Arguably Iceland’s most Christmassy residential home just keeps on beating its own record year after year. This year the now-famous Reykjanesbær bungalow is adorned with 17,000 light bulbs… Read the full story
Posted on 03 December 2011.
Arguably Iceland’s most Christmassy residential home just keeps on beating its own record year after year. This year the now-famous Reykjanesbær bungalow is adorned with 17,000 light bulbs… Read the full story
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Posted on 27 November 2011.
Mayor of Reykjavík Jón Gnarr presided over the launch of the “Christmas Creatures of Reykjavík” event which is already delighting children of all ages in Reykjavík city centre and nearby Laugardalur. Read the full story
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Posted on 01 August 2011.
Today is a national public holiday in Iceland. It is also the last day of the country’s biggest travel weekend of the summer. Read the full story
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Posted on 28 July 2011.
This weekend is the biggest travel weekend of the summer in Iceland. Monday is a day off for most people and there are festivals and events all over the country. Read the full story
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Posted on 09 July 2011.
A local authority in rural northwest Iceland has taken a leaf out of Bhutan’s book and written the pursuit of happiness into its rulebook. Read the full story
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Posted on 08 July 2011.
Besta Utihatidin 2011 (or ‘The Best Outdoor Festival 2011′ in English) begins this evening in South Iceland. As many as 10,000 guests are expected to camp out in the good weather and enjoy the extensive and varied live music on offer. Read the full story
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Posted on 19 June 2011.
The annual Viking Festival in the Icelandic town of Hafnarfjordur is currently taking place for the 16th time. Read the full story
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Posted on 12 April 2011.
A Swedish lifestyle magazine has unsurprisingly received hundreds of applications for an advertised job vacancy as a professional beach bum. Read the full story
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Posted on 10 September 2010.
A group of amateur astronauts may have to suspend their rocket launch for a year after their attempt to propel a man-sized dummy into space from Denmark went up in smoke. The Copenhagen Suborbitals group had to abort their mission at the military test centre near Bornholm Island in the Baltic Sea after a valve on their DIY spaceship jammed on Sunday. Read the full story
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Posted on 03 September 2010.
A Frenchman has strummed his way to glory for the second year in a row at Finland’s fifteenth annual air guitar championships. Sylvain Quimene “out aired” Canadian Cole ‘Johnny Utah’ Manson and compatriot Soraya ‘Eva Gina’ Runner in the final stage of the prestigious competition in Oulu this past week. Read the full story
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Iceland central bank holds rates, predicts ongoing economic growth
Continued Malmö violence embarrasses police
Currency exchange privacy case thrown out of Icelandic court
Sauli Niinistö wins Finland presidential race
Iceland historic French village restoration finance secured
Murder in Hafnarfjörður
Workplace drug tests increase tenfold
Mythical Icelandic monster captured on film?
Explore Vatnajökull and Jökulsárlón in Iceland with Glacier Lagoon tour
Ocean turbine designer: “Iceland could up its energy production twentyfold”
