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As a kid I thought airports were the most romantic places in the world. Now, while other airports destroy my jet-setting romanticism, Keflavík aptly revives it.
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Click on the picture to observe how to prepare a traditional Icelandic meal of roe and liver (hrogn og lifur). At this time of year, egg pouches are harvested from female fish, mainly cod and haddock, and sold in fish stores around the country along with the liver. The egg pouches may not look appetizing; just remember that caviar is fish eggs too.
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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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Iceland’s Foreign Minister Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir met with the US Ambassador in Iceland Carol van Voorst yesterday and demanded an apology from US authorities for the treatment of Icelandic citizen Erla Ósk Arnardóttir Lilliendahl.
Lilliendahl was arrested at JFK airport in New York on Sunday for an earlier visa violation. She was searched and questioned and then locked up in a prison cell where she was refused food and drink and not permitted to make phone calls. After 24 hours Lilliendahl was deported, ruv.is reports.
Gísladóttir told Morgunbladid that von Voorst had said she also considered this incident unacceptable and had contacted the authorities at JFK airport as well as the US Ministry of Homeland Security to request further information.
Last night the US Embassy in Iceland issued a statement saying Lilliendahl’s case is being investigated by US Authorities.
Lilliendahl told Morgunbladid that she is satisfied with how Gísladóttir and van Voorst have reacted to her story.
Other Icelandic citizens have contacted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with similar stories.
Thórdís Björnsdóttir, a young mother who arrived at JFK airport with her eight-year-old daughter last November, told Morgunbladid that after five hours of interrogation she and her daughter were taken to a small dirty room with no bed where they had to stay for 15 hours before they were deported.
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Minister of Transport Kristján L. Möller decided yesterday to follow the advice of the committee supervising the finances of municipalities and appoint a three-person board to reorganize the finances of Álftanes, a neighboring community of Reykjavík, which has gone into insolvency.
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Norwegian lawyer Morten Furuholmen is preparing a lawsuit against Icelandic authorities for what he calls an unfounded arrest of Leif Ivar Kristiansen, the leader of the Hells Angels motorcycle club in Norway, at Keflavík International Airport yesterday.
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The government of Iceland and the opposition in Iceland’s parliament reached an agreement yesterday on a discussion point to use in renegotiations with British and Dutch authorities on the Icesave obligations.
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Icelandair has submitted a request to the Ministries of Justice and Industry that operating casinos be legalized in Iceland. The company is interested in opening a casino at the Hilton Hotel Nordica on Sudurlandsbraut in Reykjavík.
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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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When I first heard of the photographic book Legend by Fiann Paul, portraying people dressed in Viking-style in Icelandic landscapes, I imagined it would depict scenes from Norse mythology. However, the idea with the book is to tell a story of how “The Seeker” finds “The Legend” and it feels like a wishy-washy self-help book.
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Fresh back from Brazil, where she was one of 28 international judges at the ‘Cup of Excellence’ awards, Kaffitár founder and owner Adalheidur Hédinsdóttir sat down with Atlantica’s Mica Allan in Kaffitár’s Bankastraeti cafe to talk about her passion and delight: coffee.
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“Lucy” is a video and music installation by Dodda Maggý (1981), the 15th artist to exhibit in Reykjavík Art Museum’s D-gallery project in the Hafnarhús exhibition hall. In “Lucy” the artist explores the idea of the “acousmetre,” a film character portrayed only by voice, never in body, omniscient and ubiquitous.
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