Gourmet Discoveries
Glögg boréal / Vin chaud Scandinave aux épices
Typiquement scandinave, le glögg est une boisson traditionnelle à base de vin chaud et d’épices qu’on sert dès les premiers froids de l’hiver, et plus particulièrement autour de Noël. Cette version revisitée de la boisson festive met à l’honneur les aromates de la forêt boréale, les petits fruits nordiques et…...
Glögg boréal / Vin chaud Scandinave aux épices
Typiquement scandinave, le glögg est une boisson traditionnelle à base de vin chaud et d’épices qu’on sert dès les premiers froids de l’hiver, et plus particulièrement autour de Noël. Cette version revisitée de la boisson festive met à l’honneur les aromates de la forêt boréale, les petits fruits nordiques et…...
World
A New World
LEAVING THE FOREIGN BEHIND — We’re ready to breathe again—we’ve skipped school on our country roads. After the confinement of our bodies and minds, the time has come for a return to freedom, to be surprised by our homeland once again. Tourism has seized the opportunity to undergo a revolution....
A New World
LEAVING THE FOREIGN BEHIND — We’re ready to breathe again—we’ve skipped school on our country roads. After the confinement of our bodies and minds, the time has come for a return to freedom, to be surprised by our homeland once again. Tourism has seized the opportunity to undergo a revolution....
Holistic health
Resonance: Sound Therapy
EVERYTHING IS VIBRATION — From the tiny molecule to the Universe itself. Vibrations emit sounds that the human ear does not always perceive, but that the human body absorbs. Sounds—heard consciously or unconsciously—have the power to influence the endocrine, nervous, and immune systems. The basic principle of sound therapy (sonotherapy)...
Resonance: Sound Therapy
EVERYTHING IS VIBRATION — From the tiny molecule to the Universe itself. Vibrations emit sounds that the human ear does not always perceive, but that the human body absorbs. Sounds—heard consciously or unconsciously—have the power to influence the endocrine, nervous, and immune systems. The basic principle of sound therapy (sonotherapy)...
Strøm news
Four Refuges to Connect with the Rhythm of Winter
STRØM NORDIC SPA — Winter lives in the heart of our dreams, somewhere between slowness and contemplation. When nature falls asleep, humans gather in a space where silence is king. Inside each Strøm spa, the cold season unfolds and is experienced in all the best that tranquility has to offer....
Four Refuges to Connect with the Rhythm of Winter
STRØM NORDIC SPA — Winter lives in the heart of our dreams, somewhere between slowness and contemplation. When nature falls asleep, humans gather in a space where silence is king. Inside each Strøm spa, the cold season unfolds and is experienced in all the best that tranquility has to offer....
Holistic health
Learning to Grieve
ONE STEP AT A TIME — When we hear the word “grief,” it often evokes the loss of a loved one. However, this is a much broader concept that applies to all kinds of losses. It encompasses all the feelings often contradictory, intense, and changing that we have in the...
Learning to Grieve
ONE STEP AT A TIME — When we hear the word “grief,” it often evokes the loss of a loved one. However, this is a much broader concept that applies to all kinds of losses. It encompasses all the feelings often contradictory, intense, and changing that we have in the...
Interviews
Dermonutrition | When beauty lives on our plates
A HOLISTIC APPROACH Our skin is the mirror of our health. To balance the health of our skin, hair, and nails, what eating behaviour should we adopt? Are there any foods and essential nutrients to favour or daily habits to integrate? Developed by nutrition, dermatology, and cosmetic medicine specialists, dermonutrition...
Dermonutrition | When beauty lives on our plates
A HOLISTIC APPROACH Our skin is the mirror of our health. To balance the health of our skin, hair, and nails, what eating behaviour should we adopt? Are there any foods and essential nutrients to favour or daily habits to integrate? Developed by nutrition, dermatology, and cosmetic medicine specialists, dermonutrition...
Strøm news
Strøm Foundation | Caregiver
A MOMENT OF BALANCE We all know someone, directly or indirectly, who devotes themselves to a loved one daily. And these peer supporters and caregivers deserve to be taken care of in return. We wanted to thank these courageous and inspiring people through the creation of the Strøm Foundation –...
Strøm Foundation | Caregiver
A MOMENT OF BALANCE We all know someone, directly or indirectly, who devotes themselves to a loved one daily. And these peer supporters and caregivers deserve to be taken care of in return. We wanted to thank these courageous and inspiring people through the creation of the Strøm Foundation –...
Interviews
Our Way of Viewing Life is Connected to Our Land / An Interview with Elisapie Isaac
DECOLONIZING OUR THOUGHTS — An ambassador of Inuit culture, author/composer/interpreter Elisapie Isaac works to recognize the historical difficulties of her people. In a message entitled “Très cher Québec” published on Canada’s National Indigenous Peoples Day in 2020, she highlighted the importance of recognizing the “third solitude.” She who left her...
Our Way of Viewing Life is Connected to Our Land / An Interview with Elisapie Isaac
DECOLONIZING OUR THOUGHTS — An ambassador of Inuit culture, author/composer/interpreter Elisapie Isaac works to recognize the historical difficulties of her people. In a message entitled “Très cher Québec” published on Canada’s National Indigenous Peoples Day in 2020, she highlighted the importance of recognizing the “third solitude.” She who left her...
Culture
Five Books to Unmask Beauty
FROM ONE PAGE TO THE NEXT Whether it lends itself to the most abstract faces or the finest features, beauty is everywhere between the lines. And not always in its unday best. You just have to take it down from its pedestal to better unmask it and flush it out...
Five Books to Unmask Beauty
FROM ONE PAGE TO THE NEXT Whether it lends itself to the most abstract faces or the finest features, beauty is everywhere between the lines. And not always in its unday best. You just have to take it down from its pedestal to better unmask it and flush it out...
Architecture & Design
Between Atmospheres and Emotions | The Thoughtful Architectural Creation
TIMELESS MUSE Omnipresent in our lives, architecture influences both our physical and spiritual sensations. It touches us with its characteristic expression and arouses specific emotions in us. In particular, let us consider the solemn nature that takes hold of us when we enter a religious building, the impression of serenity...
Between Atmospheres and Emotions | The Thoughtful Architectural Creation
TIMELESS MUSE Omnipresent in our lives, architecture influences both our physical and spiritual sensations. It touches us with its characteristic expression and arouses specific emotions in us. In particular, let us consider the solemn nature that takes hold of us when we enter a religious building, the impression of serenity...
Strøm news
The Nobility of the Nordic Terroir | The Essence of the Boreal Forest
ACTIVE INGREDIENTS FROM THE BOREAL FOREST Strøm offers a range of highly effective skincare treatments developed according to a holistic approach to beauty and wellness. Active ingredients from products emblematic of our region are used to beautify the entire face and body. This wellness ritual finds its essence in the...
The Nobility of the Nordic Terroir | The Essence of the Boreal Forest
ACTIVE INGREDIENTS FROM THE BOREAL FOREST Strøm offers a range of highly effective skincare treatments developed according to a holistic approach to beauty and wellness. Active ingredients from products emblematic of our region are used to beautify the entire face and body. This wellness ritual finds its essence in the...
Holistic health
A Four-Part Rhythm | The Power of the Feminine Cycle
THE CYCLE OF THE RED MOON Each woman carries within her the rhythm of change, an amount of energy that can be channelled and released through the menstrual cycle. By using the energies linked to it, the woman encounters her true nature and finds the balance of her cycle. By...
A Four-Part Rhythm | The Power of the Feminine Cycle
THE CYCLE OF THE RED MOON Each woman carries within her the rhythm of change, an amount of energy that can be channelled and released through the menstrual cycle. By using the energies linked to it, the woman encounters her true nature and finds the balance of her cycle. By...
Holistic health
Calisthenics | A Simple and Creative Way to Work Out
SIMPLICITY The creative way that children interact with their environment and use their body as a tool to move around is inspiring. What if we could see the world this way again? To some extent, that is what calisthenics, a functional training method that is growing in popularity in Quebec,...
Calisthenics | A Simple and Creative Way to Work Out
SIMPLICITY The creative way that children interact with their environment and use their body as a tool to move around is inspiring. What if we could see the world this way again? To some extent, that is what calisthenics, a functional training method that is growing in popularity in Quebec,...
Interviews
The Path of Resilience | An Interview with Marianne St-Gelais
ONE LIFE TO LIVE A renowned Olympic champion, Marianne St-Gelais has had a long and successful career in speed skating. Officially retired since 2018, she tells us about her inspiring journey with humility and authenticity. AN IMPORTANT STEP In life, there are certain steps that you prepare for and expect,...
The Path of Resilience | An Interview with Marianne St-Gelais
ONE LIFE TO LIVE A renowned Olympic champion, Marianne St-Gelais has had a long and successful career in speed skating. Officially retired since 2018, she tells us about her inspiring journey with humility and authenticity. AN IMPORTANT STEP In life, there are certain steps that you prepare for and expect,...
Architecture & Design
When Design Awakens Curiosity | Workspaces that Inspire
REINVENTING NORMS Beauty awakens inspiration. Some employers have understood this and don’t hesitate to rely on the layout of their offices to promote well-being, inspiration, and creativity. In the era of happiness at work and fulfillment, the layout, design, and originality of workspaces take on their full meaning. Let’s turn...
When Design Awakens Curiosity | Workspaces that Inspire
REINVENTING NORMS Beauty awakens inspiration. Some employers have understood this and don’t hesitate to rely on the layout of their offices to promote well-being, inspiration, and creativity. In the era of happiness at work and fulfillment, the layout, design, and originality of workspaces take on their full meaning. Let’s turn...
Gourmet Discoveries
Letting Nature Speak | Each Bottle Tells Its Own Story
A MASTER’S TOUCH When we think of architecture, we think of structure, construction, the art of designing and creating. Although practised by humans, this art will never be better mastered than by Mother Nature herself. Nature creates in a perfectly complete way. No detail is left to chance, and each...
Letting Nature Speak | Each Bottle Tells Its Own Story
A MASTER’S TOUCH When we think of architecture, we think of structure, construction, the art of designing and creating. Although practised by humans, this art will never be better mastered than by Mother Nature herself. Nature creates in a perfectly complete way. No detail is left to chance, and each...
Holistic health
The Outside World and Compassion for Yourself
BEING YOUR OWN BEST FRIEND When we refer to the concept of beauty, we usually think of a positive judgment, a value that we assign to things around us (objects, scenery, people, bodies, colours). However, beauty can be considered differently. Let’s take a moment to better understand how to appreciate...
The Outside World and Compassion for Yourself
BEING YOUR OWN BEST FRIEND When we refer to the concept of beauty, we usually think of a positive judgment, a value that we assign to things around us (objects, scenery, people, bodies, colours). However, beauty can be considered differently. Let’s take a moment to better understand how to appreciate...
Lifestyle
The Season of Flowers
DEAD NATURE — “You want those?” The 17-year-old assistant manager of my grocery store looks at me with a bouquet of yellow tulips in my hand. They’re wrapped. In plastic wrap. You can see through them. That was when I noticed that two or three of the leaves were rotten....
The Season of Flowers
DEAD NATURE — “You want those?” The 17-year-old assistant manager of my grocery store looks at me with a bouquet of yellow tulips in my hand. They’re wrapped. In plastic wrap. You can see through them. That was when I noticed that two or three of the leaves were rotten....
Holistic health
Sustainable Beauty
A HARMONIOUS WHOLE — According to the principles of holistic beauty, our emotions, our health, our thoughts, our diet, and our cosmetic treatments work in synergy to contribute to an authentic inner and outer beauty. Did you know that the face is the symbolic part of the body that represents,...
Sustainable Beauty
A HARMONIOUS WHOLE — According to the principles of holistic beauty, our emotions, our health, our thoughts, our diet, and our cosmetic treatments work in synergy to contribute to an authentic inner and outer beauty. Did you know that the face is the symbolic part of the body that represents,...
Architecture & Design
Experiencing Architectural Emotion
TRAVELLING THE WORLD — The prism of emotions that architecture can inspire isn’t well known. However, architecture is an art that can trigger astonishment, joy, passion, and curiosity. Like great works of art, the most amazing monuments inspire a strong feeling of fullness and delight. The form of certain buildings...
Experiencing Architectural Emotion
TRAVELLING THE WORLD — The prism of emotions that architecture can inspire isn’t well known. However, architecture is an art that can trigger astonishment, joy, passion, and curiosity. Like great works of art, the most amazing monuments inspire a strong feeling of fullness and delight. The form of certain buildings...
Strøm news
Four Retreats Designed With Care
STRØM NORDIC SPA — Take the time to take a break: a mantra to apply to counter the frenzy of everyday life. Just stop and escape, even close to home. Strøm wellness centres offer four locations where it is possible, for a moment, to stop time. Reconnect with the quiet...
Four Retreats Designed With Care
STRØM NORDIC SPA — Take the time to take a break: a mantra to apply to counter the frenzy of everyday life. Just stop and escape, even close to home. Strøm wellness centres offer four locations where it is possible, for a moment, to stop time. Reconnect with the quiet...
World
Travel Better by Being Still
STORING MEMORIES In this era of snapshots, bucket lists and fast-paced lifestyles, a culture of haste reigns supreme. At some point, we inevitably feel the urge to slow down, step back, finally stop running around and restore order to the daily whirlwind. Then comes the time for a vacation to...
Travel Better by Being Still
STORING MEMORIES In this era of snapshots, bucket lists and fast-paced lifestyles, a culture of haste reigns supreme. At some point, we inevitably feel the urge to slow down, step back, finally stop running around and restore order to the daily whirlwind. Then comes the time for a vacation to...
Gourmet Discoveries
Nordic Spritz for the aperitif
Welcome the arrival of the heat with these two refreshing Nordic Spritz, to be savoured as an aperitif! Alphée Gagnon, chief service at Strøm Nordic Spa Mont-Saint-Hilaire’s Nord restaurant, revisits this sparkling Italian cocktail using our local products. Discover the Scandinavian-inspired Nordic Spritz and the Cranberry Nordic Spritz. As they...
Nordic Spritz for the aperitif
Welcome the arrival of the heat with these two refreshing Nordic Spritz, to be savoured as an aperitif! Alphée Gagnon, chief service at Strøm Nordic Spa Mont-Saint-Hilaire’s Nord restaurant, revisits this sparkling Italian cocktail using our local products. Discover the Scandinavian-inspired Nordic Spritz and the Cranberry Nordic Spritz. As they...
Gourmet Discoveries
Homemade focaccia with herbs, candied tomatoes and dandelion pesto
Since the beginning of lockdown, there has been a sudden craze for making bread at home. That’s why Raphaël Podlasiewicz, the executive chef of Nord restaurants and Fika café at Strøm Nordic Spa, offers you his delicious recipe for focaccia with herbs, a flat bread of Italian origin which you...
Homemade focaccia with herbs, candied tomatoes and dandelion pesto
Since the beginning of lockdown, there has been a sudden craze for making bread at home. That’s why Raphaël Podlasiewicz, the executive chef of Nord restaurants and Fika café at Strøm Nordic Spa, offers you his delicious recipe for focaccia with herbs, a flat bread of Italian origin which you...