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French Postal Art Exhibition
The postal art exhibition called “Saint-Lunaire – Reykjavík: Letters from Brittany” will open tomorrow, Wednesday March 28, at 5-7pm at Alliance Française, the French culture centre of Reykjavík.
The exhibition will display artfully decorated envelopes which contained letters sent by Marie Schimpf, who lives in Saint-Lunaire in the Brittany (Bretagne) region of France, to her friend in Reykajvík, Valérie Anne.
Click here to view one of the envelopes, published on mbl.is.
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May
17
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Top 10 in Iceland
The oldest singles chart list in Iceland is compiled by state broadcaster RÚV’s radio station Rás 2 each week.
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May
17
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Iceland through to Eurovision Final
Iceland is through to the final of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest with Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson’s ‘Ég á líf’ (‘I have a life’) after scoring enough points to qualify in yesterday evening’s semi-final.
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The 27th Reykjavík Arts Festival (RAF) kicks off tomorrow with a ten-minute newly commissioned sound piece by the Vessel Orchestra at 5:45 pm at Reykjavík harbor. The best spot to view the performance will be down on the quays where composer Lilja Birgisdóttir will conduct ‘flutes’ of all the ships in the harbor, as stated on the website of RAF.
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May
16
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Puffins Overhunted in Vestmannaeyjar
Biologist Erpur Snær Hansen at the South Iceland Institute of Natural History (Náttúrustofa Suðurlands) said in an interview with mbl.is on Tuesday that the number of puffins hunted in Vestmannaeyjar (the Westman Islands) up until 2010—it has since been banned—is almost double what is considered sustainable.
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May
17
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Top 10 in Iceland
May
17
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Iceland through to Eurovision Final
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16
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Puffins Overhunted in Vestmannaeyjar
May
15
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Ásgeir Trausti to Warm up for OMAM
May
15
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Avalanche in Iceland’s East Fjords
May
15
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VIEWPOINT 30
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The 2013 April-May issue of Iceland Review & Atlantica has been released. Packed with informative and entertaining stories, highlights include an interview with outgoing Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir and the people who know her best, a photo essay of ice caves in Europe’s largest glacier and a colorful feature on life in the West Fjords.
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REVIEWS
May
15
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Shorts & Docs Galore
The 11th Reykjavík Shorts & Docs. Catch it while it lasts!
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May
13
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Nurturing Your Own Nature
Fida Abu Libdeh moved to Iceland from East Jerusalem at 16, made her way through the Icelandic education system and now runs a promising startup company.
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May
13
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Reykjavík Arts Festival 2013
The 27th Reykjavík Arts Festival starts this week.
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