bits and pieces from the northern island.
A demonstration is currently going on in front of the Althingi, the Icelandic parliament, in Austurvöllur square. The demonstration started in the evening, but videos and e-mail chains have been going around the Internet for a while, encouraging people to show up in the square by 7:30 p.m. with whatever item might produce a lot … Read the full article →
It’s time for the annual appointment with the Menningarnótt. This year’s Culture Night is going to take place in Reykjavík on August 21, 2010. The whole downtown area of the capital is going to host several events of different genres held at various locations throughout the whole day, from morning till night, both indoors and … Read the full article →
Starting today and ending with a bang later this Sunday, the famous Reykjavík Gay Pride is back and ready to take over the capital this first week of August. The Reykjavík Gay Pride was established back in 1999 and has become since one of the most important yearly appointments in town. Thousands of people of … Read the full article →
We went earlier to see the ship AIDAwhatsitcalled harbored here in Reykjavík. Such an overgrown amass of metal and glass that was a truly impressive sight to behold. A lot of Icelanders were there too, to take photos and jawdrop in silent envy. Some remained inside their cars to watch from a distance, some were … Read the full article →
Preparations to celebrate Sjómannadagurinn (Seafarer’s Day in English) were well under the way everywhere in the capital: people at work could be seen all around, washing cars, polishing windows, painting walls and fences, mowing lawns. Everything looked so very promising, and everybody seemed so busy and happy. Excitement over the upcoming festivity – one of … Read the full article →
The results of the local elections held yesterday are out and they confirm what previous exit polls suggested. The Best Party (better known around here as Besti flokkurinn), led by popular comedian Jón Gnarr and featuring well-known figures from the local arts and entertainment scene, wins Reykjavík elections with 34.7% of votes, earning six out … Read the full article →
So, the ash cloud is back. Sorry for the lack of updates in the past days, but paying job and house hunting took most of our time. Anyhow, during the end of the week, the ash cloud caused once again big problems to air traffic in Europe. First, it affected transatlantic flights, forcing airlines to … Read the full article →
Well, it seems that the renewed ash cloud that started to emerge from the eruption site’s a couple of days ago is once again giving troubles to European air traffic. Ireland first, and then Scotland, had to close their air space, grounding all flights. The good news is that skies should clear again over these … Read the full article →