This is perhaps the greatest stereotype about the people in the Nordics: that they are cold, unapproachable and look / sound rude and snob. Again, this is the No 1 stereotype (even prejudice, we’d dare... Read More
Let’s play a fantasy game: imagine turning on your TV set and browsing through the available channels. The tricky part is that you can’t see the TV stations’ logos at the top nor you... Read More
There are 5 surefire and proven ways to survive winter as they do it in the Nordics. It’s long, dark and cold. Sunshine is rare. More often than not they have clouds, rain and... Read More
Black Friday in Copenhagen, Denmark. The city is bustling. Crowds on the main shopping streets. In the shops too. Yet, it is quiet. You cannot hear a lot of noise in the city. Nor the crowds are... Read More
Others try it too hard. These people though find it very natural! We are talking about the Finns. And how they respond to extreme situations like this one with the coronavirus. Yeah, yeah, we don’t... Read More
10 days before the General Elections in Sweden. September 2018. Nordic democracy at its best. Pupils in schools go the voting stations to cast their ballot. After quite some time of lectures, speeches and democratic... Read More
