In return, Danes, with a krone of their own (both countries belong to the European Union, but neither uses the euro), are increasingly taking the Oresund bridge-and-tunnel into Sweden to buy low-taxed children's shoes and clothing.

ECONOMIST: Scandinavian shoppers

There was no one else in the tunnel, which was whitewashed and warm, lit by low-wattage bulbs, and branched off into small closets and locked chambers full of brooms and mops and cleaning solutions.

NEWYORKER: The Reptile Garden