Sweden may allow competition for its alcohol monopoly
In a surprising, but widely welcomed move, the Swedish government says it may be ready to allow private shops to sell alcohol, the Financial Times rep...
Culture
Information and news on culture, music and the arts in Iceland, Scandinavia and Northern Europe
Finland reigns supreme in Sauna World Championships
Sauna aficionados Finland withstood the heat longest to win the 2008 Sauna World Championships in Heinola, Finland, defending their current reign as s...
Icelandic teen receives international photography award
Icelandic teenager Lara Thordardottir found out on Monday that she has been honoured in the Shoot Nations Global Youth Photography Competition 2008. T...
Nazi bunkers appear from nowhere in Denmark
Four fully-furnished bunkers built by the Nazis during the Second World War were uncovered on a Danish beach at Houvig after a violent storm and large...
Icelandic music group Nista to play in Toronto
Nista, a Montreal-based Icelandic music band, will be performing live at the Drake Hotel Underground in Toronto on July 25 at 8pm. Nista is a musical ...
Danes are the world’s happiest
New figures from a survey on global wellbeing has ranked the people of Denmark as the happiest among 97 nations. This is based on prosperity, democrat...
Singer Cortes opens door to Hello! Magazine
Icelandic opera singer Gardar Thor Cortes was recently interviewed in his UK home by Hello! Magazine. The eight-page spread on the Icelandic singer fo...
The Arches link Scotland and Iceland in Glasgow
Stemming from their successful exhibition in Edinburgh’s Old Town in March this year, Mhari Baxter and Melissa MacRobert will present a series of ligh...