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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 tour ‘Knitting and Hiking between Fire and Ice’ was recently voted one of the world’s best tours at this year’s CMT 2013 in Stuttgart, Europe’s largest travel fair.
Archive photo taken at Árbæjarsafn folk museum. Photo: Páll Kjartansson/Iceland Review.
The tour, which received a Sonntag Aktuell international travel award, is organized by the knitting expert Hélène Magnússon and Icelandic Mountain Guides, South Iceland news website Sunnlenska reports.
The tour was featured in an article in Stuttgart newspaper Stuttgarter Nachricten following the win.
The tour is described on mountainguides.is as adventurous. “Combined with the visit of the Þingborg wool centre and the Skógar Folk Museum, the Fimmvörðuháls hike will be an unforgettable knitting experience, with spectacular nature and exciting geological features. We’ll get to knit at the site of a short eruption just before the one in Eyjafjallajökull.”
Participants are given an insight into Icelandic knitting traditions along the way, with Hélène introducing new and old techniques.
According to Icelandic Mountain Guides, in the past, Icelandic men knitted socks while walking and so footwear is the theme of the knitting tour.
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Sales of Icelandic vegetables are at a record high according to managing director of The Marketing Association of Horticultural Producers (Sölufélag garðyrkjumanna) Gunnlaugur Karlsson.
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Four tourists were rescued from a piece of floating ice in Fjallsárlón glacial lagoon, East Iceland, yesterday afternoon. Fjallsárlón is just west of the popular Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon.
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Today is the Second Day of Whitsun, or Pentecost, a Christian holiday and bank holiday in Iceland. Although Whitsun is a religious holiday, many people skip mass and use the opportunity to engage in outdoor activities with their friends and families.
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Iceland finished in 17th place in the final of this year's Eurovision Song Contest yesterday.
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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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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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