The short version of what the sun feels like on an early winter day near the arctic. It is like a sunrise that lasts for a few short hours and then spends the same time in sunset. To the more equatorialzed visitor it is very noticeable that 9:30AM is still black as the darkest night. [...]
The almighty kreppa doesn’t have to dominate the news every day. Life goes on and we must pause to take notice. Turns out the otherwise stoic Icelander are possibly the worlds best at something you might not expect. Film at 11. .Inspired by the kreppa but this goes way beyond, a whole neighbourhood that was [...]
Best quote of the day, from The Iceland Weather Report The Icelandic nation has been nearly wiped out about three times in the last 1,000 years, through famine, disease, or volcanic eruptions. So what we are experiencing today is like a luxury problem.
Say Don, what’s a kreppa? In old Norse and modern Icelandic it is the noun for “crisis”. During these dark economic times the term is commonly used and in some circles it is a tiresome word. A word that is perhaps too perfect. The most common English curse word I heard in Iceland was used [...]
