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Most Awesome Letter of the Issue ZERO POINTS FOR ICELAND An Open Letter about the Icelandic Eurovision Preselection Sometimes it might be quite nice to have a different view on [&h
Bad Business Makes For Great Art
Once again we’ve dedicated our third issue of the year to the annual DesignMarch festival. Once again we’ve created a special pull-out with lots of design-related stuff includi
On The Frontier
Even by generous estimates, there are less than 100 Jews in Iceland. The community’s infrastructure is sparse, their celebrations un-elaborate. Their leader, although he disputes
SÓNAR PICTURES AND WORDS: SATURDAY NIGHT EDITION
The second part of our massive Sónar Reykjavík coverage is finally on-line for you to read, look at and think about. This time around, we have four people walking around [&hellip
On The Outside
Kaffistofan, downtown Reykjavík’s soup kitchen, has the off-white walls, bland decor and fluorescent lighting of a hospital cafeteria. Located on Borgatún behind a worn and
Our Sónar Reykjavík Friday Words + Images Are In!
The inaugural edition of Sónar Reykjavík went down last weekend at Reykjavík’s fancypants concert hall (and conference centre!), Harpa. Judging by folks’ Facebooks and Twitt
Getting The Show Back On The Road
“Iceland’s de facto bankruptcy—its currency (the krona) is kaput, its debt is 850 percent of G.D.P., its people are hoarding food and cash and blowing up their new Range Rove
Speed-Dating At Café Lingua
Born and raised in Istanbul, Turkey, Saadet Ozdemir Hilmarsson moved to Iceland in 2008 when she married her Icelandic husband. Before moving, she had studied tourism and hotel man
Across 110th Street
One can’t be blamed for confusing the new bar on Naustin with one of its former tenants. A stylishly whimsical logo graces the front of the building, heavy black curtains [&helli
So What’s This Asylum Tourism I Keep Hearing About?
After spending a gazillion dollars convincing foreigners that Iceland in winter is not an uninhabitable rock floating in the colder bits of the North Atlantic, the tourism industry
Is Iceland Still On Sale?
While Icelanders bemoaned the effects of the financial crisis in 2008, dollar- and euro-carrying tourists rejoiced that the notoriously expensive island had suddenly become more af
Later Days!
Well it certainly has been a fun ride. After ten years of contributions and four years of daily news, I’ve decided that the time has come for me to bow […]
Be A Cow
It only came to my knowledge a couple of hours ago that Iceland’s recently selected Eurovision song, ‘Ég á líf’ sung by Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson, was causing a lot of [&h
News In Brief
January started off on a sensational note with international media reporting that Iceland was the thing to fear in 2013. Two different shows on America’s Public Broadcasting Serv
Are We Drinking The Kool-Aid, Iceland?
Icelanders breathed a collective sigh of relief this week when EFTA ruled in its favour in the long-disputed Icesave case. Congratulations flew this way and that and Prime Minister
The Game Of Risk
“Congratulations!” This word was frequently shouted this past Monday. Why? Did Iceland’s national handball team win the European Championship? Or did an Icelandic ‘musician
Sour Grapes & Stuff
Most Awesome Letter of the Issue Icelandic President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson criticized ex British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in an interview with Sky News whilst at Davos for plac
Rolling Around Reykjavík
Kristbjörg Sigtryggadóttir recalls the time when she lost consciousness at her very first bout in Montgomery, Alabama. A member of the opposing team slammed into her, knocking he
The Least We Can Do
Minister of the Interior Ögmundur Jónasson introduced an omnibus immigration bill to parliament today which is par for the course when it comes to Iceland’s immigration pol
The International Students Rocking Up In RVK
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Erasmus programme, which promotes student exchanges all over the world. The Reykjavík branch of the Erasmus Student Network (ESN) forme
Trailblazers Of The Tech Industry
When people talk about Iceland’s resources, it’s typically regarding fish, geothermal power and the landscapes that attract hundreds of thousands of tourists every year. Sadly