The salty grit of the Haenyeo divers
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When Rakel took over the last farm in her Norwegian village, she was not only taking responsibility for a flock of sheep, but also a way of life at a crossroads
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Sweden's ‘living advent calendar’ tradition has spread to towns and villages across Europe
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Fika, four-week-holidays and zero overtime – Sweden's stunningly healthy work culture
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In Alabama, white tide rushes on
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The highest-ranking penguin in the world, Sir Nils Olav III, has been promoted to Major General by the Norwegian King's Guard
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The last campfire in Swedish society – Sommar i P1, the radio show that unifies a nation
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Why do so many Scots cling to a false affinity with Norway?
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Takanakui: Fistfighting in the Andes
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Want a lighthouse? US is auctioning or giving away ten of them
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Playing on the edge – football in Greenland
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India’s ghost weddings: where dead children are married off - Pretha Kalyanam
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Temperatures have risen faster in the Arctic region than elsewhere on earth – the impact of climate change is being felt on Greenland's local way of life
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Indigenous reindeer herders fear the drive towards a more sustainable economy is destroying their traditional way of life and identity in Sweden
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Why is America obsessed with racial trauma?
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Denmark opens Flugt refugee museum, recognizing the contribution refugees have made to the Nordic country
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Meet the Polish LARPers who pretend to be American
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A trip to Gee’s Bend, Alabama, where masterpieces hang from clotheslines
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I have two last names - here is why they both matter
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Danes revel in 'dancing cow day' for first time since Covid outbreak – national event to mark organic dairy cattle's release from winter barns has been online only since 2020
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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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Notes on work
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While millions of children all over the world wait eagerly for Father Christmas or Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, youngsters in Iceland start receiving their presents on Dec. 11th
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Giant straw goat that has become an annual highlight in the Swedish city of Gävle has been burned by an arsonist... again
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Crying in H Mart: Sobbing near the dry goods, I ask myself, “Am I even Korean anymore if there’s no one left in my life to call and ask which brand of seaweed we used to buy?"
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How one woman is sharing Kazakhstan’s national instrument and cultural dress on Instagram
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Living legacy
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Kulning – The often high-pitched herding calls of the Nordic fäbod culture; a group of labor songs developed out of needs rather than musical expression
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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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Swedes have long embraced their version of staycations: hemester – Covid-19 travel restrictions and remote working are reshaping the tradition
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Our country is in chaos. But it's a great time to be an American
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Welcome to Laufskálarétt – The autumn ritual of wild horse herding in Iceland's Kolbeinsdalur Valley
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Immigrants from over twenty countries are taking part in a program that will help them develop, set up, and operate a food truck specialising in food from their home countries
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Iowa's 'Denmark on the Prairie' creates hygge away from home – the tiny town has imported a 19th-century windmill and starred in two Danish TV shows
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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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40,000 festive shoppers to hit Swedish superstore – shoppers travel from afar to Gekås Ullared mega-mall, an institution that has its own reality TV show
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Ringed on all sides by the UK but not actually part of it, residents of the Isle of Man value their independence
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A high income is a badge of success in many countries, but in Sweden a deep-rooted cultural code called Jantelagen stops many from talking about it
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Iceland's massive Laufskálarétt pony party is a wild and windswept ride
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When Oslo's first floating sauna was banned by port authorities, its owners took it on the run, sparking a public craze
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How Japan copied American culture and made it better
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South Korean women 'escape the corset' and reject their country's beauty ideals
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100 years after genocide, Armenians in Turkey revive their identity
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Every year on 'Día Del Mar,' Bolivia celebrates the coastline they lost
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When Asian women are harassed for marrying non-Asian men
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How old is too old for trick-or-treating?
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Japan’s vegetable-eating men - A nation of suit-wearing salarymen educates its first generation of stay-at-home dads
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