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Something for the Weekend: The Foreign Influences Edition

A roundup of things to do in Reykjavík this weekend, prepared by your under-the easy-to-influence editors.

Tonight and tomorrow, The Good Company Theatre Group makes fun of Vikings and Jews at the Hafnarfjörður Theatre. Don’t worry, it’s probably all very politically correct.
For your weekly (and free) fix of origami, karate, haiku, manga, otaku, karaoke, and sake, […]

Something for the Weekend: The Fleeting Moments Edition

A roundup of things to do in Reykjavík this weekend, prepared by your now-you-see-them-now-you-don’t editors.

Right. “The world’s most exciting techno band,” Booka Shade, take the stage at Gaukur á Stöng Friday evening. Also on the bill: some people (we think) called Jack Schidt, Djuna Barnes, Miss Lori, Darren C, Hairdoctor and Fm Belfast. The guys […]

Cultural Learnings of Iceland, Part 3: Lýsi

There’s something fishy about the taste.
Are you getting enough PUFAs? If you take lýsi every day, you probably are. Lýsi is the Icelandic word for cod liver oil; and it’s extremely popular here in Iceland. PUFAs, on the other hand, are polyunsaturated fatty acids, and anything with a name that long and scientific-sounding just has […]