Lonely Planet ranks Iceland Westfjords in top 10 regions for 2011
Lonely Planet, the largest travel guide book and digital media publisher in the world, has recently listed the Iceland Westfjords as one of its top 10...
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Over 2000 foreign guests at Iceland Airwaves music festival 2010
A total of 2,215 foreign guests attended last month’s Iceland Airwaves music festival, which is a 33 percent increase in comparison to 2005’s event...
Israel blasts Norway for dead Gaza kids play
A Norwegian council has been accused of funding an anti-Israel play by the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem.
Website rates Swedish teen girls’ stolen Facebook snaps
A website that asks users to rate Swedish teenage girls as either “ugly” or “hot” has been reported to the police.
Danish MP: more breasts to protect against extremists
A right-wing politician has called for more bare breasts in a documentary film about Denmark, claiming the sight of naked flesh will help keep extremi...
Oliver Pocher spotted in Iceland
The German comedian and television host was spotted at Hotel Loftleidir in Iceland’s capital city, Reykjavik.
Finnish police rapped for single-language party poop
Police in Finland have been reprimanded by Parliamentary Ombudsmen for speaking only Finnish when breaking up a wild teenage party.
The View from Here, No. 8
The eighth in a regular series of columns by Chay Lemoine: ‘Halldor Gudmundsson Interview’, in which Chay talks with Halldor Gudmundsson about h...