The attendance record at Reykjavik Art Museum was broken last year when the number of museum visitors for the first time exceeded two hundred thousand, with the overall number of visitors in 2009 reaching a total of two hundred and twenty thousand. Continue Reading

Swedes have always been keen to adopt trends emanating from the United States, and the latest craze to hit Scandinavia is the cuddle party. Continue Reading

A Helsinki couple has been fined by the District Court for allowing their baby son to be circumcised. Continue Reading

Iceland’s Vatnajokull glacier national park is synonymous with unique advertising and film location management settings. The Jokulsarlon lagoon has previously been used as a thrilling backdrop for box office smash hits ‘A View to a Kill’ and ‘Die Another Die’, as part of the James Bond series. Continue Reading

An online hate website calling for the murder of immigrants and leading national politicians is under scrutiny from the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation, with early intelligence revealing that the Finnish-language site is administered by a notorious American neo-Nazi. Continue Reading

Danish newspaper Politiken has announced a settlement in the controversial Mohammed cartoon case, with the new agreement reached with descendants of the Prophet including an apology for any offence caused by the depictions. Politiken has become the first newspaper to do so, much to the dismay of fellow media publications. Continue Reading

The Danish government is reconsidering its position on the Tibetan question following criticism that its statement made last December was too strong. Continue Reading

The Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church is desperately seeking reconciliation between conservatives and reformists as it searches for a new Archbishop to preside over what is becoming an increasingly acrimonious conflict. Continue Reading

A young councillor with the Danish People’s Party has been ostracised from his political organisation following his posting of inflammatory comments on the social networking site Facebook. Continue Reading

If you have been wondering why the Red Cross shop on Reykjavik’s Laugavegur shopping street is looking a bit different, read on... Continue Reading