bits and pieces from the northern island.
It was reported by local media that on the day of Christmas Eve there was a shoot-out one of Reykjavík’s neighborhoods. There are still speculations concerning the reasons behind the incident, but it is very likely we are talking about a case of attempted murder. The fact there was a conspicuous group of armed men … 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 →
We had occasion to talk about Bíódagar earlier this year. Græna Ljósið presents us now with a selection of seven documentaries released during the year 2010 and they will be screened from the 12th of November at the Bíó Paradís. These are the featured documentaries: Feathered Cocaine – Ö. M. Arnarson, T. S. Hardarson (Iceland … Read the full article →
Despite the hot news regarding a possible eruption at Grímsvötn that have been circulating since the beginning of the week, triggered by detection of abnormal seismic activity in the area, here in Iceland we are already preparing for the cold. In fact, the first snow has been falling during the last days, and it definitely … Read the full article →
If you take a stroll along the Ægisida, where locals all year round and tourists in the summer season like to walk, you’ll at some point come across a tangled shape of bronze rising from a pile of boulders. At first perhaps you won’t even pay much attention to it, with the complicity of the … Read the full article →
In between a few attacks of cold and sore throat, we have been enjoying the autumnal weather, with its fits of wildness which we were not exactly prepared to face. Mothers and the Yahoo! Weather kept on informing us about the mild temperatures in the Southern part of Europe. We had little time though to … Read the full article →
Kinosmiðja is an open studio for DIY filmmakers. Their aim is the study and the actualization of the processes involving filmmaking, especially on an totally independent level, with a low budget and the most varied purposes and media. Among the activities promoted by Kinosmiðja, you will find the KinoKlubbúr, a nomadic cine club in Iceland … Read the full article →
It’s that time of the year again. For those who are familiar with it, it’s time to get ready for this year’s Iceland Airwaves, probably the most popular annual music event in Iceland. The first Airwaves was held in 1999 in an airplane hangar. Since its first edition many bands, then unknown and now famous, … Read the full article →