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.
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.
On 10 August 1628, Sweden's most ambitious warship sailed less than a mile on its maiden voyage and sank in Stockholm harbour. Here is why the Vasa capsized, how it was raised in 1961, and what it tells us today.
Stockholm is built on fourteen islands where medieval old town, world-class museums, and an underground art gallery all sit within a short ferry ride of each other. Here's the complete guide to Gamla Stan, the Vasa Museum, Djurgården, and beyond.
Ask a Sámi reindeer herder how many animals are in their herd and you'll get silence or a joke — never a number. Inside the thousand-year-old tradition of siidas, seasonal migration, and the modern pressures reshaping it.
How a teenager's mail-order side hustle became the world's largest furniture retailer — the flat-pack idea, the "democratic design" philosophy, and the complicated legacy behind the blue-and-yellow boxes.
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.
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.
Julbord is Sweden's Christmas buffet, a multi-course feast that starts with pickled herring and ends with rice pudding. Here is how it works, what to eat and in what order.
How a Stockholm ad collective's giveaway of 100 free jeans, a near-bankruptcy rescue, and a stubborn refusal to sell out turned Acne Studios into Sweden's most recognisable fashion export.
Semla is the cream-and-almond-paste bun Swedes eat by the tens of millions every winter — a Lenten tradition that outlived the fast, complete with a king who (according to legend) ate himself to death on it in 1771.
From Pippi Longstocking's total freedom to a Nobel Prize won for a story about a boy and a goose, the Nordic countries have shaped children's literature more than almost any region on earth. Meet the authors behind it.
