I finally admitted that I had to invest in some new outdoor clothes. Now I feel immune from the whims of the weather gods.
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Footage was captured of an obscure phenomenon yesterday which appeared to be swimming in the glacial river Jökulsá í Fljótsdal, east Iceland. People speculate whether this may be the notorious snake-like monster Lagarfljótsormurinn.
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The Iceland Touring Association (FÍ) organizes various hiking trips across Iceland throughout the year, including a project called ‘one peak per week’ where people sign up to join FÍ on hikes to 52 mountains in one year. In mid-January the group hiked two mountains called Helgafell in the capital region.
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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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Links to websites dedicated to Iceland, blogs about Iceland from around the world, photologs, guides for tourists and more. If you have any suggestions about other useful or interesting links, please email: eyglo@icelandreview.com.
Blogs:
Iceland Volcano and Earthquake Blog
Iceland Banking Crisis and More
Icelandic Fever: a Southern Saga
Iceland Design Centre Blog (on all things Icelandic design in English)
The Avalanche (opinionated news)
Island-Blog (in German)
Vivre en Islande (in French)
Cala de los Humos (in Spanish)
Islanda Oggi (in Italian)
ICELANDia (in Japanese)
Photoblogs and Vlogs:
Iceland Photo Collection
A Collection of Icelandic Photographs
Claus in Island (in German and English)
IslandFilm (in German and English)
Photographic Journey in Iceland (in French and English)
Travel tips and other websites:
Free Things to Do in Reykjavík
Swimming Pools in Iceland
Golf in Iceland
Bootsnall.com - cheap flights to Iceland
Reykjavík Center
Iceland Design Centre
Digital Dialects - Icelandic Games
Eldey - a Guide to Iceland (in German and English)
Chemins d'Islande (in French)
Visitar Islandia (in Spanish)
Information about Iceland (in Hebrew)
The current issue of the quarterly magazine Iceland Review includes for example an interview with world-renowned fashion designer Steinunn Sigurðardóttir as well as features on the successful biotech company ORF Genetics and the hot debate regarding the EU. If you subscribe now, you will receive a photo book by IR editor, photographer Páll Stefánsson of the eruptions in Eyjafjallajökull as a gift. Click here to subscribe to the magazine and here to buy a gift subscription.
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Sweet, honest music from troubadour Svavar Knútur.
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Does an image say more than a thousand words? Sometimes it does. It is interesting to see Iceland through travelers’ eyes. Some visiting for the twentieth time, others for the first time, but almost all of them focus their lenses on nature; the tiniest details or the greatest panorama of lava fields and mountains.
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The painter Karen Agnete (1903-1992) was one of many Danish women who married an Icelander and moved with their husbands to Iceland from Copenhagen in the first half of the 20th century. She was fascinated by Iceland and Icelanders; the current exhibition at Kjarvalsstaðir highlights the types of paintings she concentrated on.
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