Hidden inside Hagia Sophia, a Viking carved his name into the marble over 1,000 years ago. The story of Halvdan changes how we see Constantinople.

I’ve released the electronic pop album Tales from the Bosporus today - a project built around vocals, international collaboration, and a sound shaped by Istanbul’s past and present. YouTube - Spotify - Apple Music Electronic pop. Melodies. Vocals up front. As composer, lyricist and co-producer, I keep myself in the background as a backing voice, while the vocals take the lead. Miklagard is a nod to my own Viking-rooted identity and the name the Vikings gave Constantinople. I

1. maj 1977 endte i blod på Taksim Plads i Istanbul. 34 døde. I dag er pladsen lukket for demonstrationer - og historien bruges stadig politisk.

Kamondo i Galata er kendt for sin særlige hexagonale form. Læs historien om familien bag, arkitekturen og hvorfor alle stopper op her.

Is Turkish Odyssey worth your time? This three-volume work goes far beyond the guidebook - connecting history, culture and geography across Turkey in a way most travel books don’t.

En af Byzans mest kontroversielle kejserinder. Theodoras liv spænder fra skuespillerinde til central magtfigur under Nika-opstanden.

A large sea creature troubled ships in the Bosphorus for years. The story, recorded by Procopius, is stranger - and more real - than it sounds.

Greeks and Turks are at it again. This time over something as (un)appetising as tripe soup - patsas in Greek, işkembe çorbası in Turkish. If you enjoy the blog, you can support it by buying me a virtual coffee Follow the blog on Instagram and YouTube Read also: Skip-the-Line Tickets in Istanbul: Hagia Sophia, Topkapi, Basilica Cistern & More According to Associated Press, a restaurant owner in Thessaloniki - the birthplace of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk - wants to have the soup re

Right behind the newly restored Sirkeci Post Office in Eminönü stands a statue of a hamal - a traditional porter. If you enjoy the blog, you can support it by buying me a virtual coffee Follow the blog on Instagram and YouTube Read also: Skip-the-Line Tickets in Istanbul: Hagia Sophia, Topkapi, Basilica Cistern & More The statue is a symbol of the Ottoman answer to what many years later became known as “delivery riders”. But not everything belongs to the past. Beneath the sta

Istanbul Modern er et af byens mest kendte museer - men min oplevelse var ikke helt, som jeg havde forventet. Se hvorfor.

Hvordan foregår en aften i en tyrkisk meyhane? Om meze, raki og den særlige Istanbul-tradition, hvor middagen langsomt bliver til en hel aften.

En af Istanbuls største romerske mosaikker gemmer sig i Kazlıçeşme uden for bymurene. Zeytinburnu Mosaikmuseum giver et sjældent indblik i livet i Konstantinopel for 1600 år siden - og er lige nu et oplagt alternativ, mens mosaikmuseet ved Sultanahmet er lukket.