All Things Nordic establishes a temporary editorial home in a different Nordic region, using travel, research and local engagement to develop books, articles, photography and lasting cultural connections.
A publication that moves through the North
The ATN Nordic Editorial Residency is a rotating editorial programme created by All Things Nordic to develop a deeper and more sustained relationship with individual places across the Nordic region. Instead of observing the North continually from the outside or concentrating only on its capital cities, ATN selects a temporary geographical base and devotes a defined period to its landscapes, communities, history and contemporary culture. Each residency supports original travel, reporting, photography, interviews and research, producing a body of work that remains part of ATN after the editorial focus moves elsewhere.
What an editorial residency means
An ATN Editorial Residency is neither a legal headquarters nor a permanent foreign branch. It is a working editorial base: a place to which ATN returns, from which stories are developed and around which a wider programme of cultural coverage is organised. Depending on the territory and the project, a residency may be centred on one city, distributed across a larger region or designed as an intensive one-year programme. Each residency must be connected to real editorial activity, including visits to the region, first-hand observation and the creation of original published work.
The residency programme
Jutland, Denmark · 2024–2026
Between 2024 and 2026, Jutland became one of the principal subjects of ATN’s editorial work and provided the experience from which the rotating residency model emerged. It was a distributed residency rather than one tied to a single address, extending from Ålbæk and Skagen in northernmost Denmark to Aalborg, Ebeltoft, Ribe and other locations across the peninsula. This geographical breadth reflected the purpose of the project: to explore Jutland as a region with its own landscapes, histories and identities, rather than treating it merely as the part of Denmark lying beyond Copenhagen.
The Jutland legacy
The principal outcome of this formative residency is Jutland – The Soul of Continental Denmark, a book devoted to the character of the Danish peninsula and its place within the Nordic world. The period also contributed to the creation of the ATN Jutland Hub and to a growing collection of articles, itineraries, photographs and research concerning Jutland’s towns, coasts, Viking heritage, architecture, traditions and contemporary life. Together, these works established a permanent editorial collection that will continue to expand even after the residency has formally closed.
Why Jutland mattered
Jutland confirmed the importance of looking beyond the most internationally familiar version of the Nordic countries. Its historic towns, agricultural landscapes, North Sea and Kattegat coasts, industrial centres and small communities revealed a Denmark more geographically and culturally varied than the usual capital-centred narrative suggests. The work undertaken between 2024 and 2026 also demonstrated that sustained regional attention can generate more meaningful coverage than a succession of isolated destination articles. Jutland consequently became both ATN’s first editorial territory and the foundation of the residency programme itself.
Tórshavn, Faroe Islands · 2027
Tórshavn has been selected as the home of the ATN Nordic Editorial Residency for 2027. The programme will begin with an editorial journey to the Faroe Islands in March, when first-hand reporting and an original photographic archive will provide the foundations for a year of Faroese coverage. Although centred on the capital, the residency will extend across the archipelago, examining the relationships between Tórshavn, the outlying islands, smaller villages and a society whose culture has been profoundly shaped by language, weather, geography and the North Atlantic.
The 2027 editorial programme
The Tórshavn residency will explore Faroese culture through articles, photography, interviews and research. Its principal themes will include language and literature, music, architecture, political autonomy, fishing and aquaculture, food, transport infrastructure, environmental change, tourism, sport and the future of small island communities. Particular attention will be given to everyday life outside the summer season, allowing ATN to present the Faroe Islands as a complex contemporary society rather than solely as a dramatic travel destination.
Stories created from the Faroe Islands
The work produced during 2027 is expected to form a permanent ATN Faroe Islands collection encompassing cultural features, practical travel material, original photography and longer-term publishing projects. The residency may also contribute to interviews, book chapters, special editions and a future standalone volume devoted to Tórshavn or the wider archipelago. New articles will be added to this page throughout the year, allowing the residency to function as a developing public archive rather than simply as a temporary announcement.
Selecting future residencies
No fixed succession of destinations will be imposed beyond the currently planned cycles. Future editorial residences may be located in cities, small towns, islands or rural regions and will be selected according to their editorial potential, accessibility, local connections and relevance to the development of ATN. Vejle, Kristiansand and Levi are among the kinds of places that could host a future chapter, but the programme is deliberately designed to remain responsive to new opportunities and to Nordic stories that cannot yet be anticipated.
Lasting work, temporary homes
Closing a residency does not mean closing ATN’s coverage of a place. Every completed cycle leaves behind books, articles, images, research and relationships that remain active within the publication. New stories may continue to be added, earlier work may be updated and collaborations may develop long after the formal residency has moved. The temporary home changes; the editorial connection does not disappear.
An evolving Nordic archive
Over time, the residency programme will create an expanding geographical archive of the Nordic region, recording not only destinations but also the experience of returning to them, observing change and developing knowledge gradually. Each residency will have its own character and scale, but all will share the same commitment to curiosity, cultural depth and first-hand engagement. Together, they express the central idea behind All Things Nordic: a publication about the North should be willing to travel through it, remain for a while and allow each place to change the way the wider region is understood.
Forthcoming residency:
Tórshavn · Faroe Islands · 2027
