When Music Centre Fuuga opens beside the Aura River on 26 October 2026, it will give Turku a striking new cultural landmark: a €90-million home for the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, but also a place f...

The second country volume in the All Things Nordic travel-journal series combines 44 flexible diary openings with a curated introduction to Swedish food, culture, design, language and places — creatin...

After convincing millions of people to visit Norway’s capital by telling them not to bother, VisitOSLO has brought back its famously unimpressed resident, Halfdan. The new campaign turns Scandinavian ...

The All Things Nordic newsletter returns with a new edition bringing together books, cinema, architecture, technology and some of the stories shaping the Nordic world — with direct links for readers w...

With 69 proposals spanning schools, Icelandic-language technology and government systems, Iceland is asking how a small nation can adopt artificial intelligence on its own terms. A national plan takes...

Two developments on the same October day reveal a changing Faroe Islands: one looks outward across the North Atlantic sky, while the other brings specialised care closer to families at home. A continu...

Åland faces a revealing contrast in its transport future: a long-term plan for archipelago ferries has failed without a single bid, while Finnair prepares to restore daily links between Mariehamn and ...

Forget the traditional two-hour feature. In Sweden and Denmark, experimental filmmakers have pushed cinema beyond conventional limits, creating extraordinary works that last ten days, thirty days and ...

Visit Sweden’s playful new campaign turns personal space, silence and unhurried travel into a compelling reason to visit Sweden. For decades, travel marketing has tended to promise more: more people, ...

By Janaé Rachel Ballot I grew up in Beverly Hills, where tourists believe the streets are paved with literal gold. But what they don’t see is that the multi-million dollar mansions are plagued by sewe...

The leaders of Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands are meeting in Iceland for an unprecedented trilateral summit focused on security, geopolitics and economic cooperation — a potentially signific...

In a quiet park above Tórshavn, the National Gallery of the Faroe Islands preserves the artistic imagination of an island nation shaped by ocean, isolation, folklore and extraordinary light. From the ...

Finnish authorities have intervened in two of Google’s major data-centre projects in northern Finland, requiring environmentally significant preparatory work to stop until environmental impact assessm...

The latest youth survey from Åland offers a cautiously encouraging picture: illicit drug use remains rare and fewer upper-secondary students say they have been offered drugs. Yet alcohol continues to ...

As December brings shorter days and deeper darkness to Denmark, Advent fills Danish homes with candles, evergreen wreaths, televised Christmas stories, seasonal baking and the unmistakable scent of æb...

ATN New Book ‘Nordic Tales and Folk Traditions’ by Hilda Lainen is currently charting on Amazon Italy ‘Scandinavian Literature’ (#19), ‘Folklore’ (#40), and ‘Fairy Tales’ (#399) categories. Across for...

Travelling around Iceland as a family raises a practical question early in the planning process: where do they sleep? Hotels are easy to book, but they add up fast when covering hundreds of miles acro...

Ruka and Levi have reopened their first slopes weeks before natural winter normally takes hold, using snow carefully preserved from the previous season. The early start reveals how Finnish Lapland’s l...

Swedish cinema admissions have fallen sharply, documentary financing is under strain and streaming has changed the terms of cultural visibility. Yet Nordic film is also finding new routes through fest...

In one extraordinary week, the Faroe Islands and Greenland have strengthened commercial ties while Tórshavn has hosted a cultural gathering spanning the circumpolar world. Together, the developments p...

Government deadlock in Sweden, an extraordinary parliamentary inquiry in Norway and mysterious intrusions into MPs’ homes in Finland have produced an unusually turbulent political week across the Nord...

Nordic cinema has returned from the 74th San Sebastián International Film Festival with three major prizes, recognising a Sámi director, a Scandinavian performer and the visual force of a Norwegian li...

Two richly decorated Iron Age wagons discovered in a bog in western Jutland continue to puzzle archaeologists — and may offer a remarkable link between ancient Denmark, Celtic Europe and the ritual wo...

The winners of the Iceland Slow Sauna competition reimagine Nordic bathing in one of Iceland’s most spectacular volcanic regions — creating another compelling reason to slow down on a journey through ...

The Swedish capital’s former meatpacking district has placed 15th in Time Out’s 2026 global ranking, drawing attention to an unfolding transformation where industrial heritage, food and culture meet. ...

Across forests, mountains, islands and frozen seas, the peoples of the Nordic region have told stories of trolls and giants, enchanted animals, hidden folk, restless spirits, courageous heroes and jou...

Denmark’s households sit at the top of a striking European ranking for net financial wealth relative to disposable income. The result reflects genuine long-term saving, but above all the Nordic countr...

Finland have claimed the first men’s European Championship medal in the country’s volleyball history, defeating Slovenia in straight sets to take bronze at EuroVolley 2026 in Milan. A podium finish de...

We interviewed Mark Diffey, the founder of Scandinavian Art online gallery, for an interesting chat about his activity and his thoughts about the art world Mark is a British designer living in Oslo, w...

An All Things Nordic title dedicated to Oslo has appeared in Amazon Japan’s English-language bestseller lists, reaching the top twenty in Travel Photography and earning further placements in European ...

In a former church in Grünerløkka, Oslo’s ninth Architecture Triennale turns a simple but radical question into an exhibition, a public forum and a challenge to the way cities are made. Architecture A...

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With record advance ticket sales, a sold-out exhibition hall and more than 4,000 events, the Gothenburg Book Fair has opened as Scandinavia’s great autumn meeting place for books, ideas and the increa...

From Värmland’s starlit woods to a one-take recording among the trees near Skellefteå, two new Swedish singles find alternative rock reconnecting with solitude, craft and unapologetically big sound. T...

From the traditions of Christmas across the North to the candlelit intimacy of Danish Jul, the strange world of the Yule Cat and Yule Goat, and Iceland’s great Christmas Eve celebration of books, four...

From Emil Kárlsen’s contemporary coastal Sámi joik to the return of Reykjavík post-punk pioneers Purrkur Pillnikk and a Swedish reinvention of La Traviata aboard a moving bus, three new projects show ...

In Iceland, Christmas Eve and books belong together. Inspired by that tradition, the All Things Nordic collection offers a gift for every curious reader: festive stories, remarkable words, imagined co...

From 24 September to 4 October, Iceland’s capital becomes a meeting point for independent cinema, emerging filmmakers and established international names, as the Reykjavík International Film Festival ...

The coastal Sámi artist brings joik, family memory and the multilingual landscape of Omasvuotna Omasvuono Storfjord into a contemporary meeting of pop and folk, released by By Norse Music on 25 Septem...

At Hestholm, a historic farm on the edge of Tønder, a new museum dedicated to Hans J. Wegner explores how craftsmanship, natural materials and the landscapes of southern Denmark helped shape one of th...

Beyond the island’s busiest routes lies another Iceland: a land of volcanic unrest, glacial rivers, remote fjords and enduring stories in which the boundaries between geology and mythology become almo...

Iceland Airwaves returns to Reykjavík from 5 to 7 November 2026 with more than 100 Icelandic and international acts, seven city-centre venues and three separately ticketed concerts extending the celeb...

Finland remains one of the Nordic region’s strongest education systems, particularly in science, but the latest OECD figures confirm a long-term decline in reading and mathematics. The results are pro...

In Nordic Words, Ingrid Hanssøn explores nineteen ideas from across the Nordic region. In this wide-ranging ATN interview, she discusses the language of resilience, belonging, nature, trust and the li...

Iceland has no standing army, yet its location, submarine cables, ports, energy systems and reliance on imported goods make it indispensable to NATO — and potentially vulnerable to the hybrid threats ...

The first 300,000 square metres of reclaimed coastline has opened near Rødbyhavn, transforming material excavated for the Fehmarnbelt tunnel into publicly accessible habitats, ponds and walking trails...

The European Union is expanding its presence in Greenland through investments in connectivity, clean energy, critical raw materials and local development, while reaffirming that the Arctic island’s fu...

From Gothenburg’s melodic death metal and Norway’s black-metal revolution to Finland’s remarkable density of bands, the Nordic countries have transformed heavy music into one of their most varied and ...

The acclaimed Icelandic editor and producer behind some of Hollywood’s most kinetic films steps unexpectedly in front of the camera in Janaé Rachel Ballot’s deeply personal debut feature, which will r...