Reykjavík Grapevine - 26.08.2011, Page 40

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“The bar is located in the hotel’s
basement, directly underneath two of
the hotel rooms. The proprietors try
and book those rooms the last, but
if they are rented out the bar stays
closed. In such cases, we usually find
a house party to attend.”
Life in Djúpivogur is... different.
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“According to an OECD report
Iceland has put more money into its
failed financial institutions than any
other country except Ireland. So in
this way Iceland is not a model—the
people in Spain need not wave Ice-
landic flags.”
What? Iceland did not stick it to the finan-
cial institutions?
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“In Iceland we have had a subject
called 'innovation education and the
use of knowledge' as a part of the
national curriculum for primary and
secondary schools since 1999.”
-It’s back to school time! We interview
the acting Minister of Education about
Iceland’s education system.
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“A state remains a state, whether a
republic, democratic and liberal one
or something else. Before anything
else, it wants to survive. The non-vio-
lent action in Alþingi, that the people
were prosecuted for, probably felt
like an attack for some state officials,
because of its surprise-factor. Things
like this were not supposed to hap-
pen in Iceland.”
-Haukur Már Helgason’s documentary,
‘A9ainst’, attempts to make some striking
points...
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“Half of them looked good on the
outside, but on the inside they were
furry and dry and flavourless.”
Beware of Icelandic apples… they may be
14 months old by the time you eat them.
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“Leifur Þórsson, the director of Fresh
Meat Products, took out a full-page
ad in Fréttablaðið offering a free iPad
for anyone who could bring him 600
tonnes of lamb meat.”
There are more sheep than people in
Iceland and we have a lamb shortage?
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