Kødbyen – Copenhagen’s Meatpacking District – is reopening its weekend street food market for the summer. One of Copenhagen’s growing...

Internationally renowned sand artists will arrive in the pretty seaside town of Hundested, Denmark, this summer to create huge, breathtakingly...

Stockholm’s Color Run is no ordinary running event. This five-kilometre long course sees runners doused in bright bursts of colour,...

The Pride Parade, the highlight of Oslo’s Pride Week, is a huge, vibrant parade filling the city’s streets – it’s the...

It’s the hedonistic peak of many a young Scandinavian’s summer and a major player in Danish youth culture. Roskilde Festival,...

Take part in 18th-century Swedish history by visiting the interactive historical blacksmith village of Wira Bruk, around 90 minutes north...

Watch 300 sailing boats battle it out as the most prestigious race in the Baltic Sea voyages into the Swedish...

This international jazz festival has been held in the town of Kongsberg since 1964. Picturesque Kongsberg, about an hour southwest...

Copenhagen Jazz Festival is one of the biggest inclusive jazz events of its kind in Europe with over 250,000 participants....

Once the weather gets (a bit) warmer and the nights a bit brighter, Norwegians flock to outdoor events, making the...

For almost 30 years, Aarhus has spent a week of every summer immersing itself in a music festival with all...

Jugglers, acrobats, illusionists, dancers, magicians, trapeze artists and other performers hit the streets of Stockholm for your entertainment at one...

Gothia Cup is a youth football tournament and a celebration of the beautiful game involving participants from all over the...

The organisers of Gothenburg and Stockholm’s most colourful festivals – West Pride and Stockholm Pride – have teamed up this year...

Månefestivalen – The Moon Festival – is one of the biggest and most varied music festivals in eastern Norway, held...

A one-day picnic and electronic music festival that pops up across Denmark on consecutive weekends, Stella Polaris is hard to...

Want to see a Viking battle fought by sword- and spear-wielding warriors? This event in Denmark might just be as...

Norway Cup is an international football tournament for kids and young adults on a grand scale, with a little added...

Notodden is the largest blues festival in Scandinavia, and it’s regarded in many blues-y circles as being one of the...

Want to take part in a brutal swimming and running race that covers some 40km around some of the beautiful...

Think Scandinavians are stylish? There’s a good chance Copenhagen Fashion Week will confirm those beliefs. During August the city becomes...

Bohemian, beautiful and vibrant, Øya Festival is not to be missed if you find yourself in Oslo this summer. Full...

Come and enjoy good food, fun times, and great music in the southern Swedish city of Kalmar this August at...

Held in mid August, Oslo Jazz Festival is a relative veteran of Oslo’s summer music programme, with around 80 concerts...

The organisers of Gothenburg and Stockholm’s most colourful festivals – West Pride and Stockholm Pride – have teamed up this year...

Göteborgs Kulturkalas is one of the largest cultural festivals in Scandinavia, drawing more than 1.5 million visitors every year. The...

For five days in August, Stockholm celebrates its richness and openness with a huge (and free!) cultural event that includes concerts,...

Part music festival, part historical re-enactment, Midgardsblot is an incredible experience for anyone interested in Viking mythology and modern metal...

Putting the focus on pop, rock and electronic music, Pstereo is a firm favourite among fun-loving students in the university...