Death-cleaning: decluttering the Swedish way
It happens every spring. At least! When winter is over and summer is approaching we all feel the need to declutter, right? From our desk and office to our...
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What is the age of happiness?
Living longer is a good thing, right? Science helps people live a longer and better life. We and the younger generations to come must be grateful for that. It...
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Being a good neighbour: in good and bad times but always private!
Copenhagen, Denmark. You get out of your house and right in the yard of the house next door is your dear neighbour. That tall, blond (stereotyping enough) guy, who...
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Happiness: is going back to school a way to find it?
Hygge? Lego? Or the Little Mermaid? These are all Danish cliches. Don’t get us wrong. We love them (especially hygge). But one of the most important and groundbreaking contributions...
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The bunad guerillas: a story of tradition and female power
Oslo, Norway, 2019. Everybody pays with their mobile phones, credit cards are widely seen as old-fashioned. Norwegians read a lot and their new preferred means is their iPad or...
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More freedom (and free time) = more happiness
“Now I am going to get myself happy… Freedoooom!”. This what late George Michael sang in the 90s. And it can’t be more relevant today as well. We all...
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