Iceland unhappy with Norway over Christmas tree snub
Iceland has reacted angrily to a proposal by the mayor of Oslo to stop sending a Christmas tree to Reykjavik, a tradition that has been ongoing for mo...
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Petition launched against Finnish homoerotic stamps
A petition has been launched in Finland to ban a collection of stamps featuring homoerotic art.
Construction begins on Norwegian National Museum
A new National Museum in the Norwegian capital Oslo, which is the largest cultural building being built in Europe at present, is now under constructio...
The Rolling Stones to headline Roskilde Festival
Legendary rockers The Rolling Stones will be one of the headline acts at this summer’s Roskilde Festival in Denmark.
Renowned biennale Nordic fashion exhibition opens today in Frankfurt Germany
The renowned fashion exhibition, Nordic Fashion Biennale, is set to open today at the Museum of Applied Arts in Frankfurt, Germany, with The Weather D...
Renowned trend forcasters David Shah and Christine Boland to keynote at NFB SUMMIT 2014
NFB SUMMIT 2014, in conjunction with Nordic Fashion Biennale 2014, has announced that the renowned trend forcasters, David Shah and Christine Boland, ...
Sónar Reykjavík 2014: Three day party at Harpa
Reykjavík’s concert hall and conference center, Harpa, was buzzing as Sónar, international festival of advanced music, was held there for the second t...
Cooper & Gorfer announced as curators of Nordic Fashion Biennale 2014 exhibition
Renowned mixed-media artists Cooper & Gorfer have been announced as the curators of the Nordic Fashion Biennale 2014 exhibition, a platform to pro...