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On the occasion of Library Day, April 17, a BibQuiz (modeled on PubQuiz) will be held at the Nordic House in Reykjavík between 12 and 1 pm today. The quiz will be in Icelandic and one other Nordic language. All are welcome.
The Nordic House. Photo by Páll Stefánsson.
At Reykjavík City Library people can get a one-month trial library card for free today. In the library’s main building on Tryggvagata in the city center, videos will be screened where people discuss their favorite books. Employees will display their favorite books.
At the Ársafn branch visual artist and author Kristín Arngrímsdóttir will open an exhibition with pictures of her character Arngrímur apaskott at 1 pm and afterwards read from her children’s books about the little monkey.
To read more about the program (in Icelandic), visit the library’s website.
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In 1915, women aged 40 and over were granted the right to cast a vote in all official elections held in Iceland.
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Four Icelandic contestants will participate in this year’s World Skills International, the world cup for industrial- and vocational subjects. The competition is held every other year.
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This year’s free English-language travel guide Around Iceland has been released, the 38th year in a row. The guide is also published in Icelandic and German and is distributed in 100,000 copies to the country’s most frequented tourist destinations.
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An international group of divers recently traveled to Þingvellir National Park in Southwest Iceland to explore this unique diving destination. A Polish guide, Michail Zinieuricz, who works for the DIVE.is, led the team of North Americans and a French couple.
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The 2013 June-July issue of Iceland Review is out. Themed ‘We Are Young’ the magazine celebrates the arrival of summer by interviewing young energetic Icelanders who excel in art, sports, business and politics—and Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, the youngest PM in the republic’s history and the world’s youngest ruling state leader. Click here to take a look at a selection of the current issue and here to subscribe to the magazine.
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