A hush descends over a crowd gathered in the yard outside the Higashi-Nakano Civic Activity Center. The silence is broken only by the sound of camera shutters. Keisuke Nakanishi punctures the rim on a ...

Swedish Surströmming is illegal to open indoors or in public spaces, and it's customary to ask permission from neighbors even when opening it outdoors. It is banned by airlines due to fears it may ...

As chef Malin Soderstrom opened the can, the trapped air escaped with a hiss and filled the balcony of her waterside restaurant with the pungent odour of Sweden's infamous delicacy, surstromming.

Americans have a fickle, ambiguous relationship with canned or tinned fish. Canned tuna is a staple. Tuna salad being a go-to — if at times ill-received — meal for parents to whip up for hungry kids.

I’m taking on the infamous Surströmming challenge with my friend, Eli. This video documents the unforgettable taste test of the notoriously pungent Swedish fermented fish. Wealthy pensioners face ...

The various YouTube videos on the subject, almost all of them hailing from the U.S., ultimately depicted people in the throes of regurgitation, doubled over in gag-inducing torment as the camera ...

The surströmming season is back, and with it, a battle of taste buds. Ex-Londoner, Paul Connolly, and Skellefteå native, Akvelina Bergsten, share their vastly different opinions on the rather smelly ...