A true Blighty autumn is not one without hearty food. After a long day’s work, the battle to get home commences. Through fields of crunching leaves, conkers and of course…

Back in 1979, in a northern suburb of Copenhagen, I would go to the grocery store with my mother. It was a small shop, but we were able to buy…

“Most of our childhood is stored not in photos, but in certain biscuits, lights of day, smells, textures of carpet.” This tweet, one of many from contemporary philosopher Alain de Botton,…

A few years back British beer took a real step forward with the first production brew of Roosters Yankee. The beer, named after the origin of the hops used, was…

It's that time of year in Sweden, when suddenly you find yourself confronted with the unmistakably dense smell of decay about town. Every year this foul scent results in a…

Ah, Sunday. A chance to rest from the hellish week that was and get a head start on the promising week to come. Even if we had a month of…

With two small children at home, evenings out don’t come around too often these days. So when they do, there’s always a struggle to find the right place that strikes…

If you have visited Portland, Oregon recently, you are aware that there is no shortage of great food, coffee, and beer. It seems that everywhere you turn there is a…

When strolling through the streets of Berlin you can dive in and out of the diverse neighbourhoods. No one is like the other and this is what makes Berlin the…

The Lofoten islands can be found 150km above the Arctic circle, a twenty minute flight north of mainland Norway. The capital is Svolvær, a town that has grown in size over the years…

Aperitivo – a ritual, a bite to eat and a drink, all described by the one same word and all fulfilled by the one act of a pre-dinner outing. It's…

It is sort of painful to lose summer. The heat begins to disappear and slowly, yet very noticeably, we lose the invitation for summer adventure, the celebrated warm evenings, and…