The resonance of folk music in our current musical atmosphere is palpable if you really listen, but I guess that depends on whether you use music to activate or pacify. It made me curious about Iceland’s musical past, given the country’s extraordinary musical present.
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TF-SIF, The Icelandic Coast Guard’s new surveillance and rescue plane, landed at Reykjavik Airport yesterday afternoon.
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Watch Iceland Review Online's special video feature, an interview with managing director of Iceland Music Export (IMX) Anna Hildur Hildibrandsdóttir discussing how music is leading Iceland out of the crisis.
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Located just 40 minutes by car and six minutes from Keflavík International Airport, Sandgerdi (“Sandy Hedge”) is a growing town of 1,700 with a storied history and loads to see. Read this special promotion about the hidden secrets of one of Iceland's most charming seaside villages.
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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:
Icelandic Fever: a Southern Saga
The Californian Icelandican Diaries
Ralleffson in Island (in German)
Island-Blog (in German)
Vivre à Reykjavik (in French)
Cala de los Humos (in Spanish)
Erasumus en Islandia 2.0 (in Spanish)
ICELANDia (in Japanese)
Photoblogs and Vlogs:
Claus in Island (in German and English)
IslandFilm (in German and English)
Photographic Journey in Iceland (in French and English)
Tourist websites:
Eldey - a Guide to Iceland (in German and English)
Chemins d'Islande (in French)
Visitar Islandia (in Spanish)
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When you look at the cover of Sigurgeir Sigurjónsson’s 2009 photography book, The Little Big Book about Iceland, it feels as if the book is looking back at you. It’s the strangest sensation. If feels as if you’re looking into the icy blue and all-seeing, all-knowing eye of a prehistoric creature that has awoken from its sleep but remains calm and cool—and into the very depths of Iceland.
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Salmon fishing in Iceland in the summer season of 2008 exceeded all records with 88,000 fish being caught on rods in the numerous magnificent, crystal clear rivers. The Atlantic salmon is a remarkable specimen of a fish sought after by anglers from all over the world. It is so remarkable that the Sagas often mention lax, Icelandic for salmon.
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This week familiarize yourself with the contribution of Icelandic women artists to visual art over the last 12 years through the exhibition “Possibilities” at Reykjavík Art Museum – Hafnarhús, featuring the work of artists who have won recognition from the Gudmunda S. Kristinsdóttir Fund for the Arts, established to empower the creation of art by women.
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