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.
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.
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.
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.
Glögg, gløgg and glögi are the scent of the Nordic winter. Learn how Scandinavian mulled wine differs from glühwein, how each country serves it, and how to make it at home.
How Iceland's geothermal swimming pools (sundlaugar) work, the shower rules every visitor must follow, and how the Blue Lagoon, Sky Lagoon, and local hot pots compare.
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.
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.
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.
How Jean Sibelius, the composer of Finlandia, gave Finland its sound: the Kalevala, seven symphonies, the silence of Ainola, and where to find him in Helsinki.
Who was Hans Christian Andersen? Explore the Danish storyteller's journey from Odense poverty to global fame, why his fairy tales are darker than you remember, and how to follow his footsteps through Odense and Copenhagen.
Roughly 290,000 Finns speak Swedish as their mother tongue. Here is how Finland-Swedes came to be, what they built, and why the language question still stirs debate.
