Iceland review - 2007, Side 3

ICELAND REVIEW 1
2 FROM THE EDITOR
4 CONTRIBUTORS
6 WATCH THIS SPACE
Energy goes green.
8 VIEWS OF ICELAND
Quarterly news from your favorite island nation.
Compiled by Eygló Svala Arnardóttir.
12 IN REYKJAVÍK
Wrestling goes gay, the mayor goes hip, cuisine goes French
and Reykjavík goes blue.
14 PEACEFUL CONQUEST
Yoko Ono’s addition to Reykjavík’s northern lights.
16 HORSEFEATHERS
Horses take to the air. By Jonas Moody. Photos by Páll Stefánsson.
22 DAY IN THE LIFE
Teaching English, furthering the empire’s cause.
By Jonas Moody. Photos by Benjamin Crotty.
24 INTERVIEWS
The first lady of Icelandic, the state’s antiquary, and the
connoisseur of the nation’s blogs.
30 ROCK OUT
Skaftafell gets mapped.
32 MISSION POSSIBLE
One hundred mountains in one year. By Alëx Elliott.
34 GROWING PAINS
The nation’s play schools outgrow their britches.
By Alëx Elliott. Photos by Páll Stefánsson.
40 FIRST SNOW OF WINTER
Snowed in. Photos by Páll Stefánsson.
50 INCOGNITO
One woman tells her story about living with HIV.
By Sara Blask. Illustrations by Lilja Gunnarsdóttir.
54 SLOW BURN
Sara Blask digs up the sordid past... of her kitchen stove.
Photo by Páll Stefánsson.
56 BEYOND THE GRAVE
Cemeteries illuminated. Photos by Hester Blankestiijn.
58 BRAVE NEW BROADCAST
Channeling the nation’s spirit through the cathode ray tube.
By Jonas Moody. Photos by Páll Stefánsson.
66 MUCH ADO ABOUT FONTS
Oscar Bjarnason designs the signs of the time.
70 THE CHRISTMAS CURE
Alëx Elliott discovers the ancient methods of smoking lamb.
Photos by Páll Stefánsson.
74 HOMEWARD BOUND
Sigur Rós discusses their recent documentary.
By Trevor Baker.
76 ICELANDIC HOSPITALITY
A special supplement on hotels.
96 THE LAST PAGE
Photo by Páll Stefánsson.
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