May 2012
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electrictreee asked: Hallo! I'm happy to see you answering questions, because I'm moving to Iceland from Toronto Canada this August and it's so hard finding housing sites for a flat. Going to school in Reykjavik and need a 1 bdrm or studio. What's The Best Way To Find Rent!? Thanks.
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Anonymous asked: I'm looking to travel to Iceland in the summer of 2013 and one of my main concerns is not speaking the language. I speak English and German and have some foundation level Polish, but hailing from Australia I have no exposure to any of the scandinavian tongues. If I want to travel independently will this be a problem? Should I put in the time to learning some Icelandic, or after just one year...
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epicdoubletap asked: for the person that asked about buses during Airwaves...I was visited Iceland in 2006 for Airwaves and it was by far the best vacation of my life. There we stayed in the middle of downtown Reykjavik, which made for easy walking to all the venues. We, bought bus passes for the week we were there to get around the rest of the city. Many of the tour companies came to pick us up and dropped us back at...
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Anonymous asked: whats the general attitude towards religion iceland? or is it a mostly atheist country? basically what do most icelandic people think about the concept of a god and an afterlife?
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Anonymous asked: Hello! My fiance and I are traveling around Iceland in September for our honeymoon. We want to remember this amazing trip by getting a tattoo while we're there. Can you recommend a good tattoo parlor in Reykjavic?! Thanks!
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Anonymous asked: What language do the people spek there
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Anonymous asked: Hi. I intend to come to Iceland for Iceland Airwaves. My question is: are there any buses that still travel at that period ? I don't wanna go just fot the festival...I'd like to go to Vestmann island for example, and I can't find any information on the internet. (I think plane is too expensive)
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allimba asked: I'm going to be hiking in Iceland this summer. Because I'm going solo, I'm going to go into the ICE-SAR office. What your thoughts on personal locator beacons and GPS in Iceland. Is it necessary to have them? I've heard that the cell service and wi-fi is quite good. For GPSs do you know of any good maps? Also what are good camping stores for things like cooking-ware and fuel?...
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A dad's request for Mother's Day: Don't make me... →
Happy Mother’s Day
April 2012
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Flying to Iceland today
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Anonymous asked: What can you tell me about human trafficking in Iceland?
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National Geographic Magazine: Iceland’s Resilient... →
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By Robert Kunzig Photograph by Orsolya and Erlend Haarberg It was five days before Christmas, and in the hut on the north flank of Eyjafjallajökull, the volcano that grounded airplanes all over Europe in 2010, Sigurður Reynir Gíslason was dishing up fish soup and pickled herring. Lunch felt…
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Thank you for liking Iceland
Hi everybody. Just wanted to thank you for following. I originally started this as an experiment, a year and a half ago, to see if I could get listed on the first page of Google for the search term Iceland Pictures. That happened a long time ago. Now I maintain it due to the strong feedback I get from you. There are now over 2000 followers on tumblr and 1000 on Facebook (I’m having a...
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without-parachutes asked: I just wanted to thank you, because I'm going to Iceland in June, and your blog encouraged me to visit this amazing country.
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How to make an Icelandic tilberi
A tilberi is the freakiest creature in Icelandic folklore witchcraft. It is a small parasite made from a human rib and is designed to steal milk from your neighbors sheep and cows. It is perhaps a freakier idea than Icelandic necropants.
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If you are a woman, you can try making one yourself. What you do is you take a human rib, wrap it in wool and stick it between your breast. Then you...
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“Deyr fé deyja frændur,
deyr sjálfur ið sama;
en orðstír
deyr aldregi
hveim...”
– Final verses in Gestaþáttur (Guest’s Chapter) in Iceland’s Hávamál. English translation by Auden and Taylor.
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lovecigarettesandliberty asked: Hey there. I'll stay a year at iceland and I really don't know what to bring as a present. I'm 18 when I go there and so there's no possibility to take a bottle of "Jägermeister" (liquor), which is produced in my hometown, with me. Would you recommend me something else to take with me?
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"Aldrei fór ég suður" Iceland music festival live...
In a deep fjord in the mountainous Vestfjords in the northwest corner of Iceland lies a small town, Ísafjörður. This small town, with a population of 2,600 is actually one of Iceland’s largest towns. Since their main problem is young people moving “south” to Reykjavík, the name of their annual music festival is “Aldrei fór ég suður” or “Never I went...
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Iceland's Askja volcano is warming up
Askja is a unique volcanic crater in the northeastern part of Iceland. Since Askja is a very active volcano, it has caused great attention that the ice has melted off of the lake in the middle. This is quite unusual for this time of year and is not in line with other nearby lakes.
Askja has had several known eruptions, the last one was in 1961. This eruption was reasonably small and caused no...
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lairsandlairs asked: I am visiting Iceland this summer & am very excited! However, the more research I do the more apparent it becomes that icelanders aren't very in touch with veganism. Will it be difficult to be vegan or vegetarian there?
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nexttonothingblog asked: I was hoping to get your opinion on a hike this summer. I will be going solo, and while I considered hiking Laugavegur, I prefer as much solitude as possible when backpacking - though the scenery from that trail is mighty tempting to do it anyway! It would be 5 days or so hiking, and am considering going backcountry from Eldgja to Vik. I am comfortable with navigating off trail. Opinions on this...
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Free Willy on the run in Iceland and the...
In yesterday’s post on Iceland in 8 bits on April Fools, I promised to post Iceland’s main April Fools jokes. April Fools in Iceland is generally all about getting people to “hlaupa apríl” or “run an April”. This means it’s not enough to trick people, but you have to trick them into going someplace for no reason. Usually the main news sources on radio,...
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March 2012
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Like A Foreigner In The Land Of My Birth →
For all of you asking about immigrating to Iceland, here’s a good read. Karen saw an opportunity in Iceland’s need for programmers and is in the process of moving to Iceland. Lots of bureaucratic hindrances on the way, but they simply make her more determined.
Having to return to the US for 2 months due to some bureaucratic nonsense, she feels like a foreigner in her own country.
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Anonymous asked: How do people in Iceland generally feel about people of different racial and ethnic backgrounds? and are there people of color living in Iceland?
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imstillpablo asked: How do I become Iceland? It is a serious question
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Camera found in Iceland - Do you know the owners?
Edit: It worked! The news of the lost camera wound up on most big Icelandic news websites (vísir, dv). Eventually somebody posted it on Reddit. As usually happens on Reddit, several hundred people had something to say on the matter and thereof was one of the couple’s friends. It’s a small world after all.
A girl found a Canon Powershot SD 1000 camera in a black Case Logic case at the...
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Anonymous asked: what are Iceland's religious demographics, how do Icelanders feel about religion?
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Anonymous asked: What's the best way to make a friend in Iceland?
myeou asked: Icelanders. The most luckiest people on the world.
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