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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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Icelandic telecom company Síminn formally opened the first 3G mobile network at a special ceremony in Iceland this week. Every Síminn customer who owns a 3G cell phone can use the network within the capital region.
The 3G service enables people to have face-to-face discussions over the phone, receive television signals and use their phones as a mobile wireless internet connection for their laptops.
Kristinn Jón Bjarnason, managing director of the Association of the Deaf, accepts a 3G mobile telephone from Síminn CEO Brynjólfur Bjarnason.
Síminn CEO Brynjólfur Bjarnason introduced the new service with Kristinn Jón Bjarnason, the managing director of the Icelandic Association of the Deaf. Síminn has agreed to donate 3G cell phones to all members of the association and all deaf elementary school students in the capital region.
“The 3G mobile network system is more powerful than what we have had so far and it offers lots of new opportunities for individuals and companies,” Brynjólfur Bjarnason said, according to a Síminn press release. “The 3G system is a revolution for the deaf.”
Arnar Aegisson, a member of the Association of the Deaf, demonstrates how the deaf communicate with sign language using 3G mobile telephones.
“We, the members of the Association of the Deaf, are very pleased with the 3G service and with being able to communicate with sign language via mobile telephones,” Kristinn Jón Bjarnason said. “3G has proven successful for the deaf in the Nordic countries and we have been anticipating the technology here.”
Síminn is working on establishing 3G networks outside the capital region and aims to have the network reach at least 60 percent of Iceland’s inhabitants who live outside that region in the next two and a half years.
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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