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How To Gain Friends & Alienate No One

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When Oliver Luckett comes to Iceland to speak at this year’s You Are In Control conference, it’ll be his sixth…

On The Outside

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Kaffistofan, downtown Reykjavík’s soup kitchen, has the off-white walls, bland decor and fluorescent lighting of a hospital cafeteria. Located on…

No Place For H&M

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An hour before ATMO’s grand opening on November 15, CEO Ásta Kristjánsdóttir was far from ready in a flowing white…

EBooks In Iceland: The Last Frontier

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D3’s eBækur manages the unsteady terrain of the Icelandic eBook marketEBækur can thank one book in particular for most of…

Seeing The Light

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You’ve bathed in the murky waters of the Blue Lagoon, you’ve circled the Golden Circle and now you’d like to…

Are Icelanders Racist?

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I never intended to actually write this piece. It started off as a joke, in a bar, after a bizarre…

Graphics Follow Music

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Designer Goddur diplays his collection of 29 postersIn person, Guðmundur Oddur Magnússon, professionally known as Goddur, doesn’t strike you as…

Dance Away Your Lunch Break

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Reykjavík joins the international Lunch Beat partyDJ Margeir is spinning techno music. The dance floor is full to capacity—the windows…

Mývatn (‘For You Americans’ And Other Tourists)

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One of the first stories our tour guide Logi tells us as we leave the Akureyri airport is about the…

Hoops Exchange

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D’Andre Williams* has been in Iceland for a little over three weeks when we meet after a Thursday night practice…

Hurricane Strength Gusts Expected In Southern Iceland

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The Icelandic Meteorological Office is forecasting strong winds and poor weather throughout the country this weekend. Northerly wind speeds are…

Proceed With Caution

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‘Varúð’ exhibit channels the airy non-gravity of the ‘Valtari’ cover artThe cover of Sigur Rós’ ‘Valtari’ album features a photo…

Anyone Can Be The One

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Though she’s never been to Iceland, artist Tracey Moberly can relate to the residents of Reykjavík. In 1999, Tracey co-opened…

University Of Iceland And American Embassy Hold Forum On US Election

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The University of Iceland and the US Embassy of Reykjavík held a forum at the Nordic House yesterday afternoon discussing…

The Other, Other Red Meat

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When I inevitably return back to the States, the first thing my friends and family will ask me about will…

Keeping Downtown Wild

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Two-dozen little girls in Icelandic sweaters are singing songs inside a small glass building just outside the Nordic House. To…

Three Men And Their Penises

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Filmmakers document the Icelandic Phallological Museum’s search for a human specimenOnly a minute into ‘The Final Member’ and there’s already…

Drawing On The Walls

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Dan Perjovschi presents his satirical cartoons on the walls of the world’s museumsIt was 2007 and Dan Perjovschi had just…

Stereo Hypnosis To Play Canadian Harvest Festival

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Canada will get a taste of Icelandic electronica when Stereo Hypnosis plays the first night of the 2012 Harvest Festival…