Outdoor candle
# Outdoor candle

An outdoor candle, which is also known a pitch torch or a garden candle (Swedish: marschall, Danish: haveblus, Finnish: soihtukynttilä) is a large (usually 10 cm wide) tealight-like candle that is lit outside. Outdoor candles are commonly found in Scandinavia, and are used as an outdoor decoration in private gardens, graves or at the side of roads or paths. They are made from paraffin in a metal cup with a centimetre-thick wick, which heats up to 1000 °C. Due to this heat, and the fact that they are designed to be weatherproof, they have to be properly snuffed out with a snuffer.

