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Wanted: Genuine Icelandic Grandmothers

There’s no point in wearing a traditional Icelandic jumper unless you can say, “What, this old thing? Oh, my genuine Icelandic grandmother knitted it for me years ago. Of course, I’ve had it since before they were in fashion.”
It may look like an unwanted Christmas gift to your foreign eye, but here in Iceland the […]

4 December 2006 – 21:54 | By Annie | Also posted in iceland, shopping, designers, Icelandic clothes, icelandic sweaters | Comments (5)

Cultural learnings of Iceland to make benefit glorious nations of the world

Part 2: Kókómjólk.
After years of research, your humble editors have concluded that Kókómjólk is probably the best nonprescription hangover cure with a picture of a striped, muscular cat on it.
What’s this Kókómjólk, you ask? Well, it’s Iceland’s premier chocolatey milky drink. In fact, it’s Iceland’s only chocolately milky drink.
Which is probably why, having nothing else […]