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Ask a Historian: The Origins of Brennivín
Where did brennivín come from and how did it become the nation’s drink? In an effort to dispel rumours surrounding brennivín, the drink of Iceland, we asked historian Stefán Pálsson to clarify the origins of this fiery schnapps. “When the alcohol prohibition…
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Buy Shit! 66°NORTH Hat, Brennivín, Lakkrís, Day Serum
Here are a few fun Icelandic products to look out for on your travels. 66°NORTH Workman Hat Everyone from rural farmers to downtown fuckboys rep’ 66°NORTH. While their winter parkas are beautiful, they also come in at anywhere between 70.000 and 150.000…
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Airwaves Day One: Terror In The Chest, Taking It In The Ass & Unexpected Horse Dick
So I’m just back from a four day trip around the south of Iceland, when I wake up from a deep ten-hour sleep, aching head to toe from walking and hiking and being in a car for a long period of time.…
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Soup Tuesday: Hungarian Goulash, Iceland’s First Refugees
In 1956, Iceland welcomed its first refugees: 52 Hungarians. Goulash traces its origin to ninth century Hungary, with the word Goulash meaning “herdsman meat.” Iceland was and is a fairly isolated place, so new arrivals of any type usually meant new editions…
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STEP INTO THE LIGHT: 2014
A Shit Sandwich Of Gloom Lorded over by the most bumblingly inefficient government in recent memory, people found it increasingly harder to feed themselves. For instance: at the start of 2015, Icelanders saw rising food prices, along with a tiny drop in…
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Northern Sights
I moved to Iceland to get away from my friends and family. I don’t hate them, but I was beginning to think they were stopping me from reaching my full potential. My friends were always showing up at my house and forcing…
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Sour Grapes
Hello, I just read your article, 9.8.2013 [“Reykjavík’s War on Street Art”], about the street art in Reykjavik. A year or two ago, I travelled with my son to Iceland. I felt a particular connection to the people and land of Iceland.…
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Should You Be Eating This?
Once again, it is time for the traditional weird-food article, to be published around the month of February, for our foreign readership to scoff at all the strange, foul-tasting stuff Icelanders will traditionally eat around this time of year, and for locals…