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Monthly Archives: September 2006

If it’s Thursday, this must be Something for the Weekend

A roundup of things to do in Reykjavík this weekend, prepared by your lovely and very well connected editors. Krzyztof Penderecki conducts the Iceland Symphony Orchestra tonight, playing Beethoven and himself, with soloist Florian Uhlig. Play the funky music, Krzyztof. The Reykjavik Jazz Festival is in full, er, swing. If you can bear to wake [...]

28 September 2006 – 13:07 | By valgeir | Posted in events, Festivals, iceland, Iceland Symphony Orchestra, music, Reykjavík International Film Festival, Reykjavík Jazz Festival, reykjavik, Visual Arts | Comments (0)

Andri Snær Magnason cements status as Reykjavík’s Prince of Darkness

Courtesy of an Icelandic author, some of the biggest stars in the world can be seen in Reykjavík on Thursday night. For years, Andri Snær Magnason has been asking Reykjavík city authorities to turn off the street lights for a few hours. If all goes well, this Thursday night he’ll finally get his way. Andri [...]

27 September 2006 – 19:11 | By valgeir | Posted in events, iceland, múm, people, reykjavik | Comments (2)

Some good old-fashioned Icelandic music, baby: Múm

Here’s a golden oldie for you, múm‘s Ballad of the Broken Birdie Records (ruxpin remix II). múm: Official Site | Fansite | MySpace | Last.fm

26 September 2006 – 3:39 | By valgeir | Posted in icelandic music, múm, music | Comments (2)

Now you see it, now you don’t

At Kárahnjúkar they give a dam. According to some tree-hugging hippies, the twin mountains of Kárahnjúkar in the north-east of Iceland are some of the most beautiful examples of the Icelandic Highlands. However, according to some cold-blooded technocrats, they are also the best place for an absolutely massive dam project. The technocrats are winning. The [...]

23 September 2006 – 15:43 | By valgeir | Posted in eastern iceland, hiking, nature | Comments (0)

Iceland’s highest waterfall is falling for you

At 196 metres, we think Glymur should get some more respect. Once upon a time, Glymur, the highest waterfall in Iceland, was a pretty popular destination. Not surprisingly, given that it takes less than an hour to drive from Reykjavík to the bottom of Hvalfjörður where you start your hike. But guess what. Something happened [...]

23 September 2006 – 15:29 | By valgeir | Posted in Adventure in Iceland, hiking, iceland, nature, southern iceland | Comments (2)

Kaffibarinn: Less coffee, more bar

Kaffibarinn is the granddaddy of Reykjavík bars/clubs. Featured prominently in a gazillion guidebooks and magazine articles over the years, Kaffibarinn is probably the best known bar in the universe Reykjavík. Founded back in the early nineties by some really, really fun people whose names escape us, this Reykjavík institution featured prominently in a little film [...]

21 September 2006 – 15:13 | By valgeir | Posted in 101, Bars in Iceland, clubs, drinking, iceland, nightlife, reykjavik | Comments (9)

See, here’s the Thing

Thingvellir, the site of Iceland’s ancient parliament, is where the Thing-Men used to hang out at the Law Rock. And no, we’re not talking about action heroes or comic books. We can’t think of a better subject for the second post of this blog on matters Icelandic than the place where some of the most [...]

18 September 2006 – 2:52 | By valgeir | Posted in iceland, nature, southern iceland, thingvellir | Comments (4)

How do you like Iceland?

In which we welcome you, dear reader, to our new blog about Iceland and explain how we have Ringo Starr to thank for its name. Way back in 1983 or 1984, our favourite Beatle (a former drummer, like our CEO) had barely stepped out of his private jet at Reykjavík airport when the burning question [...]

16 September 2006 – 20:03 | By valgeir | Posted in drummers, meta | Comments (3)