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27.1.2012
Impending Arrival Of H&M Turns Out To Be Student Project
A banner up in the window of an empty store on Laugarvegur announcing the arrival of an H&M store turned out to be a university student project on the nature of happiness.
27.1.2012
Other Three Trawler Crew Members Still Not Found
The remaining crew of a trawler which sank near the coast of Norway on Wednesday have still not been found, and are presumed dead. The captain, who was rescued, managed to survive only because of the protective gear he was wearing.
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24.1.2012
All Expression Reduced To A Single ‘Like’
Icelandic media reported yesterday that thirty-two year old Loftur Gunnarsson suffered a heart attack on Laugavegur last Friday, and died at a hospital a few hours later.
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23.1.2012
Thirty-Three Percent Of 2009's Thirty-Three Look Back, And Forward
January of 2009 was an interesting month for Icelanders.
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There's a hip new ‘hostel’ in town that gives a whole new meaning to the word. Located literally steps away from Reykjavík harbour, with a
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The Grill Market
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24.1.2012
Five Food Things I Want To See More Of In 2012
Five food things that Ragnar Egilsson wants to see more of in 2012.
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26.1.2012
Alliance Francaise’s French Movie Festival
During these more depressing months of the year, the cultural institute Alliance Francaise Islande (a Franco-Icelandic institution meant to spread French culture and endorse cross-national communication) brightens our existence with this brilliant film festival.
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Reflecting Reality
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Embrace The Crazy
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Doubt By Two
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23.1.2012
Pioneering Iceland's Wild West
When Torfi G. Yngvason started working at a river rafting company in 2001, Iceland was host to 300.000 tourists annually—compared to 540.000 today—and hardly any of them were going rafting.
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Perfect Isolation
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Austurland's Little Big Town
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27.1.2012
Icy Spicy Leonice Live In Iceland
Unless you’ve been reading Iceland’s page six for the last decade or so, you’re probably not familiar with the peculiar and flamboyant character that bears the self-coined moniker Icy Spicy Leoncie.
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Turin Brakes Church Comeback
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Put Your Dancing Shoes On For Tim Green
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