The Viking longship was a feat of woodworking: split oak, flexible hulls and a shallow keel that let raiders, traders and explorers cross oceans and sail up rivers. Here is how the Oseberg, Gokstad and Skuldelev ships were built, and where to see them.
Every 13 December, Sweden lights candles against the dark. Here is the real history of Lucia, the Lussi Night folklore behind it, and the saffron buns called lussekatter.
Edvard Munch painted one of the most recognisable images in the world, but the man behind The Scream was far more than one picture. Here is his story, the thefts, and where to see his work in Oslo.
Gotland is Sweden's largest island, home to the UNESCO-listed medieval town of Visby, the raukar sea stacks of Fårö and some of the sunniest weather in the country. Here is how to plan a trip.
Air-dried on wooden racks in Lofoten, stockfish has fed Europe for a millennium. Discover how tørrfisk is made, the Venetian shipwreck that sold it to Italy, and why Nigeria is a devoted customer.
Meet the nisse, tomte and tonttu: the grumpy Nordic farm spirit who demands Christmas porridge with butter and slowly became Scandinavia's Christmas gnome.
Kungsleden, the King's Trail, runs roughly 440 km through Swedish Lapland from Abisko to Hemavan. Here is how to hike it: the best sections, mountain huts, the season, and what to pack.
Photo by Erik Mclean on Pexels. A general Viking-style runestone, not the Jelling stones themselves. In the tenth century a Danish king raised a stone that names Denmark, announces his conversion to Christianity and, a thousand years later, lent his nickname to the wireless technology in your pocket.
Ericsson began in 1876 as a tiny Stockholm repair shop with SEK 1,000 of borrowed money. Here is how it grew into a telecom giant, built the first multinational mobile network and even helped give Bluetooth its Viking name.
The story of Poul Henningsen's PH lamp and Louis Poulsen: how a Danish critic invented glare-free light with the three-shade system, and why the PH 5, Artichoke and Snowball still define Nordic lighting.
Bornholm Travel Guide: Denmark’s Sunny Baltic Island of Round Churches, Smokehouses and Castle Ruins
Bornholm is Denmark's granite island in the Baltic, with the largest castle ruin in Northern Europe, four medieval round churches, smokehouse chimneys and some of the sunniest weather in the country. Here is how to plan a visit.
Jagged peaks, red fishing cabins and Arctic surf: a practical guide to Norway's Lofoten Islands, covering when to go, the best villages, hikes and how to get there.
