Denmark on Thursday adopted legislation making daycare mandatory for all children over the age of one in disadvantaged neighbourhoods, and parents who do not comply will lose their family allowances. “When some of these children […]
The new Helsinki Central Library Oodi – Finland’s largest and arguably most lavish – opened its doors to the public on Wednesday. Although it’s technically a library, it goes far beyond merely a place […]
As you’d expect from a guide to all types of baking in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Greenland and the Faroe Islands, The Nordic Baking Book (2018), by Magnus Nilsson, is large, coming in […]
No one wants to be bored even though moments without distraction could help us solve problems and boost creativity. Finnish schools are increasingly over-stimulating kids with technology instead of helping them to become mindfully […]
Kimito library’s new reading companion, a dog named Hilma, is lying on the library floor waiting for her next assignment. In a little while some fifth graders are scheduled to arrive for a reading […]
The family writes in a press release that the popular love story author behind, among other things, the boxed series “Sagaen om Isfolket”, died peacefully in her sleep, night to Saturday in her home […]
Probably you’ve never studied Conversational Viking, let alone claimed to speak it. However, the language of the Vikings, Old Norse, has influenced the development of English more than any other language besides French and […]
The prehistoric settlement submerged under Lake Kuolimojarvi provides us with a clearer picture of the human occupation in South Karelia during the Mesolithic and Early Neolithic Stone Age (about 10,000 — 6,000 years ago) […]
Divine Savior Academy (DSA) administrators Tim Biesterfeld, Ryan Kirchoff, Ryan Loberger, Ben Troge, and Amelia Nemmers attended the 2018 Innovation Institute entitled “Reaching the Finnish Line.” Finland has been a leader in education excellence […]
As Copenhagen Fashion Week fast approaches, Vogue speaks to the founders of The Jewellery Room, the city’s jewellery talent touts, to find out how the scene has changed and what’s coming next. In the last few years, Danish […]
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