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Click on the picture to watch an audio slideshow of Þorrablót, an Icelandic mid-winter feast. In the past there was no fresh food available at this time of year so people ate dried fish, smoked lamb, putrefied shark and soured blood and liver pudding along with other soured meat products—ram testicles included.
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Fjallabyggd (“Mountain Settlement”) is a skier’s dream. Its slopes are perfect for slaloming and there are also tracks for telemark skiing. Winter sporting enthusiasts can also go ice skating or rent snowmobiles. In summer, Fjallabyggd turns into a paradise for hikers. Read this special promotion about one of Iceland’s best hidden gems.
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The Civil Protection Department has lifted the danger level on the Mýrdalssandur plains in south Iceland, now only Mýrdalsjökull is off limits. The activity in the glacier, which covers the volcano Katla, has subsided significantly in the past hour.
Screenshot from a RÚV video of the flood that destroyed the bridge across Múlakvísl this morning. Copyright: RÚV.
Around 200 people who were evacuated from Álftaver and Medalland this morning have been allowed to return to the area, mbl.is reports. This was decided at a meeting between earth scientists and the Civil Protection Department at 3 pm.
However, the situation is still considered risky and so the areas around the glacier have been downgraded to the uncertainty level and the Icelandic Meteorological Office will continue to monitor the situation closely, ruv.is reports.
It is still not clear whether this was simply a case of glacial flooding or whether there was in fact a small eruption underneath the glacier. Scientists are preparing to fly across the glacier to learn more about the circumstances.
Click here to watch a video of the flood which destroyed the bridge across the river Múlakvísl on Mýrdalssandur so that a part of the Ring Road had to be closed (click on “horfa” above the picture).
Click here to read more about the flood and potential eruption.
A Playboy model, Progressive Party in trouble and a bad hair day.
Seven companies have asked to be listed on the NASDAQ OMX in Reykjavík, in one of the biggest privatization plans in the country’s history. All seven companies are owned, at least in part, by Landsbanki Íslands, which the Government of Iceland owns 81 percent.
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Landsvirkjun accounts for 75 percent of total electricity production in Iceland; in the year 2010 production reached 12,625 GWh. Climate change and the resulting increase in temperatures are expected to lead to a significant increase in the flow of glacial rivers in the years to come.
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The Special Prosecutors’ Office has filed charges in the so-called Al-Thani case, which pertains to the purchase of a five percent share in Kaupthing Bank in late September 2008, merely two weeks before the banking system’s collapse.
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The current issue of the quarterly magazine Iceland Review includes for example an interview with world-renowned fashion designer Steinunn Sigurðardóttir as well as features on the successful biotech company ORF Genetics and the hot debate regarding the EU. If you subscribe now, you will receive a photo book by IR editor, photographer Páll Stefánsson of the eruptions in Eyjafjallajökull as a gift. Click here to subscribe to the magazine and here to buy a gift subscription.
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REVIEWS
The second series of The Press continues to follow the life of journalist, mother and wife Lára and her investigation of Iceland’s underground world.
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Harvesting human-like protein from genetically modified barley, Icelandic company ORF Genetics is revolutionizing the world of green biotechnology. With Iceland’s First Lady Dorrit Moussaieff and Hollywood stars among its loyal fans, the company’s phenomenal skincare range has, quite literally, changed the face of the cosmetics industry.
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The international recognition that the architecture firm Snøhetta has received is quite unique in a Norwegian context.
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