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Iceland’s South By Monster Wheels

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At the Reykjavík bus station BSÍ bright and early, I shook hands with our tour guide for the day, a…

Chasmic Escapades In Leiðarendi

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Judging by my lack of dexterity in all things strenuously physical, the opportunity to explore Iceland’s caves was an enormous…

IT AIN’T EASY BEING GREEN

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One of Iceland’s proudest assets is its energy grid. Geothermal energy, by 2010 figures, accounts for just over 26% of…

Katla’s Activity Worrying Scientists

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Recent seismic activity around Katla has civil authorities meeting with scientists on a regular basis, and has attracted the attention…

A Twilight Portrait Of This Year’s RIFF

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Some afterthoughts on the Reykjavik International Film FestivalFor me, the last two weeks of September were all about RIFF. A…

Polipe Will Prove A Nice Surprise

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“At the age of 14 we began to play together and let go all that bullshit. The drummer joined us…

Talking Out Of Phones

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Dan Deacon is best known for two things: a profanity laden viral video and bleep-bloopy dance music that hipsters really,…

NASA – Wednesday

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Funny how an artist can convince you their music is good just by the way they move to it. Premiering…

Planned Aircrew Strike Could Threaten Airwaves

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A planned strike of stewards and stewardesses at Icelandair could do significant damage to the line-up planned for Iceland Airwaves….

Risið – Friday

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I arrived at Risið to find a well-behaved crowd sitting in chairs listening intently to the evening’s first act, Soffía…

It’s all in the algae

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WHAT IS ‘MEAT SOUP’? Mývatn: We’re sitting in what was once a cowshed overlooking clear blue skies and a rippling…

Venue – Saturday

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The evening was cold and wet when I arrived at Venue. No lines had formed outside of the Art Museum…

More At Stake

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?Volcano’ director Rúnar Rúnarsson interviewedRúnar Rúnarsson is a young Icelandic director who became somewhat of a starlet when he was…

Four Autumn Excursions

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Spelunking Ever feel the urge to spelunk Iceland’s caves? You can experience the thrilling descent into Iceland’s subterranean wonderland all…

An Overcrowded Festival

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A couple of weeks ago both Icelandic daily newspapers published a very similar headline about the Reykjavik International Film Festival:…

From Venice to Reykjavik

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We speak to RIFF programming director Giorgio Gosetti and check out some coming attractions…“Social disease and a new energy coming…

Katla Continues To Quake

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Roughly twenty earthquakes were detected last night from Mýrdalsjökull glacier where the volcano Katla resides. The largest one measured 2,7…

South Icelanders Review Emergency Plan

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While people all over Iceland speculate about the chances of a new eruption, those living near possible eruption sites are…

What Is Katla Up To?

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Recent measurements taken at the site of the Katla eruption have some scientists confused, as their data could indicate an…

In Nowhere Land

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Our day tour to Þórsmörk started bright and early in Reykjavík. The pickup time was 8 AM, but we arrived…

NASA Takes High-Res Photos Of Iceland From Space

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NASA took advantage of a cloudless day in Iceland to take a few incredible photos of the country from orbit….