A labeled satellite image taken July 11 by the European Space Agency. Image via BBC.

The 30 bottles of pre-French Revolution champagne recently recovered from the bottom of the Baltic Sea were a pretty awesome find.

They said it couldn't be done. When we first wrote about the almost invisible treehouse to be built in Sweden by Tham & Videgard, 899 commenters thought it was autocad eye candy, impossible to build and death for birds.

Images by Sabine of Mocoloco

Mocoloco introduces Swedish designers Sanna Lindström and Sigrid Strömgren, who collaborated on the Grand Central Table.

Doesn't look like much from the top; ESAB building, from Construtionweekonline

One of the reasons we have been so dubious about Dubai is the energy

Freshome points to a real estate listing for a tiny apartment in a lovely old 1881 buildi

All photos: Houdini Sportswear

Like Jack Wolfskin, whom we mentioned recently, Houdini is another European outdoor clothing brand who have been doing the green thing, largely unnoticed by the English speaking world.

Eco Chic panel discussion with Eviana Hartman, Sass Brown, Hazel Clark, Marcus Bergman & Karin Stenmar (left to right). Credit: Goodlifer

The Swedish Institute has selected the top environmentally-friendly and ethical fashion designers from Sweden for a carefully curated exhibit now showing at Scandinavia House.

In 1979 the Swedish Housing Minister, Birgit Friggebo, changed the building codes to exempt structures under 15 square meters (about 150 square feet) from the requirement for a building permit. For this act, she has been immortalized, as these small buildings are now known as Friggeboden.

Photo via Expressen

Curt Degerman was a man who kept to himself.

You don't need to understand Swedish to get the gist of this ad, which is causing some troubled reaction in Sweden - a beautiful young mom (or caretaker) in a light-fi