Author: - The Reykjavik Grapevine

World Wide Friends Free Food Flash Film Festival

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Life In The World Wide Friends Cultural Centre Presents: 1st Annual WW5F August 29-September 2, 2011Reykjavik’s FREE food and film…

HOW COLD THE SCRIPTORIUM IS TODAY

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If other nations were as considerate as the Danes are, the exhibition halls at the British Museum or Louvre would…

CARVING OUT THE TRUTH

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Teddi is a hearty looking 60 something, a former firefighter and sailor, He is also a woodcarver, and says the…

SIGURJÓN ÓLAFSSON MUSEUM

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It seems that once an Icelander gets his hands on a paintbrush or a chisel, there is no stopping him….

HIGH TIME FOR GREENLAND

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High time is the folk etymology translation of what seems to be Icelandic key word in summer – hátíð. Hátíð…

SOCIALIST REALISM BY HRINGBRAUT

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The sculpture is question is The Smith by the Icelandic sculptor Ásmundur Sveinsson and it stands in front of the…

SAFNLAUGAVEGUR 37

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Just when you think you know Laugavegur like the back of your hand, having walked up and down a million…