bits and pieces from the northern island.
Pu The sea murmuring in the distance, the ever-searching eye of Gróttuviti scanning the darkness from afar: it almost feels like being at world’s end. From the outside, the gloom of the wintry season makes the Norðurpóllinn’s semi-hidden structure look like a rundown industrial leftover with just enough of a presentable appearance. But as you get … Read the full article →
We already had occasion to express our concern and sadness for the events that led to HAVARÍ’s — temporary! — closing. It perhaps wouldn’t be appropriate to express contempt towards the people responsible of this situation and I’m not as informed about the whole matter as I should be to talk about it more extensively. … Read the full article →
The Society of Icelandic Composers presents Myrkir Músíkdagar 2011 (Dark Music Days is the event’s name in English). This is one of the many events taking place in the lively city of Reykjavík during the winter season. The festival, scheduled every two years, was born in 1980 to bring together Icelandic composers and people interested … Read the full article →
We would like to inform our readers about another important event that is opening this week and should not be overlooked. The Reykjavík Shorts & Docs Film Festival 2011 is going to take place at the Bíó Paradís from January 27 to January 31, 2011. The festival was born in 2001 thanks to the efforts … Read the full article →
Many months ago, my friend Fish, who was staying in Iceland to complete his book, told me about a shop where music was cheaper than anywhere else in Reykjavík. I had seen the shop in question, but I still hadn’t visited it. I had passed its windows many times going to my guesthouse to the … Read the full article →
Alliance Française and the French and the Canadian Embassies in Iceland, together with Græna Ljósið and Háskólabíó, present the 11th edition of the Festival du Film Francophone. The festival is going to take place at the Háskólabíó in Reykjavík from January 21 to February 3; it will then move to Akureyri during the period between … Read the full article →
Conspiracies are not the result of our contemporary times, therefore conspiracy theories are likewise not a recent invention of the media. Man has been bathing himself in conspiratorial activities, both actual or just imagined, for so long a time that this tendency has become integral part of his way of establishing relations with reality. Every … Read the full article →