Ikea ‘designed like a maze to trap shoppers’
Ikea stores are designed as mazes that trick shoppers into buying more while they attempt to find the exit, according to a UK professor. Alan Penn fro...
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Iceland tour rated top for summer travel by Trip Advisor
Trip Advisor, the world’s largest online travel information website, has rated Reykjavik Excursion’s South Shore Adventure tour in Iceland as a top de...
EVE Online voted most innovative game 2010 by MMORPG.com
EVE Online, the ‘massively multiplayer online role-playing game’ developed by Iceland’s CCP Games, has recently been announced as the most innovative ...
Unique schooner North Sailing trip across Greenland recently launched
Icelandic sailing and tour provider, North Sailing, has recently launched a unique eight-day schooner arctic sailing trip across the fjord system of S...
SagaPro undergoes clinical study to test efficacy on nocturia in men
SagaMedica is an Icelandic company that specialises in research on Icelandic medicinal herbs and produces effective natural products from them.
Finland to share airport snow-how
Finland’s airport chief and foreign minister have promised to share the secrets of keeping runways open in the snow after harsh weather hampered trave...
Ice sheet melt water doubles in a year
A glaciologist has warned that, after a year of record-breaking temperatures, the Greenland ice sheet is “retreating and thinning extensively...
Icelandair pilots commended by President of Iceland’s wife
The President of Iceland’s wife, Dorrit Moussaieff, recently commended two Icelandair pilots for their efforts after a flight was grounded due t...