Iceland review - 2013, Page 14

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FASHION - WORTH
THE EXPERIENCE
A great selection of Icelandic
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ice ice BABy
Located in a former warehouse in the trendy harbor area, the
recently-opened Valdís serves fresh ice cream made on the
premises with delicious new flavors every day.
Grandagarður 21, 101 Reykjavík. ÁA
colorFul lAndscAPe in BlAck And wHite
For 25 years photographer RAX (Ragnar Axelsson) has followed
local farmers to the Landmannalaugar highland area to document in
black and white, with his Leica, the September sheep roundup. And
just out, by publisher Crymogea, is the fruit of his labor, a big coffee
table book entitled Behind the Mountains. There you will meet the
farmers and the sheep in all kinds of weather, making it the perfect
book to understand the vanishing culture of rural Iceland. PS
Culture Club
inside scooP
Would you like to discover some of Icelanders’ secret places?
The new campaign by Inspired by Iceland provides the
inside scoop on where to go and what to do during your stay.
Or if you’d like to share one yourself, you’re most welcome!
inspiredbyiceland.com ÁA
Press PlAy
If you’re interested in Icelandic
music, new and old, visit the
website of national broadcaster
RÚV—and stream the program
Útúrdúr, the brainchild of
wunderkind pianist Víkingur Heiðar
Ólafsson and his fiancée Halla
Oddný Magnúsdóttir. Even if you
don’t speak Icelandic, the program
is guaranteed to entertain as well
as inform—all through the magical
language of music.
dagskra.ruv.is/nanar/13521. ÁA
criMe PAys
Writer Arnaldur Indriðason
won the 7th edition of the RBA
Internatinonal Prize for Crime
Writing for his forthcoming novel
Shadow Channel, or Skuggasund
in Icelandic. The novel will be
published simultaneously in Spain
and Iceland in November. Arnaldur
is among Iceland’s most prominent
authors of crime fiction; his novels
have sold more than 20 million
copies and been translated into
more than 20 languages. The
winning prize was worth EUR
125,000 (USD 170,000). PS