After a unanimous local vote in 1996, the Swedish town of Växjö became the first in the world to commit to becoming fossil fuel free
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Copenhagen's once-industrial port has been planned to make everything, from schools and play areas to businesses and recreational spaces, accessible within five minutes
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Set in an otherworldly landscape surrounded by glaciers, forests and lakes – how the Arctic town of Bodø became Europe's Capital of Culture
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With tourism set to reach an all-time high in the Faroe Islands this year, travellers should seek out the archipelago's slower roads and newly opened sub-sea tunnels
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Adrift off the Finnish coast, the autonomous island of Maakalla comes alive each summer and offers a fascinating glimpse at how Finns once lived
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Whether you're relaxing at the snail-shaped Kastrup Sea Bath or taking a harbour dip at Kalvebod Bølge, Copenhagen is a paradise for swimmers
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The US pepper that was nearly lost
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As temperatures across the nation are rising at an alarmingly high rate, Sweden is moving its beloved national pastime of skiing indoors
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As Denmark celebrates the crowning of Frederik X, one legendary patisserie, Conditori La Glace, has prepared a decadent chocolate cake
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As the sun falls over a vast Danish marshland, more than a million starlings undulate in mesmerising murmurations – but how they do it remains mysterious
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Cardamom has been a key spice in Swedish culture since medieval times, and now it's popularity in soft, fluffy kardemummabulle is taking the pastry global
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From Vækst to Gro Spiseri, these six outstanding Danish restaurants offer a Nordic dining experience that stands out from the crowd in Copenhagen
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Visitors from across the globe travel to this remote Scandinavian safari camp, despite the fact there's not really any wildlife to see
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Gilleleje remembers one of the greatest collective acts of resistance of World War II – its role in the flight and escape of over 7,000 Danish Jews
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There's a belief that some form of cider was made by Vikings in Norway, and today, its growing popularity has people convinced it's the country's national drink
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Made with vanilla sponge, meringue, almonds, custard and whipped cream – Norwegians love this cake so much they nicknamed it "the world's best cake"
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Kazakhstan: A road trip through the nation's immense landscapes
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In his Arctic Circle restaurant, chef Halvar Ellingsen has made it his focus to change the misconceptions of Norwegian cuisine one guest at a time
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A volcanic eruption near Litli-Hrútur in south-western Iceland saw fissures open up in the Earth – and the creation of a new baby volcano
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Ocomtún: A long-lost Maya city that was just discovered
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The idea of seasonal eating reaches its apotheosis in Sweden on Midsummer Eve, a magical day of feasting where a cake layered with strawberries and cream is the crowning glory
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By studying dig sites, sagas and ancient cookbooks, a culinary archaeologist is recreating dishes the Vikings ate – and rewriting the popular view of these people in the process
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Top-secret atomic bunker has opened to the public in Denmark – built to withstand a nuclear attack, it's now an astonishing subterranean museum
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Isolation combined with an inhospitable environment can be a cause of stress on Greenland – but locals have found a way to deal with it: tuning into nature
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Most seasons in Denmark have a cake or bread associated with them – but no other season's sweets have as much hype as the cream bun for the Fastelavn holiday
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The highest rail route in northern Europe – Oslo-Bergen railway is one of the world's most beautiful train journeys
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Is Alchemist the world's most creative restaurant? Rasmus Munk offers Michelin-starred meals from food waste, drinks from rabbit's ears and a new way to look at food.
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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.
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Known as "torfbæir", these ingeniously designed Icelandic homes helped settle one of Europe's least-hospitable environments
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In Denmark, the Nordic concept of friluftsliv includes troll hunts, shoreline biking and stargazing in Scandinavia's first International Dark Sky Park
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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
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Once seen as experimental, a commercial wine industry in regions just below the Arctic circle is taking advantage of the warmer summers
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Why there's no 'Dijon' in Dijon mustard
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Once a trading gateway to the world, Finland's ancient capital of Turku is carving out a new niche as a Nordic food hotspot
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The tiny US island with a British accent
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With Stalinist architecture, a prominent bust of Lenin and posters extolling the motherland, Pyramiden is the abandoned Soviet mining town in Norway's Arctic
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In mainland Iceland's northernmost town, the women who powered the herring industry – and fought for gender equality – are driving a new tourism boom
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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
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The secret history of Angostura Bitters
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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
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Yaupon: The rebirth of America's forgotten tea
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An Icelandic ritual for wellbeing – when Iceland reopened its public swimming pools, the nation was so delighted that queues formed outside pools at midnight
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Denmark’s 300-year-old homes of the future – thatched with a seaweed that has the potential to be a contemporary building material
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Why Finnish people tell the truth – in Finland, people are assumed to be honest all the time, and trust is implicit unless proven otherwise
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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
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A Javanese dish to banish the plague
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America’s ‘fried chicken war’
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Every year, revellers gather in a Danish national park to ring in one of the largest Independence Day celebrations outside the US
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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
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The surprising truth about Indian food
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