Scandinavia
Norway Is Well-Aware That Its Food Is Too Expensive
Norway’s own Minister of Agriculture and Food has even declared that the nation’s food is “too expensive" after food prices have risen by more than 5 percent in just four months.
This Danish Music Festival Wants to Turn Your Piss into Beer
Danish music festival Roskilde has a so-crazy-it-just-might-work plan to "beercycle" your piss into a lovely pilsner that you can drink at a future festival. Golden showers, indeed.
Swedish Midsummer Is the Only Time You’ll See Your Grandparents Drunk
Midsummer in Sweden is our biggest holiday. There are cakes and pastries and strawberries. And lots of drinking. We drink a lot of snaps, which is like gin, but without the juniper berries.
A Brazen Strawberry Heist Just Ruined Scandinavian Midsummer
Sweden was already facing a potential strawberry shortage this season, and then some strawberry-thieving assholes decided to wreck everyone's midsommar by stealing what was left.
How a Thor-Worshipping Religion Turned Racist
Fans of 'The Avengers' aren't the only lovers of Thor. We looked into the current observations of Odinism and Asatru, religions that celebrate the Norse gods, to reveal their dark, white supremacist underbelly.
Denmark Fills Its Doughnuts with Braised Hare and Smoked Fish
Not quite a pancake, not quite a doughnut: Denmark’s aebleskiver are a warm, little thing to start the evening with. I’ve filled them with everything from braised hare and pork to meringue.
The MUNCHIES Guide to Sweden: New Nordic Cuisine
Ivar visits three restaurants—Ekstedt in Stockholm, Koka in Göteborg, and Bastard in Malmö, where the chefs are taking on New Nordic cuisine in their own terms.
A Rainbow Power Plant Rises in Sweden
Bjarke Ingels Group releases their design for the city of Uppsala's new power plant.
Batons and Starlight Tours: Norwegian Police Accused of Breaking Anti-Torture Conventions
Footage of Oslo police forcing a baton down the throat of a West African immigrant triggered an official investigation, which found the practice may breach international prohibitions against "inhuman and degrading treatment."
Firewater and Pickled Fish Fuel the Danish Holidays
Danes do Christmas lunch with a certain panache and appetite for indulgence, and it is always catalyzed by that perilous pairing: pickled herring and 80-proof akvavit.
Icelandic Vikings Were Less Plundering, More Drunken Feasting
Vikings have the reputation of being ruthless warriors that took land and power by force, but the historical reality was that in Iceland, they were mostly flexing by feasting.
This 'Authentic Vibes' Promo Video for Copenhagen Is a Joke, Right?
Are you a fan of "quirky cafes," "original microbreweries," "neighboring fishmongers," and "buzzing sustainable restaurants"? Boy oh boy do we have the video for you!