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fromwww.thelocal.se
2 years ago

Why do Swedes celebrate holidays a day early?

Swedes celebrate the day before on Holy Saturday, with Easter services in the Swedish church often taking place in the evening. This tradition reflects a broader cultural practice of marking holidays the evening before the main day.
Europe news
#copenhagen
fromArchitectural Digest
10 months ago
Berlin

10 Copenhagen Airbnbs That Showcase the City's Love of Design

Copenhagen offers a variety of unique Airbnb accommodations that reflect its renowned design and vibrant culture.
fromTravel + Leisure
2 months ago
Travel

I Asked ChatGPT to Make a Packing List for Copenhagen-Here Are 14 Items It Forgot That Almost Ruined the Trip

Choose an expandable suitcase rather than a rigid carry-on for European trips to allow extra room while remaining overhead-bin-friendly.
Berlin
fromArchitectural Digest
10 months ago

10 Copenhagen Airbnbs That Showcase the City's Love of Design

Copenhagen offers a variety of unique Airbnb accommodations that reflect its renowned design and vibrant culture.
fromVulture
3 days ago

How Much Is Kristoffer Borgli Trolling Us?

The Drama is a more localized version of the same thing: If you do something bad (or almost do something bad, or do something bad out of your own control), how mad should people be at you - really?
Film
European startups
fromnews.bitcoin.com
4 days ago

Norway's Largest AI Data Center: Bitdeer Targets 180 MW Tydal Facility by 2026

Tydal Data Center AS is expanding to become Norway's largest AI data center, focusing on sustainable infrastructure and efficient growth.
#erling-haaland
#architecture
Renovation
fromArchDaily
1 week ago

Chr. Tomters veg house / Rever & Drage Architects

The project expands a traditional home into a complex residence for a large family while preserving its original charm.
Renovation
fromArchDaily
1 week ago

Chr. Tomters veg house / Rever & Drage Architects

The project expands a traditional home into a complex residence for a large family while preserving its original charm.
History
fromMedievalists.net
1 week ago

Viking High Seat Recreated in Norway for Museum Exhibition - Medievalists.net

A reconstructed Viking Age high seat reveals insights into the power structures and agricultural foundations of early medieval Norway.
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 weeks ago

The historic city with a small-town feel' named the best place to live in the UK

Norwich has been named the UK's best place to live for its historic charm, vibrant atmosphere, and overall livability.
fromIndependent
1 week ago

Finding Heimir - A journey to Iceland's remote Vestmannaeyjar islands to discover the origins of the Ireland manager

The flagpole at the front of a house, just a three-minute drive from the handful of shops and restaurants, has become an advertisement for the exploits of Heimaey's most famous son.
New York Islanders
fromApartment Therapy
2 weeks ago

Norwegian Life-Cleaning" Is the Calmest Way to Declutter Your Home

Every one of these items takes up space and energy, but the use of energy here in relation to clutter is actually two-fold. The stuff you own requires maintenance and management, and when you pass, this management becomes shifted along to someone else (whoever is responsible for sorting through your Earthly possessions).
E-Commerce
#champions-league
Soccer (FIFA)
fromwww.bbc.com
2 weeks ago

Bodo/Glimt's fairytale run comes to crashing halt

Bodo/Glimt made Champions League history as a Norwegian club by reaching the knockout stage on debut, defeating Manchester City and Atletico Madrid before losing to Sporting in a dramatic comeback.
Digital life
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Another internet is possible': Norway rails against enshittification'

Digital products and services are deliberately degraded through enshittification, a preventable process driven by policy decisions rather than technological necessity.
Travel
fromTravel + Leisure
2 weeks ago

I've Visited 70 Countries and Found My Perfect Place to Buy a Home-in One of Europe's Most Remote Locations

A transformative first visit to the Faroe Islands led to purchasing a house and converting a 1910 cottage into a successful Airbnb rental business.
fromwww.dw.com
3 weeks ago

Germany news: Merz visits spaceport and NATO drill in Norway

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is visiting Norway on Friday for talks with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, with space cooperation and NATO defense ties high on the agenda. The two leaders began the day at the Andoya spaceport, where the Bavarian startup Isar Aerospace plans to launch rockets carrying European satellites into orbit.
Germany news
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Norway climbs out of shadow' of neighbours with first Oscar win for Sentimental Value

Norwegian film 'Sentimental Value' won the Academy Award for best international film, marking Norway's first-ever Oscar win and establishing the country as a major force in Scandinavian cinema.
Renovation
fromArchDaily
2 weeks ago

The Glasshouse Theater / Snhetta

QPAC's new Glasshouse Theater features a rippling glass facade and expands the center to become Australia's largest performing arts venue under one roof, designed by Blight Rayner Architecture and Snøhetta.
London politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

When I leave, part of me stays': why Scarborough's youth won't turn their backs on the seaside town they love

Scarborough teenagers prioritize earning money immediately over waiting for inheritance, reflecting distinct cultural values shaped by their working-class coastal community compared to more affluent regions.
Miscellaneous
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
3 weeks ago

snhetta, BIG and MVRDV design cultural landmarks for coastal masterplan in istanbul

Ion Riva, an 84-hectare Istanbul neighborhood designed by international and local architects, integrates four cultural buildings to prioritize community, ecology, and culture alongside residential development for 3,000 residents.
History
fromwww.thehistoryblog.com
1 week ago

New gold foil old man found in Norway

A rare Nordic Iron Age gold man was discovered in Norway, dating between 550 A.D. and 793 A.D., indicating significant cultural importance.
Travel
fromKALTBLUT Magazine
3 weeks ago

Discover the Allure of Copenhagen: Welcome to the New Locke Hotel - KALTBLUT Magazine

Locke Copenhagen opens March 2026 as the brand's Scandinavian debut, offering 234 rooms with Nordic design, dining venues, rooftop bar, fitness center, and coworking spaces in a distinctive dual-rotunda building.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

The world's memory': why Nigeria is burying its history under a mountain in Svalbard

The Arctic World Archive (AWA) is a data storage unit where organisations and individuals can deposit records kept on specialist digitised film called Piql that lasts up to 2,000 years. On 27 February, Nigeria became the first African country to place archives at the facility 300 metres beneath a mountain where the cold, dark, dry conditions are perfect for preservation.
Arts
#archaeology
Snowboarding
fromSnowBrains
4 weeks ago

Avalanche Sweeps Away 13 Ski Tourists Near Trollfjord in Northern Norway, Leaving 1 Injured - SnowBrains

An avalanche near Trollfjordvatnet in northern Norway caught 13 ski tourists, injuring one person and temporarily burying two others before all were rescued by helicopter.
#residential-architecture
Travel
fromConde Nast Traveler
3 weeks ago

In Greenland's Remote Fjords and Tiny Settlements, a New Sense of Connection

Greenland's new airport and developing tourism infrastructure make Arctic exploration increasingly accessible, offering unique cultural experiences with Indigenous and settler communities unavailable in Antarctica.
History
fromMedievalists.net
1 week ago

Medieval Iceland's Most Unusual Export: Sulphur - Medievalists.net

Iceland's sulphur trade became a vital economic link in northern Europe during the later Middle Ages, driven by its unique geological deposits.
fromSustainable Bus
1 month ago

Volvo Buses confirms 15 electric coach orders from six Norwegian customers - Sustainable Bus

The contracts mark the first Norwegian orders for Volvo Buses' latest long-range electric coach platform based on the Volvo BZR Electric chassis paired with a Carrus Delta body. The vehicles will be deployed in tour and charter, airport shuttle and cruise passenger transport services, expanding the presence of battery-electric solutions in long-distance coach operations in the country.
Alternative transportation
Travel
fromBusiness Insider
3 weeks ago

I've been to 18 European countries. These are the 5 underrated cities I'd return to in a heartbeat.

Smaller European cities offer intimate, uncrowded experiences that rival major capitals for travel satisfaction and personal connection.
fromWorld Soccer
1 month ago

Bodo/Glimt v Tromso: The Arctic Circle Derby - World Soccer

Seeing all these huge teams come to little Bodo is amazing but, of all of them, I like least to lose to Tromso. It is a rivalry as curious as it is passionately contested, with the two clubs lying some 300 miles apart, such is the vastness of the Norwegian north.
Soccer (FIFA)
Renovation
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

New Government Quarter Oslo / Nordic Office of Architecture

Norway's New Government Quarter completes its first phase on the 22 July attack site, consolidating government ministries in an open, secure civic landscape designed to reconnect Oslo's political center with the historic city.
fromSoccer News
1 month ago

Bod/Glimt: Europe's Arctic Giant-Killers March Into Champions League Prominence - Soccer News

Bodø/Glimt were already admired for their ascent through the Norwegian system-returning to the top flight only in 2017 and winning four league titles in the years that followed. But their leap into the Champions League spotlight this season has been extraordinary. As tournament debutants, they arrived with curiosity surrounding them-but they quickly replaced intrigue with astonishment.
Soccer (FIFA)
History
fromMedievalists.net
4 weeks ago

Norway Invests Millions to Preserve Its Medieval Stave Churches - Medievalists.net

Norway allocated five million kroner in 2026 funding for medieval stave church preservation, including a major 3D digital documentation project for Borgund Stave Church.
fromTravel + Leisure
1 month ago

I Asked ChatGPT to Make a Packing List for Copenhagen-Here Are 14 Items It Forgot That Almost Ruined the Trip

Although I often write about packing and have it down to a science, I decided to try a little travel experiment. Before our trip, I asked ChatGPT to create a packing list for seven days in Copenhagen. At first glance, it appeared to have great suggestions, and ones that were pretty aligned with my tried-and-true list. However, upon further inspection, there were some recs that I immediately threw out-plus, a few that I didn't realize were off-base until visiting Copenhagen for myself.
Travel
fromMedievalists.net
1 month ago

Viking-Age Woman Buried with Her Dog in Norway - Medievalists.net

Excavations carried out in 2025 by the Arctic University Museum of Norway revealed that the artefacts came from a boat burial. The grave contained the skeleton of a woman placed inside a boat measuring about 5.5 metres in length. She had been buried together with a dog, suggesting the animal may have been an important companion in life.
History
US politics
fromwww.npr.org
2 months ago

Norway says Trump cited Nobel loss when discussing Greenland

Trump said missing the Nobel Peace Prize changed his approach, urged U.S. control of Greenland, and said he no longer feels obliged to prioritize peace.
Europe politics
fromTESLARATI
1 month ago

Tesla Sweden's port deal sparks political clash in Trelleborg

The municipally owned Port of Trelleborg renewed Tesla's lease despite a union conflict, prompting political criticism and calls for oversight of future municipal rentals.
Travel
fromTravel + Leisure
1 month ago

Sweden Is Giving Away 5 Private Islands for a Year-Here's How to Enter

Sweden is offering five people free year-long residency on private islands in exchange for caretaking responsibilities.
Design
fromwww.archdaily.com
1 month ago

Wadden Sea World Heritage Center / Dorte Mandrup

Wadden Sea Heritage Centre in Lauwersoog offers a 360-degree landscape experience combining exhibition spaces and a working field station to deepen ecosystem connections.
Fashion & style
fromCN Traveller
2 months ago

What to pack for Copenhagen

Copenhagen style prioritizes practical, weather-aware layering and versatile insulated outerwear, using contrasting pieces and statement accessories to stay warm while looking confident.
Canada news
fromArchitectural Digest
1 month ago

In Greenland, Design Meets Glaciers, Gravesites, and a Galactic Ocean

Modern expedition cruising makes remote Arctic sites like Beechey Island and Franklin’s wrecks accessible, blending comfortable travel with encounters of historical tragedy and extreme conditions.
fromArchDaily
2 months ago

Henning Larsen Proposes a "Learning Village" to Expand the Glyvra School in the Faroe Islands

Danish architecture studio Henning Larsen has been selected to redesign and expand Glyvra School in the Faroe Islands, proposing a landscape-driven educational campus that responds directly to the region's topography and climate. Conceived as a "learning village," the project rethinks the role of the school in a small coastal community, positioning architecture and outdoor space as integral parts of everyday learning.
Education
Agriculture
fromTravel + Leisure
2 months ago

On Scotland's Wild and Windswept Shetland Islands, Centuries of Crafting Traditions Endure-How to Visit

Shetland unites strategic maritime position, layered human habitation, transnational cultural history, diverse livelihoods, and modern industry (wind and oil) alongside enduring crofting traditions.
fromwww.archdaily.com
2 months ago

Lagunen II Shopping Center / BIOSIS

In Bergen - one of Europe's rainiest cities - Copenhagen-based BIOSIS has completed Lagunen II, a climate-adaptive, community-focused expansion of Norway's largest shopping centre. The 15,000-square-meter extension redefines the role of the contemporary mall by transforming it into an open, light-filled urban environment shaped directly by the coastal climate and the daily rhythms of its surrounding neighborhood.
Remodel
#norway
fromScary Mommy
1 month ago

Can We Please Adopt Norway's Youth Sports Model?

Brad Stulberg took to Instagram to share that the country's approach to youth sports could be part of the reason why. Obviously Norway and winter sports kind of go hand-in-hand, but Stulberg points out that the country does things a lot differently than countries like America or Canada, where youth sports often feel more like minor league tryouts than kids learning sportsmanship, athleticism, and skills.
Miscellaneous
World news
fromFast Company
2 months ago

Ideal host cities for future Winter Olympics are dropping off the map. Fake snow won't be enough to help

Climate change will reduce the number of countries able to host the Winter Olympics from 93 to 52 by 2050 under current policies, with Paralympic viability even lower.
#oslo
#sweden
Design
fromwww.archdaily.com
2 months ago

House in Rorum / Fors Arkitekter

The House in Rorum reinterprets the barn typology through form and materials to connect with the landscape of a former apple orchard in southern Sweden.
World news
fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago

I'm the CEO of a tourist company in Greenland. Trump's interest in Greenland used to be good for my tourism business. Now people are postponing their trips.

Raw Arctic provides premium, tailor-made adventure tours across Greenland, seeing a surge in interest after renewed U.S. attention while raising geopolitical concerns.
History
fromMedievalists.net
1 month ago

Hidden Runic Messages in Gotland's Medieval Churches Preserved with 3D Technology - Medievalists.net

Photogrammetry is creating detailed 3D models of medieval runic plaster inscriptions on Gotland to preserve and enable study of fragile, deteriorating carvings.
Arts
fromBerlin Art Link
1 month ago

An Interview with Egill Sbjornsson | Berlin Art Link

Art can act as an evolving, collaborative life form that heals, generates joy, and reshapes human relationships through sensory participation, play, and tech-material hybrid environments.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

We had Norway's glacial lakes to ourselves': readers' favourite breaks in Scandinavia and Finland

A week's hiking in Jotunheimen national park (230 miles north of Oslo) last summer brought me tranquillity and peace. During four days of challenging hiking and wild camping through the area we saw hardly anyone else, having entire lush green valleys and still glacial lakes to ourselves. We were fortunate to have stunning weather throughout and, despite it being July, still had a reasonable amount of snow to traverse.
Travel
Design
fromwww.archdaily.com
2 months ago

21-24 Nikkakjkken Restaurant / OFFICE INAINN

A lightweight, demountable timber insert delivers a restaurant program within the existing historic envelope without rebuilding the original shell.
Travel
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Island-hopping in Sweden: an enchanted maze of tiny isles only a bus ride from Gothenburg

Bioluminescent seas and deserted islands near Halso offer serene, night kayaking experiences accessible via short transit from Gothenburg.
fromwww.archdaily.com
2 months ago

Langholmen Residence / Mer Architects

The Finnish coastal archipelago consists of over 80,000 islands. The islands began to emerge from the sea after the ice age, approximately 10,000 years ago. Their cliffs of mostly granite and gneiss have been polished smooth by the kilometers-tall ice sheet that had been pressing them down.
Design
fromCN Traveller
2 months ago

Where to ski in Norway: an ultimate guide to Europe's underrated slopes

Having settled on where to ski in Norway, I found myself packing up the Kvikk Lunsj wafers and sweet brown brunost cheese sandwiches at the glassy Juvet Landscape Hotel, deep in the Sunnmøre Alps. Then the slow ascent, with skins on our splitboard skis, up to the peak at Mefjellet: torturous in some ways, looking at all that glinting Care Bear snow all the way up, but also a deliciously tantric act of meditation and delayed gratification.
Travel
fromMedievalists.net
2 months ago

Medieval gold ring discovered in Norway - Medievalists.net

A gold ring with a deep-blue, oval setting - decorated with fine spirals of filigree and tiny granulated beads - has been recovered from medieval deposits in Tønsberg, a historic town in southeastern Norway. The ring was found during an excavation in the modern town centre, where archaeologists have been investigating layers of urban life preserved beneath today's streets. The discovery was made within the protected archaeological area known as Tønsberg Medieval Town.
History
fromTime Out London
2 months ago

A vast immersive Vikings experience is coming to London in March

You know the drill by now: large scale immersive exhibitions have gone from nowhere to ubiquity in London, with the last year alone bringing us big, tech-augmented, family-facing shows devoted to the likes of Tutankhamun, the Titanic, and the destruction of Pompeii.
History
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

What to see in Greenland, one of the most stunning nature destinations in the northern hemisphere

Greenland is currently making headlines, much to the chagrin of Greenlanders. U.S. President Donald Trump's ambition to seize this island, an autonomous territory of Denmark, a NATO founding member, has turned global attention to a corner of the planet they probably hadn't considered before, or to Wikipedia or AI tools, to find out who lives on that enormous white patch in a corner of the American continent, and how.
Travel
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

From Inuit to Vikings to Trump: The history of Greenland

Early migration and Erik the Red The first humans settled in Greenland around 4,500 years ago. They came from the North American continent. In the 12th century, they were gradually displaced by Asian immigrants, the Thule people, who arrived on the island from Siberia via the Bering Strait. Their descendants are the Inuit, from whom most of the 56,000 Greenlanders today are descended.
History
Travel
fromConde Nast Traveler
4 years ago

39 Best Airbnbs in Europe for Every Kind of Escape, From Aurora Chasing to Island Hopping

Europe offers a vast variety of distinctive Airbnb rentals—from glass cabins and castles to historic seaside homes and Parisian apartments—across 35 countries for every style and budget.
History
fromArs Technica
2 months ago

Archaeologists find a supersized medieval shipwreck in Denmark

A 1410 CE cog wreck off Denmark shows medieval merchant ships reached unprecedented sizes, reflecting rapid expansion of European maritime trade and cargo capacity.
Travel
fromElite Traveler
2 months ago

The Check-In: Como Expands Its Arctic Exploration

Como Journeys returns to the Arctic in 2026 with small-ship expeditions aboard M/S Polarfront; JNcQUOI House boutique hotel opens in Lisbon June 2026.
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