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Sweden
Video: Regular Ordinary Swedish Meal Time
"Sometimes when you cook swedishly, the meal is destroyed. This is natural."
Did you grow up watching the Swedish Chef on "The Muppet Show?" I loved that guy. Do you find everything about "foodies" and the Food Network obnoxious and tedious? Yeah, me too. Allow me then, ...
The Vasa: an elegant seventeenth-century warship in Stockholm
Sweden's capital Stockholm has a lot to offer-fine dining, good shopping, lovely parks, access to some interesting day trips (the old Viking capital of Uppsala being my favorite) and a unique museum. The Vasa Ship Museum is one of Sweden's most popular tourist attractions ...Archaeologists search for missing medieval king
Archaeologists love a good mystery, and some researchers in Sweden have themselves a big one.
Earlier this year a research team opened what they believed to be the tomb of King Magnus Ladulås, who ruled Sweden from 1275-90. Magnus was a popular king with the ...Traditional holiday beverages from around the world
Americans aren't very creative when it comes to traditional holiday beverages (do, however, look for my upcoming story on Boulder's banging mixology scene, which includes some killer contemporary winter cocktails). Historically, though, we're more of an eggnog/mulled ...D*Haus' dynamic new house transforms shape with the weather
When it gets stormy outside, I usually just close my windows. But with the new innovative design concept by D*Haus, homes may soon by able to simply morph when the weather changes.
The London-based company has come up with a eco-friendly house that sits on rails, allowing ...
Video: Stockholm Metro video game art
Stockholm seems like a city worth visiting to me, but the city's newest art installation has me sold: video game subway station art. The Stockholm Metro is already regularly referred to as 'the world's largest art exhibition' (or 'the longest), so I shouldn't be ...
Five Halloween treats for grown-ups
Like many former kids, I used to live for Halloween. Sure, the dressing up part was fun, but so was TP'ing the neighbor's tree. What All Hallow's Eve was really about were Pixy Stix, Fun Dip, mini Milky Way bars, and REESE'S Peanut Butter Cups (in my world, the latter still ...Stay in a UFO in Sweden
Walk through the deep forest of Harads, a town of approximately 600 residents not far from Sweden's border with Finland, and you'll see it: a retro-looking UFO suspended in the trees and accessible via a retractable staircase. This is the UFO, one of five, stand-alone ...Sweden building world's largest indoor ski resort
Swedish architects at the firm of CF Moller have unveiled plans for a massive indoor ski resort which, when built, will be the largest in the world. Dubbed Skipark 360°, the new resort would ensure plenty of powder, even in the worst of winters, and could enable ...10 unique experiential hotels from around the world
A trend in the travel world that is becoming increasingly popular is the "experiential" hotel. Many travelers are no longer looking for a basic room in a premier location, but instead for an experience that will allow them to get to know an (often remote) area, or at least ...Experiential hotel in Sweden allows guests to sleep underground
Located 155 meters underground, travelers can now stay in the Mine Suite at Sala Silvermine, the deepest hotel room in the world, in Sala Municipality, in Västmanland County, Sweden. This 16th century mine was at one time the country's biggest silver producer.
Once ...Visa-free travel by the numbers
Visa-free travel is easy travel. Procuring visas takes time, energy, and money, and is beyond debate a pain for frequent travelers. The erection of visa barriers responds to a number of factors, though it can be said without too many qualifications that the citizens of ...Israel, Chile, Slovak Republic among countries with highest adventure travel potential
A new study conducted by George Washington University, Vital Wave Consulting, and the Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA) shows that Israel, Chile, and the Slovak Republic led the way in adventure tourism in 2010. The study, which resulted in the third annual Adventure ...Bizarre baby names: banned in New Zealand
The spawn of Hollywood celebrities will probably want to avoid giving birth in New Zealand in the future. The annoying trend of bequeathing ridiculous names to one's offspring will no longer be tolerated in the island nation, according to CNN.
The country's Registrar of ...Top ten most crowded islands in the world
From an island microslum in Colombia to a haute enclave in central Paris, the ten most crowded islands in the world bear scant similarities in class or culture. In fact, every entry in the top ten comes from a different country. But being islands, each shares the common ...Pillow Fight World Cup kicks off in Brooklyn
Eurovision chose a winner this weekend and the Olympics aren't for another year, so what sporting event will next unite countries and provide entertainment for the world? Tonight is the first-ever Pillow Fight World Cup and participants from Sweden, Japan, Austria, and, of ...Photo of the day: Beach in Sweden
This windy day on a beach in Sweden, near Svarte, was captured by Christoph Sahle. Brooding and intense, this photo struck me as soon as I saw it and I asked Christoph to tell me about the setup behind the photo. At the time, he'd been staying in a remodeled barn in the ...Boy skis into bear den, lives to tell tale
A 12-year old Swedish boy has quite a tale to share after he accidently skied into a bear den last Friday, much to the ire of the inhabitant, who was home at the time.
Ollie Frisk and four of his friends were skiing in the backcountry at the Härjedalen ski ...Top 20 countries for life expectancy
"Old people" - we all hope to live long enough to earn this distinction. In some countries, the probability of living well into your eighties is much better than in others. The worldwide average for life expectancy is just a smidge over 67, with the highest and lowest ...Bizarre foods: European "delicacies," by country
What constitutes "food" is relative, depending upon what part of the world you call home. In Asia, pretty much anything on no (snakes), two, four, six, or eight legs is up for grabs. Europe, however, has its own culinary oddities, as detailed below. Got maggots?
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