Normally I don’t suffer from jet lag. But after my summer holiday, I’ve become the victim. 
Click on the picture to watch a video created especially for Iceland Review Online by casual game developer Gogogic: Sigrid & Thor Go to Iceland. By visiting the critically-acclaimed website Iceland Socks, launched in March 2008, you can also create a video starring a pair of socks traveling around the country.
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Fjallabyggd (“Mountain Settlement”) is a skier’s dream. Its slopes are perfect for slaloming and there are also tracks for telemark skiing. Winter sporting enthusiasts can also go ice skating or rent snowmobiles. In summer, Fjallabyggd turns into a paradise for hikers. Read this special promotion about one of Iceland’s best hidden gems.
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The fourth issue of Icelandair’s in-flight magazine Atlantica has been released, including many exciting and informative travel features. Staff writer Jonas Moody covers the Catalonian capital of Barcelona, including cycling trips the local delicacies.
Staff writer Tobias Munthe visits Berlin and experiences the German capital’s vibrant art scene. Munthe also contributes with an interesting look at tea cultivation in China.
Photographer Páll Stefánsson shares his images from a unique Egyptian trip as well as images of Iceland’s landscape bathed in the midnight sun.
In this issue, Atlantica features interviews with fashion designer Steinunn Sigurdardóttir, jazz trumpet player Bria Skonberg and sexologist Dr. Ruth Westheimer.
Also in this issue, books, food and cherished restaurants around the world, as well as information on accommodation, tourism in Iceland and shopping.
Atlantica is published by Heimur Ltd. in cooperation with Icelandair and travelers are invited to take a copy with them from the plane.
moreEditorial contact: atlantica@heimur.is,
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It only takes a few seconds of listening the new Sigur Rós album, Med Sud í Eyrum vid Spilum Endalaust, to realize that it is something completely different. Although the latter half of the album is somewhat disappointing, the first half is pure enjoyment, proving that Sigur Rós can write catchy pop tunes and still maintain their distinctive style.
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Designer Thórunn Árnadóttir may not be able to stop time, but she can certainly slow it down. Already, the 25-year-old dynamo’s clock is making regular appearances on design blogs and in the media, including a mention in the New York Times for her role in the budding Slow Design movement.
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This week visit Reykjavík Art Museum – Ásmundarsafn to observe the abstract work of Icelandic sculptor Ásmundur Sveinsson. Around 1945, he began experimenting with the abstract. His work then developed in two different directions: while some works remain rounded, massive, and allusively representational, his works in iron and steel become sharp and angular.
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