You've probably seen or experienced most of these common science phenomena before, but you may not have thought about why ...

Sometimes a regular hotel room just doesn’t cut it. Whether it’s a special occasion or you just fancy treating yourself, why ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Daniel Francis, a charity consultant who moved from the United Kingdom to Sweden. It's been edited for length and clarity. I've been drawn to ...

I wait in line, shivering, my skin beginning to resemble that of a plucked chicken. Glancing left, I see that several open, ...

My wife took a job in Sweden, so we moved there from London. We love living in Stockholm and have found many benefits, ...

In Britain, archaeologists have found Iranian and Egyptian beads, Scandinavian amber items, Aegean metalwork, Cypriot and ...

Most people have never heard of Veitastrond, a lost pocket almost unknown to the outside world despite “the finest ice scenery in Europe”.

As wanderlust drives us toward increasingly off-the-beaten-path destinations, the number of passengers traveling on ...

Finland consistently tops lists of the world’s happiest countries. A stay in the country’s capital goes a long way towards ...

The United States military's northernmost base, Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, is a crucial cog in Washington's missile ...

It’s in the Kleinbasel neighbourhood’s red-light district, across the river from the Old Town ... but I took a more idiosyncratic approach to navigating the water. For just two Swiss francs (£1.75), I ...