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Watch an audio slideshow of how traditional Icelandic rhubarb stew is made. Rhubarb is one of the few vegetables that grows effortlessly in Iceland and for that reason it used to be a highly-valued addition to the traditional diet of fish and lamb.
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The exhibition Iceland and Architecture in the joint embassy for the Nordic countries in Berlin goes on show today. The exhibition highlights approaches following the economic crash in Iceland in 2008.
Harpa concert hall in Reykjavík under construction. Photo copyright Icelandic Photo Agency.
The exhibition includes interviews with selected experts, photographs by Guðmundur Ingólfsson and the documentary Future of Hope. The exhibition poses the following questions:
-What architecture is to be found in a country that has no traditional building materials like wood or bricks, that builds its houses out of grass and earth?
-What heights did concrete construction reach?
-What effect did the sudden prosperity have, when Iceland became the wealthiest country in Europe, which was then followed by the sudden crash?
-Will architecture have a future in Iceland?
The exhibition is the result of collaboration between the German Architecture Museum Frankfurt, Sagenhaftes Island – Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2011 and the Embassy of Iceland.
Click here to read a related article which appeared in Spiegel Online (in German).
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One of the last tasks of Steingrímur J. Sigfússon while in office as minister of industries and innovation was to issue a regulation on Monday extending the reserve for whales in Faxaflói bay, off Reykjavík in Southwest Iceland. The regulation took affect at midnight.
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The Identification Committee of the National Commissioner of the Icelandic Police yesterday completed its investigation of human remains found by travelers on the beach Kaldbaksvík in Strandir, the eastern West Fjords, on Saturday.
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The government of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir will formally step down after a state council meeting with President of Iceland Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson at his residence Bessastaðir at 11 am today. At 3 pm, the new government of Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson will attend a state council meeting and afterwards formally take power.
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Air traffic was grounded at Keflavík International Airport for up to two hours this morning due to a failure in the flight data system. Due to the delay, many passengers missed their connecting flights.
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The 2013 April-May issue of Iceland Review & Atlantica has been released. Packed with informative and entertaining stories, highlights include an interview with outgoing Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir and the people who know her best, a photo essay of ice caves in Europe’s largest glacier and a colorful feature on life in the West Fjords.
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REVIEWS
The 11th Reykjavík Shorts & Docs. Catch it while it lasts!
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Artist couple Nína Ivanova and Ómar Smári Kristinsson explain why they decided to settle in the West Fjords’ capital.
Reykjavík Queer Choir’s annual spring concert takes place on Friday, May 24.
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