Iceland review - 2014, Page 10

8 ICELAND REVIEW
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Don’t Miss
RÓ RÓ, the summer exhibition at Skaftfell Center for visual
art in Seyðisfjörður, the east Fjords. and you have time, as
the exhibition will be open until october 5.
RÓ RÓ presents a group of local and international visual
artists who have a close relationship with the town of
Seyðisfjörður with its 670 inhabitants. Some of the artists live
in the town permanently, others own houses or are regular
visitors.
ráðhildur ingadóttir, who serves as an honorary artistic
director at Skaftfell (2013-2014), curates the exhibition. With
this project, ráðhildur wants to direct attention to the vigor-
ous visual art scene in Seyðisfjörður.
Don’t Miss
a visit to the earthquake Center (Skjálftasetrið) in Kópasker
in Öxarfjörður, northeast iceland. Here you can see close up
what happened when the big earthquake hit the village on
January 13, 1976, and 90 out of the 130 inhabitants had to be
rescued in an arctic blizzard at nighttime.
Don’t Miss
Ósvör, the maritime museum in Bolungarvík in the West
Fjords. The museum contains a double 19th century fishing
base, salting hut, fish drying area and drying hut. The cura-
tor greets visitors wearing a leather suit that is similar to the
one icelandic sailors wore at that time and describes what
there is to see, like the rowboat Ölver.
Don’t Miss
The brand new rock 'n' roll Museum of iceland, in Kefla-
vík, reykjanesbær, next-door to iceland’s main international
airport. Here you meet Björk, Sigur rós and Hljómar, the
first real rock/pop band from iceland, and Keflavík, where
icelandic pop was born. Here you are introduced to the his-
tory of our popular music and hear sound bites of the best
songs from the rock called iceland. *
Don’T MiSS…
Don’t dare drive past these exhibitions, take your time to enjoy them.
By Páll StefánSSon