Reykjavik (pronounced as REYK-ya-veek) sits just above the 64th parallel north, making it the world’s northernmost capital city of a sovereign state. Located in southwestern Iceland, a Nordic island country that has Greenland as its nearest neighbour nearly 300km away. It is home to more than 123 000 people, or more than one-third of the total …
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Did you know that Stockholm has a gender equal snow-clearing policy? Men are statistically more likely to be drivers, while women are more likely to use pavements, cycle paths, and public transport. Instead of clearing main roads first, day care centres, where parents typically take their children first thing in the morning have been prioritised, …
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Historic, small and compact, low-rise, eminently polite and civilised, filled with light and water, Copenhagen is ranked as one of the most attractive capital cities in the world, and one of the world’s best cities to live in. ‘Fairytale’ is an adjective that is often used to describe this city, especially used by the famous …
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