This vigorous morning orchestra from the birds is a beautiful way to start the day.

With cardamom, oats, and rhubarb, Icelandic Happy Marriage Cake (Hjónabandssaela) is an incredible Nordic dessert. Serve with coffee for a delightful treat.

This video describes the historical Irminsul of the Saxon people. I cover the historical sources, with several pictures of the location of the historical Irm...

Last week I held a talk about the first Norwegians at one of the most beautiful places in the north of Norway. Træna is a group of small islands far out into the Norwegian Sea - it's truly magical out there and it is in this region that two groups of peoples…

Over 2,000 years ago, a wise Egyptian priest named Sonchis told a respected Greek statesman, Solon, about a spectacular legend recorded on stone, translated to Greek from ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, about powerful sea-faring empires, massive global cataclysms…

In Appenzell people have a traditional festivity, the Alpstobete where they get together on a mountain to dance and have a good time. They also dance the Hierig, in which a couple enacts different phases of married life. (Raffaella Rossello, swissinfo.ch)

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While most have heard of the Saxon Irminsul, and even Thor's Oak of the Chatti, most have not heard of Thunarsbrunnen, Thor's Well, a holy place to the Saxon...