Summer is here. Almost. After months of harsh, long, dark, cold winter, the people in the Nordics crave the arrival of spring and eventually summer. Although the weather can (at times) be even wintry,... Read More
Saturday night, on a cold winter day. This is the perfect setting for what is about to be played on the television. Why? Well, grey weather, darkness, cold, winter mood. These are all elements associated with... Read More
There is a Swedish proverb that says “Eget beröm luktar illa”. It claims that self-praise smells bad. That could not be more right, huh? Swedes (as other Nordic people) hate bragging or showing off. And there is another Swedish... Read More
Denmark, 2019. There is a paradox here. Kind of similar to Hamlet’s quote “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark”. Well, not that rotten but still an issue. Loneliness. The paradox is that on the one hand, they... Read More
Friday afternoon at an office building in Göteborg, Sweden. Employees start walking out of the office much earlier than most of their Western European or American counterparts. It is time to pick up the kids from... Read More
Noon, on a winter day in Kuopio, central Finland. First-grade pupils at one of the city’s public schools are going outside to play. Temperature is -10 C and it is snowing. So what? It is... Read More
