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29.12.2012 | 16:50
Dark Days Get Darker and Colder
Due to very bad weather and heavy snowstorms over the past days, there is no electricity or hot water to heat up the houses in Ísafjörður, the largest town in the West Fjords.
In Árneshreppur, the most remote populated area in Iceland (population 49), 100 km (60 miles) north of Hólmavík, the electricity went out at 6:00 this morning. It may take up to three days to get the electricity running again, meaning no electricity for the rest of the year.
In Ísafjörður, the power company hopes to fix the problem later today, Saturday. However, the problem is even harder to solve in Súðavík, a town of about 200 people, because roads are closed due to heavy snowfall and risk of avalanches.
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June
19
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Free Iceland Travel Guides Released
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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Iceland’s northernmost island is no longer one island. In a recent surveillance excursion to the Kolbeinsey, the Icelandic Coast Guard discovered that the island is now divided in two.
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Iceland is among the top five OECD-countries where immigrants help to boost the economy and increase nation-wide production by approximately 1 percent, according to a new report from the OECD.
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June
15
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From Russia with Hate?
June
13
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New Photos on Facebook
June
13
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Record Low in Sunny Hours
June
13
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Road Closure in the Icelandic Highlands
June
13
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Book Launches by IR Scribes
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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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June
10
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Harboring the Homegrown
The road to Höfn, a 1,690-person harbor town by the fjord Hornafjörður, is lined with reindeer. Whole herds of the wild horned animals rest peacefully on withered pastures, grace next to sheep and horses and bounce along the road. Soon, Vatnajökull, Europe’s largest glacier and the region’s biggest attraction, comes into view. Looming over Höfn, its outlet glaciers flow down from the mountains on which the bright white icecap rests.
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June
10
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Sin Fang’s Album Release Concert
Sin Fang will celebrate the release of his third album with a release concert in Iðnó on June 12. Flowers was released in February by Morr Music and has been well received by music enthusiasts and critics alike. The concert will be supported by Vök, this year’s winners of the Icelandic Music Experiments.
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