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To The Vík-tor Go The Unspoiled Spoils
“There were only six people in my year at school,” says Eiríkur Vilhelm Sigurðarson, who is possibly Vík’s most familiar face. “The other five have moved to Reykjavík. I’m the last one here.” I knew it was small, but this detail puts…
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Grímsey: Hanging Out On The Arctic Circle
“You’re spending five days on Grímsey?”, a Reykjavík friend asked me in astonishment. “But there’s nothing to do there.” ”Precisely why I’m going there,” I replied. For I’d rather go to a place where there’s “nothing to do” than to a place…
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DIY Celebrity Walk
We know you all were pretty upset to learn that it wasn’t actually the real Ryan Gosling who made headlines a few weeks ago by getting his car crashed on Sæbraut. Don’t worry. There are plenty of celebrities that did come over…
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A Scavenger Hunt Via GPS: Geocaching In Skagafjörður
On Friday evening we set off toward Skagafjörður where we would spend the weekend exploring. It wouldn’t be like anything we had done before; Bragi Jónsson, an Icelander who certainly knows his way around the island, would be taking us geocaching. This…
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Exploring The Reykjanes Peninsula
You may have noticed while looking at a map of Iceland that the Reykjanes Peninsula, where the Keflavik International Airport is situated, has a familiar shape. It looks like a boot, like a miniature version of good old Italy. You might find…
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The Eirikur Helgason Interview – You Might Not Know Him, But He’s Kinda Famous
Beginnings Eiríkur “Eiki” Helgason first drew the attention of the snowboarding community in 2003 with the release of the snowboard movie “Óreiða” (“Chaos”), where he and his fellow rippers in Team Divine (Viktor Helgi Hjartarson, Gulli Guðmundsson and Eiki´s little brother Halldór)…
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Rounding up the Sheep: Icelandic Customs Die Hard
The Icelandic people have a strong, abiding connection with their farm animals. Though, admittedly, in everyday life in downtown Reykjavík, they’ve become a mere cliché – a stuffed animal for children or a novel cuisine found in national dishes like svið. But…
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Akranes Sports Museum: Where Sports Heros Go To Be Forgotten
Akranes, located 48 km northeast of Reykjavik, offers one of Iceland’s most comprehensive museums that will appeal to those with many varying interests. Getting there is half the fun. After a long adventurous slog through Iceland’s third longest tunnel, Hvalfjörður, you follow…
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The Northland: One Reporter’s Adventure At The Top Of The World
Letting Go in Mývatn There’s really only one thing to say upon driving or hiking through Mývatn – Wow. No matter how many volcanic wildernesses you’ve visited, Mývatn stands on its own as a place unlike any other. The lava formations span…