Norway drops its beef with iTunes
Now that Apple has changed its tune and allowed the songs sold through its popular iTunes Shop to be compatible with any MP3 player, a Norwegian consu...
Culture
Information and news on culture, music and the arts in Iceland, Scandinavia and Northern Europe
Reykjavik Nordic Fashion Biennale starting in March
The Nordic House in Iceland is hosting the first Nordic Fashion Biennale from 19th March to 5th April. Launching the event in Reykjavik is no coincide...
Copenhagen’s sexiest museum closing shop?
With the Copenhagen City Council pulling its funding this year and a group of private investors backing out of a pending deal, it looks like Copenhage...
Sweden promises to preserve its minority languages
Since 2000, the Swedish government has given special national minority status to the languages of its ethnic minority groups. These include Finnish, T...
Sweden proves it has culinary talent
Jonas Lundgren, a 30 year-old chef who runs a restaurant in Oslo, just boosted his reputation as a culinary whiz by taking second place in the 2009 Bo...
American Football makes the headlines in Icelandic sports papers
Few things impact culture more than sports; and in Iceland, as with most of northern Europe, people watched the Super Bowl finals, seeing the Pittsbur...
Sweden set to legalise same-sex marriage by May
Sweden is edging closer towards officially approving gay marriage now that three of the four parties in the ruling government coalition have joined fo...
Denmark and Iceland love social networking
The popular social networking website, Facebook, has revealed that Denmark is the nation with the most users on its site. More than a third of all Dan...