Design / Innovation
North stars
Denmark, Sweden and Finland boast institutions devoted to seeking design-led solutions to societal problems. Are they guiding stars for the world to follow?
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Edits / Food & Drink
Nordic soul
Claus Meyer, writer, food campaigner and part-time vinegar maker, shows us his favourite food haunts around Frederiksberg, a unique municipality in the heart of the Danish capital.
Edits / Society
Monocolumn
Monday 27 August
How to spot Nordic friends
It’s good for small countries to stick together. Now everyone thinks I am going to start going on about the European Union – whereas I actually want to talk about the smaller union of Nordic countries.
Culture / Television
Nordic News Network
In a bid to lure fickle advertisers and demanding audiences, TV news has become increasingly bland and banal. And so too have the stations' studios. Everything looks so cheap and dull. That's why we've been playing fantasy…
Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Monday 17 January
Britain’s Nordic drift
Since1973, British governments have been trying, and largely failing, to persuade British people to regard the European project with sentiments other than indifference and contempt.
Culture / Innovation
Dream Team
Newspaper readers love fantasy football, but what about fantasy broadcasting? If money were no object, what would a new, world-beating Scandinavian media organisation look like, who would work for it, what kind of equipment…
Affairs / Diplomacy
The Nordic Embassies, Berlin
The Nordic nations’ Berlin embassies share one of the world’s most architecturally unique buildings. Monocle learns how careful thinking about architecture and design is helping these nations punch above their weight in the…
Affairs / Politics
Europe briefing
We take a look at Silivo Berlusconi's motorcade, and some surprising differences between the Finns and the Swedes.
Affairs / Diplomacy
Special envoys
As embassies struggle to retain a foothold in a diversifying (and cost-cutting) world, the role of the diplomat is changing beyond recognition. We meet the next generation.
Affairs / Food & Drink
Noma hero
René Redzepi is regarded as one of the best chefs in the world and is credited with putting Denmark on the culinary map. Monocle meets the man at the forefront of the New Nordic cuisine.
Affairs / Politics
Briefing Europe
Nicolas Sarkozy's French style; the Nordic Davos; and Ukraine's Britart-loving oligarch.
Affairs / Politics
Europe briefing
Finns aren't what they used to be - the rise of the Nordic suburbs; fighting crime in Stockholm and hitting new lows on the Milanese high street.
The Briefing, episode 247
We ask which Nordic economies are the strongest, get the latest aviation news, and find out whether Mohamed Morsi is playing politics by pardoning protestors.
Affairs / Automotive
Monocolumn
Wednesday 13 January
Sweden kills wolves ‘for their own good’
I have never seen a wolf, except at Skansen, the outdoor zoo in Stockholm, where most of the wild Nordic animals are represented.
The Review, episode 8
We speak with Joakim Haugland from the Nordic Music Prize and meet Jane Morris to discuss magazines. Plus we talk to booksellers around the world.
The Briefing, episode 313
We review the current military crisis in Mali, get lost in Beijing's smog, visit the world’s largest festival, and discuss the Nordic defence industry.
The Monocle Weekly, episode 127
We learn how Nordic countries are promoting their music and analyse the lure of war tourism before discussing the game of elephant polo.
The Monocle Daily, episode 1
The first Monocle Daily discusses capitalism, gives a Nordic perspective on the future of the newspaper and drops in on the Monocle 24 launch party.
Affairs / Environment
Monocolumn
Friday 18 December
Double lives, for Tiger and the media
The past few weeks have been an interesting time in the Nordic region. The Copenhagen climate conference has gathered world leaders to discuss the future of the planet.