May 19, 2012

My Norwegian Wanderlust, Where Next? You Decide!

Awesome panorama of Geirangerfjorden, Norway

Back in May I described the early stages of my Norwegian travel bug, including several places I'd like to visit. Since then, I've chalked up Bergen, Tromsø, Lillehammer, several visits to Trondheim and of course many of Oslo's nooks and crannies. But where next? I have several thoughts, but after successfully crowdsourcing ideas for my Tromsø trip on Twitter, I've decided to ask for your input! If there's somewhere you think I must go … [Read more...]

Introducing… Scandinavia Against The World

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This is the story of Humon, a 26 year old budding cartoonist from Denmark. In 2009 she posted this piece of artwork on deviantART: Scandinavia Against The World was born! The comics tell the story of the relationship between the Scandinavian countries of Sweden, Denmark and Norway - and their relationship with the rest of the world - through the lens of stereotypes. At first it struck me as odd that all the characters speak English, but of … [Read more...]