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  • Design Of The First Reykjavík Bus Rapid Transit System Proposed By Artelia Group

    Design Of The First Reykjavík Bus Rapid Transit System Proposed By Artelia Group

    The international engineering firm, Artelia Group, have submitted proposals for a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, RÚV reports. This is in collaboration with other engineering firms such as MOE and Hnit and the architectural firms Gottlieb Paludan and Yrki arkitekta. A rapid…

  • New Open-Air Food Market Set To Open In Reykjavík This Summer

    New Open-Air Food Market Set To Open In Reykjavík This Summer

    After these few days of sun and beautiful weather we’re more than ready for summer—and so is the city. We’ve got our cold brew in the fridge and the bikes waiting outside: the only thing that we need right now is a…

  • The ABCs Of The Capital Controls: What’s The Plan?

    The ABCs Of The Capital Controls: What’s The Plan?

    In November 2008, the government instated capital controls to prevent the country’s currency from tanking after the banking collapse. Seven years later, a plan to lift the controls has been announced. As there has been some confusion surrounding the news, here are…

  • Ungoo

    Ungoo

    [Continued from Ungoo: Part IX] Earlier this year, a free-trade agreement between Iceland and China took effect. Iceland is the first, and so far the only, European country to make such an arrangement with the People’s Republic of. No one knows what…