With heat in our veins, the body moves with suave to the flirtatious music blasting over our heads from the speakers hidden somewhere in the dark.
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In the highly anticipated main event of Cage Contender XII in Dublin Ireland, jiu-jitsu Icelandic phenomenon Gunnar Nelson (8-0-1) wasted little time in submitting Alexander "Iron Capture" Butenko (12-4) from Ukraine in the very first round of their welterweight contest.
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Click on the picture to watch an audio slideshow of Þorrablót, an Icelandic mid-winter feast. In the past there was no fresh food available at this time of year so people ate dried fish, smoked lamb, putrefied shark and soured blood and liver pudding along with other soured meat products—ram testicles included.
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Fjallabyggd (“Mountain Settlement”) is a skier’s dream. Its slopes are perfect for slaloming and there are also tracks for telemark skiing. Winter sporting enthusiasts can also go ice skating or rent snowmobiles. In summer, Fjallabyggd turns into a paradise for hikers. Read this special promotion about one of Iceland’s best hidden gems.
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Norwegian lawyer Morten Furuholmen is preparing a lawsuit against Icelandic authorities for what he calls an unfounded arrest of Leif Ivar Kristiansen, the leader of the Hells Angels motorcycle club in Norway, at Keflavík International Airport yesterday.
Keflavík International Airport. Copyright: Icelandic Photo Agency.
Furuholmen, who arrived to the country with Kristiansen, told Stöd 2 that he was shocked when his client was arrested, explaining that Kristiansen has never violated any laws in Iceland although he has a criminal record in Norway, visir.is reports.
Furuholmen said Kristiansen has often come to Iceland before, the last time in December. He finds it strange that he was arrested when he was traveling with his lawyer.
The purpose with their trip was to prepare a lawsuit against Icelandic authorities for the treatment of another Hells Angels member, who was arrested upon arrival to Iceland last weekend. They had planned to review the case with an Icelandic lawyer.
Kristiansen was deported this morning.
Click here to read more about the Hells Angels in Iceland.
The current issue of the quarterly magazine Iceland Review includes for example an interview with world-renowned fashion designer Steinunn Sigurðardóttir as well as features on the successful biotech company ORF Genetics and the hot debate regarding the EU. If you subscribe now, you will receive a photo book by IR editor, photographer Páll Stefánsson of the eruptions in Eyjafjallajökull as a gift. Click here to subscribe to the magazine and here to buy a gift subscription.
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It’s Björk. Say no more.
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… a member of the European Union. That is the biggest question asked in the Republic right now. We asked parliamentarian Ásmundur Einar Daðason and mathematician Pawel Bartoszek ten questions to capture their arguments for and against Iceland becoming member number 28 of the European Union.
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The international recognition that the architecture firm Snøhetta has received is quite unique in a Norwegian context.
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