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Nice Air Begins Flights To Copenhagen
The newly re-established Akureyri-based airline Nice Air aims to start flights from North Iceland to Copenhagen in February, 2026, RÚV reports. Ticket sales started on December 17. On December 10, German businessman and Nice Air CEO Martin Michael announced his plans on…
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Movie-Star, Painter, Man Of The World: The Story Of Muggur
“From Iceland’s Frigid Shore, Where Women Vote, Come Wondrous Fairy Tales.” Thus read a headline in the Evening Sun on November 3rd, 1915. The occasion was the first visit by Icelandic painter Guðmundur Thorsteinsson, or Muggur, to New York City. He was…
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Opening Today: The First Exhibition Of Icelandic Art In Copenhagen
In 1920, over 160 works by five Icelandic artists reached the shores of Denmark. The occasion? The first joint exhibition of Icelandic art, held by the Danish-Icelandic Society, entitled ‘Fem islandske malere’ (“Five Icelandic Artists”). These works made such waves that seven…
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History Repeating: The Pirates Came And The Vikings Conquered
Icelanders ignored the warnings. Nobody took notice. Well, most people took no notice. Others were convinced that the threat had gone away. Internationally, people boasted that the people of Iceland, a Viking settlement, would flee at the first sight of trouble. Then…
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Icelanders Love Copenhagen
Copenhagen was the favourite travel destination for Icelanders this summer, reports Vísir. London has long been the destination of choice for Icelanders, in the winter months nearly a quarter of flights departing Keflavík airport head to the British capital, but this summer…
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EINAR MÁR
Einar Már Gudmundson is driving me back to 101 Reykjavík from his suburban home in his soccer mom-style SUV. He turns off the Icelandic news and puts on a full-band, late 70s Dylan album. “Bob Dylan is an outsider, too. Or maybe…
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KJARVALS OTHER PLACE
Jóhannes Kjarval is one of those names in Icelandic art that made it even to the briefest of brief tourist brochures, and not only because he, just like his literary Nobel-prize-winning counterpart, uses a surname that is easier to remember than the…