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"Just don't do your laundry while
here. For the grungy, Reykjavík's
weak laundry culture says, 'Wear
those undies another week or two.'"
The Laundromat Café may be better at serving
vegan toast than cleaning your panties.
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"Someone threw a plastic bottle on-
stage and Robbie [Williams] became
so incensed that he cut the concert
short. In retaliation, he even report-
edly said that he would not be having
sex with any locals."
Every celebrity who comes to the island seems
to be a friend of the nation. But we can think
of a few figures who have ended up on Ice-
land's list of enemies.
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"With nipple twisting, hair pulling and
even groin grabbing, the Mýrarbolti
women’s division is not for princess-
es—at least not the boring ones."
We get a rare look at the European Cham-
pionship of the fierce, filthy sport known as
Swamp Football.
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"But I have more belief in love. So
if someone calls me a romantic or
a sissy then I say yes, I’m a happy
romantic sissy—that’s fine.”
Hörður Torfason ignores any name-calling as
he trots the globe, sharing hints on protest
and revolution.
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“Having got myself a slice of pizza,
I was really thirsty and there was
nothing but beer on the table. On the
first sip I said to myself, there goes
the gold, then went the silver. At
that point my coach intervened and
stopped me from drinking another
drop. I knew then that the bronze was
mine.”
Iceland may have few Olympic medals, but
there's a story or two about each one we have
won.
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"Muck rocked so hard that the 'K'
fell from the 'INNIPÚKINN' sign that
hung above the stage spelling 'Innipú
Inn,' which sounds like a seedy motel
in Greenland."
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through the power of rock at this year's itera-
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