Marit Peters

Christmas is a popular holiday in Denmark. Many aspects of the Danish Christmas are similar to other nations' celebrations and particularly those of other northern European nations. Denmark has Santa...

Christmas is a popular time of the year in Finland and has many of the familiar Christmas traditions of other nations such as trees and decorations, parties, markets and customs. Finland has a great...

Finnish food is influenced by its geographical position. It is next to Sweden and Russia and Finnish food shares similarities with those cuisines. Finnish food has also been influenced by Finland's...

Christmas is very popular in Norway, and the snowy Nordic setting suits many Christmas traditions making it a magical time. There are Christmas markets, parties and numerous other traditions and...

Christmas is a popular period in Ukraine. Traditionally Christmas Day in Ukraine is on the 7 January as the Eastern Christian churches in Ukraine, such as the Orthodox church, use the Julian Calendar...

Ukrainian cooking has a long tradition. This large country has lots of high quality fertile farming land and a variety of great produce and this has shaped the history of cooking in the area. Ukraine...