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Author: Mark O'Brien

Connecting Expats

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New arrivals scouting for job offers, teachers offering Icelandic lessons… and one lady asking where she can find a live…

The International Students Rocking Up In RVK

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This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Erasmus programme, which promotes student exchanges all over the world. The Reykjavík…

Taxing Issue For Filmmakers In Iceland

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Is the tax rebate for movie directors as a big a draw as they say?“I’m afraid we’ll have to keep…

Andri Snær Magnason: The First Capitalist-Realist Poet?

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For a wily writer who has always known his market, Andri Snær Magnason is late again. Three weeks have passed…

Does Icelandic Music Need More Support?

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When the crowds gather in Reykjavík for this year’s Iceland Airwaves, Alþingi may not be the first item on their…

I Get My Kicks On Route 57: The Bus To Akureyri

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Public buses have never had much of a tradition in the western literary canon. One of Steinbeck’s lesser-beloved novels ‘The…

Iceland’s Article 36

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Long before the Miss World crown was a mere glint in her eye, Linda Pétursdóttir was unafraid of speaking up….

Talents In The RIFF Laboratory

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The new generation of rising filmmakers learning the trade in ReykjavíkGlobal icons like Dario Argento and Marjane Satrapi may be…

Oh No You Don’t! Not Our Skyr!

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Rows of small circular tubs in an array of colours are a familiar sight to visitors who stop off at…

The Revolution Growing On Iceland’s Farms

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Sunday morning, 11:00. Þorvaldseyri farm. Autumn has arrived, but this morning is sunny and unseasonably mild. The waves of a…

Ten Reasons To Go To RIFF

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Ten reasons why you should be excited about the 2012 Reykjavík Internation Film FestivalIt’s back! The Reykjavík International Film Festival…

Poles Apart No Longer

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A new book about the landscape and mythology of Iceland—the first to be published in the Polish language in this…

Erró At 80: Still Not Wearing A Tie

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An entire cast of grotesque, comic figures watches us as we cross the room: exaggerated nudes in mock classical pose;…

Protestors Make Noise As Parliament Opens

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Dozens of protestors lined the edge of Austurvöllur after dark this evening, striking a constant drumbeat on a row of…

Nowhere Else To Turn

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The half-dozen empty prams lined up by the front door at Kvennaathvarf, Iceland’s only shelter for abused women, paint a…

Mothers, Lovers, and CEOs: Modern Icelandic Women

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Reykjavík photographer Berglind Björnsdóttir captures the hopes and dreams of Icelandic womanhoodHalla Linker Aguirre and Erla Dögg Ingjaldsdóttir may have…

My Offer To Buy Every Woman In Iceland A Drink

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I’m one of the world’s perennial singles. There are good reasons why. I’m an only child, and have always enjoyed…

Now Bill Oddie’s In Iceland Too!

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Veteran British TV naturalist Bill Oddie is the latest celebrity to have arrived in Reykjavík, joining forces this week with…

Sizzling Weekend Expected

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A delegation from the United States of America landed at Keflavík this week for the start of an international diplomatic…

Iceland’s Troubadour Takes His Love Song Around The Globe

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Hörður Torfason is not a man known for sitting back and taking a break. In his youth he became an…

Gerður Kristný

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Icelandic writer competes in the Poetry OlympicsIt is not only the handballers and the swimmers who are repping RVK in…

Not This Year: Iceland’s Olympians

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When Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson was doorstepped by international reporters in London last week, he must have struggled to hide a…

What Are They Doing To Ingólfstorg, Nasa and Kvosin?

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One of the oldest quarters of the Icelandic capital, nowadays Ingólfstorg is the haunt of summer vacationers and boys on…

Monsters On The Streets Downtown

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Mural lights up forgotten city square Look out, there’s a monster coming! Well, quite a few of them if you…