Author: Anna Andersen
Iceland: A Symbol Of Hope
I recently got a letter from someone in Slovenia who was interested in Iceland because “Here in Slovenia, where we’re…
Why The Crisis Hurt So Bad: Spotlight on ‘The End of Iceland’s Innocence’
Iceland was not the country hardest hit by the global financial crisis in 2008. Its unemployment rate didn’t rise higher…
Launching Tectonics
This March, Ilan Volkov is launching a new modern music festival that corresponds with John Cage’s centennial anniversary. In addition…
Lighting A Fire Under The Orchestra
After an exhilarating performance of Giacinto Scelsi’s ‘Hymnos,’ the conductor turns to the audience and tells us that because we…
Hello, My Name Is Anna Andersen!
Well, this is exciting. I wrote a couple of these last summer when Haukur went on vacation, but here I…
E-Democracy Takes Off In Reykjavík
In the midst of heated protests following Iceland’s economic collapse in October 2008, two Icelandic programmers started dreaming about a…
All Expression Reduced To A Single ‘Like’
by Pall Hilmarsson and Anna Andersen
Icelandic media reported yesterday that thirty-two year old Loftur Gunnarsson suffered a heart attack on Laugavegur last Friday, and died…
Arctic Adventures: Pioneering Iceland’s Wild West
When Torfi G. Yngvason started working at a river rafting company in 2001, Iceland was host to 300.000 tourists annually—compared…
SHIVER ME TORRENTS!
Despite their silly name and a platform originally focused on Internet issues, The Pirate Party won an unexpected 8,9% in…
The Fireworks Extravaganza
To celebrate the New Year, Icelanders buy hundreds of tonnes of fireworks and shoot them off in a completely haphazard…
Number Of Exceptions To Property Law In Iceland Granted
The Ministry of the Interior has granted twenty-four non-EEA foreign citizens the right to purchase property in Iceland over the…
Christmas Beer Flying Off The Shelves
Two hundred and six thousand litres of Icelandic Christmas beer have been sold since November 15, according to mbl.is This…
Huang Nubo Not Permitted To Purchase Land
Minister of the Interior Ögmundur Jónasson announced this morning that Huang Nubo would not be granted the right to purchase…
Where Have All The Puffins Gone?
After spending the summer nesting—mostly in Vestmannaeyjar, off the south coast of Iceland—the nation’s two to three million resident puffin…
AN ICELANDIC MODERN MEDIA INFERNO
In Iceland journalists can be prosecuted for citing a public court case. Yes, in Iceland, that co-uld be ‘defamatory’… The…
NEW BIKE PARKING GARAGE!
A bike parking garage/shipping container with room for fourteen bikes has just been installed in the parking lot next to…
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE KEEPS STEALING OUR WORDS!
Considering Iceland’s unique position as a geological hotbed on the mid-Atlantic ridge, it’s not surprising that a couple of geological…
Berlin Pirates Give Lecture in Reykjavík TODAY
Members of the recently victorious Berlin Pirate Party are giving a lecture at Reykjavík University today to introduce LiquidFeedback, a…
Surfin’ Iceland
It was a sunny afternoon in September, and everything about it felt more like southern California than Iceland. Eight of…
Doing Time In Iceland
Given that the comedian Doug Stanhope has a gig at Iceland’s maximum-security prison (read this interview with him) at the…
Track Of The Issue – Mugison: “Stingum af”
Mugison’s track ‘Stingum af’ has grown immensely popular since it was released earlier this summer. We’ve heard that even preschool…
Réttir: NO SHEEP LEFT BEHIND!
Come end of September, the days grow noticeably shorter, the grass turns yellow and it’s time to bring the sheep…
Twenty Percent Would Vote Best Party To Alþingi
Twenty percent would vote for The Best Party in parliamentary elections, according to a poll conducted by Market and Media…
Obama Takes Diplomatic Measures Against Iceland
President Obama decided yesterday to take diplomatic measures against Iceland due to its practice of whaling. Iceland’s Minister of Fisheries…
Vísir: Ben Stiller Drank A Maccchiato on Skólavörðustígur
Vísir reported yesterday that actor Ben Stiller was seen drinking a macchiato at Café Babalú on Tuesday. Ben reportedly also…