Last Monday Reykjavik Mayor Jon Gnarr took the first swing in Iceland’s first ever Adventure Mini Golf course; The Treasure Hunt. What he didn’t know beforehand was that the pirate ship (originally called Knutur RE) now bears his name. Read the full story

One of Iceland’s most popular television programmes, Spaugstofan, will not be on RUV Television this winter due in part to budgetary restrictions. Read the full story

A game of cops and robbers became a little too authentic for two Danish teenagers this week, after armed police turned their fantasy into reality. Officers drew their weapons and demanded the boys to stand down after hearing reports of ‘armed black-clad men’ near a bank in Vemmelev. Read the full story

A fundraising balloon, released at a village fete in the UK, has been found by a family in Norway, more than 600 miles from home. The blue balloon was sent on its long journey from North Somerset by 10-year-old Beccy Filer in a bid to raise money to buy equipment for her school. Read the full story

15,000 light bulbs decorate the single best-dressed house in the south-western Icelandic town of Reykjanesbaer – but it’s not just one house: the entire neighbourhood is often called the Las Vegas of the North. Read the full story

Iceland’s best go-kart track will open for the first time this weekend at the Korputorg shopping centre on the outskirts of Reykjavik. Read the full story

Today is Finland’s national “Sleepyhead Day,” a perfectly normal and not-at-all-weird custom celebrated in the country since the Middle Ages. The basic gist is as follows: wake up early or get dumped in the sea. Simple really. Read the full story

The Reykjavik Food and Fun Festival of food and culture kicked off yesterday, RUV.is reports. This is the 18th time the festival has brought stars of global cuisine to the city and shone a light on Iceland’s ever-growing reputation as a culinary kingdom. Read the full story

I talk to you now from a strange period in which Iceland Airwaves is officially over but the off-venue events continue. It is a sort of gentle comedown. A way of getting back to normal life without crash landing.

Tonight sees the Nasa final Airwaves Party, an event to see this year’s festival off with a bang. Read the full story

Knocking off the two-time reigning title holder from Japan, Ochi (Dainoji) Yosuke, an American named Hot Lixx Hulahan strutted his stuff and won the 2008 Air Guitar Championships in Oulu, Finland, TodayOnline reports. Hot Lixx’s prize for ripping solos on an imaginary guitar was a genuine Finnish-made Flying Finn electric guitar.

Hot Lixx, whose real name is Craig Billmeier, adapted his stage name from the television series M.A.S.H. and its character Hot Lips Hulahan, the sexy co-star head nurse. Sporting shockingly tight black pants, satin shirt and a red tie, Hot Lixx destroyed the competition with an air guitar performance that seemed to summon the spirit of Eddie Van Halen himself.

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