bits and pieces from the northern island.
We are not representing an unspecified threat to Google AdSense’s clients anymore and both the puffin lobbies and the volcano haters — bless them! — are probably celebrating our defeat. Defeat? Not really. Open Google and their pretend-we-are-not-secretive policies can refuse to tell us the reason behind the ban all they want; like we care! … Read the full article →
News regarding a possible volcanic eruption in Iceland have been causing quite a commotion in these hours around the world. But people abroad should be made aware that most of this volcano scare is a fabrication of the media. Apparently, in spite of the experts’ assurance that as matter of fact there shouldn’t be particular … Read the full article →
Reykjavík Winter Lights Festival will begin this Friday with the Museum Night, in which more than thirty art galleries and museums will remain open for free to visitors till midnight. Exhibitions, concerts, lectures and more are going to be held throughout the whole capital’s area. On the next day, February 12, in occasion of the … Read the full article →
The following statement was issued earlier today by the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) on the main site, in relation to news concerning a possible upcoming eruption of the volcano of Bárðarbunga that were released by several media sources worldwide and that have been causing alarmed reactions in the course of the past hours. “Presently, there … Read the full article →
There might be risk of a new eruption, this time in the area of Vatnajökull, the largest of Iceland’s glaciers. Vatnajökull, located in the south-east of the country, lies along fault lines. In the past days notable seismic activity was observed by geophysicists from the University of Iceland in the north-west of the glacier, where … Read the full article →
There has been quite a turmoil in recent days in Reykjavík over planned cutbacks to music education and over proposals to introduce age limitations to the musical education system. Iceland, in spite of a crisis that shattered its economy, managed to this moment not to fall into the dangerous temptation of destroying everything by butchering … Read the full article →
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 →