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As a kid I thought airports were the most romantic places in the world. Now, while other airports destroy my jet-setting romanticism, Keflavík aptly revives it.
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Click on the picture to observe how to prepare a traditional Icelandic meal of roe and liver (hrogn og lifur). At this time of year, egg pouches are harvested from female fish, mainly cod and haddock, and sold in fish stores around the country along with the liver. The egg pouches may not look appetizing; just remember that caviar is fish eggs too.
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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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Minister of Agriculture Einar K. Gudfinnsson and the director of the Soil Conservation Service of Iceland (SCS) Sveinn Runólfssson planted the first trees of a new forest for offsetting CO2 in Geitasandur, south Iceland, yesterday.
The tree planting marks the first phase of the Iceland Carbon Fund project (Kolvidur) launched this spring. Its aim is to have companies and individuals plant trees to offset their CO2 emissions.
People can calculate their CO2 emissions on the project’s website and buy trees to make up for them. The Iceland Carbon Fund takes care of planting the trees, Fréttabladid reports.
“We celebrate this phase and this was a big day in the history of Kolvidur,” said Soffía Waag Árnadóttir, the managing director of the Iceland Carbon Fund. “We plan to plant 50,000 trees in this first phase and we have already bought nearly 70,000 plants.”
Six different tree varieties of trees will be planted in Geitasandur, which according to Árnadóttir, will increase its value as an outdoor recreation area.
The Icelandic Forestry Association and SCS are the organizers of the Iceland Carbon Fund, which is supported by the Icelandic Government, Reykjavík Energy Company (OR) and Kaupthing Bank.
The Forestry Association of Rangá County is responsible for the tree planting in Geitasandur.
The airline Iceland Express has reached an agreement with the Iceland Carbon Fund regarding its passengers being able to offset their CO2 emissions as soon as they buy their tickets. This service will be available from today.
“It is our pleasure to assist our passengers in offsetting their CO2 emissions while traveling with Iceland Express,” said the airline’s CEO Matthías Imsland, adding there had been an awakening in society of the importance of working against climate change.
Those who travel with Iceland Express and wish to offset their CO2 emissions, pay ISK 172 to 346 (USD 2.72 to 5.47, EUR 2.04 to 4.10) additionally to the price of their ticket.
Click here to read about Baugur Group offsetting its CO2 emissions.
Icelandair has submitted a request to the Ministries of Justice and Industry that operating casinos be legalized in Iceland. The company is interested in opening a casino at the Hilton Hotel Nordica on Sudurlandsbraut in Reykjavík.
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Icelandic stamp collector Magni R. Magnússon recently found a rare stamp sheet from Liberia portraying President of Iceland Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson in a collector’s store in Belgium. Liberian post authorities issued stamps with almost 200 world leaders in 2000.
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The Icelandic pavilion which was designed for the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai was presented to the representatives of the Foreign Ministry and the committee preparing Iceland’s participation at the Reykjavík Art Museum – Hafnarhús on Friday.
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A water leak at the storage facilities of the Icelandic Institute of Natural History (NÍ) on Saturday night didn’t cause significant damage, thanks to an employee’s decision to come to work early on Sunday morning.
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New subscribers to the quarterly Iceland Review magazine will receive the photography book Puffins, which contains a wealth of information about this colorful bird, as a gift. Additionally, all subscribers will enter a draw to win a trip to Iceland. Click here to subscribe to Iceland Review. The new issue will be out next week!
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When I first heard of the photographic book Legend by Fiann Paul, portraying people dressed in Viking-style in Icelandic landscapes, I imagined it would depict scenes from Norse mythology. However, the idea with the book is to tell a story of how “The Seeker” finds “The Legend” and it feels like a wishy-washy self-help book.
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Fresh back from Brazil, where she was one of 28 international judges at the ‘Cup of Excellence’ awards, Kaffitár founder and owner Adalheidur Hédinsdóttir sat down with Atlantica’s Mica Allan in Kaffitár’s Bankastraeti cafe to talk about her passion and delight: coffee.
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“Lucy” is a video and music installation by Dodda Maggý (1981), the 15th artist to exhibit in Reykjavík Art Museum’s D-gallery project in the Hafnarhús exhibition hall. In “Lucy” the artist explores the idea of the “acousmetre,” a film character portrayed only by voice, never in body, omniscient and ubiquitous.
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