Iceland in Pictures

President of Iceland, Mr. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson speaks at the annual PopTech conference. Explains how Iceland is bouncing back through reform and new thinking. Pretty well said actually.

The next PopTech conference will be in Reykjavík’s new concert hall, Harpan: PopTech Iceland 2012.

If you want to discuss some of these issues with Ólafur, why not stop by his house for some waffles?

(via ridingthehorse)

If you go and have waffles with The President of Iceland, Ólafur and his wife Dorrit, you might give him FM Belfast’s album How to Make Friends with the song President.

Eat waffles with The President of Iceland

Now this is a campaign only accomplishable in a tiny and friendly country such as Iceland. The President of Iceland launched the campaign with an address to the nation asking them to invite foreign guests into their homes or out for some play. Icelanders are supposed to go to the Inspired by Iceland website and register their invitations which visitors can then view and select.

Whether it is a private concert in your hotel room with one of my favorite singers Mugison, swimming in the sea with locals, learning to knit a lopapeysa, eat sushi with Jón Gnarr, milk some cows or go out for winter ice cream, I’m sure you’ll find someone to connect with.

The campaign was just launched today, so it will be interesting to watch the invitation list grow in the coming days. Wish I was home right now to make an invite.