Summary: Faroe: the mystery of the first inhabitants | The ‘Nordic cool’ of Greenland | The case between Iceland and Iceland | The Finnish company that recycles iPhones | The world’s longest immersed tunnel | Carlsen resigns from rematch with Niemann | Equinor 2022 extra profits | ‘A flatpack history of Sweden’ podcast | The ‘Danish String Quartet’
Faroe: the mystery of the first inhabitants
The general consensus is that the Norse were the first humans to settle the Faroe Islands in the mid-9th century CE, but…
Looking for ‘Nordic cool’? You may want to go to Greenland
“Iceland isn’t cool anymore” is the (ironic) statement on which this review of Greenland as a touristic destination is built upon
The case between Iceland and Iceland
Iceland (the nation) keeps fighting Iceland (the British store) for the right to use the name as a trademark for commercial use
Swappie: the Finnish company that recycles iPhones
By offering refurbished iPhones whose quality it guarantees, Finnish company Swappie has grown by 477%
The world’s longest immersed tunnel
In 2029, the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel will link Denmark and Germany, by descending up to 40m beneath the Baltic Sea
Carlsen resigns from rematch with Niemann after one move
Magnus Carlsen refused to play against Hans Niemann at the ‘Julius Baer Generation Cup’ but he will play the tournament
Thanks to the surge in oil and gas prices Equinor, a 67% subsidiary of the Norwegian government, generated USD 28 billion additional profits in the first half of 2022
‘A flatpack history of Sweden’ podcast
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The ‘Danish String Quartet’
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