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VOLCANIC CREATION
Jónína Gudnadóttir is a renowned ceramic artist. Her works are pri-
marily made of stone clay fired at 1,280°C, and based on ideas stem-
ming from the history of Iceland and its landscape, not least its vol-
canic activity.
Gudnadóttir uses, among other materials, lava sand, which cre-
ates a coarse surface texture reminiscent of the natural environ-
ment of her native Iceland. She also uses lava minerals as an
ingredient for the glazes that underline the origin of her inspira-
tion.
Gudnadóttir is an active visual artist who expresses her ideas with
the material she loves most (clay), but uses all kinds of other mate-
rials as well, like glass, copper, aluminum, steel, textile or concrete.
Besides her works of free art, she has always created handmade objects
manifesting her mature sense of form, of which a representative collec-
tion is available at the Icemart store in Leifur Eiríksson Terminal, located at
Keflavík International Airport.
A T L A N T I C A 61
Iceland is exempt from the recently implemented law abolishing tax- and duty-free sales to travellers within the European Union
(EU). Iceland is not a member of the EU and therefore not affected by the change. In other words, Leifur Eiríksson Terminal is easy
on the wallet!
With stores open for all incoming and outgoing flights, the terminal provides travellers with a plethora of buying opportunities. All
merchandise available at the terminal are both tax- and duty-free, and prices are extremely competitive. The decision to end intra-EU
duty-free sales is increasing the already flourishing tax- and duty-free trade at the Leifur Eiríksson Terminal, located at Keflavík
International Airport, while at the same time equalising taxes among EU member states.
Icelandair does not fly between any destinations within the EU. Thus, Icelandair passengers can shop duty-free at all European des-
tinations, as well as in Iceland, when arriving and departing.
NOT JUST A HOT DOG
Would you hop on an aeroplane and fly to Iceland for a hot dog?
It’d have to be a pretty darn good wiener, right? Well, nobody’s
about to fly here just for a dog. Or are they?
National Geographic Traveller (March 2001) chronicled a tourist
that flew 2,754 miles just to chomp into a SS pylsa hot dog.
What’s the secret behind the great taste of SS pylsur? Plop the
wiener onto a warm bun, add some brown mustard and flakes of
onion, dabble on ketchup, then squirt on some remoulade (a spe-
cial Icelandic sauce), and you’ll find out.
Icelandic hot dogs are omnipresent: at gas stations, corner stands,
movie theatres. Of course, they’re also available at Íslandica, in
Leifur Eiríksson Terminal, located at Keflavík International Airport.
TAX- AND DUTY-FREE SHOPPING
at Keflavík International Airport, Iceland
A SPECIAL ATLANTICA SUPPLEMENT
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