Posts Tagged with ‘ruv’
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1703 Census On UNESCO List
27 Jun 2013A census of Iceland from 1703 was recommended for inclusion in the Memory of the World Register, a UNESCO list…
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The Icelandic Hot Tub
25 Jun 2013In Icelandic culture the hot tub is a place to come together for social interaction and discussion, not unlike the…
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Origin Of The Icelandic Horse
24 Jun 2013The Icelandic horse is one of the most unique breeds in the world – they have been raised for over…
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Laxness Crater
20 Jun 2013The International Astronomical Union has approved a proposal to name a crater on Mercury after Icelandic Nobel Prize winning author…
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Polar Bear Or Sheep?
11 Jun 2013Polar bears have been known to show up in Iceland on rare occasions, usually on an ice floe from Greenland,…
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Row Your Boat
10 Jun 2013Four men are rowing from Norway to Iceland, with stops in the Orkney and Faroe Islands. It is not known…
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Headlines
05 Jun 2013Before jumping right into reading entire news stories on Icelandic sites like RÚV and Vísir, one thing I did when…
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The Saga Of Carl
18 May 2013Iceland will feature prominently in Sunday’s episode of The Simpsons entitled “The Saga Of Carl”… 🙂 When Homer and his…
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Who’s In Charge Here?
10 May 2013With the recent elections in Iceland and upcoming changes in leadership, I thought it would be good to review vocabulary…
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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…