Atlantica - 01.09.2004, Side 69

*** The preceding study is completely unscientific and should not be taken seriously by anyone. All percentages are based on fleeting recollections and misleading stereotypes and
are not meant to reflect the real world in any way.
The Dummy’s Guide to Foreigners in Iceland
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B R O O C H
by Ási Már at Lakkrísbúdin,
Laugavegur 12 a 101 Reykjavík
F E AT H E R H A I R P I N
by Margrét María Leifsdóttir, mmleifsdottir@hotmail.com
M O H A I R B R A C E L E T
by Dóra Emilsdóttir at Verksmidjan, Skólavördustígur 4, 101 Reykjavík
H A N D B A G
by Gudlaug Halldórsdóttir at
Má Mí Mó, Tryggvagata 16,
101 Reykjavík
Stylist Agnieszka Baranowska can’t
get through autumn without...
Objects of desire
TYPE OF FOREIGNER CAME TO ICELAND... WILL LEAVE WHEN... FREQUENCY OF SIGHTING***
Looking for a wife
Writer finishing book
Nature Kid
Party Animal
Iceland Fan
Björk Fan
Mad Artist
Missing in action
Grumpy expat
Dyslexic
because of an advertisement in a tube station on
the Piccadilly line.
to soak in some of the literary atmosphere in the
land of the sagas.
to experience the majestic mountains, the pris-
tine glaciers, the grassy knolls.
looking for that all-night party through the other
city that never sleeps.
because of some unknown force they just can’t
explain.
because of a violently happy feeling that increas-
es with each new collection of Björk minutiae
released by Smekkleysa.
to feel communion with all the other mad artists
living in Iceland (particularly during the summer).
as part of an organized tour for elderly
Europeans.
randomly and decided to stay on a whim. Might
have been married a few times already.
looking for Ireland.
their fragile egos get rejected one time too
many.
they’ve started drinking four nights a week and
haven’t finished a page in six months.
winter sets in and the frost separates the
nature boys from the nature men.
never leaves. Misses his early Sunday flight due
to Saturday drinking binge. Gets work in a bar.
an equal but opposite and just as unexplainable
force presents itself.
they realize that Björk lives in New York City.
the UFO picks them all up at the top of
Snæfellsnesjökull and takes them home.
they stray from the pack and try to navigate the
highlands without a compass.
Never leaves. Complains constantly about the
price of fish. Learns the language eventually.
Buys an SUV and develops a taste for rotten shark.
they realize the local brogue is a bit off.
3.3%
1.01%
3.84%
4.83%
12.34%
11.5%
42%
2.7%
3.956666%
0.007%
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