Almost everyone who went to the polls on Saturday—also government supporters—voted “no” on the Icesave legislation. How is that a vote of no confidence?
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President of Iceland Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson presented the Landsbjörg search and rescue association (ICE-SAR) with daily newspaper Fréttabladid’s annual society award and a prize of ISK 1 million at a ceremony in the Culture House yesterday.
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Click on the picture to watch this audio slideshow about Icelandic domestic animals. Many people are familiar with the Icelandic horse, a special breed of small sturdy colorful horses, which have a unique gait called tölt. The Icelandic sheep is also well known, as are the Icelandic cows and the Icelandic sheep dog. However, fewer people have heard of the Settlement Goat and Settlement Hen.
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Akureyri (“gravel bank field”) promises visitors a lively stay with its many art galleries and museums, outdoor recreation in summer and winter, an awakening of the taste buds at the town’s gourmet restaurants and breathtaking views of natural sites around the corner. Take a look at this special promotion about Iceland’s northern capital.
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Editorial contact: atlantica@heimur.is,
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Atlantica is published six times a year and distributed at Keflavík International Airport. It is also available in the flybuses to and from Reykjavík. The magazine offers diverse and colorful content for an international readership larger then the population of Iceland itself.
In Atlantica you’ll find feature articles on Icelandair’s destinations as well as destinations within Iceland. There are also shorter articles on technology, popular culture, travel, and other topics of international appeal, as well as interviews with notables from around the world.
Naturally, each edition of Atlantica is also visually stunning with original photography by Iceland Review’s award-winning photographer, Páll Stefánsson.
The magazine also presents an exceptional opportunity for advertisers, as no other publication offers the chance to get in touch with nearly all travelers coming to Iceland from abroad.
Editor: Bjarni Brynjólfsson.
Photo Editor: Páll Stefánsson
Art Director: Erlingur Páll Ingvarsson
Advertising: Helga Möller
New subscribers to the quarterly Iceland Review magazine will receive the photography book Puffins, which contains a wealth of information about this colorful bird, as a gift. Additionally, all subscribers will enter a draw to win a trip to Iceland. Click here to subscribe to Iceland Review. The new issue will be out next week!
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Icelandic Folk Legends – Tales of Apparitions, Outlaws and Things Unseen is a collection of 12 Icelandic folktales in an English translation. The small and handy book includes both stories that practically every Icelander knows by heart as well as lesser known stories. Although I would have preferred a broader context, this book is a good present for people interested in learning more about Iceland’s past.
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There’s a new breed of traveler roaming the globe these days. Set on doing more than going to location x, snapping a few memorable photographs of the tourist traps therein, and returning home with some knick-knacks for their mantle, voluntourists are spending longer periods of time in their destinations of choice, giving back to their host communities and getting lifelong memories in return.
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If you visit Reykjavík Art Museum – Hafnarhús this week you can disappear into the “Neverland” of Katrín Elvarsdóttir, an exhibition featuring the artist’s photographs of caravans, shrubs, trees, buildings, or lanes. The exhibition is part of Hafnarhúsid’s D series.
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