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May
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Shoes or Dinner?
The purchase of basic everyday products went down by 2.3 percent last month. So where are people taking their money instead? To the shoe store.
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May
12
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NEW! Turf Farm
Click on the picture to look at an audio slideshow about one of the most famous Icelandic turf farms, Laufás in Eyjafjördur, northeast Iceland. Houses made from turf, with a wooden frame and/or a stone wall, were the primary type of house in Iceland between the 9th and the 19th century.
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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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An exhibition by Halldór Ásgeirsson and Paul Armand Gette entitled “What Volcanoes?” opened at the the ASÍ Art Museum yesterday as part of the Reykjavík Arts Festival, which closes on June 15.
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One of Iceland’s most notorious rock bands, Mínus, received four and a half stars in a review on the All Music Guide website for their fourth album, The Great Northern Whalekill.
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The Center for Icelandic Art (CIA) granted the creators of 11 art projects funds worth ISK 3.2 million (USD 41,000, EUR 26,000) in total last week. The artists also received ISK 300,000 (USD 3,900, EUR 2,500) in traveling allowances from airline Iceland Express.
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A bill on debt adjustment is likely to be put before Iceland’s Althingi parliament next winter. The bill is meant to assist individuals who carry heavy debt and have trouble paying their bills. This type of debt relief is already practiced in the other Nordic countries.
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Deaths related to intravenous drugs in Iceland have increased vastly, according to physicians. Last year six individuals died because of that type of drug abuse, 38 percent of intravenous drug abusers admitted to the National Hospital’s intensive care unit.
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Approximately 46 million liters of gasoline, which Finnish oil company Neste Oil had stored in oil tanks belonging to Icelandic oil distribution company Olíudreifing in Hvalfjördur fjord, west Iceland, since December, were sent to the US on Wednesday where it will be sold with high estimated profits.
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A splash of colors will greet visitors on the second floor of the Seltjarnarnes Library when the work of artist Aleksandra Babik goes on display May 15. Deep orange, ultramarine blue, luxurious red and shimmering silver form a wonderful palette, and one cannot help but feel uplifted by the artist’s visible love for color.
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May
12
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Feature of the Week: Growing Pains
If you predicted half a century ago that the average four-year- old child would spend the same amount of time at school every day as a teenager, you’d have been laughed right out of the playground. But that’s exactly what’s happened. The Icelandic leikskóli has liberated parents and changed the very concept of childhood. But there’s trouble afoot.
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If you ever thought all Viggo Mortensen did was fighting Orcs, think again. The American actor of Danish descent is also a photographer and his exhibition “Skovbo” is currently on display in the Reykjavík Museum of Photography. This week check out Mortensen’s talent with the lens. His exhibition is on display until August 31.
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