Category: culture


How to Learn Scottish Gaelic

How to Learn Scottish Gaelic

written by Maureen Millward

Scottish Gaelic is experiencing a revival - here's how you can learn the language, with resources and tips on how to start.


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5 Curious Facts You Never Knew About Icelandic

5 Curious Facts You Never Knew About Icelandic

written by Benny Lewis

There are an estimated 350,000 Icelandic speakers in the world, largely comprised by the 323,000-odd people that live in the country of Iceland. Around as many people live in Iceland as live in Belfast, the capital city of Northern Ireland. Doing the maths, just 0.005% of the seven billion people on this globe speak Icelandic. […]


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The 23 strangest habits you'll pick up after living in 23 different countries

The 23 strangest habits you’ll pick up after living in 23 different countries

written by Benny Lewis

While I usually blog about language learning, I know a lot of you enjoy my travel and cultural updates as much or more. I’ve been travelling the world since 2003, but even forgetting the time involved, I have lived in twenty three countries (and counting); that’s lived as in, spent at least a month (usually […]


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Reading time: 33 minutes

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