The National Nordic Museum’s annual Julefest returns Nov. 21-23 with Scandinavian food, crafts, and live music in Ballard.

The two-day event will bring wood-fired saunas, ice baths, live music, and Nordic cuisine to the city’s waterfront.

The Nordic people have fostered one of the world’s greatest storytelling traditions, from the Icelandic Eddas to the Viking Sagas to Norse myths on down to the recent Scandinavian mystery boom that ...

The next time you go to the National Nordic Museum in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood, you could meet an actual Knight. But odds are, he won’t be wearing shining armor. His Majesty, King Harald the ...

SEATTLE — The striking zinc-clad structure rises dramatically from the street, long, narrow and high, rather like a fjord. It’s a perfect setting for Seattle’s new National Nordic Museum, which opened ...

This January, The Nordic Heritage Museum is bringing back the Nordic Lights Film Festival for a second year. The festival features films from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and takes ...

Ballard’s Nordic Museum may be about to get some national recognition from Congress. This week, the Senate passed a broad federal lands bill by a vote of 92-8, which includes protections for federal ...

The Nordic Heritage Museum is starting March with a new chief curator and two new exhibits focusing on Scandinavian art. The museum announced the hiring of Lizette Gradn as chief curator March 1.

Maybe it’s the hygge hype or perhaps it’s just because we love foraged and pickled foods, but Nordic cuisine is the darling of the current food world. Sadly, though, there are few places to try it ...

Given the continued inclement weather, most area cultural organizations have decided to remain closed for the second day this week. In fact, it’s easier to list the local entity that’s open: The ...

Editor's note: The video above was originally published in February 2019. Ballard’s Nordic Museum received a new designation Thursday. The museum, which pays tribute to the neighborhood’s northern ...