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Click on the picture to watch an audio slideshow of a hike to Hraunsvatn lake in Öxnadalur valley in north Iceland, which lies at a height of 490 meters, interlocked between two steep mountains and a small glacier with a view of the majestic Hraundrangar peaks.
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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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The human being will be on display for the first time in its natural environment in the Reykjavík Family Park and Zoo next weekend. Visitors can observe three men and one woman in a cage after 10 am on Saturday and Sunday.
Observing seals at the Reykjavík Zoo. Photo by Páll Stefánsson.
The initiative is part of a summer project for 16 to 18-year-olds and the show is directed by the actors Aevar Thór Benediktsson and Hilmir Jensson, Fréttabladid reports.
“The kids have organized various performances in the park this summer and we intend to wrap the project up with this exhibit,” Benediktsson said. “It is done to jazz up the park and let its guests participate in the fun.”
The four human specimens will be placed inside a cage which is usually intended for crisis-stricken animals. Benediktsson said the cage will be securely locked, so the humans are unable to get out, even if they want to.
At 1 pm the humans will be foddered with hamburgers and everyone is welcome to observe. However, visitors to the zoo cannot feed the humans themselves, as applies to all other animals at the zoo.
“They will be given a ball, a television and possibly one book,” Benediktsson said. “It is very important to keep them in their natural environment.”
Airline passengers who passed through Keflavík International Airport last month increased significantly compared to August 2009, by 11.7 percent. Last month, 274,600 people passed through the airport.
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At the upcoming Reykjavík International Film Festival (RIFF), on September 24, the 1959 comedy Some Like It Hot by director Billy Wilder, starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Lack Lemmon, will be screened at the 73-year-old swimming pool Sundhöll Reykjavíkur.
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A memorial to Helgi Hóseasson, known nationally as ‘Iceland’s Protestor’, was unveiled yesterday, the first anniversary of his death, on the street corner of Langholtsvegur and Holtagata in Reykjavík where he used to stand with his placards.
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According to a schedule issued by the Icelandic Road Administration yesterday, Herjólfur, the Westman Islands ferry, will sail between the islands and the new harbor Landeyjahöfn three times a day during high tide in the coming days.
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The second issue of the print edition of Iceland Review 2010 has just been published. Entitled “Under the Volcano” the magazine dedicates 20 pages, words and pictures, to the volcanic eruption in Eyjafjallajökull glacier which made headlines all over the word. New subscribers will receive the book Puffins as a gift and all subscribers are part of a draw to win a trip to Iceland. Click here to subscribe to the magazine.
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REVIEWS
Future of Hope is an aptly named documentary directed by Henry Bateman about what some people are doing to shape the future of Iceland, hoping that above all, the crisis will ultimately strengthen the country.
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There can’t be many novels that are heralded as being “a purification for body and soul” recommended to “those who enjoy experimental cookery” (review of November Rain in DV newspaper) and “as beautiful as a painting from the golden age” (review of The Offspring by Danish newspaper Politiken). However, Reykjavík based writer, Audur Ava Ólafsdóttir, has attracted such attention not to mention literary prizes.
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Have a laugh this week by visiting Hafnarborg, the Hafnarfjördur Centre of Culture and Fine Art, where the exhibition “Humor in Icelandic Art” is currently running. The exhibition consists of works by contemporary Icelandic artists from different generations which deal with humor and irony.
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