[semi-extrinsic]

Even in the Nordics, eternal summer time would be preferrable for most people I think. It gives you more sunlight in the afternoon (if I'm not mistaken), when you actually have some free time to utilize that fact.

Who cares if it's light or dark in the morning, nobody is outside enjoying the weather at that time anyway, we're just trying to get everyone to school/work.

[Lunanne]

When I had to bike 6km to school in the Netherlands I was always very happy with the DST switch to wintertime because it meant biking in daylight a bit longer. In summertime sunrise would be at 9:48 am - I really think that is quite late.

[renholder]

In my county (Östergötland), the sun starts rising at 3am around this time of year; so, the concept of it being light or dark in the morning (or afternoon/night) isn't really a concern (overall).

In places like Kiruna, the sun will never set for about two weeks[0], during the summertime.

It's the amount of actual daytime during the winter that would principally matter - in the overall scheme of things.

[0] - https://www.kirunalapland.se/en/see-do/midnight-sun-2/

[semi-extrinsic]

FWIW I live a bit further north, at 63 degrees. In winter, at least december and january, we're in the state of "dark when you go to work, dark when you go home". However for the approx. two months between autumn equinox and end of november, and similar two months from end of january to spring equinox, having one more hour of daylight in the afternoon would be really really nice.

[oarsinsync]

I leave every morning at 5.30am. I literally see many others (but clearly a minority of peoples) doing the same.

It's much nicer doing that in daylight than in darkness, although it was also nice watching the sun rise during my morning swim a couple of months ago.

[posterboy]

Some people have tonwork outsides? Sun light also helps to wake up. So it's a trade off either way.