The Icelandic Christmas Cat
The horrible Icelandic Yule lads were a gruesome bunch of trolls that terrorized children and stole food from hungry peasants around Christmas. Their parents were the horrible ogre Grýla who ate naughty children and her bedridden lazy no-good husband Leppaludi. And there was their pet,…
How to Celebrate Icelandic Christmas
Icelanders go big on Christmas. Not only do we like to give big gifts but Icelandic Christmas goes on 13 days. Yes you read that correctly, Icelandic Christmas goes on for 13 days. Like elsewhere in the western world Christmas celebrations and preparations start obnoxiously…
Writer Andrew J. Thomas finds Iceland inspiring
About the writer Andrew J. Thomas Writer Andrew J. Thomas has just released the book Entanglement. The book is a quirky mystery. It has a sci-fi twist that’s influenced by the humour of Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, and Neil Gaiman. Here he writes about his experience…
Myths about Icelanders – read this mythbuster of an article
Like with many other countries there a lot of myths about Iceland and Icelanders. I wanted to be a little spoilsport and bust a few of them. If you have further questions about myths don’t hesitate to contact us on our Facebook page via Messenger….
Iceland themed-films and TV series on Netflix
Iceland has been the scene of many films and TV series. Perhaps most famously, Iceland played a big role in the acclaimed TV series Game of Thrones. Iceland was also featured in recent Star Wars films, The Force Awakens and Rogue One. Interstellar and Noah…
Tuberculosis in Iceland exhibition is a tribute to those who suffered
One of Iceland’s most interesting exhibitions is located a short drive outside of the northern town of Akureyri. It is called the ‘HÆLIÐ’ or ‘Sanatorium’ and is a tribute to the tuberculosis sanitarium which was founded at the farm of Kristnes in 1927. It housed…
Iceland Kickstarter project – support A Sense of Place – Imprints of Iceland
I wanted to tell you about an impressive Iceland Kickstarter project. It is a beautiful photographic hardcover book called “A Sense of Place – Imprints of Iceland”. The author is the acclaimed Icelandic photographer, Charlotta María Hauksdóttir. The book contains 36 separate works. Many of…
Hallveig Runarsdottir – listen to the best classical singer in Iceland
A few weeks ago, I interviewed the brilliant Jewells Chambers. She runs the All things Iceland podcast. I introduced her to my wife, the award-winning Icelandic soprano singer Hallveig Runarsdottir. There is no doubt that she is the best classical and contemporary singer in Iceland….
