As with all things Nordic, even Christmas is celebrated tastefully in Scandinavia.
It seems everyone manages to stay calm until December actually arrives. The panic buying, party planning and tree decorating (real ones of course) only gets underway the first Sunday of advent. ...
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A weekend in Lisbon
As I write the central heating is on full blast, the rain is battering the windows and to top it off it’s only 3pm and already going dark. Welcome to a typical winter in the north of England.
It's all a bit different to last week at this time, we were in Lisbon, celebrating my husbands fortieth, ...
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My addiction to Nordic Noir
What better way is there to while away the darker winter months than curled up on the sofa totally engrossed in a spellbinding tv series.
In the UK we’ve been very lucky since Sarah Lund and her now infamous Faroe Island sweater rose to fame back in 2007 as tv programmers have given us a steady ...
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