Did Vikings find their way to a remote part of Oklahoma? Some in a small community believe so, thanks to controversial runic carvings found in the area.
13
votes
Showing only topics with the tag "source.bbc travel".
Back to normal view
-
-
Known as "torfbæir", these ingeniously designed Icelandic homes helped settle one of Europe's least-hospitable environments
8 votes -
In Denmark, the Nordic concept of friluftsliv includes troll hunts, shoreline biking and stargazing in Scandinavia's first International Dark Sky Park
5 votes -
Chef Poul Andrias Ziska of Koks restaurant honed his craft in the harsh North Atlantic but has now reimagined his signature locavore cooking for a Greenlandic terroir
6 votes -
Once seen as experimental, a commercial wine industry in regions just below the Arctic circle is taking advantage of the warmer summers
5 votes -
Why there's no 'Dijon' in Dijon mustard
8 votes -
Once a trading gateway to the world, Finland's ancient capital of Turku is carving out a new niche as a Nordic food hotspot
3 votes -
The tiny US island with a British accent
11 votes -
With Stalinist architecture, a prominent bust of Vladimir Lenin and posters extolling the motherland, Pyramiden is the abandoned Soviet mining town in Norway's Arctic
10 votes -
In mainland Iceland's northernmost town, the women who powered the herring industry – and fought for gender equality – are driving a new tourism boom
6 votes -
On the small island of Heimaey, chef Matthías Auðunsson is at the helm of a food movement that honours Iceland's history while coaxing it into a new era of innovation
5 votes -
The secret history of Angostura Bitters
7 votes -
A Finnish drink with a heroic past – in the 16th century, effervescent sima was more desired than beer and has since become the go-to beverage for ushering in spring
8 votes -
Yaupon: The rebirth of America's forgotten tea
9 votes -
An Icelandic ritual for wellbeing – when Iceland reopened its public swimming pools, the nation was so delighted that queues formed outside pools at midnight
4 votes -
Denmark’s 300-year-old homes of the future – thatched with a seaweed that has the potential to be a contemporary building material
6 votes -
Why Finnish people tell the truth – in Finland, people are assumed to be honest all the time, and trust is implicit unless proven otherwise
13 votes -
How a climate crisis helped shape Norse mythology – a group of archaeologists, linguists and other experts have teamed up to analyse the inscriptions of the Rök Stone
9 votes -
A Javanese dish to banish the plague
3 votes -
America’s ‘fried chicken war’
3 votes -
Every year, revellers gather in a Danish national park to ring in one of the largest Independence Day celebrations outside the US
4 votes -
Every year, Paris holds a Grand Prix to crown the city’s best baguette – and in recent years, the winners have been bakers whose ‘origins’ are far from France
6 votes -
The surprising truth about Indian food
10 votes -
The world’s oldest medieval map
8 votes -
How Iceland recreated a Viking-age religion - the Ásatrú faith, one of Iceland’s fastest growing religions, combines Norse mythology with ecological awareness – and it’s open to all
23 votes -
The world’s oldest vegetarian restaurant
6 votes -
A journey to the "Disappointment Islands", a remote area of Polynesia that hasn't had a visitor in decades
16 votes -
The yum cha (dim sum) rules you need to know
9 votes -
Soy sauce is one of the most important ingredients in Japanese cooking, but chances are you've never tasted the real thing
24 votes -
The island that never stops apologising
7 votes -
The secret story behind Turkish delight
12 votes -
The French town that throws wine in the sea
5 votes