The first swimming pool that imitates ocean waves opened in Álftanes in Iceland’s capital region on Saturday. Admission was free for the occasion and almost 3,000 people took advantage of the offer.
Im westlichsten Teil Islands und Europas hat eine neue Pizzeria mit dem Namen „Sliceland“ seine Pforten geöffnet. Im Leuchtturm von Bjargtangar bei Látrabjarg wird die westlichste Pizza Europas angeboten, eine unternehmerische Initiative, welche Teil des diesjährigen Reykjavík Arts Festival ist.
Es wird erwartet, dass die ersten Walfangboote heute mit der Jagd auf Minkwale beginnen. Eine Fangquote von 100 Minkwalen wurde in dieser Saison heraus gegeben, mit dem Ziel das Fleisch von 50 Exemplaren nach Japan zu exportieren. In den letzten Jahren wurde das Fleisch hauptsächlich auf dem heimischen Markt verkauft.
Der schwedische Bankexperte Mats Josefsson drohte letzte Woche damit, seine Arbeit für den Staat niederzulegen, weil die Dinge nur langsam voran kommen. Er wurde vom ehemaligen Premierminister Geir H. Haarde angeheuert, den Ausschuss zur Wiederherstellung des Finanzsystems zu leiten.
A new pizza parlor, called “Sliceland,” has opened in the lighthouse on Bjargtangar by Látrabjarg, the westernmost part of Iceland and Europe, offering the “westest” pizzas in Europe. The initiative is part of the 2009 Reykjavík Arts Festival.
The Capital Region Police arrested a man yesterday who had kicked his way into the Kaupthing Bank branch on Austurstraeti in downtown Reykjavík. The man suffered cardiac arrest on the way to the police station but one of the officers managed to save him.
Ministers of the cabinet and representatives of the Icelandic employment market met last night to discuss a stabilization pact, which they are trying to establish in unison. The attendees of the meeting agreed that the atmosphere was good during the so-called “reconciliation talks.”
It is expected that the first whaling boat will start hunting minkes today. A quota has been issued for 100 minkes this season with the goal to export the meat from 50 of these whales to Japan. For the past years the meat has primarily been sold on the domestic market.
One of the most successful contemporary Icelandic novels is Angels of the Universe by Einar Már Gudmundsson, originally published as Englar alheimsins in 1993. It has melted the hearts
Mats Josefsson, the Swedish banking expert who was hired by former Prime Minister Geir H. Haarde to chair the committee on the restoration of the financial system, threatened to quit working for the state last week because of how slowly things were going.
