New Resistance Museum plan has feathers ruffled
Following the arson attack that damaged the Resistance Museum in April new plans for the exhibits have raised controversy, as the curators move away f...
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New Munch museum gets green light
After years of wrangling, Oslo politicians have reached agreement on establishing a new museum to house Edvard Munch’s masterpieces. Spaniard Juan Her...
Icelandic music festival Reykjavik Music Mess to take place this weekend
The annual Icelandic music festival Reykjavik Music Mess is set to take place this weekend (May 24-26) at Volta and Kex Hostel in downtown Reykjavik, ...
Holger Danske statue may rest in its current location
The controversial sale of the Holger Danske statue which has stood in a Helsingør hotel since 1907 may soon come to a halt. Helsingør Council’s ...
Danes protest Helsingør Holger Danske statue sale
Locals and politicians alike are protesting the sale of a statue of one of Denmark’s most famous folk heroes, Holger Danske, to foreign art coll...
Artists stand united against war in exhibition
A new exhibition at the Holstebro museum called KRIG, KUNST OG DANMARK (War, Art and Denmark) aims to shake the average Dane out of complacency and ex...
Finnish-Russian cultural centre set to open in Helsinki
Officials in Helsinki are to open a cultural centre in the capital designed to help Russian speakers better integrate into Finnish society. Chairman J...
Stone found in English Channel could be Icelandic ‘sunstone’
A crystal recovered from a shipwreck in the English Channel may turn out to be the fabled ‘sunstone’ said to be used by the Vikings. According to anci...