Category: NOT Scandinavia 2020

  • Barbarian Tour Not Scandinavia Blog Credits

    Cast Barbara as herself Ian as himself Misty as herself Sixty as herself Walking tour guides Barbara and Ian Special guest appearance Wooden reindeer as […]

  • Ha Det

    We’re not saying goodbye just Au Revoir which in Norwegian is Ha Det. Norway has lots of lakes, mountains, big animals, more bears in Svalbard […]

  • Hygge

    ‘Hygge – a Scandinavian word used to describe a moment or feeling that is cosy or special. It’s comfort and pleasure combined’ A special day […]

  • Sami and other Indigenous people

    As you can tell from the look on Mistys face this was not one of her favourite days, but a herder is a herder and […]

  • The Road to Where…

    Don’t know, don’t follow us we’re lost!! Look what’s that over there?? Is it an iceberg??? Oh no.. it Berwick Law, or even Bass Rock […]

  • Borders

    Borders Haven’t seen them for a while. What’s that??? Not the Scottish Borders??? Oh well… Crossing borders should have been a big thing for us […]

  • Moose on the loose

    As we cross the vast wilderness of Finland we could not help but come across at least one of the 100,000 Moose wandering around. We […]

  • It Ain’t half hot mam

    Been there, done that, we used to have one of those 😄😄. Today Edinburgh was probably warmer than Finland, so in good Finnish tradition we […]

  • An Imaginary Line

    As you can see we are all well prepared for Arctic weather which is, would you believe, very similar to Edinburgh weather, especially in our […]

  • Which one to choose ?

    It’s supposed to be our last day in Sweden so let’s have them all😄😄. We think fika should be introduced here, we’re certainly going to […]

  • Vikings Again

    While Denmark and Norway have a handful of Rune Stones the majority are located in Sweden. The vast majority of rune stones still standing date […]

  • Water water everywhere

    Sweden has 221,831 (give or take) islands. Now although Scotland is surrounded by water and has many islands it can’t match Sweden. However what we […]

  • Salmiakki

    There are 2 types of people in this world, those who like ice cream and those who don’t. And then there are the Swedes who […]

  • Glogg

    Watching the ferries moored in the Forth and wondering which one of these cruise ships could run between Stockholm and Helsinki just to purchase cheap […]

  • Pictures not People

    At the moment Edinburgh streets are quieter than Holyrood Park. Its really weird, almost eerie. However in another sense it’s great, we saw lots of […]

  • Walking Tour of …..

    Edinburgh old town of course. Whenever we are on our travels we love to explore the local culture. We’ve never had the chance to do […]

  • Nil Points

    Fernando as planned on our Arrival we felt As Good as New. You said I was a Super Trouper for getting Two for the Price […]

  • King of the Swedish Forest

    Moose, wolves, bear and lynx are not native to Scotland but we thought we might spot a few if we looked hard enough. Moose can […]

  • Flogsta Scream

    The Flogsta Scream is one of those totally legitimate Swedish things that makes no sense to outsiders. Students in the Flogsta neighborhood of Uppsala Sweden […]

  • Svensk köttbullar

    Without a doubt, meatballs is the best known of all Swedish dishes, traditionally served with potatoes, lingonberry jam and cream sauce. Now as usual when […]