Languages
- Study tips: studying all Germanic languages | Danish numbers | Which Scandinavian language should you learn? | Practice languages where everybody speaks English | Duolingo
- Language info: Tell apart Nordic languages | Finnish vs Icelandic | Swedish vs Dutch | Saami languages | Greenlandic
- Interesting words & expressions: Icelandic compound words – idioms with berries | False friends within Scandinavian languages | Finnish beautiful idioms | funny idioms
Culture & National symbols
- Flags
- Sámi people | Greenlandic culture
- Folk costumes: Swedish Folkdräkt | Norwegian Bunad | Sami costumes
- How Nordics celebrate… Christmas | High school Graduation
- National days: Norway 17. May | Iceland 17 June Finnish language & culture days
- Typical food: Swedish special food days | Guide to Fika | (Easy) Recipes | Swedish comfort dishes
trips in Scandinavia
- Workaway stay in Denmark (2021): First days in Djursland | Painting and Aarhus
- Travelling with by interrail and flixbus (2023-24): 3 days in Djursland and Aarhus | Lund, Sweden in February | Swedish-Danish summer holiday (Vänern lake, Gothenburg, Aalborg, Aarhus), Tour of Baltic countries
- minicruise in Norway (Kristiansand)
Nordic events
- Cafes and bakeries in Benelux / Japan / Italy
- Scandinavian events in Holland: Lucia concerts / Christmas markets. 17 may in Rotterdam
- Nordic style in Japan
Latest articles:
Scandinavian Embassy‘s bakery and cafe in Amsterdam zuid
On a trip to Amsterdam, I decided to test Scandinavian Embassy and both of its two locations, starting with the bakery in europaplein. The two locations are in Amsterdam zuid: Saphatipark and Europaplein: in the former, a more central location, you can sit but it has fewer items than the bakery in Europaplein. The bakery,…
An introduction to Estonian: sister language of Finnish
Estonian is a Finnic language, sharing many similarities with its ‘bigger’ sister Finnish, while being unrelated to all their bigger language neighbours
Scandinavian carnival buns (and where to eat them in the Netherlands)
Cream buns are enjoyed in Nordic and Baltic countries during shrovetide, between January and February. Sweden’s classic semla has almond paste, while other countries variations include jam, vanilla cream, and chocolate icing top.
a Polyglot illustrating Scandinavia 