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:
Beautiful Finnish Idioms that do not exist in other languages
Unique Finnish expressions emphasizing typical traits of Finnish culture, as its connection to nature and a melancholic feeling.
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
a Polyglot illustrating Scandinavia 