In the November 17, 2013 issue of the The New York Times’s In Transit section, a brewmaster at Brooklyn Brewery described his trip to Sweden to help establish a micro-brewing culture like that in the United States (see Drinking Beer in Sweden).
On October 30, 2013 a functional art installation provided light to the town square in Rjukan, Norway that is normally shadowed by the neighboring mountains for six months a year (see Giant mirrors reflect winter sun into Norwegian town of Rjukan).