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Welcome to our daily thoughts. Here you'll find everything from recipes to amusing bits and everything inbetween.
Settled Status Brexit Cafe Sat 7 March 2020
Want to make a Swede happy? Buy them Julmust
Cinnamon bun day 2019: We want to see your brilliant home bakes.
Fermented Swedish herring: Get delivery in the UK
Our Bronte’s new book with all her favourite baking recipes
What are those thin slivers of chocolate in Denmark?
Make real Danish meatballs. Yes, they are different to Swedish ones – and really delicious.
Educate yourself on the oh-so-delicious Swedish princess cake.
Want to find out what Midsummer is like? Read extract from Nørth here.
A few facts to get you started on midsummer like a Nordic person.
Add some colour to your vocabulary with these Scandi insults
Yep, it’s Eurovision season again – time to refresh some facts!
In need of different ways to really annoy a Scandi? Here you go.
Curious about salty liquorice but not sure where to start? Here you go.
It’s snowing in London. Need some handy ways to deal with it?
Ever wondered how to spot a Scandinavian in the wild?
All your semla hybrid dreams in one place. Oh yes. You dreamt it, we did it.
All your important semlor facts in one place – cream buns: how to eat them, when to eat them and also, be careful not to get caught making them out of season.
Ryttarkaka – Sticky Chocolate & Coconut Cake A classic mixture of two much loved cakes: The sticky chocolate cake and the topping that goes on the Dream cake – […]
How to Autumn like a Scandi Or what we think about when it is biting cold, rainy and dark. It is the little things. From the smell of your coffee […]
Ever wondered how to queue in Scandinavia? This is your answer. Yes, it’s a thing.
Yes, it’s a formula. How to make your apartment look like it’s in Denmark, just follow these ten easy steps. Extract from Nørth by Bronte Aurell.
10 Culinary Delights From Our Scandi Childhoods Sometimes, when we were little, this is all we wanted to eat. (Still is, sometimes). Recognise any of these, for yourself or your […]
A great collection of untranslatable Scandinavian words – words from Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and Finnish. We suggest you start using these words today in English.
You know you’re Scandi when.. You wouldn’t DREAM of drinking the water from the tap without letting it run for at least 5 seconds. Otherwise you end up with the [...]
7 Random Facts About Surströmming Surströmming is made by preserving the raw herring with just enough salt to prevent it from rotting, then left to ferment for at least 6 months. [...]
11 Facts About Beer in Scandiland In Sweden and Norway, you have to go to specialist shops to buy anything stronger than 4% (in Sweden, that’s 3.5%). In Norway, only […]
Learn what foods the Danes really miss from home (it’s not all remoulade).
Want to celebrate Midsummer like a Scandi? You need some songs….
Seven silly ways to be a bit more Danish for Danish National Day on 5th June
7 things you didn’t know were invented by the Nordics….
7 Scandi sayings for when things are not going well. If a Dane has his ass in the surface of the water (Røven i vandskorpen), it means things are not going […]
A few bits of knowledge to entertain you whilst you procrastinate from whatever it is you’re supposed to be doing.
Everything you need to know about Scandinavian hotdogs. Because we know.
The Essential Guide to Scandi Cheese – Part 1 We first posted this no less than four years ago, and considering how much we love cheese it is due a […]
Those little things that make you appear just as Scandi as the rest of us. Welcome: You’re one of us, now.
Brown Cheese – Everyday Hero #4 This is the fourth of six posts – each presenting one of our favourite everyday products. The things we eat again and again and that […]
How to say some of the less bad swear words in Danish, Norwegian and Swedish. Because you asked us.
Kalles Kaviar – Everyday Hero #1 This is the first of six posts – each presenting one of our favourite everyday products. The things we eat again and again and […]
Scandinavians have little weird food habits… Here are some of our favourites.
We say a lot of strange stuff. Here are some of the things we think are perfectly normal that may puzzle you slightly!
Want to understand a little bit about our way of celebrating Christmas? Then read this handy guide on how to do Christmas the Scandinavian ways.
Matpakke – An Intro To a Norwegian Packed Lunch Ask any Norwegian what they had for lunch in school and the answer will be ‘matpakke’ (or nistepakke) – packed lunch. […]
Norsk Matpakke – Our top facts, tips and insights about Matpakke If you’re very lucky, your mum or dad makes it for you. They’re usually busy busy in the morning – […]
15 Things You Need to know about Cinnamon Buns This year, as every year, we are celebrating the official Cinnamon Bun day. A national holiday in Sweden (not really, but […]
8 Scandinavian Facts – The Fact or Fiction List 1. All Scandinavians are tall, blonde and beautiful. There may be a slightly larger proportion fitting this description in Scandinavia than […]
Norwegian Words to Describe Weather Værfast; literally, weather stuck. If one finds oneself stuck in torrential rain, howling winds or wintry snow storms. Then you are weather stuck. For example, […]
We have written a little guide on how to be a bit more Swedish in your everyday life.
Fredagsmys like a pro Fredagsmys, or fredagskos, is a big deal in Scandinavia – especially in Norway and Sweden. The Danes have their Fredagshygge, but this is not quite as [...]
Winter in Scandinavia is serious stuff. It lasts a long time, and the weather is somewhere on a scale of bone chillingly cold (but snowy and bright) to regular freezing […]
A lot of ways to say ‘crazy’ in Norwegian Hello. So, our Martina is from Norway and she was reading this article the other day (click here) about how the […]
Stuff Scandinavians do that baffles other nations – it’s all in the little things…
Stuff Scandinavians miss from home – a list compiled by us with help from all the Scandi ex pats. Yes, it’s tongue-in-cheek.
Fancy a bit of a Scandi Midsummer this year? Here’s our guide on how to do it like a true Swede. See you at the park on the 20th!
Thinking about becoming a bit more Scandi in your everyday life? Feel like a Swede? Want to live like a Dane? Here are are few handy authentic things to incorporate into your everyday way of being.
How to host a really love Scandinavian mulled wine ‘glögg’-party
Celebrating Christmas with Nordic traditions is something quite special…
A list of 15 things that make you a real Swedish ex-pat
A little collection of easy ways to annoy a Scandinavian person, as collected from all of you lovely people. Feel free to add your own little ways in the comment section.
Thank you to all those who shared their favourite idiom on Facebook the other day – we laughed so hard we cried at some of these.
We also realised we frequently use some of the expressions when we’re speaking English in the shop – and no wonder people look at us as if we’re a bit weird when we say things like ‘no cows on the ice’.
Enjoy the list.
Time for Fika Every language contains a few untranslatable words. In Denmark and Norway, “hygge” is generally used as an example for a general state of lovely cosiness. In Sweden, […]
[button type=”default” size=”large” link=”../shop”]Shop around for more scandi food…[/button] Let’s face it: We have quite a few to choose from. Here’s our selection Harold Bluetooth Dear old Harold. Not only […]
[button type=”default” size=”large” link=”../shop”]Shop around for more scandi food…[/button] Scandi habits. Some of our quirky little ways… We asked around on Facebook and Twitter today for what little ‘ways’ we […]
I have family in the southern part of Jutland (the part of Denmark that’s connected to continental Europe), and one of the most vivid memories of my childhood is hearing of the elaborate gatherings known as ‘Sønderjysk Kaffebord’ – literally, a ‘Southern Jutland coffee table’.
Danes love meeting up for coffee and cake of course, but in the south of Jutland, they take it to the extreme. There, a normal coffee time features seven types of soft cake, and seven kinds of biscuits. Anything less just won’t do.
Let’s face it: While the majority of our foods makes you want to dance across a Swedish meadow, naked and with joy in your Viking heart, not all of our […]
Oh, some of these made us snigger. A brand of crab sticks in Norway… The name of some biscuits in Sweden… Bread rolls from Finland… Snus tobacco in Sweden… […]
