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North stars

17 May 2011

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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Nordic soul

16 September 2010

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.

Radio

Find out how Nordic cuisine is influencing the rest of the world with the help of Victoria Eliasdóttir – sister of artist Ólafur Elíasson – who has brought an Icelandic-inspired kitchen to Berlin. And in New York we visit…

Monocle Minute

Nordic vernacular

19 November 2016

Green spaces are gaining ground. New plans for an elderly housing complex in Norway are placing as much emphasis on outdoor space as the physical development. London and Oslo-based architecture firm Haptic, established by…

Monocle Minute

Nordic and nice

18 November 2016

Outside of events explicitly aimed at the design industry, booths at most large trade fairs range from the mediocre to the truly woeful. But at Mapic, Europe’s largest retail-property trade show in Cannes, the Nordic Cou…

Monocle Minute

Nordic wonderland

7 January 2017

Finland’s famous white creatures, the Moomins, have made themselves at home in London’s Southbank Centre. Adventures in Moominland showcases drawings and objects from late creator Tove Jansson’s studio as well as immersive…

Film

Nordic News Network

15 March 2007

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…

Film

The Nordic Embassies, Berlin

24 October 2011

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…

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Europe briefing

17 March 2009

We take a look at Silivo Berlusconi's motorcade, and some surprising differences between the Finns and the Swedes.

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Happiness lab

13 December 2018

According to the UN, Finns live in the world’s happiest nation – which is news to many of them. Look a little deeper though and it’s clear that decades of government-led tweaks to Finnish life have conjured up a surprising…

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Crime time

18 January 2018

Screenwriter and novelist Hans Rosenfeldt has popularised Nordic noir with ‘The Bridge’. We follow him into the woods.

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Culture briefing

18 April 2016

Choice cuts from the world’s creative minds.

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Moveable feast

19 March 2015

Defying geography is a theme this month with Nordic style in Milan, a US coffee shop opening in Tokyo and gin distilled in Berlin. Stir in Turkish craft beer plus Brazilian kisses and you have a culinary cocktail that is…

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Making a killing

8 December 2016

Danish television has long led the way in dark, thrilling drama and new series ‘Below the Surface’ looks set to be its new global export. We visit the set of the latest Nordic noir hit.

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Santa Catalina

14 May 2014

Santa Catalina balances Mediterranean charm with fresh ideas from its Nordic diaspora.

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Special envoys

20 October 2011

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.

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