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Stockholm-based photographer Martina Holmberg takes £15,000 first prize for portrait of Mel, who survived car fire

Scandinavia is one of Europe’s most expensive destinations, but choosing the right transport can mean considerable savings.

Attractiveness may be subjective, but we all have a sense of what an unappealing image looks like. The following structures you will see fall under that category, and seeing them may provide you with a sensible explanation as to why. Scroll through and see some of the “ugliest” structures around…

Brace for the cold with these clever accessories made and tested by people who know long, dark winters

HOTELS: Benjamin Parker visits the grande dame of Stockholm’s hotel scene to experience the very best of Scandinavian luxury with opulent interiors and a world-class cocktail bar

Swedes initially hated the congestion pricing experiment. After they witnessed the effects, they voted to bring it back.

The experimental annexe of Sweden’s national stage, Elverket, has fallen victim to severe government cuts. Its final play is a powerful protest against being forced to leave its home

His absence shaped me. But as my father lay dying in a Stockholm nursing home, I longed to hear him explain, says Swedish novelist Jonas Hassen Khemiri

A man digging for worms at his summer house in Sweden has unearthed a stupendous treasure: a silver hoard of up to 20,000 coins from the Early Middle Ages.

Hungarian novelist celebrated for dystopian, melancholic novels that ‘reaffirm the power of art’

Nobel academy cites Hungarian novelist for work that ‘in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art’