Partygoers in Iceland invited to glacier rave
Enough of the boring, traditional raves in disused warehouses or fields, they’re yesterday’s news; at least in they are in Iceland, where revellers ar...
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Welshman becomes first amputee to cross Greenland ice cap
An ex-Welsh soldier has become the first amputee to successfully cross Greenland’s treacherous ice cap. Peter Bowker, who said a nasty case of frostbi...
Roskilde Festival to turn urine into beer
Organisers of the renowned Roskilde Festival have hatched a bizarre new plan that involves turning revellers’ urine into future beer. The Danish festi...
Football: Nobody wants to go up against Iceland
During a press meeting after the Iceland – Czech Republic match, their coach Pavel Vrba said “It was difficult to keep up with the Icelandic tea...
Animal rights group angered by dog-dying trend
Dog owners in Sweden who have jumped on the dying fur bandwagon have enraged an animal rights group, which claims it is turning them into “possessions...
Lucky fish in Norway too big for fisherman’s boat
A Swede fishing in neighbouring Norway caught a halibut so big that it would not fit in his boat so instead jumped into the water to get a picture alo...
Iceland’s central bank raises rates
Iceland’s central bank Sedlabanki raised its key interest rates by 50 basis points after ending capital controls and seeing positive domestic demand. ...
Swimmers in Finland warned about peeing in the sea
Finland’s health authorities have pleaded with swimmers to go to the toilet rather than urinating in the sea after hundreds of people caught the conta...