Author: Thomas L. Moir
Home School Away From Home!
“You know when you sit at a table and you see three or four forks and you’re not sure where…
To The Vík-tor Go The Unspoiled Spoils
“There were only six people in my year at school,” says Eiríkur Vilhelm Sigurðarson, who is possibly Vík’s most familiar…
Money For Nothing
An unsteady, elderly man spends the better part of a minute dismounting from his stool. He hobbles over to the…
Welcome To The Book Cave
A door slams shut with a finality that could only mean closing time. Seconds later the opening guitar tones to…
Iceland’s Real National Sport
I thought I was good at Foosball. Then I moved to Iceland where I had my ass handed to me…
OMAM Pipped At The Post Down Under
At barbeques, on beaches, at swimming pools and in backyards across the country on January 26, Australians listened to the…
No Licking Your Knife!
“No licking your knife, or using the fork to retrieve the meat from your teeth. I’ve seen everything, I’m sure…
Sure, You Can Say Hamborgarhryggur. But Can You Make It?
“I teach cooking when the regular teacher is sick, it’s my favourite subject to teach,” Margrét Sigfúsdóttir says. “I just…
Stretching Out Your Lunch Break
Feeling suitably limber after my first lunchtime yoga class at Harpa, I get up off the mat and wander over…
Out There On The Ice Of Sólheimajökull
“This tour’s been a bit of a game-changer,” our guide Arnar says from the driver’s seat. “Its popularity has been…
Still The Prince!
I find myself sitting at one end of a large boardroom table with a sheet of questions and a stack…
Where The Streets Have New Names…
Early morning in Reykjavík, I wade through the fog along a deserted street in the Tún neighbourhood, en route to…
Sigur Rós Announce 2013 North American Tour
Off the back of their headlining set at Airwaves, Sigur Rós have this morning announced a 13-date tour of North…
Watch Björk’s Volcanic New Video
“I shuffle tectonic plates around in my chest,” begins Björk’s geology imagery-heavy ‘Biophilia’ track ‘Mutual Core’. The video for ‘Mutual…
Awkwardly Awesome!
A not so authentic seagull “ca-caw, ca-caw” steals my attention as I wait outside a whale watching tour office at…
Icelandair Cancels Flights
Icelandair cancelled flights from Boston and New York to Reykjavík today due to Hurricane Sandy (aka Frankenstorm), which is expected…
The Discovery of Amsterdam (or Reykjavík)
Since I arrived in Reykjavík nearly a month ago, I’ve penned about 50 to-do lists. This isn’t because I have…
Not So Fast
Laugavegsreitir’s Project Manager Hannes Frímann Sigurðsson paints a slightly different picture. Hannes does not deny that they’re going through with…