Reykjavík Grapevine - 31.07.2009, Blaðsíða 48

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“There is a trend for more indi-
vidual travel and people booking
later, and just kind of show-
ing up without perhaps having
booked their accommodation or
knowing what they want to do
here.”
VisitReykjavík’s María Reynisdóttir tells us
about the new breed of Iceland-visitor.
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Rumours that there will be a
group masturbation session at
the Vicky show are starting to
spread. Someone is passed out
in the middle of the street.
Fun, fun, fun times at Eistnaflug.
PAGE 10
“The pay is better, you get more
free time and your private life is
respected. I have a good feeling
about this, and I think that the
Icelandic myth about Norway
being lame and boring is just an
urban legend”
Icelanders are fleeing back to where they
came from, jolly old Norway.
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As annual gay rights marches
across Europe attract main-
stream audiences in the millions,
it can be easy to forget that in
large swathes of the world such
freedoms remain the stuff of
fantasy.
John Boyce walks you through the history of
the gay rights struggle as Pride draws near.
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“When we started out in 2007
people didn’t quite get where
we were going. Everybody was
raking in stacks of money, and
software like ours seemed irrel-
evant. In those days everybody
was trying to get rich by selling
money.”
Things have certainly changed for gogoy-
oko’s Haukur D. Magnússon.
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This is not for everybody, of
course, but if you get off on the
element of uncertainty, the hikes
through the countryside, the po-
tential to meet new people from
all walks of life and generally
feeling like a hobo, then you’re
in luck.
Tips for the hitchhiker in you, courtesy of
Rebecca Louder.
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