To Fight Winter Blahs, Sweden Offers Light Therapy At The Bus Stop

The light walls simulate sunlight but don't generate UV radiation. Days will keep getting shorter as we approach the winter solstice, which means fewer and fewer hours of sunlight. That can be depressing at normal mid-North American latitudes, so imagine how bad it gets in a place like Sweden. To fight the winter doldrums, a Swedish utility is installing UV lights at bus stations. The company installed lights at 30 Umeå bus stops last week, removing the normal bus-stop lamps and replacing the...