In the summer, Iceland is renowned for its long evenings and Shamrock Rovers head coach Stephen Bradley hopes that the sun won't set too early on his side's Champions League campaign.
For the second season running, the Hoops find themselves in the small North Atlantic island in the hope of getting over the first hurdle in Europe's top club competition.
They were already on the brink of an exit when they travelled to Iceland in July of last year, having lost the first leg in Tallaght 1-0 to then domestic champions Breidablik. A 2-1 defeat in the return condemned them to an ultimately fruitless Europa Conference League qualifier against Ferencvaros.
This time around, Bradley's men make the trip to face current champions Víkingur Reykjavík knowing that a positive result could set them up nicely for the second leg on home soil next week.
Speaking ahead of the game, Bradley pointed out that lessons learned against Breidablik can be used to beat their compatriots this time around.
"Very similar going forward, they play with similar threats and they try similar things," he said. "There are definitely areas that we can exploit and hurt them but we know we've got to be at our very top level.
"In Europe, if you're not at your top level you very quickly get punished and get found out. We know where they're strong, we know where we can hurt them but we have to make sure we're focused."
Unlike in previous seasons, the four-in-a-row League of Ireland champions find themselves lagging behind on the domestic front as they prepare for an assault on the European qualifiers.
They currently sit fourth in the SSE Airtricity Men's Premier Division table, three points behind newly-promoted Waterford and 13 behind leaders Shelbourne, albeit with a game in hand.
Bradley watched his side gain a 1-0 victory over Dundalk last Thursday, six days after overseeing a seventh defeat of the campaign in the form of a dismal 2-0 loss at Sligo Rovers.
After that win over the Lilywhites, he said the team looked a bit more like themselves, and when asked to elaborate on these comments upon landing in Reykjavík, the 39-year-old pointed to the standards he and his coaching staff have set since taking the reins at Tallaght Stadium eight years ago this week.
"We have an identity that we've had from the very start and I think our fans and our club demand that you work hard and demand that you compete," he said.
"Our fans have been really good with us throughout the years and understand that sometimes you get beat but if you leave everything out there and you compete and you run that can be acceptable.
"In Sligo we didn't do that. That's not us, that's not our identity and on Thursday until I made all the changes, it looked a lot more like us.
"Was it perfect? It wasn't by any means but I think it was a lot more like us."
Speaking at the team's Icelandic base, defender Daniel Cleary spoke about the pressure involved in playing on big European nights.
"There's always pressure playing for Shamrock Rovers, especially in Europe," Cleary said.
"Breidablik were a very good side and these will be up to that standard as well because they won their league last year. Everyone is looking forward to the game."
Bradley will be looking to win just a second Champions League tie out of four campaigns in the competition, and he will be backed at the 1,150-capacity Víkingsvöllur by around 50 travelling Shamrock Rovers supporters.
The reward for victory is a tie against Czech giants Sparta Prague, while defeat will see the Irish champions drop into the Conference qualifiers once again.
The sun will still be shining in the Icelandic capital come the full-time whistle on Tuesday night and a positive result would be a welcome bright spot in a darker-than-usual campaign for Bradley and his side.
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