
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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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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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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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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