The music festival “Gaeran” will take place at Saudárkrókur, northwest Iceland, this upcoming weekend, while in Hveragerdi, south Iceland, the town festival “Flourishing Days” is scheduled. The neighboring Eyrarbakki will take visitors back to the early 1900s with the annual “Turn of the Century Festival”.
Niemand wurde verletzt, als das die Dachgeschosswohnung eines Mehrfamilienhauses im Nesvegur im westlichen Teil von Reykjavík vorgestern Abend Feuer fing. Die Feuerwehr wurde kurz nach 19 Uhr alarmiert, nach etwa einer halben Stunde war sie so gut wie fertig mit der Arbeit.
The Icelandic national team in men’s football lost to Hungary by four goals in a friendly game in Hungary yesterday. The final score was 4-0 and this is the team’s largest loss since its current coach, Ólafur Jóhannesson, took the reins.
A French tourist suffered first and second degree burns to his legs and abdomen when he fell into a hot spring in Reykjadalur valley near Hveragerdi in south Iceland yesterday afternoon.
Annie Mist Thórisdóttir, who became Iceland’s and the world’s fittest woman after winning the CrossFit World Championship in California on July 31, returned to Iceland yesterday. Her fans, family and friends gave her a hero’s welcome.
Der tschechische Reisebus, der am Samstag in der Hochland-Lagune Blautulón versank, ist laut Vatnajökull Nationalpark-Aufseher Snorri Baldursson leichtsinnig gefahren worden. Er wies die Behauptung des tschechischen Reisebüros Adventura zurück, das Gewicht des Busses sei Schuld am Unfall gewesen.
July was record-breaking in terms of tourism. According to the Icelandic Tourist Board, 97,757 foreign tourists departed from the country last month, up by 14,000 compared to the same month in 2010, which is a 17.1 percent increase.
