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101 Projects: Silenced
A critical part of Iceland’s society, the arts, is feeling the impact of the economic crisis, as businesses are losing…
Ipseity – Abeyance
As part of the Northern Lights Festival, the Nordic House has been hosting the group exhibition “Ipseity- Abeyance”. The exhibition…
Stuff We Like
We really like tonights (Friday 20th at 22:00) show at Grand Rokk, bringing out some of Icelands finest artists; Singapore…
Almost Snowboarding In Akureyri – Two Days Of Riding That Just Weren’t Meant To Be
My iPod is pink and ancient. Within it resides, among others, Steve Von Till. He is gently crooning at my…
Skrúður
Julefrukost, or Christmas buffet, is an old Scandinavian Christmas tradition that has grown very popular in Iceland in recent decades….
Not Quite Prison
There is an up and coming “refugee camp” in Reykjanesbær. You probably haven’t heard about it. September 11 2008, as…
The Golden Greek
by Sigurður Kjartan Kristinsson
The Reykjavík International Film Festival, RIFF, begins September 25 and this year it should be bigger than ever. The Greek…
It´s Electric
Chris Paine is the director of the acclaimed film Who Killed the Electric Car, a documentary about the decline of…
Rock ‘n’ Responsibilities
Four left-field bands – Benni Hemm Hemm, Reykjavík!, Morðingjarnir and Borko – circled the whole of Iceland in a rickety…
Lost in Iceland?
Google and others struggle to map IcelandGoogle has mapped the moon, Mars and the sky, yet amazingly cannot provide a…
Middle East Music Fest
A Palestine benefit concert in Iceland – not an obvious event for a Thursday night at Organ, but who cares…
Introducing: Hugleikur and the Monsters
Vol. 1: ‘The Deacon of Dark River’We spoke about the need to enlighten our English-speaking friends on the joys of…
Lamenting a Dying Model
Documentary Kjötborg was previewed at the Skjaldborg film festival this spring, where it won over the hearts of the audience,…
Deafening Silence
Sigur Rós, despite their success, is a band that is still on it’s way out of Iceland. In a way,…
Glacial Dogs
There were five of them up on the Mýrdalsjökull glacier: a journalist, a photographer, and three former sergeants from the…
Forget the Foot Massager
by Alex
Working for no money sucks. Gaining experience and insight into things you didn’t know you could do and learning more…
Reinventing Reykjavík
On Saturday May 10, the second half of a two-day international conference ‘Reinventing Harbour Cities – Urban Planning and Art…
102 Reykjavík:
Vatnsmýri – An Introduction Vatnsmýri is a 150 hectare area which is currently occupied by the Reykjavík domestic Airport. Located…
Across the Country in 40 Days
Hopefully, readers will excuse me if I dwell on the sappy expression “the heart of Iceland” in the course of…
Looking Back
Dog Cheats Death, Photographer Escapes Angry Mob The most peculiar news story of 2007 is the adventurous tale of Lúkas…
Recent Books About Iceland
The Iceland Connection By D. Edward Bradley (Tarbutton Press, 2006) I found this novel at Eymundsson. The National Library also…