Marriage makes you live longer
People who have been married for many years live longer than those who are single or divorced, according to a Finnish-British study.
Culture
Information and news on culture, music and the arts in Iceland, Scandinavia and Northern Europe
Hafnarfjörður Iceland gets in holiday spirit with Christmas Village
Iceland’s picturesque Hafnarfjörður has been getting in the holiday spirit recently with weekly festivities taking place at its Christmas Village in t...
Debate blows up around hand grenade Christmas baubles
The Swedish Army Museum (Armémuseum) has defended selling hand grenade-shaped baubles as part of its Christmas charity drive.
H&M defends fake body models
Swedish clothing retailer H&M has admitted tacking models’ heads onto computer-generated bodies in order to sell swimwear and lingerie.
Christmas goat sacrificed already
As is an unofficial Christmas tradition, a 13-metre straw goat has already succumbed to arsonists in an eastern Swedish town.
Hotel refuses to scrap women-only floor
A hotel in Denmark is refusing to remove its women-only floor despite being told by the country’s equality board that it is illegal. The Bella Sky Hot...
Inuit lifestyle ‘to be wiped out’
An academic who spent a year living with an Inuit tribe in Greenland says their traditional way of life could be completely eroded in just 25 years.
Far-right MP: “a negro is a negro”
A right-wing Swedish MP has caused controversy after claiming on Facebook that the word ‘negro’ is not racist.