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The capital area ski resort of Skálafell is scheduled to open this weekend. According to Morgunblaðið, staff has been working throughout January to prepare for the opening.
The resort was open last year but not two years prior to that.
The nearby ski resort of Bláfjöll will continue to be open but the resort has only been open for 21 days since December 6 due to windy conditions rather than a lack of snow. There is usually more snow in Bláfjöll than Skálafell and the latter resort is also more exposed to sunshine.
Director of the ski areas Magnús Árnason said that if attendance is low over Easter, which falls early this year, then it will not be viable to have two ski resorts open near the capital through April.
Around 2,500 people visited Bláfjöll on Easter Sunday 2012, and a total of 57,942 overall last winter.
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Whitsun, or hvítasunna in Icelandic, is a religious holiday, celebrated on the seventh Sunday after Easter. Usually known as Pentecost in English, the holiday commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples of Christ.
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Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós are set to appear on Jay Leno’s The Tonight Show on NBC on Friday next week.
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Chairman of the Progressive Party Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson will become Iceland’s next prime minister and leader of the Independence Party, Bjarni Benediktsson, will take up the position of Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, as reported in the Icelandic media yesterday.
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The festival Reykjavík Music Mess kicks off at KEX Hostel in the center of the capital with an opening party on May 23 at 8 pm. An art exhibition themed around the participating bands will open at the occasion and Boogie Trouble will play a few songs. Entry is free.
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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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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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The 27th Reykjavík Arts Festival starts this week.
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