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I’m anticipating the arrival of my first visitor to Iceland. The fact that I have not had a single visitor until now is pathetic… But, there is a reason.
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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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Ellert Grétarsson, a photographer for Víkurfréttir, a local newspaper and news website for the Sudurnes region in southwest Iceland, received three awards last week in the international PX3 photography competition in Paris (Prix De La Photographie Paris).
Grétarsson was named the winner in the category of professional photographers for his series “Colors of the Nature,” showing landscapes in Krýsuvík where a geothermal power plant is planned.
The photographer also received the first prize in the category “Nature – Earth” for the same series of photographs.
In the category “Nature – Sky,” Grétarsson won with his series of pictures of nacreous clouds. The series also earned him an Honorable Mention at the International Photography Awards last year.
The winning photographs in the PX3 competition will be exhibited in the 13 Sévigné Gallery in Paris and they will also be included in a photography book.
Seventeen art experts were on the jury, including gallery owners and curators from New York, Paris and Italy as well as photo editors from magazines like TIME and Digital Photographer.
Iceland’s government issued a new policy on information technology this week, presented during a conference on the Day of Information Technology on May 7. The policy is entitled “Iceland, the Web Country” and is aimed at developing electronic administration.
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The documentary Steypa (“Concrete”), which explores the vibrant art scene in Iceland, will be screened on May 22 at the Scandinavia House in New York in conjunction with the exhibition “From Another Shore: Recent Icelandic Art.”
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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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