The Nordic capitals are amongst the prettiest places to visit in Europe. In the northernmost cities – like Oslo and Reykjavik- you can catch sightings of the spectacular aurora borealis. Further south, in the towns like Helsinki, fantastic mountain trails and fresh Nordic forests is just a stone’s throw away from the town’s centre.
Scandi Style: A Quick Guide To Nordic Home Design
Nordic design has been a tour de force in the world, ever since the invention of the Viking longboat in 1000 AD. Cut to centuries of development later, and still the ‘Norden’ steam ahead and conquer the world with innovations like the Ink Jet printer, and the world’s first mobile phone by Lars Magnus Ericsson. …
What Is Nordic Walking? Your Beginner’s Guide
The History Of Nordic Walking Nordic walking as an exercise technique, began in Finland in the 1930s when Finland’s Olympic cross-country ski team used their ski poles on hikes during off-season training. The poles provided support allowing team members to maintain a biomechanically-correct walking position. In the decades that followed, many cross-country skiers tried this …
What Is Nordic Noir?
Nordic Noir crime fiction first blossomed into global consciousness with Stieg Larsson’s Millennium series back in 2006. Since then, Nordic tales of gruesome murder cases have become a popular cultural product. Take, for instance, the widely praised TV series, The Killing. The Danish drama, despite the inclusion of subtitles, had UK viewers hooked back in …
What is Fika? A Guide To The Wonderful World Of The Swedish Fika
Fika is a national institution in Sweden, and a tradition that has been upheld for years. In its rawest form, it’s essentially a coffee break; a good excuse to slow down and spend some quality time with people you like. Friends will fika together, family will meet up for a fika, or you can fika …
Nordic Breakfasts: How Nordics Start Their Day
Swedish Frukost The Swedes start off each day with a strongly brewed coffee. Breakfast in Sweden is a low-key affair – a simple bowl of cereal or berries with milk or filmjölk (a soured milk that’s somewhere between milk and yoghurt) will suffice, and some people will skip breakfast entirely and wait until it’s fika-o’ …
The Complete Guide To Nordic & Finnish Saunas
What happens in a sauna? Saunas can be enjoyed in many different ways: long discussions on various topics such as politics are common, business deals are made and concluded in the sauna. Sometimes the sauna is the perfect place for a heart-to-heart. Often, however, true to their reticent nature, the Finnish like to enjoy the …
Scandinavia vs The Nordics: What’s The Correct Terminology?
Many people (read: mostly non-scandinavian/Nordic people) don’t know the difference between Scandinavian and Nordic, or that there even is one at all. The majority of the world views these two terms as interchangeable but they’re actually not. Despite my numerous links to the Nordic countries ( Scandi friends, boyfriend’s Swedish family, love of Nordic cuisine …
8 Norwegian Must-Try Foods & Popular Dishes
Norway is known for its geographical wonders: beautiful deep fjords and jagged coastline, mesmerising Northern lights and majestic glaciers. So often, visitors forget about the fascinating cuisine that has been cultivating for thousands of years in this Nordic country – a cuisine that is intrinsically linked with the beautiful, wild landscape. The Norwegian coastline is …
Top 10 Classic Danish Delicacies To Try
Smørrebrød If there’s one thing you could call the quintessential Danish dish, it’d be the smørrebrød: the Danish open sandwich. This can be eaten as a snack or for any of the three meals of the day. The base is normally a slice of dark rye bread (rugbrød) spread with salty butter, and then the …