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A Swedish Crayfish Party Is a Spectacle of Shellfish and Savagery
Sooner or later, every crayfish party turns into a macabre spectacle of boozed-up beasts in silly hats, brutalizing an inferior species.
How the Faroe Islands’ First Spirits Company Changed the Country's Distillation Law
Until very recently, the production of spirits was illegal in the Faroe Islands, an archipelago located between Norway and Iceland. It wasn't until spirits company DISM launched that the country's laws were finally amended.
I Fell Under the Drunken Spell of Midsummer's Pagan Magic
The old pagan sun-worshiping festival known as Midsummer is often plagued by bad weather in Sweden, but we make up for it by eating a smorgasbord and drinking enough aquavit to forget the songs we sing dancing around a pole.
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