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MAKING WAVES Wireless isn't just for landlubbers. Now travelers in the Scandinavian region (which has long been in the forefront of wireless technology) can get wi-fi while crossing the Baltic Sea. Passengers on Silja ferries running between Helsinki, Stockholm and Tallinn, Estonia, can log on for free while seated near...
...OSLO: SCANDINAVIAN CHARTER YACHTS Sail out of the harbor on the 16.7-m Princess, explore the fjords and stop at some shoreside museums. Up to 22 passengers for $2,957 per day AUCKLAND: NEW ZEALAND CLASSIC YACHTS Recently refurbished, the 14-m, 69-year-old launch Lady Gay once carried royalty and patrolled the city's shores during World War II. Now you and 19 friends can take it for a run at $1,191 a day SINGAPORE: ATLANTIS YACHTS For up to 12 passengers, a 19.8-m superluxurious Italian-built yacht can cruise past the skyline, around the leafy...
...Scandinavian food? For many Americans, those words conjure up visions of smorgasbords and Swedish meatballs, with perhaps some sort of odd preserved fish. But interest in cuisine from the land of the midnight sun is growing, and two new cookbooks are setting out to explain the variety and bounty of Scandinavian foods. Kitchen of Light (Artisan, $35) by Norwegian TV cooking-show host Andreas Viestad, already a surprise best seller, has been joined on bookshelves this month by Aquavit and the New Scandinavian Cuisine (Houghton Mifflin, $45) by James Beard-award-winning chef Marcus Samuelsson...
...cramped office in central Stockholm - filled with young people wearing badges that simply say no - Lowisa Anderzon is working the phones. She is making cold calls to likely voters, trying to get Swedes to go to the polls on Sept. 14 and reject the proposal that this Scandinavian nation of 9 million people should join the euro. The yes side has mounted a slick, expensive campaign funded by big businesses that support the European common currency. But they're trailing in the polls because of people like Anderzon, a 27-year-old nursing assistant at a Stockholm hospital...
...high-end phenomenon. Earlier this year, Gap and Old Navy decided to devote floor space in their stores to maternity wear, which they had been selling only online. H&M has also got into the act. Its Mama collection is swiftly gaining notoriety among bargain hunters as the Scandinavian phenom expands throughout the U.S. Other retailers are spiffing up their maternity departments: Target now offers a collection designed by Liz Lange, a former editor at Vogue magazine and the first designer to show a maternity collection at New York's fashion week. All items cost less than...