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July 31 | The Weary Viking
After a few months away from Iceland, this travel junkie is on her way home—but first there are five more countries to visit.  more

        

 
Click on the picture to watch this audio slideshow about bird watching at Óshólmar, an area at the mouth of Eyjafjardará river just outside Akureyri in north Iceland, the largest Icelandic town outside the capital region. Not many tourists know about this attraction, which is perfect for a walk in the sun.  more
 

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Located just 40 minutes by car and six minutes from Keflavík International Airport, Sandgerdi (“Sandy Hedge”) is a growing town of 1,700 with a storied history and loads to see. Read this special promotion about the hidden secrets of one of Iceland's most charming seaside villages.  more



 
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A harmonica belonging to the poet Davíd Stefánsson (1895-1964) from the farm Fagriskógur near Akureyri in north Iceland was recovered earlier this month. It was brought to the poet’s home-turned-museum in Akureyri by Jón B. Gudlaugsson.  more

Luis Arreaga, US President Barack Obama’s nominee to serve as the US Ambassador to Iceland, praised the Icelandic emergency services in his testimony before the US Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee last week.  more




The Icelandic Seal Center organized a seal counting initiative in the inner Húnaflói bay in northwest Iceland last weekend. A total of 1,054 seals were counted, compared to 1,019 last year.  more

Icelandic orthopedics producer Össur posted profits of ISK 1.7 billion in Q2, which is seven times higher than its profits during the same period last year, ISK 240 million. CEO of Össur Jón Sigurdsson said all of the company's main products demonstrated growth.  more

The most difficult and longest trek available for tourists at the Icelandic Mountain Guides took place for the third time this year. The 30-day trek takes hikers almost 500 kilometers across the country from the north to the south. Of the seven tourists who embarked on the journey, five completed it this week.  more

Credit rating agency Moody’s has lowered Iceland’s credit rating to negative. Iceland is currently rated in the category Baa3, which is only one level above junk. The decision is based on the uncertainty of the country’s financial system created by the Supreme Court’s ruling on foreign currency loans.  more


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The second issue of the print edition of Iceland Review 2010 has just been published. Entitled “Under the Volcano” the magazine dedicates 20 pages, words and pictures, to the volcanic eruption in Eyjafjallajökull glacier which made headlines all over the word. New subscribers will receive the book Puffins as a gift and all subscribers are part of a draw to win a trip to Iceland. Click here to subscribe to the magazine.  more



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Hendrikka Waage is an accomplished jewellery designer whose first children’s book Rikka and Her Magic Ring in Iceland, takes readers on an enchanted and educational journey through the country. It’s beautifully illustrated and a good lesson in geography, but the plot could have been better thought through and the moral of the story is a bit too prominent.  more
On the third day of the Eyjafjallajökull eruption we drove from Skógar to Hvolsvöllur in total darkness, a distance of 18 kilometers. It was frightening, the darkness being so impenetrable that we could hardly see out the windows of the car. We could see faint lights from the farm standing right next to the highway.  more
 
Ásmundur Sveinsson is among the foremost Icelandic sculptors. The current exhibition in the Ásmundur Sveinsson Museum in Reykjavík is entitled “I choose women who thrive…” and features women as symbols in the sculptor’s art. The works in the exhibition are selected from his entire career.  more
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