Fosshotel has interest to replace Valholl at Thingvellir
According to Thordar Sigurdsson, chairman of the Fosshotel chain in Iceland, they have an interest in building a hotel in Thingvellir, the national pa...
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Greenland considers selling its glaciers for fancy water
Canadians will soon be drinking water that originated in Greenland now that the government has granted permission to a Canadian company to pursue a pl...
Danish deer park generates controversy
After lengthy squabbles with local officials, the daughter of Denmark’s wealthiest man was granted permission to open the nation’s largest public hunt...
Beware of pizza in Halmsted, Sweden
After conducting standard food safety inspections at restaurants in the Swedish city of Halmstad, it was discovered that nearly 90 per cent of establi...
Swamp Soccer on the Canon homepage
A great number of foreigners have been taking interest in an Icelandic sport of Swamp Soccer or Swampball, better known as Mýrarbolti. A Czech photogr...
Pros are back on the streets of Oslo
After sweeping the streets of Norway’s capital Oslo clean of prostitutes last year, city police were a bit shocked to discover that the pros are back ...
20 Icelandic ships returning home after mackerel ban
About 20 Icelandic fishing ships are on their way back to Iceland after the Ministry of Agriculture, Sjávarútvegsráðuneyti, posted a ban on mackerel f...
Reykjavik to Akureyri by bike in 12 hours
Yesterday morning at 7am in Reykjavik, cyclists departing a small town in the capital region called Mosfellsbaer destined to Akureyri. This was the fi...