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May
09
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Scent of Summer
After the First Day of Summer you can smell it everywhere. The delightful, mouthwatering scent of summer, emitted from thousands of barbeques across Iceland.
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April
28
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Lambing Season
Click on the picture to watch an audio slideshow of the lambing season at Brimnes, a farm in the north of Iceland. Sheep farmer Arnar Gústafsson and his girlfriend Edda Björk take shifts watching over the nearly 300 ewes and helping them give birth 24/7 for about two months or until the last lamb is born.
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Fjallabyggd (“Mountain Settlement”) is a skier’s dream. Its slopes are perfect for slaloming and there are also tracks for telemark skiing. Winter sporting enthusiasts can also go ice skating or rent snowmobiles. In summer, Fjallabyggd turns into a paradise for hikers. Read this special promotion about one of Iceland’s best hidden gems.
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Nearly 60 percent of secondary school students in Iceland (ages 16 to 20) who participated in a new opinion poll by the Icelandic Center for Social Research and Analysis, say there are too many immigrants in the country.
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An offer for the construction and operation of a new ferry for the Westman Islands, off Iceland’s southern coast, has been rejected because it exceeded cost estimates considerably. The Icelandic state may take over the project.
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Over the past two summers, three women from Akureyri in north Iceland, Margrét and Marta Einarsdóttir and Gudrún Blöndal, have raised ISK 4 million (USD 52,000, EUR 33,000) to fund the construction of four schools in Mozambique which opened this week.
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Two senior citizens who live in the retirement ward of residential community Tjörn in Thingeyri, a village of 320 in the West Fjords, will be moved to Ísafjördur, the region’s capital, to save money when the staff goes on vacation for the summer.
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The directors of the Central Bank of Iceland have issued a warning to the government in regards to its plans of increasing personal exemption and lowering income tax in light of the current instable economic situation.
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One hundred years had passed on Wednesday since the first mayor of Reykjavík was inaugurated. The anniversary was celebrated in the City Hall with the opening of an historic exhibition in the Tjarnarsalur exhibition hall.
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For limited time while supplies last, new subscribers to Iceland Review will receive the book Adventure in Iceland (normally USD 47) as a gift. You will also be entered in a draw to win a trip to Iceland next year! Start your subscription now by ordering here.
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Valentines by Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson contains 12 short stories, one for each month of the year. They all revolve around love and time, “the two most powerful forces in human existence,” as it says on the back of the book. But these bland tales just conclude without a real ending, without an interesting twist and an unforeseen plot.
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Known throughout equestria for its gentle demeanor, comfy ride and distinctive f ifth gait, the Icelandic horse becomes the belle of the ball at the 18th annual National Horse Show of Iceland this summer. Atlantica managed to f ind one of the show’s biggest names, National Team Trainer Siggi Saemundsson, to get an idea of this year’s event.
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May
05
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Event of the Week: Through My Eyes
This week visit the photographic exhibition “Through My Eyes” by Rafn Hafnfjörd in the Start Art Gallery in central Reykjavík. Since 1955, Hafnfjörd has photographed Iceland with the purpose of promoting the country. His photographs have been published in travel brochures, on postcards, calendars, stamps and web sites.
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