"The Nordics are redefining wellness in ways that feel both ancient and thrillingly modern,” says Off the Map Travel.View on ...

Rain pelts down as I lower myself, step by step into the pitch-black, ice-cold water, the night sky above. Just 30 seconds, I tell myself, shivering as my shoulders dip under the surface of the ...

Holistic wellness expert Matilde Wergeland's recs for Stockholm's best spas range from the Grand Hôtel's traditional luxury treatments to Heat by Sophia Lie's high-tech sauna. When visiting a country ...

Guests arrive at Icehotel 36 in the 30-metre-long main hall, Cathedral Grove, home to a glistening forest of icy treetops ...

Sweden doesn't do grand gestures. Instead, it focuses on something harder to deliver: the perfect pause. While its neighbors peddle their greatest hits—Norway's fjords, Denmark's hygge, Finland's ...

A national debate has been sparked after a woman was asked to leave a public sauna in Sweden for wearing a swimming costume. Traditionally, people are supposed to enter saunas wearing nothing at all ...

Saunas, known in Sweden as 'bastu', are a crucial part of Swedish culture. Photo: Helena Wahlman/imagebank.sweden.se A Stockholm policeman arrested a fugitive criminal on Friday evening after the two ...

If you thought Eurovision was all glitter and glam, think again. This year, Sweden’s entry is bringing the heat (quite literally.) Their song, Bara Bada Bastu (which roughly translates to “'just take ...

Rain pelts down as I lower myself, step by step into the pitch-black, ice-cold water, the night sky above. Just 30 seconds, I tell myself, shivering as my shoulders dip under the surface of the ...

A policeman in Sweden seized a fugitive criminal on Friday evening while both were naked in a sauna, after stumbling upon him by chance. The officer was visiting the sauna, which is known in Sweden as ...