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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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In recent years, the Icelandic women’s national team in soccer has raised the performance bar for Icelandic soccer culture, and two team members recently showcased their skills in a match they played for their team Malmo in Sweden.
Although the media coverage of female player’s individual successes are seldom reported as much as those of their male counterparts, the women who play for Iceland play a phenomenal game with their individual teams.
Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir scored the winning goal in the 25th minute for her Malmo team in a match against Frankfurt in the Women’s Champions League. The team won a 1:0 victory in the first match of two in the semi-finals. The goal is Sara’s fifth goal for the team in the leagu e this year.
The other hero in the game was goal keeper Þóra B. Helgadóttir, who like Sara played the full 90 minutes. She fiercely defended several attempts by her opponents to score in the match played in Sweden last Thursday.
The teams will meet again next Wednesday in Frankfurt. Frankfurt was thought to be the stronger team with a strong group of players, many playing at a national level for Germany and Sweden.
The Icelandic national team was ranked 15th among national teams by FIFA in September 2011
whereas the Icelandic Men’s team is ranked 106th in the world.
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Thirty bands have now announced that they will perform at the Iceland Airwaves music festival, held in Reykjavík from October 30 to November 3 this year
Icelandic is English that didn't get distracted. The ravens of the Hengifossá, that follow you for days. Waterfalls in the ice and ice in the waterfalls, and the sound of rock breaking from mountains at their hearts.
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On June 17, 1944, the Republic of Iceland was formally established and Iceland became independent after being under Danish rule. The day has been celebrated as the Icelandic National Day ever since.
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Yesterday Fréttabladid revealed that the President’s wife, Dorrit Moussaieff, has moved her legal residence to Great Britain. This has happened in spite of the legal requirement of couples to have the same residence. The Office of the President says that no official organs have objected.
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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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Iceland’s vivid and bubbly music scene sometimes hides away in small cafés and bars, and you can call yourself lucky if you happen to discover some groovy band playing unannounced in the middle of the week. Síðasti sjens is one of these hidden gems. They certainly have stories to tell, and it’s exactly their tough life experience that makes the arrangements Blues – Er ekki örugglega enginn í stuði? so authentic and thrilling.
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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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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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