Languages
- General study tips: studying all Germanic languages | Which Scandinavian language should you learn? | How I learned all Scandinavian languages | How to practice languages where everybody speaks English; Specific language help: Danish numbers | False friends within Scandinavian languages
- Language info/comparison: Tell apart Nordic languages | Finnish vs Icelandic | Swedish vs Dutch | Saami languages | Faroese vs Icelandic | Estonian vs Finnish | Greenlandic
- Idioms, nteresting words & expressions: | Icelandic compound words | idioms with berries |Funny False Friends in Nordic languages
Nordic culture
- Nordic flags explained
- Nordic Indigenous cultures: 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
- Food: Swedish special food days | Guide to Fika | Danish pastries explained | Danish street food | (Easy) Recipes | 5 smørrebrød to make at home | Swedish comfort dishes to try | favourite Nordic food products recs | Liquorice love in the Nordics
Scandinavian Travel diaries
- 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)
- One month in Scandinavia with flixbus: Sweden, Norway and Denmark
Nordics in Holland and beyond
- Events: Lucia concerts | Christmas markets | 17 may in Rotterdam
- Nordic bakeries & cafes in Benelux
subscribe for more Nordic stuff recs, keep a lot on this page too because I will keep it updated!
Latest articles:
ScanShop: Nordic supermarket in Luxemburg
I visited Scanshop, a supermarket for Nordic expats in Luxembourg and Belgium. It offers a wide range of Scandinavian food products, including rye bread, fish, and sweets, alongside flags and tableware.
A collection of (unintentionally) Hilarious False Friends in Nordic languages
Take a train in Scandinavia to reach a “slutstation” or see”fartkontrol” signs while driving. Kiss and killing also mean something you were not expecting!
Swedish Café in Utrecht: Broodnodig
In Utrecht, the cafe Broodnodig serves Swedish pastries and cakes as cinnamon and cardamom buns, kladdkaka, smulpaj and Scandinavian seasonal treats as semlor and saffron buns.
