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Monthly Archives: August 2009

Cultural Learnings of Iceland, Part 6: Brennivín

The official Icelandic national schnapps is not unlike Hobbes’ natural state of mankind: nasty, brutish and short. Having a national beverage seems to be de rigeur for small countries who want to sell stuff to tourists maintain their cultural identity. Iceland is no exception. The local tipple is called “Brennivín”, an ancient Icelandic word that translates [...]

19 August 2009 – 11:11 | By valgeir | Posted in brennivin, drinking, iceland, icelandic sweaters, products | Comments (3)

We interrupt this blog for an important message to the good people of Birmingham

In which Iceland Express announces that it starts operating direct flights between Iceland and Birmingham in the summer of 2010. A few people (okay, a lot of people) weren’t too happy when we moved our London base from Stansted to Gatwick. So we decided to do something about that, and called up the nice people [...]

19 August 2009 – 11:10 | By valgeir | Posted in cheap flights to iceland, iceland, london gatwick, london stansted | Comments (28)

Carry on Camping at Reykjavík Gay Pride

Reykjavík turns into Gaykjavík as Gay Pride comes to town on the second Saturday of August. Iceland is famously liberal when it comes to driving on the other side of the street. (Nudge, nudge, know what we mean?) Gay marriage is simply so last year — we’ve already moved to gay couples arguing about how [...]

7 August 2009 – 8:22 | By valgeir | Posted in gay and lesbian, gay pride, reykjavik gay pride | Comments (0)