Children, choose your character
I know this isn't the season for this at all, but while I was in Sweden for NärCon I learned about the Påskkärring, who was explained to me as an easter witch who isn't really a witch but kinda is anyway.Children dress up as her and go ask for sweets. Boys can dress up as her too, but have the option of dressing as an old man if they want. From what I was told the witch costume is still the most popular for all genders though because it's more traditional.
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3rd of August
Let's Party
You do not understand how much I love Kopparberg.On The Faroe Islands it's a bit of a problem that alcoholics steal hand sanitizer and drink it. They do it because alcohol for drinking is so damn expensive on the islands. How they are not all dead is one of life's great mysteries.
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21st of July
Support Scandinavia and the World on
Big Bad Wolf
We just got our first wolf family in Denmark in 200 years, and the first thing some politicians want to do is kill them.See more of Norway Denmark Sweden
14th of July
Gay Old Time
Those who messed around during their youth shouldn't throw eggs at pride parades.See more of Sweden Denmark
30th of June
Clean Living
Sorry about the super late comic today guys. I was supposed to go to London Expo, then got sick and had to stay at home and things have generally not been going my way this week.Anyway, selling canned air to China is a thing now. "High quality air" from mountains and the seaside is worth quite a bit, and people from several countries are entering the "air business".
The thing about the water isn't so much a Norwegian problem specifically, but there have been a few bottled water companies that claimed to sell super special borderline magical water from remote mountain tops, only to get if from the tap or even dirty lakes. So we can't really mock the Chinese too much for buying air.
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26th of May
Eurovision 2017
*fingers in ears* It's not political!Apparently Little My from the Moomins and Sailor Moon are Lithuania and Belarus' ascetics this year. And let's not forget that Epic Sax Guy is back.
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12th of May
Wrong answer? Wrong question!
In Japan it's quite common for a grown man to adopt another grown man.It started when company owners wanted to keep the company in their family but either didn't have sons who could inherit it, or didn't think their sons where up for the job. So what to do? Hand it over to their daughters? Ha! Don't be ridiculous! It's much more sensible to adopt a 50 years old man from work legally and keep the company in the family that way!
Gay weddings aren't allowed in Japan, so gay couples use this whole adoption business to become family in the eyes of the law. That way they can secure each other financially and be allowed to see each other in places where only family is allowed.
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4th of May
How to break Iceland's spirit
Swedish food is...weird. Bad isn't even the right word. It's just the most bizarre combination of things you can imagine.Oh, and pineapple on pizza is illegal in Iceland, but that fact isn't even half as weird Swedish food.
Edit: Apparently pineapple pizza isn't illegal, they've just talked about making it illegal. My point about Swedish food still stands though.
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14th of April
Equality means no mercy
While I lived in England I realized how good we have it in Scandinavia. Norway, Sweden and Denmark have a bloody past with each other, but somehow we managed to put it all behind us and can now tease each other all we want without it turning ugly.If Norway hadn't struck oil they might have been our Ireland today (England can joke about them, but only to a point), but now they're the richest country in Europe so we're all good.
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6th of April