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

Scandinavia’s largest food festival is celebrating its 21st year. Gladmat, which means “happy food” in Norwegian, is an epic festival...

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

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

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

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

The largest Pride festival in the Nordic countries, Stockholm Pride pulls in thousands of revellers from the LGBT community in Europe...

Did you know that Denmark has strong ties to the icy and mighty country of Greenland? In fact, the world’s...

Hollufgård, south of Odense, is a beautiful Renaissance manor house dating from 1577, but for five days near the end of the...

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

Start your engines and get ready for a couple of action-packed days at the Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix. Dubbed “Europe’s most...

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...

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

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

Smukfest, often called ‘Denmark’s Most Beautiful Festival’, attracts big name music acts such as Eric Clapton, Rihanna, Green Day and Kylie...

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

Since its launch back in 2004, Helsinki’s Flow Festival has been regularly recognised as Finland’s best festival. This multicultural three-day...

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

There are bound to be some memorable and colourful days as Copenhagen Pride Week returns to the Danish capital in...

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...

While the popular Stockholm Film Festival takes place during the dark days of mid-November, the equally popular ‘Sommarbio’ is held...

For 18 days at the end of the summer, the Helsinki Festival gives the Finnish capital its annual creative boost....

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

As if the archipelago south of Helsinki wasn’t stunning enough itself, imagine the sea around it dotted with a couple...

As children (…or even later in life), we’ve all grabbed a racket or similar guitar-shaped object and pretended to play along...

Tucked away in the southwest corner of Jutland, the small town of Tønder comes alive for Tønder Festival, a massive...