Archive for the ‘Icelandic’ Category
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Steinn Steinarr
16 Aug 2015Steinn Steinarr is one of Iceland’s most beloved poets, and a new museum has been dedicated in his memory near…
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Barefoot Park
26 Jul 2015I saw this story today, and had never heard of anything like it, but it sounded interesting. Although walking barefoot…
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A Week In Leifsstöð
08 Jun 2015I never really wanted to leave Iceland either at the end of my trips, but I can’t say I ever…
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Stolen Cats Returned
27 Jan 2015It looks like the Bengal cats which were stolen last week have been found and safely returned to their owner…
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Baby New Year
01 Jan 2015Landspítali has claimed the first baby of 2015 in Iceland, a girl born at 3:54 this morning 🙂 Fyrsta barn…
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Nineteen Outlaws
15 Dec 2014Since jólin is ( are? 🙂 ) upon us, I wanted to share another Icelandic folktale from the wonderful Snerpa…
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Dagur Íslenskrar Tungu
16 Nov 2014And a happy Icelandic Language Day (and happy birthday Jónas Hallgrímsson) to the native speakers of this fascinating language, as…
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Ari Jósefsson
25 Oct 2014Although I have several books of Icelandic poetry, I’ve generally shied away from posting anything about it. Poetry is hard…
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Snow On The Mountains
27 Sep 2014The snow is already appearing in Iceland, now on the mountains around Reykjavík. Winter is coming! Snjóað í fjöll í…
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Stripped Of Glacierhood
22 Sep 2014I don’t know if it will provoke the kind of backlash that occurred when Pluto was stripped of its planet…