Archive for the ‘Icelandic’ Category
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Whose Leif Is It Anyway?
08 May 2013It turns out that the term “Leifsstöð“, which everyone in Iceland uses to refer to that airport in Keflavík, is…
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Dances With Vikings
06 May 2013A recent article on RÚV talks about Danish archaeological research showing that a Viking-age woman has ties to North American…
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Who Reads The Most?
03 May 2013Icelanders are among the most voracious readers and book publishers according to a recent article on RÚV, reporting on research…
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Brrr
01 May 2013We learned that this March had been the sunniest in Reykjavík in over a decade, and apparently April was the…
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I Command You
29 Apr 2013Sometimes you just need to tell someone what to do, and in those cases knowing how to form the imperative…
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Sumardagurinn fyrsti
25 Apr 2013Sumardagurinn fyrsti is celebrated as the first day of summer in Iceland, a tradition dating back to the use of…
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If You Don’t Like The Weather…
24 Apr 2013If you don’t like the weather, just wait five minutes 🙂 They say this in many places, but here’s some…
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Elections In Iceland
22 Apr 2013The Icelandic parliament is called the Alþingi, and dates back to the year 930, not long after the settling of…
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Unusual View On Reykjavík
19 Apr 2013This short article from RÚV tells of a window washer who also happens to be an amateur photographer, and as…
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Ölgerðin
18 Apr 2013The Icelandic brewing company Ölgerðin celebrated its 100th anniversary yesterday, according to this article on RÚV. It relates a brief…