Reykjavík Grapevine - 17.06.2011, Qupperneq 40

River Rafting
on Hvítá River
from 7.990 ISK
Nature is the Adventure!
Arctic Rafting offers rafting trips on the Hvítá River, only 10 minutes
from the Geysir area. The trips start at 7.990 ISK and a variety of
combination tours are availble every day.
We can also pick you up from your hotel or hostel in Reykjavík. Call us
on +354-571-2200, meet us at Laugavegur 11 at Fjallakofinn outdoor
store or ask for us at your hotel or nearest tourist information center.
www.arcticrafting.com | info@arcticrafting.is | +354-571-2200 | Visit us at Fjallakofinn outdoor store Laugavegur 11
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One thing I greatly enjoy about Ice-
landic punk, something that kind of
laid the groundwork for Icelandic pop
tradition, but has maybe been thinned
out a lot by this ‘krútt’ bullshit, is the
idea that every band had to be dis-
tinct from all the others.
-GusGus’ Biggi Veira ponders Icelandic
music.
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Yeah, you could be an ampheta-
mine junkie. Or like yesterday when
I couldn't go to sleep because I love
the internet.
-FM Belfast’s Lóa ponders her band’s new
album title.
PAGE 10
"They have demanded a two-year
prison term for me. And they think
they can just walk up to me and kiss
and hug me like it's no thing. 'No, sir',
I tell those women who try".
-Former Prime Minister Geir Haarde, who
is on trial for negligence and mismanage-
ment, is not fond two-faced MPs. No sir,
girl!
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And when we arrived, we were told
that the clock had been moved for-
ward by an hour, to Skjaldborg time,
but only for the weekend and only in
this small town in Iceland that had
suddenly become foreign.
-Sure, cinema is all about escapism. But
documentaries? And a whole documen-
tary film festival? Whaaaaa?
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Even though many countries in the
EU had problems complying with their
emission reduction targets for 2010,
it should be acknowledged that they
are at least trying. That is not the case
with Iceland.
-Apparently Iceland’s not as environmen-
tally friendly as many of you like to think.
Who would have thought it!
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Jón Sigurðsson worked in an office
his whole life. He never lifted a stone
in his struggle or wielded a sword—
even if his obituary remarked that he
was Iceland’s pride, sword and shield.
-Meet Iceland’s Independence Day hero,
“Lazy Jón” Sigurðsson.