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Aug 27 Finland has built an entire town's tourism economy around a single claim Out of Office
Aug 27 A Faroese archipelago with more sheep than people got tired of waiting for Google Street View, so it strapped… The Standard Brief
Aug 27 Every July in a small Finnish town, the winning couple of the wife-carrying world championship is paid in beer The Standard Brief
Aug 26 Norway runs one of the stricter immigration systems in Europe, except on a single Arctic archipelago it also governs… The Standard Brief
Aug 26 Some women who lose a mother or sister don't move through grief the way the five stages suggest The Balance
Aug 26 Since 2008 it has been illegal in Switzerland to own a single guinea pig, because the law classes them as social… Brendan Brown
Aug 26 Loneliness can hide inside the most ordinary routine The Balance
Aug 26 The last ice sheet left the coast of northern Sweden about 9,600 years ago and the land has climbed 285 metres since… Scandinavia Standard Editorial Team
Aug 25 Everyone treats "Bowling Alone" as a closed case about a country that stopped joining anything Nato Lagidze
Aug 25 A study of more than 43,000 MBA graduates found that the most attractive 10% earned $5,528 more per year 15 years later Daniel Moran
Aug 25 Boomers who stay current with music and movies aren't clinging to youth Daniel Moran
Aug 25 The extra espresso shot people quietly add to their coffee order most mornings has less to do with being tired and more… Nato Lagidze
Aug 24 Okinawa, Japan—the islands once called the “land of the immortals”—recorded just 37 centenarians in 1975. By 2022 there… The Balance
Aug 24 People who ask follow-up questions, validate what they heard, and return to a detail later aren’t merely being polite The Balance
Aug 24 Across six studies involving 2,312 people, University of Missouri-led researchers compared hope with positive emotions… The Balance
Aug 24 For decades, data from 145 countries supported the same finding The Balance
Aug 23 Research suggests people who cry at films, reels, or music aren't emotionally fragile or easily overwhelmed Daniel Moran
Aug 23 Psychology says people who make themselves extremely useful to others Daniel Moran
Aug 23 People who reach their 60s without close support aren't necessarily cold or difficult The Balance
Aug 23 Video calls and shared calendars have stripped the glamour from arriving late, but the idea that fashionable lateness… Scandinavia Standard