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Glaumbaer, A Traditional Icelandic Farmhouse

ny_lon@living1 — Wed, 18 Nov 2015 20:48:09 +0000

In the early years of the new millennium, Iceland got carried away with some good financial times revelling in its prosperity and flashing its cash. Of course, the party was broken up in 2008. Why did Iceland party like a high school kid in a Katy Perry song (“Last Friday night, Yeah, we danced on table tops, And...

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Iceland With Kids: Exploring A Viking Village and an Elf Garden in Hafnarfjordur Iceland

ny_lon@living1 — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 07:34:45 +0000

Do you believe in elves and magical people? My daughter definitely still does. So, when we heard about the Elf Garden in Hafnarfjörður Iceland, of course, we had to visit. Hafnarfjordur Iceland is a fishing town located near Reyjkavik which has a charming harbour and Elf Garden Iceland in Hellisgerdi Park supposedly populated with Hudufolk (the...

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8 Tips on How To Be Icelandic

ny_lon@living1 — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 07:00:53 +0000

We fell in love with Iceland on our recent July visit. The landscape is stunningly beautiful in the summer with its Icelandic horses roaming wild, rocky fjords, thermal spas and colourful houses. Would I live there? No. A month of warmish sunshine in the year would not cut it for me. I would spiral into...

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The Glittering Harpa Concert Hall in Reyjkavik

ny_lon@living1 — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 08:37:57 +0000

The critics questioned why the £90 million Harpa concert hall was being built in Rejkavik, the capital of a country that had gone spectacularly bankrupt in 2008. Construction of the Harpa was started in 2004 when Iceland was riding high as the new financial whiz kid on the block. Unfortunately, the financial market turmoils of...

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How Iceland Made Corrugated Steel Construction Charming

ny_lon@living1 — Wed, 09 Sep 2015 10:21:18 +0000

Usually you think of corrugated metal buildings in the United States as an industrial cladding – something cool and urban for a modern house or a practical shed in the country. When I was in South Africa, the townships had a lot of corrugated metal houses in the townships. Once again, the metal was a...

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Fun Facts About The Blue Lagoon in Iceland (and 20+ Tips To Make The Most of Your Visit)

ny_lon@living1 — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 16:53:40 +0000

So many people have heard of the Blue Lagoon in Iceland that it’s become something of a cliche. Why am I writing about it? Because I am a sheep. baaaa. No, seriously, it seemed to be the only place that everyone wanted to talk about in my when I wrote about our family’s tour around...

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Our Geothermal Bath Tour Around Iceland

ny_lon@living1 — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 15:08:43 +0000

My kids love thermal pools having been introduced to the joys of warm water pools in Austria. So it was only natural that we would do a thermal pool tour along the ring road of Iceland. There are more than 175 swimming pools in Iceland so it was pretty easy to find one pretty much...

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7 Fun Facts About Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon

ny_lon@living1 — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 07:00:40 +0000

Iceland is called the land of fire and ice. We didn’t actually see any fire. My kids were devastated that they couldn’t do the Inside the Volcano tour where you descend into a volcano that erupted thousands of years ago. You need to be 12 years old to do the tour though. We made up...

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Seydisfjordur Wows with Artsy Charm in the East Fjords of Iceland

ny_lon@living1 — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 09:10:53 +0000

Don’t be put off by its name. We still can’t pronounce Seyðisfjörður in Eastern Iceland but it is the cutest little town you ever did see. Nestled between snow-capped mountains in a perfect fjord setting, the houses are a painter’s palette of colour. Yes, it also has a river running through it and the obligatory...

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