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Today Is Þorláksmessa, The Day Of Putrefied Skate
Today is an important family-friendly day for Icelandic winter holidays, as we celebrate the day of the patron saint of Iceland, Saint Þorlákur. Þorlákur was a 12th century Icelandic bishop who was a prolific writer and archivist of Icelandic Christian lore, and…
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Who Eats Putrefied Skate Anyway? The Truth Revealed
A new poll from Market and Media Research sheds light on what kinds of people eat putrefied skate, as per tradition on this day. As many are probably aware, today is Þorláksmessa, a special holiday which in Iceland is celebrated with the…
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VIDEO: The Essence Of Icelandic Christmas
Like most decent Reykjavikings, Grapevine’s friend Kormákur Arthursson hung out in 101 Reykjavík on December 23rd. His trusty smartphone in hand, the rascal managed to catch the essence of what being an (non-empoverished-diseased-or-otherwise-troubled) Icelander at that particular time of year. Seeing this,…
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The Poor Donate Second Hand Domestic Appliances To The Rich
“The Poor Give The Rich Second Hand Domestic Appliances” is the title of an announced event, scheduled on December 23, the last business day before Christmas, locally known as Þorláksmessa. The event was announced on Facebook last Monday. —Thursday afternoon, over 800…
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VIDEO! Special Rotted Skate Special!
Your friends at The Reykjavík Grapevine sure love them some fermented skate. We dropped in at a rotten lunch party earlier and got the skinny on skate from a verified skate expert. https://youtube.com/watch?v=7YP2vqmdaQE%3Ffs%3D1%26hl%3Den_US As you will probably know, today is December 23rd,…