Icelandic Culture
A couple of days ago, the Boy Scouts of America (finally) issued a statement where homosexuals are allowed in the scout movement.
Icelandic historian Stefán Pálsson recently set a new informal Icelandic speech record when he spoke about Spirou and Fantasio for 13 hours and 32 minutes. The former record was held by departing Prime minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir.
The festival is an annual event featuring lots of fun for the whole family, and serves as a reminder of how important the sea and its sailors are to Iceland‘s history, economy and people. A diverse programme of events takes place from 10am on Saturday morning until Sunday afternoon, at Reykjavík´s West Harbour; Grandagarður.
Reykjavik Art Museum is located in three different buildings, Hafnarhús on the waterfront, Kjarvalsstaðir on the Miklatún park and the Ásmundur Sveinsson Sculpture Museum near Laugardalur.
Svartifoss (Black Waterfall) is a waterfall in Skaftafell National Park in Southeast Iceland
The Icelandic Customs Department recently confiscated a shipment from China which contained, among other things, hundreds of imitation furniture, replicas of real art furniture by famous designers from Denmark, Germany, Britain and Italy.
Baldur the ferry sails between Stykkishólmur in West Iceland to Brjánslækur in the Westfjords, through Flatey island in Breiðafjörður
Iceland is awash in guns, yet it has one of the lowest violent crime rates in the world. US law student Andrew Clark looked into this matter. He recently went to Iceland for a week to study the nation's lack of crime.
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