Thousands of people gathered to mark the winter solstice at Stonehenge in Wiltshire early on Sunday morning (21 December). Crowds flocked to the UNESCO World Heritage site on Salisbury Plain to watch the sun rise on the shortest day of the year. The winter solstice is celebrated each year with spiritual rituals, singing, dancing and music. Attendees often travel from across the UK and abroad, with some dressed in traditional pagan clothing, in the hope of catching a glimpse of the sun through the prehistoric stones.

People, including druids and pagans, come from across world to watch sunrise on shortest day of the year

Mystische Stimmung, Trommeln und Tänze: In Stonehenge läuten Tausende den kürzesten Tag des Jahres ein und nehmen damit an einer besonderen Tradition teil.

Thousands of people gathered to mark the winter solstice at Stonehenge in Wiltshire early on Sunday morning (21 December). Crowds flocked to the UNESCO World Heritage site on…

Thousands take to the Neolithic circle to welcome the sunrise on the shortest day of the year.

Mystische Stimmung, Trommeln und Tänze: In Stonehenge läuten tausende Menschen den kürzesten Tag des Jahres ein und nehmen damit an einer besonderen Tradition teil.

Il raduno all'alba. Molti abbigliati con costumi tradizionali druidi (ANSA)

Migliaia di persone si sono radunate questa mattina a Stonehenge, il famoso monumento situato nei pressi di Salisbury in Inghilterra, per celebrare il solstizio d'inverno, il…