Atlantica - 01.09.2004, Qupperneq 7

7 A PROUD RECORD
Address from Icelandair president and CEO
Sigurdur Helgason.
9 AIRMAIL
This and that from here and there.
18 IS BEAUTY SHIN-DEEP?
The Shins are a band you need to listen to. By Alex
MacNeill. Photos by Brian Tamborello.
22 DUTCH CANDOR
Book shops, windmills, the red light district, and the
lowest point in Europe. Bart Cameron hits the
Netherlands high on caffeine. Photos by Páll
Stefánsson.
30 BATH TIME
Bathing in geothermal hot springs has been around
since the time of the Sagas. Atlantica takes you on a
tour of Iceland’s natural hot pots. Photos Páll
Stefánsson.
36 FABULOUS PHILLIE
Alex MacNeill sets his sights on Philadelphia. Photos
by Áslaug Snorradóttir.
38 THE HORSE AND THE MAIDEN
Autumn fashion by Iceland’s freshest designers.
Photos by Phaedra Brody. Styled by Agnieszka
Barnowska.
44 UGLY FISH PREPARES FOR THE SPOTLIGHT
Everything you ever wanted to know about monkfish
but were afraid to ask. By Bart Cameron. Photos by
Páll Stefánsson.
46 COUNTING SHEEP
September sheep gathering.
49 A FLY WITH FANGS
An interview with novelist, screenwriter, playwright
and cartoonist Hallgrímur Helgason. By Edward
Weinman.
50 ICELAND’S POP LABORATORY
It’s autumn, which means it’s time for Iceland
Airwaves. Alex MacNeill takes a look at the popular
music festival. Photos by Páll Stefánsson.
52 REYKJAVIK SIGNPOST
A slanted look at where to eat, drink, party, shop and
stay warm.
56 I-SITE
Ideas and info on Iceland.
74 ATLANTICA INQUISITION
Valur Gunnarsson is stirring up a wave of controversy
with each new issue of the Reykjavík Grapevine,
a bi-weekly English-language newspaper. Edward
Weinman turns the dictaphone on the outspoken edi-
tor. Photo by Páll Stefánsson.
78 TAX AND DUTY-FREE SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT
The shopper’s stop at Keflavik International Airport.
83 WELCOME ABOARD
In-flight films and music, company notes, destination
information, domestic route map/facts about Iceland,
US immigration and customs information, interna-
tional route map and flight bar.
ATLANTICA SEPT-OCT 2004
Rent a Car at the Airport.
Tel.: 567 8300 | www.budget.is
Or at any other Budget location in Iceland.
Car and Van Rental
On the cover: Rising stars on the international music scene, aided by Iceland Airwaves and the Reykjavík Loftbrú programme.
From left to right: Jóhann Jóhannsson, composer and organist of Apparat Organ Quartet, Henrik Björnsson, singer/song-
writer/guitarist of Singapore Sling and Bardi Jóhannsson, singer/songwriter/guitarist of the Bang Gang.
Photo by Páll Stefánsson
CONTENTS
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ATLANTICA is produced for
passengers on Icelandair’s
international routes and is not
for distribution within Iceland.
ATLANTICA is published in Reykjavík, Iceland,
by Iceland Review, a division of Heimur Ltd.
Editor:
Anna Margrét Björnsson
Deputy and picture editor:
Páll Stefánsson
Staff writers and translators:
Ian Alex MacNeil
Bart Cameron
Edward Weinman
Designer:
Erlingur Páll Ingvarsson
Copy editor and proofreader:
Bart Cameron
Icelandair editorial consultants:
Áslaug Thelma Einarsdóttir
Guðjón Arngrímsson
Production:
Erlingur Páll Ingvarsson
Publisher:
Benedikt Jóhannesson
Advertising sales:
Jóhanna E. Vilhelmsdóttir (domestic)
Otto Schopka (international)
atlantica@heimur.is
Editorial/advertising offices:
Borgartún 23. 105 Reykjavík, Iceland
Tel: (+354) 512-7575
Fax: (+354) 561-8646
atlantica@heimur.is
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Printed at Oddi, Iceland
Copies of ATLANTICA can be obtained
from the publisher at USD 6 per copy
(airmail, worldwide).
No articles in this magazine may be
reproduced elsewhere in whole or
in part without the permission of
the publisher.
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