerøya, a Norwegian island north of the Arctic Circle, will not, as was reported in scores of articles in June, be abolishing time.

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