Website policy

Cookie Policy

This page lists every cookie and storage item nord-guide.com uses, what it is for, and whether it loads before or after you choose in the cookie banner. The short version: until you press Accept, nothing from Google, MailerLite, GetYourGuide or Stay22 loads, and no tracking cookie is set.

If you press Reject, or simply ignore the banner, you can still read every guide and use every link. You will see plain links instead of the live booking widgets, and the newsletter form waits behind a "Show the sign-up form" button.

What we store, and when

Cookie or service	What it does	Loads
Your cookie choice `nordguide.analytics.consent.v1` (local storage)	Remembers whether you pressed Accept or Reject, so we do not ask on every page. It holds only the word "granted" or "denied".	Only after you choose. It is the one thing we keep when you press Reject.
Self-hosted fonts (Bricolage Grotesque, Inter, Space Mono)	The typefaces are served from nord-guide.com itself. They set no cookies and send nothing to Google or anyone else.	Before consent. No cookie, no third party.
Google Analytics 4 and Google Tag Manager `_ga`, `_ga_*`	Counts visits and which guides people read, so we know what to improve. We do not use it for advertising.	Only after you press Accept.
MailerLite (newsletter) `ml_*` cookies, `ml_guid`	Runs the newsletter sign-up form and delivers the free guides you ask for.	Only after you press Accept, or when you press "Show the sign-up form" yourself.
GetYourGuide widgets `partner_id`, `gyg_visitor_id`	Shows live tour availability and prices, and records that you came from Nord Guide if you book.	Only after you press Accept. Before that you see a plain link. Once loaded, the widget also fetches a Google font from Google's servers.
Stay22 hotel map and links `sid22`, `hip22`, `session_id`	Shows hotel prices near the place you are reading about, and records the referral if you book a stay.	Only after you press Accept. Before that you see a plain link.
Partner security cookies `__cf_bm` (on stay22.com and getyourguide.com)	Set by our partners' own security service to tell people from bots. They live on the partners' domains, not ours.	Only after you press Accept, when the widgets load.

Affiliate links

Nord Guide is free to read because we earn a small commission when you book through some of our links. The price you pay is the same. Once you click through to a booking site, that site uses its own cookies under its own policy, and we cannot see or control them. You can read more on our affiliate disclosure page.

Changing your mind

Use the Cookie settings link at the bottom of every page, or the button below, to change your choice at any time. When you press Reject, the page reloads with everything above switched off, and we remove the Google Analytics and MailerLite cookies and the partner keys stored on nord-guide.com from this device. The one exception is the partners' __cf_bm security cookie, which is set on stay22.com and getyourguide.com. We cannot remove a cookie on another company's domain, but it expires on its own within 30 minutes. You can accept again the same way. You can also clear cookies in your browser settings.

Questions

Write to us at [email protected] and we will answer.

Last updated: 21 October 2026