Climax comes too soon for Sweden’s orgasm church
The Madonna of the Orgasm church was turned away by Sweden’s highest court this week as it made a last-ditch attempt to be registered as a faith commu...
Culture
Information and news on culture, music and the arts in Iceland, Scandinavia and Northern Europe
Frenchman strings up air guitar competition
A Frenchman has strummed his way to glory for the second year in a row at Finland’s fifteenth annual air guitar championships. Sylvain Quimene “out ai...
Iceland concert event Iceland Airwaves to attract thousands of music lovers
The upcoming concert event in Iceland, Iceland Airwaves, is set to attract thousands of music lovers to the northernmost music capital in the world, R...
Council workers complain about gay toy art
Council employees in Denmark have demanded that a picture of two toy figures simulating gay sex be removed from their offices. According to news websi...
Unpatriotic Swede seeks asylum in Denmark
A disgruntled Swede has sought asylum in Denmark, after claiming he “couldn’t stomach” the people in his homeland any longer. According to Politiken, ...
Iceland History and Heritage maps available through Nordic Store
The online Icelandic retailer, Nordic Store is now selling a series of illustrated maps of Iceland for anyone interested in learning the history and h...
Bright sparks hoarding light bulbs in Finland
Thrifty Finns are stocking up on cheap filament light bulbs before the EU brings in a blanket ban in 2012. Despite sales remaining buoyant in Finland,...
The View from Here, No. 6
The sixth in a regular series of columns by Chay Lemoine: ‘California’, in which Chay revisits the state he used to call home and introduc...