>>>I lived several years in Mönchengladbach and everytime back I was wondering about early sunset. (You imagine where)
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>>When I was living in Germany, I spent most of my time around Schweinfurt, Wurzburg and Giebeldstadt. Twice a month I had to drive every road in an hour's drive circle around the area. Eventually I knew every single road by heart. It seemed then that the sunrise and sunset was similar to here but I may just have grown accustomed to it.
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>>How has Berlin changed since the merge? Back in the mid 80s it (well parts of it) was one of my favorite cities. I spent time in each zone.
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>When I was in Lake City SC I found days short and time a sun set / sun rise needs very short (sharp?). Get a world map with latitudes. Germany is as north as Canada where our nortern border is close to the hudson bay.
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>Berlin is 52° North where Charlotte is 35° N, the 23° 26' N is the Tropic of Cancer
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>We have around 8 hours the shortest day and 16 the largest.
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>Agnes

When I lived in Edmonton, the shortest day in winter was about 7.5 hours. There wasn't much to it, but the summers were extraordinary.