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Sparsity Blues

“A brutal ballet of flesh and bone” It’s Saturday night – and it’s feckin’ freezing. Seven below. Even inside the Egilshöll stadium, my fingers feel

Ragnar Tómas February 9, 2023

Culture

Man of the Year

This is Haraldur Þorleifsson. In 2021 he sold his company, Ueno, to Twitter. During the sale process, he was advised how to legally avoid paying taxes on

Erik Pomrenke February 8, 2023

Culture

Born and Bread

On visits to my grandfather’s farm, I would often follow him around, helping him with the farmyard tasks. In the early afternoon, perhaps after mending

Danni February 7, 2023

Features

OASISThe word oasis refers to a fertile area in the desert. The essential component of the concept is water, for the area is made fertile because of it. The popular image is a half-dozen palm trees, huddled religiously around a small pond, surrounded by an expanse of sand. Although there are no smouldering deserts in […]

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Ragnar Tómas February 6, 2023

Culture

RIDING THE WAVE

It started in an airplane hangar at the turn of the century but quickly became synonymous with the Icelandic music scene. It grew, it downsized, and grew in scope again. It saw some big names before turning its back on them to focus on fostering up-and-coming artists. It’s seen a banking collapse and a pandemic […]

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Gréta Sigríður Einarsdóttir December 8, 2022

Culture

Cream of the Crop

Row after row of steep but flat-topped mountains, interspersed with deep fjords. There’s barely enough land in between to make up a coastline, let alone farmland. But on the green patches between the cliffs and the waves, there are still more than a handful of farms dotting the landscape. The Westfjords have always been isolated, […]

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Gréta Sigríður Einarsdóttir December 7, 2022

Culture

Pagan Poetry

Ásatrú Society, how may I help you?” This was neither the voice of a gruff metalhead nor the voice of a wizened mystic, interrupted in

Erik Pomrenke December 7, 2022

Culture

Mad World

“Exceptionally rudimentary software” On Friday, November 11, I attended an appointment with a psychologist in Reykjavík. For weeks leading up to the appointment, my wife had encouraged me to “see someone,” for my moods were vacillating, my fuse was growing increasingly shorter, and I was prone to habitual crashes. I didn’t, she observed, seem “all that […]

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Ragnar Tómas December 7, 2022

Culture

Staying Power

Elsa Pálsdóttir was doing what she loved most: Deadlifting. As she rested between sets, she chit-chatted with a man of Polish extraction, who was likewise availing himself of the equipment in the snug Massi gym in Njarðvík. When their conversation came to a close, Elsa’s interlocutor turned to another gym patron, an older Icelander, and observed, “that […]

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Danni December 6, 2022

Culture

Disaster on Dark Seas

U-300On the morning of November 20, 1944, a single U-boat cruised silently at periscope depth beneath the rough waves of the North Atlantic, lurking just a few kilometres off the Northwest coast of Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula. The lone periscope was virtually invisible in the turbulent grey ocean waters. The German submarine, type VIIC/41, designated U-300, […]

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Danni December 6, 2022

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Category: Features

Sparsity Blues

Man of the Year

Born and Bread

Floating Through Oblivion

RIDING THE WAVE

Cream of the Crop

Mad World

Staying Power

Disaster on Dark Seas

Activists Preparing to Intercept Icelandic Whaling Ships

Risk of Overdose Rises Following Closure of Iceland’s Only Safe Injection Site

New Westfjords Ferry Expected this Autumn

Risk of Further Avalanches in East Fjords

Vínbúðin Could Open on Sundays

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