The annual Icelandic music festival Reykjavik Music Mess is set to take place this weekend (May 24-26) at Volta and Kex Hostel in downtown Reykjavik, Iceland.
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Icelandic music festival Reykjavik Music Mess to take place this weekend
Posted on 21 May 2013.
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Holger Danske statue may rest in its current location
Posted on 30 April 2013.
The controversial sale of the Holger Danske statue which has stood in a Helsingør hotel since 1907 may soon come to a halt. Helsingør Council’s financial committee has reached out to the owner of both the statue and the hotel in hope of keeping the replica of the Danish folk hero in the Zealand community.
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Danes protest Helsingør Holger Danske statue sale
Posted on 23 April 2013.
Locals and politicians alike are protesting the sale of a statue of one of Denmark’s most famous folk heroes, Holger Danske, to foreign art collectors. The two tonne statue in question is one of three Holger Danske statues located in the Zealand community of Helsingør.
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Artists stand united against war in exhibition
Posted on 21 March 2013.
A new exhibition at the Holstebro museum called KRIG, KUNST OG DANMARK (War, Art and Denmark) aims to shake the average Dane out of complacency and examine the bloody truths of war through the realms of art.
Finnish-Russian cultural centre set to open in Helsinki
Posted on 15 March 2013.
Officials in Helsinki are to open a cultural centre in the capital designed to help Russian speakers better integrate into Finnish society. Chairman Janna Puumalainen said on behalf of the group setting up the centre, “The meeting place will offer exhibitions, discussion events, films, poetry readings and other literary evenings.
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Stone found in English Channel could be Icelandic ‘sunstone’
Posted on 14 March 2013.
A crystal recovered from a shipwreck in the English Channel may turn out to be the fabled ‘sunstone’ said to be used by the Vikings. According to ancient folklore, the Vikings used a crystal called sunstone to help navigate during cloudy weather. However, it has long been debated on weather or not the substance actually exists.
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Controversial art exhibit removed at Danish police museum
Posted on 04 February 2013.
A police museum in the Danish capital has removed a controversial art exhibit following complaints from families of the victims depicted.
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Opinion: Stöðvarfjörður’s survival through art
Posted on 04 February 2013.
American-writer, Delaney Nolan, recently travelled to the east of Iceland to spend time in Stöðvarfjörður, where she discovered an expansive world of art and culture amongst a village on the fringes of descent.
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