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February 09 | Waiting in Airports
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.  more
      

 
February 01 | Roe and Liver Season
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.  more
January 04 | Village Profile: Fjallabyggd – A Skier’s Dream
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.  more

28/11/2007 | 12:12

Iceland Most Desirable Country to Live In

Iceland is the world’s most desirable country to live in, according to an annual index on human development published by the UN Development Program yesterday, based on factors like life expectancy, education levels and real per capita income.

Iceland knocked Norway off its throne, which has been rated as the most desirable country to live in for the past six years, transworldnews.com reports.

Norway currently ranks second, followed by Australia, Canada and Ireland. Sub-Saharan Africa is at the other end of the scale with Sierra Leone as the least desirable country to live in at #177.

The UN used data from 2005 to create its Human Development Index for 2007.

Click here to read about Iceland being the happiest country in Europe.



 
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February 09 | Icelandair Wants to Open Casino in Iceland
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.  more
February 09 | President of Iceland on Liberian Stamp
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.  more
February 08 | Iceland’s Shanghai World Expo Pavilion Presented
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.  more
February 08 | Leak at the Icelandic Institute of Natural History
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.  more
















 
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REVIEWS
February 08 | A Story Untold: Legend by Fiann Paul
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.  more
February 08 | Feature of the Week: Passion and Delight
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.  more
February 08 | Event of the Week: “Lucy”
“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.  more
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