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From Nada To Empanadas
Mijita Offer the First Taste of Colombia in Iceland When the Colombian-Canadian indie pop star Lido Pimienta played Airwaves way back in 2017, I ended my rave review of her set with the following lines: “With exquisite percussion, delicate vocals and a…
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Online Alcohol Merchants Closed By Police
The capital area police closed the operations of various alcohol merchants on December 26, RÚV and Vísir report. According to Icelandic alcohol laws, distribution and sale of liquor is prohibited during national holidays. The National Church’s official holidays during Christmas are December…
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Official Identification Documents Now Available At Hagkaup
From October 21, Hagkaup’s Skeifan location will administer national identification documents on behalf of Registers Iceland (Þjóðskrá). The service is a six-month pilot project aimed at improving accessibility. Both passports and ID cards (nafnskírteini) will be available for pick-up at Hagkaup in…
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Hagkaup Stops Selling SodaStream
Hagkaup CEO Sigurður Reynaldsson recently announced that the shop has decided to pull SodaStream products off its shelves, Heimildin reports. Pro-Palestine activists in Iceland have encouraged consumers to avoid Israeli-made products by labelling them with stickers. According to Sigurður, SodaStream’s supplier in…
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Hagkaup To Start Alcohol Sales
Hagkaup supermarket is nearing the launch of its online alcohol sales platform, with the service expected to begin within the next two weeks, according to CEO Sigurður Reynaldsson, as reported Vísir. “We hope to start testing this week,” says Sigurður Reynaldsson, CEO…
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12-Year-Old Girl Attacked With Chemical Drain Cleaner
A 12-year-old girl needed medical attention in Reykjavík, Monday, October 16, after suffering a chemical attack. The girl was playing at the Breiðagerðisskóli playground when she met a group of boys she knew. Subsequently, one of the boys splashed powdered drain cleaner…
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Capri Suns Found To Have Alcohol In Them, Pulled From Shelves
Some packets of Capri Sun from a local Hagkaup have been found to have alcohol in them, Vísir reports, prompting the product to be pulled from the shelves. The matter was first brought up in a closed Facebook group specifically for residents…
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VIDEO: Man Destroys Easter Egg Display
A man became an unexpected folk hero on social media yesterday after footage of him destroying an Easter Egg display at Hagkaup supermarket went viral on Icelandic social media. In the video you can see the man wreck the display in a…
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The Best Place In Iceland To Masturdate: Smáralind
Masturdate (Ma-stir-date) noun: 1. To go on date by yourself; to be alone but still do activities normally associated with dates; to realize you deserve to be wooed and to take matters into your own hand(s). The Best Place In Iceland I often…
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America Daze
For the last few years, visitors to the Icelandic grocery chain Hagkaup have been met by a trio of unusually high profile greeters. Surrounded by enough American flags to trick out a NASCAR rally on the 4th of July, Elvis, John Wayne,…