bits and pieces from the northern island.
Pu A certain ogress named Grýla lived in the mountains of Iceland with her third husband, a lazy troll going by the name of Leppalúði, her fiendish cat and a gang of thirteen mischievous sons, known as the Yule Lads. Quite a family, isn’t it? And kind of dysfunctional too! Grýla the ogress for instance had … Read the full article →
If you are in Iceland during the festive period, you may consider visiting the Jólaþorpið (Christmas Village) in Hafnarfjörður, where you will be able to buy from local artisans a variety of hand-crafted goods, from food to knitwear to Christmas decorations, with live music and entertainment every opening day. We took a brief peek at … Read the full article →
Christmas is approaching and we want to thank our readers with some little extra. Here is a Christmas wallpaper to get into the festive mood. I know, it’s a bit on the wacky side, but Christmas can indeed be very wacky. Enjoy! 640×960 (iPhone)||800×600||1024×768 || 1280×800 || 1280×960 || 1280×1024 || 1440×900 || 1600×900 || … Read the full article →
I thought I’d had enough of the usual Christmas decadence. I thought I’d had my fill in my life, year after year, and I also thought I possessed the required sense of abstraction to be able to make up with my imagination for what I had not seen yet. But you know, as far as … Read the full article →
Last Friday, with a couple of friends, we attended Amiina’s concert at the Þjóðleikhúskjallarinn, located in the complex of the National Theatre in downtown Reykjavík. As I didn’t enjoy much the previous big event in occasion of Puzzle‘s release, I was somehow concerned. However, the Þjóðleikhúskjallarinn is not the NASA with its impersonal dispersiveness; among … Read the full article →
Once upon a time a country named Germany had lost a war which now we know as World War II. WWII had been a very long and taxing war for everybody, but it had been especially terrible for the Germans because they were the losers. As it happens in cases like this, consequences for the … Read the full article →
Dear Iceland lovers, if you like felines as we do and you still can’t decide which calendar you will be getting for the upcoming year, we have a suggestion: why don’t you get one of our awesome Reykjavík Cats calendars? This may look like shameless self-promotion, but trust me, it’s definitely a nice gift for … Read the full article →
Starting on the 21st of November till the 12th of December the Nordic House will be hosting an exhibition entitled Budo: Saga japanskra bardagalista (Budo – History of Japanese Martial Arts in English). Through display of Japanese weapons and reconstructed models, the exhibition’s aim is to outline not only a brief history of martial arts, … Read the full article →