Surfing brings images of gorgeous coastal waves in Hawaii, California or perhaps in Portugal in mind. Young, tanned surfers smile in the sunshine with surfboards under their arms. Surfing may have its origins in warm seas and sunny places, but some surfers have discovered a special place to ride the … Read >
Spaghetti and Sauna is a survival guide to Europe’s vastly different cultures: Italy and Finland
Finns are from Neptune and Italians from Mercury – that is what someone moving from Italy to Finland (or vice versa) might think. The differences in culture, behavior and socializing – not to mention weather and food are so great that it can drive a normal, healthy person to believe … Read >
Is this the future bookstore that will survive in the era of online shopping?
Big and small bookstores are enjoyable and relaxing places to visit. Browsing books that are neatly lined on shelves, making discoveries, and judging cover art can easily take an hour or so. The reality is, however, that if you are looking for a certain kind of book, you are more … Read >
Traditional Nordic cooking for contemporary kitchens: Finnish Cookbook with Modern Flavors
Maybe Finnish kitchen is not (yet) as renowned as the French or Thai kitchens that can be found in all major cities of the world, but Scandinavian tastes have been discovered by food lovers. Traditional Finnish meals were prepared from ingredients readily available at small farms, lakes, large forests and … Read >
The differences between Apple iPad Pro 9.7-inch and iPad Air tablet are in computing power and camera
When Apple introduced the iPad Pro 12.9-inch tablet, many thought it was taking away something from the MacBook laptop computers. Maybe, maybe not, but Apple definitely sees tablets gaining more laptop features, and tablets as a future computing platform. The new iPad Pro 9.7-inch tablet is almost the same … Read >
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The happiest nations in the world are Denmark, Switzerland, and Iceland
It is not easy to measure the level happiness of a person, not to mention the happiness of a whole nation, but the World Happiness Report has done just that. The report, commissioned by the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), concludes that in 2016, Denmark, Switzerland and Iceland … Read >
Research: Literacy culture is critical to the success of individuals and nations
For more than 40 years, John W. Miller at Central Connecticut State University has analyzed the reasons and consequences for literacy and illiteracy from the society’s point of view. When he decided to analyze all the countries of the world, the result was a ranking for the World’s Most Literate … Read >
Instant translation of foreign signs is exactly what millions of travelers need
Often, travelers who speak one of the major languages of the world like Chinese, Spanish or English think that everyone in every travel destination should speak their language. It only feels natural that if hundreds of millions of people speak your language, it must be familiar to people across the … Read >
The biggest libraries in the world are in Europe, North America, and Russia
Even though the world is quickly moving to digital information, libraries will have an important role in the future as well. Information can easily be transferred via the Internet, ebooks can be loaned from the home town library to the home computer, but the physical place where experts of information … Read >