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I am afraid to get to the intensity of lighing in your picture you will need a lot of light bulbs, a lot of watts, and a great deal of heat (not unlike the desert area of the picture). Flourecent tubes in the right "color temperature" are the most efficient light source because the light eminates from the length of the tube and will give you more lumens (light) per watt of electricity. The problems with this light source is that it cannot usually be dimmed and brightened for dawn, dusk simulation. Nightis not a problem, after all off is off! <br />Incandescent lights can be used to dim to dusk and night. They are however each a single point source and produce significantly more heat than flourescents to deliver the same amount of light ( which could be a good thing in Sweden durning the winter). There are a number of "reflector type" lamps that can be positioned and angled to direct the maximum light on to your layout or a scene on the layout. A good reflective overhead will also help put the light produced where you want it. <br />I have used flourescents mounted on the ceiling for present over my layout, but I think that I may follow Joe's lead with the incandescents mounted in the facia area right over the layout with a dimmer device to bring dawn to day to dusk. This will be wired into its own circuit as I don't believe in the screw in plug convertors which may not even be available in Sweden. <br />HTH <br />Will
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