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Five Icelandic Christmas Songs That Don’t Suck
by Davíð Roach and Óli Dóri
Like we noted in last year’s Straumur Xmas Special, the holidays can be hard on the ears for folks who…
NASA Saved! Sort Of
Iceland’s Prime Minister, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, has decreed that the hall inside former Icelandic club and community centre, NASA, is…
All Highly Unlikely
Debates on Monday #10The freedom fighter Last things first: Styrmir Gunnarsson, former editor of Morgunblaðið, has published his memoirs from…
Future Perfect
Poetry as gateway to mainstream literary success?On “The Story Island,” a fresh young crop of writers is busy carving out…
OMG! Bookflood Is Coming
by John Rogers
‘Tis the season to buy one of 800 new Icelandic books for your friends and familyIcelandic winter really, really sucks….
Grísalappalísa: Get Behind Me, Stuðmenn!
Winners of the ‘BEST LIVE BAND’ category of our second annual music awards, Grísalappalísa, just unleashed a cover of a…
One Day in October (During Master’s Month)
What exactly is a “Meistaramánuður”? On the occasion of the last day of October, known by some as “Master’s Month,” blogger…
Icelandic “Kokteilsósa” Origin Called Into Question
Iceland’s ubiquitous kokteilsósa (“cocktail sauce”) did not come from Iceland, as was recently asserted, but variations of the condiment can…
The Bizarre Inclusion Of Glíma In 1912 Olympics
And “The Silliest Decision” In Icelandic Sports History Eight Years Later“Among the wonders of Icelandic sports history is how we…
Keeping The Romance Alive
by Jessica Solt
Mexicans: They’re Everywhere- Part 3In our third and final instalment of “Mexicans: They’re Everywhere,” we meet Libertad Venegas. Prior to…
Iceland Gears Up For 100th Anniversary Of Women’s Vote
It has been 99 years since women gained the right to vote in Iceland and celebratory plans are already underway,…
So What’s This Men’s Only UN Gender Conference I Keep Hearing About?
On Monday, September 29, the Icelandic Foreign Minister Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson gave a speech to the United Nations General Assembly….
The Endless Bubble Of Overblown Expectations
In the spring of 2007, when the Icelandic financial bubble was reaching its peak, the Ministry of Industry held a…
Ptarmigan Hunting Unsustainable
An ecologist for The Icelandic Institute of Natural History (IINH) has released a report on ptarmigans, with one conclusion being…
Breathing Life Into Arts Education
by John Rogers
LungA School seeks to empower students with a creative, bilateral learning processWith university becoming more expensive in many parts of…
Poltergeists Claim State Radio
Debates on Monday #4My field of vision must be limited and my perspective biased because it seems that the most…
Ravens Disembowel Lamb, Farmer Plots Revenge
A conspiracy of ravens killed a little speckled lamb on Tuesday, at the farm Skjaldfönn in the Westfjörds, Ísafjörður newssite BB.is reports….
Quarashi’s Music Video Odyssey
“It’s a strange combination of both people and music, you know?” Quarashi is an Icelandic rap group founded in the…
Icelanders in Moscow
Life is far from grim in the Russian capitalAs a British-Icelander working in Moscow from autumn 2013 to early spring…
Owning it
by John Rogers
Icelandic Rappers Stamp Their Personality Onto Hip HopIn a crumbling old building on the outskirts of central Reykjavík, a dust-covered,…
Back To Basics
Brynja Pétursdóttir And Natasha Monay Royal Bring Street Dance To Iceland, One Step At A TimeAlthough contemporary hip hop culture…