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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WatchHere’s something for all of you in love with Icelandic music. A group of Frenchies is making a documentary about the Icelandic music scene. You can follow their progress on their tumblr page: iminabandfilm
According to their tumblr, the film follows three well known Icelanders from the Icelandic culture scene, Ari Eldon, Guðmundur Kristinn Jónsson and Guðlaug Dröfn Gunnarsdóttir as well as...
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without-parachutes-deactivated2 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-deacti 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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