Iceland review - 2014, Qupperneq 5

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4 From the editor
6 mAriNe FLAVor
Photographer Áslaug Snorradóttir ventures
outdoors to cook colorful guillemot eggs.
8 doN’t miSS
Four exhibitions that are a must-see.
10 moUNtAiN dAirY
Writer Alda Sigmundsdóttir gives us a glimpse
of life in Iceland in the old days.
12 NeiGh NeiGh
Jóhannes Frank just came out with a new photo
book, simply called Hross (‘Horses’).
14 the LeGeNd oF ZetA
Eygló Svala Arnarsdóttir talks to Iceland’s hottest
film director, Baldvin Z from Akureyri, about his
latest release Life in a Fish Bowl.
18 LASt WordS
…of farmer and former Minister of Education and
Culture Vilhjálmur Hjálmarsson.
20 NeW iCeLANderS
Zoë Robert meets some of the roughly 26,000
foreigners living in Iceland today.
26 GreeN hoUSeS
Margrét Hallgrímsdóttir and photographer Páll
Stefánsson invite you to learn about the unique
turf houses of Iceland.
33 the CAmerA mAN
Ragnar Axelsson gives us a sneak peak of his
new book of black-and-white photographs
portraying the West Nordic nations.
40 SoN ANd dÓttir
Benný Sif Ísleifsdóttir explains the Icelandic
surname tradition.
44 BAUGAVÖLLUr StAdiUm
Far from Laugardalsvöllur, Wembley and Maracanã lies
this little East Iceland football field, which has its own
special charm.
46 eLVeS ANd troLLS ANd ALL thAt JAZZ
Eygló Svala Arnarsdóttir discusses facts and falsehoods
in tourism and politics.
50 the SUNNY GLACier
Global warming is hitting Sólheimajökull glacier hard.
58 the PerFeCt horSe
Iceland Review attends Landsmót National Horse
Competition to watch the country’s best horses and
riders perform.
62 tABLeAU
Photographer Geir Ólafsson hikes one of the most popu-
lar routes in Iceland, Fimmvörðuháls, with his friends.
68 iN CASe oF emerGeNCY
Hermann Ottósson, secretary general of the Red Cross
in Iceland, tells Zoë Robert about the
organization’s work.
72 866 7813
…is the phone number of Mónakó supermarket, the
only store in Bakkafjörður, population 84. Páll Stefánsson
visits the fair and foggy Langanesbyggð municipality.
79 SUPPLemeNt – VeStNordeN
The 2014 Vestnorden Travel Mart will be held in
Reykjavík September 30 to October 1.
Iceland Review gives you the heads up.
93 SUPPLemeNt – trAVeL iN iCeLANd
North, south, east and west… read all about the places
you shouldn’t miss when traveling around Iceland.
112 LASt PAGe
Páll Stefánsson plays hide and seek.
photo By páll StefánSSon
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