Summer Solstice 2024 Stonehenge 2024. Stonehenge was built to align with the sun on the solstices. On the summer solstice, the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, the sun rises in.
Every year, thousands of people flock to stonehenge, a prehistoric monument in southern england, to celebrate the summer solstice. Thousands met to see in the longest day, which began with the sunrise at 4.45am.