Youth Group Seeks To Fight Racism
A youth group entering its twelfth year hopes to fight racism in the next generation of Icelanders by bringing together young immigrants and nationals. The group, called Adrenaline
You Call It Culture, I Call It Crap
A short while ago, I was at these concerts in the heart of my hometown, Akureyri. These concerts took place in Populus Tremula in an area known as the Listagil […]
The Christmas Goat Is Here!
IKEA in Garðabær has raised a Swedish Christmas goat, which will hopefully not be set on fire. Better known as the Gävle Goat, it is made of straw, and usually […]
Sour Grapes And Stuff
MOST AWESOME LETTER: to: the girl eds…. yer fussing about a asian tourist hotel in niceland? errrr,. iceland? Hotelling is a national dream there; well, past formenting the r
Dining In The Borg Starship
Harpa looks a lot better on the inside, doesn’t it? From the outside it’s a sooty ice-cube blocking my view of my favourite range of mountains. On the inside it’s […]
NEW BIKE PARKING GARAGE!
A bike parking garage/shipping container with room for fourteen bikes has just been installed in the parking lot next to Kolaportið in downtown Reykjavík. The parking container,
Going To The Country, Gonna Drink A Lot Of Vodka
For us, the lead up to the Iceland Airwaves festival is a couple of whirlwind weeks of trying to talk to as many performers as we can, especially the international […]
“Iceland’s Recovery: Lessons and Challenges”
Harpa, Iceland’s new mega opera house, emblematic for the boom and bust of the country’s economy in 2008, was the venue for this conference on the October 27, co-hosted b
SPEAK UP! YOU ARE VERY IMPORTANT!
I was recently invited to Madrid to partake in a panel discussion (that was part of an ongoing, and pretty cool, festival called Dias Nordicos) about Iceland post-kreppa. When I [&
Whale Meat Sales At Airport Stopped
Minke whale meat, which was being sold at Keflavík airport despite being illegal for import in many countries, will no longer be available for sale in the departure lounge. Just [
Prison Sentence For Smuggling Legal Substance
An Icelander was sentenced to prison for smuggling what he thought was cocaine, but was actually a legal chemical. The man in question was stopped in December 2009, arriving from [
Most Priests Want Church Reform
A new study shows that the overwhelming majority of priests in the national church believes that reforms are needed in how the church is run. The past year has not […]
First Foreign-Born Woman In Parliament
Alternate MP for the Social Democrats Amal Tamimi became the first foreign-born woman in the history of the Icelandic parliament today. Sitting in for Lúðvík Geirsson, Amal came
A _____ Odyssey
Far, far away from home, Odysseus finds his ship wandering towards a smoky bay in Iceland. Homer’s epic is the inspiration for an exhibition at Hafnarhús depicting how “…men
Baroque Romantics Wanted
If you’re into the Baroque and Romantic masters Johann S. Bach and César Franck, you may want to head to Hallgrímskirkja church (which took 38 years to build!). Björn Steinar
Harpa Will Pump You Up
Harpa is hosting a weekend of bikinis, speedos and bulging muscles! For three days, some of the world’s most muscular humans will descend on Reykjavík to participate in the Icel
The Return of Kauphöll?
The famed – and notorious – Icelandic trading house Kauphöll may be on the verge of a renaissance, as companies are beginning to show a renewed interest in being liste
Taxi Drivers Furious Over Snow Tire Ban
A city campaign launched to fight the use of spiked snow-and-ice tires has made some taxi drivers furious, as they view the tires as a necessity. Nagladekk, as they are […]
Unregistered Labour Costs Billions
The societal cost of managers hiring employees without registering them with the tax office runs into the billions. Unregistered work has been a fact of life in Iceland, as it [&he
Occupier Tents Taken Down; Live Stream Up
It turns out the Occupy Reykjavík protesters do not have a permit to have tents up in front of parliament. However, they do have a Livestream set up, and have […]