Fly drive apartment hotel in Iceland attracting more families
The Icelandic apartment hotel, Hotel Hafnarfjordur is pushing its family friendly and value for money credentials to coincide with an increase in visi...
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Scandinavian airline Sterling goes belly up
The latest budget airline to call it quits is Copenhagen-based Sterling, which announced on 29 October that it was cancelling all flights immediately....
Dildos rain down at Stockholm ice hockey match
The message was unmistakable as fans of the Stockholm-based ice hockey team AIK expressed their distaste for former AIK player Jan Huokko when his new...
Nordic chefs serve up Culinary Olympic gold
The 2008 Culinary Olympics, held in Erfurt, Germany, were a successful venture for a team of Finnish chefs, who served up a meal worth its weight in g...
Iceland is obviously quite a bit cheaper these days says Times Online
“Iceland is obviously quite a bit cheaper than it was this time last year, mainly because the whole country went bust.” This is how a text...
Icelandic delicacies served in new harbour restaurant
A new Icelandic cuisine restaurant in Hofn in Hornafjordur is now open. Its name, Humarhofnin, means ‘The langoustine harbour’ and is quit...
SAS flight makes emergency landing in Sweden
The recent spate of in-flight airline emergencies that has plagued carriers like Qantas, United and Spanair, can now include Scandinavian Airlines (SA...
Car hire companies in Iceland reduce rates
Visitors rushing to Iceland to make the most of the low value of the krona can also take advantage of cheaper car hire. The cost of hiring a car in Ic...