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  • Iceland Invites Tourists For An Out-Of-This-World Experience

    Iceland Invites Tourists For An Out-Of-This-World Experience

    It was just last summer that Visit Iceland has caught international media attention with a bold marketing campaign suggesting you to ‘outhourse your emails’ while travelling to Iceland. Less than six months later, Iceland’s official marketing office is back at it again…

  • Advertisement For Iceland Parodies Zuckerberg’s Announcement

    Advertisement For Iceland Parodies Zuckerberg’s Announcement

    Inspired by Iceland is advertising Iceland and its nature with a video that parodies Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta. The video premiered yesterday, reports Morgunblaðið. [su_pullquote]Win a box of Icelandic Christmas goodies—and a branch of a Christmas tree to get the…

  • Vök Release Video, Announce Kex Show

    Vök Release Video, Announce Kex Show

    Moody pop trio Vök have unveiled the video for their new single, “Waiting.” The video, which is inspired by Iceland’s nature and features some “greatest hits” like Reynisfjara and the Blue Lagoon, was directed by Glashier, who had this to say of…

  • Educational Campaign For Tourists Begins

    Educational Campaign For Tourists Begins

    A new campaign aimed at helping tourists to Iceland enjoy the country safely and more completely has begun, in the form of a series of educational videos. Tourism safety has been in the news a lot lately in Iceland, but many of…

  • Don’t Ask Nanna: About Ask Guðmundur

    Don’t Ask Nanna: About Ask Guðmundur

    Dear Nanna,  What is the deepest ravine in Iceland?  – Spelunker  Dear Spelunker, The Prime Minister’s approval ratings! ZING! – Nanna   Dear Nanna,  I read in the news this week that Inspired by Iceland has launched a human search engine called Ask…

  • Bars & Beers & Food & Fun In February

    Bars & Beers & Food & Fun In February

    There are plenty of fun, food-themed events going on in the latter half of February. On February 23-26 you can partake in the Reykjavík Bar Summit, a new addition to February’s orgy of food and drink festivals, thought to merge the European…

  • Selfie Nation

    Selfie Nation

    “The untamed, distant and cool Iceland” “A few reasons why Iceland is the best place in the world” Those are random headlines I spotted on Icelandic news sites the day I wrote this article. Both stories report on articles that appeared in…

  • Jon Hamm Claims To Have A List Of Reasons To Like Iceland

    Jon Hamm Claims To Have A List Of Reasons To Like Iceland

    http://youtu.be/E-9MbAa7jbU?t=26m53s As reported by RÚV, Mad Men’s Jon Hamm appeared on Craig Ferguson’s Late Late Show, last Monday. While admitting that he had never been to Iceland, after Ferguson briefed him on former Mayor of Reykjavík, Jón Gnarr and his Best Party,…

  • Filmmakers Should Know Little About Iceland

    Filmmakers Should Know Little About Iceland

    Icelandic filmmakers have expressed their surprise and bemusement at Promote Iceland’s decision to outsource the production of a recent promotional video to international producers Pulse Films. The video is part of Promote Iceland’s ongoing campaign, “Inspired by Iceland”, and supposed to introduce…