Posted on December 12, 2009 by cinzia
Hereafter continues the list of Icelandic travel agencies specialized in short trips of one or more days to the most characteristics corners of the Iceland:
Útivist www.utivist.is – it proposes trekking tours in the Island and manages a few mountain shelters
Vestfjarðaleið www.vesttravel.is – it proposes daily trips or trekking tours lasting a few days
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Posted on October 26, 2009 by cinzia
Genesis is a very beautiful documentary movie by Claude Nuridsany, coproduced by France and Italy in 2004.
It tells the birth of the Universe and of Life on the Earth, through the tale of a Griot, an African storyteller that in the movie is played by Sotigui Kouyaté. It really seems that he hands on [...]
Posted on October 3, 2009 by cinzia
Travelling Westwards and going through the Modrudalur, right before entering the Road n. 1, you’ll see as a mirage: the peat farm that is named after this tableland.
The houses have a wooden structure, but they’re externally covered by peat tiles that are 50cm wide, that tile the walls leaving holes only for doors and windows. [...]
Posted on September 18, 2009 by cinzia
December
l New Year’s Eve: it is celebrated on the night of December 31st- Icelanders have dinners, fireworks, parties and dance;
l Christmas: this is a very important event for the Icelanders. Both work and school stop for about a month, also because of the dark and the cold, and every day there’s a celebration and it’s [...]
Posted on September 15, 2009 by cinzia
September:
Réttir: parties and dance to celebrate the gathering of flocks from the summer pasture;
Reykjavík jazz festival: it starts on the last week of September; the best National and International artists attend this event;
Reykjavík international film festival: during the 10 days of the festival the best international movies are presented.
October:
Iceland Airwaves: Intenrational festival of avant-garde music; [...]
Read more...Posted on September 5, 2009 by cinzia
At the Oscar Movie Award 2009, Iceland presented “Brudgummin” (English translation: White Night Wedding), by Baltasar Kormákur. This movie was already nominated for 14 Edda awards (movie and Tv prizes) and indeed last November it won 7 prizes, among whom Best Movie, Best Actor, Best Scenography.
This movie is produced by Blueeyes Productions, owned by the [...]
Posted on August 28, 2009 by cinzia
There are high schools only in the three main cities of the island: Reykjavík, Akureyri and Egilsstaðir. The lessons and related activities last all day long, therefore, considering the distances from the villages and the weather conditions, students often stay in boarding schools from Monday till Friday.
The young people that wish to continue their studies, [...]
Posted on August 11, 2009 by cinzia
If you have only 6 days at your disposal, you could go towards the North. The area of Akureyri, reachable by air from Reykjavik, offers a lot of different things: besides the visit to the city, that is also called the capital of the North, Husavík is for sure worthwhile a trip. From here the [...]
Read more...Posted on August 9, 2009 by cinzia
In Iceland, besides the big cities of Reykjavik and Akureyri, the towns are quite small and in some cases they are made of a few houses only. In some regions the density of population is very low and there are only a few isolated farms here and there.
Therefore the Icelandic school has been structured to [...]
Posted on August 5, 2009 by cinzia
Although it is an isolated area, it is worthwhile to plan a trip to the Western Fiords in wintertime, to live the winter atmosphere of the sub arctic region. The mountains around Ísafjörður make a shadow on the city from December until January, so much so that it prevents the sunbeams to pass. On Jan. [...]
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