I went on a study tour of some northern Sweden rural communities in March 2002 and was very impressed by the way very small communities provided film entertainment. I was only a few miles from the Arctic Circle in some cases - so it was "the Land of the Midnight Sun" which in winter is ... ummm ... would that be the Land of the High Noon Moon? Anyway - they built screens and seats (benches) outside, out of snow, quite like a mini drive-in movie; of course, it was dark enough to show films most of the day, in the depth of winter. Most villages seemed to have one. They also gave you a thin sheet of foam rubber, bum-sized. Innovation AND consideration!

sian