Articles by Synne
Science · Global
“You Don’t Have to Put Up With It”: Dr Wendy Knoops on Perimenopause
Menopause specialist Dr Wendy Knoops on the perimenopause signs most often missed, the truth about HRT and supplements, and why women don’t have to just put up with symptoms.
Identity · Nordic
How Cold Water Brought Author Laura Hall Back to Herself
Travel writer Laura Hall on burnout, belonging and her memoir about a year of cold-water swimming across Scandinavia.
Identity · Europe
Liz Adams: Moving Herself, Not Her World
An American figurative painter in Paris on reclaiming pink, painting goddesses, and discovering that a new country asks you to change more than your address.
Identity · Nordic
An Island Without Men
In 2018, a tech entrepreneur turned a small Finnish island into her lifelong dream: a retreat built around sauna, nature and rest, open only to women. More than 8,000 women applied for around 120 places. So what became of the island?
Achievement · Europe
The Woman Who Made a Home on the Planet Paris
Maria Lund left Denmark with a law degree and a feeling that she wasn't in the right field. Nearly three decades after opening her gallery in the Marais, she reflects on artistic risk, independence and the shifting meaning of home.
Science · Global
Can AI Be a Romantic Partner?
Real stories of people falling in love with AI, and the question they raise: can artificial intelligence be a romantic partner?
Culture · Nordic
Norway Says Goodbye to Their King
King Harald V, Norway's longest-reigning monarch in decades, has died at 89 after 35 years on the throne. As his son becomes King Haakon VIII, we look back at a life that traced Norway's own journey, from wartime refugee to reformer of a modern monarchy.