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Watch an audio slideshow of how traditional Icelandic rhubarb stew is made. Rhubarb is one of the few vegetables that grows effortlessly in Iceland and for that reason it used to be a highly-valued addition to the traditional diet of fish and lamb.
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Icelandic tomatoes are set to hit the market in the U.K. once plans of a five-hectare greenhouse for large-scale tomato production near Hellisheiði geothermal power station have been fully financed.
Five Icelandic investors and companies are seeking investors for the ISK 2.2 billion (USD 17.1 million, EUR 13 million) project under the name Geogreenhouse ehf. with all produce destined for the U.K.
Operations can begin once the project has been fully financed. The production will consist of four different varieties of tomatoes. The tomatoes will be shipped from Reykjavík harbor to Immingham, England.
“The plan is to export three 40-foot containers per week,” Geogreenhouse chairman Sigurður Hrafn Kiernan told Morgunblaðið.
The company will purchase energy as well as cold and hot water from the power plant. After the first phase, production will consume 8 MW but that will later increase to 30 MW.
Hellisheiði is located at a distance of around 30 kilometers from Reykjavík.
Click here to read more about Geogreenhouse.
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The 2013 Reykjavík International Children’s Film Festival opens at the cinema Bíó Paradís on Hverfisgata in downtown Reykjavík on May 29.
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The exchange of power in Iceland took place yesterday when the government of Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson formally took over from that of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir and ministers exchange keys.
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Mountaineer Leifur Örn Svavarsson became the first Icelander to reach the peak of Everest, the world’s highest mountain, by the North Face from Tibet just before sunrise yesterday morning.
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Iceland’s new government formally took power today following a state council meeting at Bessastaðir, the presidential residence.
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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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The 11th Reykjavík Shorts & Docs. Catch it while it lasts!
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Artist couple Nína Ivanova and Ómar Smári Kristinsson explain why they decided to settle in the West Fjords’ capital.
Reykjavík Queer Choir’s annual spring concert takes place on Friday, May 24.
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