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Icelanders are enthusiastic about playing cards and games and some all-Icelandic versions have been created in the past. Now the next generation of games has been born.
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Click on the picture to look at an audio slideshow about one of the most famous Icelandic turf farms, Laufás in Eyjafjördur, northeast Iceland. Houses made from turf, with a wooden frame and/or a stone wall, were the primary type of house in Iceland between the 9th and the 19th century.
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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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Iceland Review’s spring issue, IR 46.01 is fresh off the press and packed with stories. Sara Blask’s story “Requiem for the Black King” offers a glimpse of the humane side of Bobby Fischer, the world’s most feared and revered grandmaster who died in Iceland this January.
Blask also ponies up with features about Surtsey, one of the planet’s best-preserved islands, and the sheep and sovereignty of Árneshreppur, one of the most isolated communities in the West Fjords.
Included in the interview section is long-time NPR correspondent Eric Weiner on his latest book, The Geography of Bliss, Slow Design expert Thórunn Árnadóttir and actor-director Gísli Órn Gardarsson.
Alëx Elliott heads inside to report on Iceland’s diminishing police force while Jonas Moody gets busy ascending the elite ranks of EVE Online and photographer Páll Stefánsson heads to some very wintry outposts of the West Fjords.
Also in this issue: a preview of the 2008 Reykjavík Arts Festival, the swansong of Sirkus, all about Laugavegur, Siggi’s Skyr and Soprano Dísella Lárusdóttir. Closing out this edition is a special supplement on Iceland’s financial world.
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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.
A splash of colors will greet visitors on the second floor of the Seltjarnarnes Library when the work of artist Aleksandra Babik goes on display May 15. Deep orange, ultramarine blue, luxurious red and shimmering silver form a wonderful palette, and one cannot help but feel uplifted by the artist’s visible love for color.
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If you predicted half a century ago that the average four-year- old child would spend the same amount of time at school every day as a teenager, you’d have been laughed right out of the playground. But that’s exactly what’s happened. The Icelandic leikskóli has liberated parents and changed the very concept of childhood. But there’s trouble afoot.
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If you ever thought all Viggo Mortensen did was fighting Orcs, think again. The American actor of Danish descent is also a photographer and his exhibition “Skovbo” is currently on display in the Reykjavík Museum of Photography. This week check out Mortensen’s talent with the lens. His exhibition is on display until August 31.
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