Thousands of tourists, pagans, druids and people yearning for the promise of spring have marked the dawn of the shortest day of the year at the ancient Stonehenge monument.

As dawn approached, cheers and applause could be heard, and attendees applauded as the sun rose over the Neolithic monument.

Thousands of people have gathered at Stonehenge to see the winter solstice sunrise. From 21 December, the shortest day of the year, the nights will slowly start to draw back again and the days will gradually become longer.

About 15,000 revelers witnessed an ancient solstice sunrise alignment on Saturday morning at Stonehenge, the U.K.’s most famous of its thousands of neolithic monuments.

It’s that time of year when crowds of pagans, druids, hippies and tourists head to Stonehenge in Britain to celebrate the winter solstice, with the shortest day and the longest night in the Northern Hemisphere.

Crowds of people gathered to celebrate the winter solstice at Britain's Stonehenge, on Saturday (December 21). What's next for Canada's Justin Trudeau?

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