This week, we want to introduce you to Swedish chef superstar Magnus Nilsson.

With features in the Emmy-Award winning US PBS series The Mind of a Chef and the Netflix docuseries Chef’s Table, and having won the White Guide Global Gastronomy Award in 2015, Nilsson is the ideal guide to Nordic cooking. According to Nilsson, Nordic cooking is much more than herring, gravlax, and meatballs.

“People don’t really have a grasp of the full food culture, simply because it’s very inaccessible,” he remarked once in an interview with Suitcase Magazine. “If you compare Nordic food culture to, for example, Spanish food, you could go into a random restaurant in Madrid, and there is a pretty good chance of you finding a true representation of traditional Spanish cooking. But in Sweden, you won’t find anything. That kind of restaurant doesn’t exist, because in the Nordic region the food culture is carried more within the home, rather than in restaurants. If you don’t have someone in the Nordic region to invite you into their home, the chances are you probably won’t get a taste of the food culture there.”

His cookbooks include the Nordic Cookbook and the Nordic Baking Book, where he explores the history of the Nordic culture to some extent and, more importantly, introduces his followers to recipes to dishes that people actually cook at home today.

“One of the things I discovered whilst making this book is that it is not a homogenous region,” says Nilsson. “What you eat in Finland and what you eat in Greenland are incredibly different.”

You can preorder Nilsson’s most recent book, Fäviken: 4015 Days, Beginning to End, here and follow his social media pages on more.

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Based in Finland, Presnal—a hopeless romantic and adventurer—hopes to motivate others to follow her lead. Her online magazine and social media pages are filled with travel and lifestyle recommendations based on the Nordic ideals, as well as short, uplifting memos that aim at inspiring you to live life to the fullest.

“Don’t waste time,” reads one quote, while another reminds us that a forest is a great place to be physically distant. According to Presnal, her love of all things nature ties with her Finnish upbringing. “Being close to nature is important to Finns,” writes Presnal on a dedicated post on her website, “and a forest is a place for everything from soul-seeking to outdoor adventures to picking up berries.”

She stresses that in Finland, all are welcome to enjoy the fruit of the green lush forests. “Everyone has a right to pick up berries and mushrooms from the forests and enjoy the nature,” writes Presnal, noting that with 78% of Finland’s landscape a forest, Finland is the tenth most foresty country in the world.

Her Instagram page might just inspire you to take a hike – quite literally.

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Rorbu cabins are particularly popular in the Lofoten archipelago, and in modern times they are used as tourist accommodation with a traditional twist.

The cabins were first commissioned in 1120 to allow fishermen who traveled to the archipelago to stay near the water.

A typical Rorbu has two rooms, one for storage of fishing equipment and supplies, and the other for living in. When you choose to stay in a Rorbu cabin, it is very possible you’ll actually sleep in a renovated original Rorbu cabin, what a way to feel the history!

Since the Lofoten is the original home of the Rorbu, if you want to stay in an authentic Rorbu cabin, you’ll need to head to the archipelago. Staying in a Rorbu cabin is one of the primary attractions of the area, as they are an important element of the authentic fishing village experience.

A great Rorbu community to book your stay with is Å, where your cabin is near those of local fishermen who still live in Rorbu cabins.

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This week, we want to introduce you to Swedish chef superstar Magnus Nilsson.

With features in the Emmy-Award winning US PBS series The Mind of a Chef and the Netflix docuseries Chef’s Table, and having won the White Guide Global Gastronomy Award in 2015, Nilsson is the ideal guide to Nordic cooking. According to Nilsson, Nordic cooking is much more than herring, gravlax, and meatballs.

“People don’t really have a grasp of the full food culture, simply because it’s very inaccessible,” he remarked once in an interview with Suitcase Magazine. “If you compare Nordic food culture to, for example, Spanish food, you could go into a random restaurant in Madrid, and there is a pretty good chance of you finding a true representation of traditional Spanish cooking. But in Sweden, you won’t find anything. That kind of restaurant doesn’t exist, because in the Nordic region the food culture is carried more within the home, rather than in restaurants. If you don’t have someone in the Nordic region to invite you into their home, the chances are you probably won’t get a taste of the food culture there.”

His cookbooks include the Nordic Cookbook and the Nordic Baking Book, where he explores the history of the Nordic culture to some extent and, more importantly, introduces his followers to recipes to dishes that people actually cook at home today.

“One of the things I discovered whilst making this book is that it is not a homogenous region,” says Nilsson. “What you eat in Finland and what you eat in Greenland are incredibly different.”

You can preorder Nilsson’s most recent book, Fäviken: 4015 Days, Beginning to End, here and follow his social media pages on more.

The post This Swedish Chef Will Introduce You to the Nordic Kitchen appeared first on Traveler Dreams.

Based in Finland, Presnal—a hopeless romantic and adventurer—hopes to motivate others to follow her lead. Her online magazine and social media pages are filled with travel and lifestyle recommendations based on the Nordic ideals, as well as short, uplifting memos that aim at inspiring you to live life to the fullest.

“Don’t waste time,” reads one quote, while another reminds us that a forest is a great place to be physically distant. According to Presnal, her love of all things nature ties with her Finnish upbringing. “Being close to nature is important to Finns,” writes Presnal on a dedicated post on her website, “and a forest is a place for everything from soul-seeking to outdoor adventures to picking up berries.”

She stresses that in Finland, all are welcome to enjoy the fruit of the green lush forests. “Everyone has a right to pick up berries and mushrooms from the forests and enjoy the nature,” writes Presnal, noting that with 78% of Finland’s landscape a forest, Finland is the tenth most foresty country in the world.

Her Instagram page might just inspire you to take a hike – quite literally.

The post Travel the World—Nordic Style—with Katja Presnal appeared first on Traveler Dreams.

Rorbu cabins are particularly popular in the Lofoten archipelago, and in modern times they are used as tourist accommodation with a traditional twist.

The cabins were first commissioned in 1120 to allow fishermen who traveled to the archipelago to stay near the water.

A typical Rorbu has two rooms, one for storage of fishing equipment and supplies, and the other for living in. When you choose to stay in a Rorbu cabin, it is very possible you’ll actually sleep in a renovated original Rorbu cabin, what a way to feel the history!

Since the Lofoten is the original home of the Rorbu, if you want to stay in an authentic Rorbu cabin, you’ll need to head to the archipelago. Staying in a Rorbu cabin is one of the primary attractions of the area, as they are an important element of the authentic fishing village experience.

A great Rorbu community to book your stay with is Å, where your cabin is near those of local fishermen who still live in Rorbu cabins.

The post Stay in a Rorbu Cabin in the Lofoten Archipelago Norway appeared first on Traveler Dreams.