land of the midnight sunset

A few days ago it was the longest day/shortest night. Up here in north east Scotland, it really is a short night. Although the sun goes below the horizon around 10ish, because it doesn't dip that far below there is a still a lot of light in the sky.
Last night, it was still bright until midnight. The for a couple of hours it was dark. Not full dark, more like a twilight and then around 2ish the sky brightens up and its soon daylight again. 2 hours of dusk.
How do I know it was light around 2am this morning? Well, the birds start singing and because I have the window open during the summer, they woke me.
It really is something to experience, this midnight sunset.