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Old Norse, New Audience: Dr. Jackson Crawford’s Curious Path From Academia To Youtube
Up in the Rocky Mountains of Wyoming, a pickup truck pulls over and out steps a pair of cowboy boots. A man saunters toward the camera and, tipping his brimmed hat, begins to lecture about historical language change and umlaut mutation. Far…
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Björk To Play Witch In Sjón’s Upcoming Viking Film
Björk Guðmundsdóttir is set to play a witch in the upcoming Viking film The Northman, RÚV reports. The film will star the brothers Bill and Alexander Skarsgård and Hollywood stars Willem Dafoe and Nicole Kidman, amongst others. Sjón wrote the screenplay together…
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Læknishljómar: The Healing Sounds of Rituals
When you stumble into a performance by Læknishljómar, you might think you have traveled through time. Two men are sitting on stage, and their enigmatic throat singing is resonating in the air. One of them is chanting from his book of Icelandic…
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Viking Row From Svalbard To Siglufjörður
The Icelandic rower Fiann Paul, and another eight of the world’s fastest rowers, are currently rowing from Svalbard to Iceland on a 2000km record breaking voyage. The Polar Crew left Tromso, Norway, in early July and are to arrive in Siglufjörður in…
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Greenlandic Viking Beer Sets Sail For Iceland
Once upon a time, 982 AD to be precise, there was an Icelandic viking, who crossed oceans on a raggedy wooden longship, as vikings so casually did, and discovered the world’s largest island. He named it Greenland, and now Greenland finally returns…
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Quirky Culture: Where Vikings Still Rule
Run for your halberd and prepare to hack your way to Valhalla: the days of Viking rule in Iceland are apparently not over. An Icelandic high court recently handed down a ruling based on a 13th century book of law known as…
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Class Pets Receive Flaming Viking Burial
Freddy and Bubbles, two goldfish who served bravely as primary school class pets received a flaming Viking burial earlier this week following their untimely demise, reports the BBC. Their journey to Valhalla was made in a miniature Norse longship and witnessed by…
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Icelandic Summer Beer: The Definitive Guide
It’s summertime in Reykjavík, when temperatures consistently break 15 degrees and the constant sounds of construction have nearly driven you off the deep end. But there’s something else brewing in the Icelandic summer air: the hoppy smell of all the seasonal beers.…
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PHOTOS: The World’s Biggest Viking Ship
The biggest viking ship in the world, Draken Harald Hårfagre (Harald Fair Hair), named after the first king in Norway, is in Reykjavík for the next two or three days. It sailed in from Haugesund in Norway, where it was built, with…
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A Brief History Of The Traveller’s Tattoo (In Iceland, At Least)
With the burgeoning population of Icelandophiles and ever-increasing popularity of tattoos, it should come as no surprise that souvenir tattoos are becoming trendy among tourists to Iceland. Of course, it’s not a new phenomenon. Fjölnir Bragason of The Icelandic Tattoo Corporation says…
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Viking Ritual To Secure Iceland Eurovision Win Held Today
An ancient Viking ritual will be held at the top of Esja mountain overlooking Reykjavík later today to secure Iceland’s victory at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, held in Copenhagen next month. “The conditions were fortuitous and all signs pointed to this…
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Universal acquires Viking Movie
Universal Pictures has acquired Baltasar Kormákur’s Viking movie, Vikingr, reports RÚV. The film is based on classic stories deriving from the Icelandic Sagas and documents the larger-than-life heroes, adventures and battles of early Nordic settlers as well as daily life in the…
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Þorramatur: Spears Shall Be Shaken…
If you’re looking to imbibe some ‘traditional Icelandic cuisine’ (“Þorramatur”), you’re in luck, because this is about the only time of year sane people, Icelandic or otherwise, tend to do it. This year, the week-based Old Icelandic Calendar dictates that the month…
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CARVING OUT THE TRUTH
Teddi is a hearty looking 60 something, a former firefighter and sailor, He is also a woodcarver, and says the reason he originally took up woodcarving was all the dead time between shifts at the fire station. He has long since retired…