Region of Europe
The Nordics
Long light in summer, long dark in winter, and a coastline that keeps folding back on itself.
Oslo
Norway
A country shaped by water that had somewhere to be.
Stockholm
Sweden
An archipelago capital, a thousand miles of forest, and a country that would rather you were comfortable than impressed.
Copenhagen
Denmark
Small, flat, bicycled, and disproportionately good at deciding how things should look.
Helsinki
Finland
Forest, lake, sauna, silence — and a design tradition that came out of all four.
Reykjavík
Iceland
A geological work in progress, with a literary tradition older than most European states.