Archive for August, 2013
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Kolbeinn’s Island Is Disappearing
29 Aug 2013Kobeinsey, a tiny island off the North coast of Iceland, has been slowly disappearing. During a recent flyover by the…
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Eat More Bread!
27 Aug 2013Apparently Icelanders aren’t eating enough whole-grain bread, which is hard to believe, because that’s the first thing I’d be covering…
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On This Day…
25 Aug 2013I use news stories a lot in learning Icelandic, and one of the best resources for old news is Tímarit.is.…
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Goose Hunting Season
21 Aug 2013Goose hunting season is underway in Iceland, except for some parts of the eastern region where it will be delayed…
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Tree Of The Year
19 Aug 2013The tree of the year has been chosen in Iceland, and it is a 17-meter high poplar from the garden…
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Fríða Frænka To Close
15 Aug 2013If you’ve been in the center of Reykjavík you make have seen an antique store called Fríða Frænka. Sadly, it…
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Vilborg Climbs Mount Elbrus
13 Aug 2013Icelandic adventurer Vilborg Arna Gissurardóttir reached the top of Mount Elbrus yesterday, as part of her quest to climb the…
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Police Called For Snoring
09 Aug 2013Police were called to a house in Hafnarfjörður when a woman heard strange noises coming from the bathroom where her…
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Keep Calm
08 Aug 2013This meme has been around long enough that I’m sure this has been done, but I couldn’t find one, so…
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Jellyfish Invade Garðabær
07 Aug 2013For some reason it never even occurred to me that jellyfish ever made it to Iceland, but apparently they’ve been…