The 2024 winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, happens on Saturday, Dec. 21, and is marked with traditions and ...

Thousands of people have gathered at Stonehenge to see the winter solstice sunrise. From 21 December, the shortest day of the year, the nights will slowly start to draw back again and the days ...

When is the winter solstice? At sunrise this morning, about 15,000 people gathered at Stonehenge — the world’s most famous neolithic monument — to mark the arrival of astronomical winter in ...

The reason the celebrations at Stonehenge are on Wednesday is because it is the dawn of the day when the days start to lengthen again. Winter Solstice is not the shortest day of the year - it is ...

Chris Smith, 31, who had come to Stonehenge for the winter solstice for the first time, said he was there because of the 'spiritual draw of the area'. He said: 'This is all about renewal ...

Revellers celebrate Winter Solstice at Stonehenge in southern England on Dec. 22, 2023. The winter solstice occurs when the path of the sun is the furthest south in the Northern Hemisphere ...

Thousands of people including pagans, druids and dancers have gathered at the ancient Stonehenge monument for the winter solstice, marking the shortest day of the year. During sunrise at 8.09am ...

Special access is allowed to the ancient Stonehenge monument during the solstice [PA Media] The winter solstice sunrise was greeted by thousands of people at Stonehenge, with a focus on "renewal, ...

LONDON (AP) — It’s that time of year when crowds of pagans, druids, hippies and tourists head to Stonehenge in Britain to celebrate the winter solstice, with the shortest day and the longest ...