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Scandinavian Modernism Is Beautiful, Elegant, and Everywhere — Is That a Good Thing?
Scandinavian Modernism Is Beautiful, Elegant, and Everywhere — Is T...
Demand for low-cost, mass-produced, Scandinavian-design furniture has exploded in recent years. Architectural Digests looks at whether US…
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Jul 12, 2018
Sweden Is Great at Turning Trash to Energy
Sweden Is Great at Turning Trash to Energy
Swedes are world champions when it comes to recycling and waste management. While over half of US waste gets buried at landfills, in Sweden…
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Jul 11, 2018
Why Nordic “gálgahúmor” struggles abroad
Why Nordic “gálgahúmor” struggles abroad
Scandinavians have a dark sense of humour, which does worse abroad than our wildly popular Nordic noir.
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Jul 10, 2018
Iceland fights to protect its native tongue from Siri
Iceland fights to protect its native tongue from Siri
Due to Iceland’s historic isolation from the outside world, Icelandic is closest to the old Viking languages of yore. But more younger…
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Jul 9, 2018
Finland’s deer conservation success story
Finland’s deer conservation success story
Eighty years ago there were no white-tailed deer left in Finland, but today there are over 100,000 — and it seems all can probably trace…
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Jul 9, 2018
Lithuanian couple win world wife-carrying championship title in Finland
Lithuanian couple win world wife-carrying championship title in Fin...
Finland is no stranger to weird competitions — such as air guitar playing or boot-throwing — and this weekend a Lithuanian couple walked…
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Jul 9, 2018
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