Tag: Iceland
Iceland: Screaming Tourists Campaign receives Digiday Award
NordenBladet - The marketing campaign Let it Out, released by Inspired Iceland last summer, received a Digiday Award January 28 for the best creative...
Iceland: Guðlaug pool nominated for Mies van der Rohe Award
NordenBladet - The natural pool Guðlaug on Langisandur beach, in Akranes, West Iceland, has been nominated for the 2022 Mies van der Rohe Award...
Iceland: 22,000 tremors in Reykjanes peninsula, Southwest Iceland last year
NordenBladet - Some parts of Iceland tremble more than others, and last year, a total of 22,000 tremors registered on the Reykjanes* peninsula, Southwest...
Iceland: Icelandic man becomes first in world to receive double arm and shoulder transplant
NordenBladet — Icelander Guðmundur Felix Grétarsson became the first patient in the world to receive a double-arm-and-shoulder transplant, undergoing the groundbreaking surgery in Lyon,...
Turning point in Iceland-Greenland relations emerge with new report
NordenBladet — Several propositions to strengthen relations between Iceland and Greenland have emerged as part of a new report officially handed in by the...
Iceland: Holuhraun set to be home for testing of new Mars exploration drones
NordenBladet — Holuhraun, the lava field in the Central Highlands of Iceland, is set to be the test site for RAVEN, a USD 3.1...
Iceland: Music streamed 1.2 billion times in Iceland during 2020
NordenBladet — According to RUV, Icelanders streamed music 1.2 billion times during 2020, as shown from data provided by the Icelandic Association of Record...
Iceland: North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission holds it 39th annual meeting
NordenBladet — NEAFC is the intergovernmental organisation responsible for fisheries management in international waters in the North-East Atlantic. Its Contracting Parties are Denmark (in...
Iceland adopts the WTTC global safety and hygiene stamp
NordenBladet — Iceland is among 145 destinations to adopt the World Travel & Tourism Council’s (WTTC) global safety and hygiene stamp, which was launched...
Iceland: Mál og Menning Book Store permanently closed after 59 years
NordenBladet - Most people who have visited Reykjavík are no doubt familiar with the Mál og Menning book store, at Laugavegur 18. On Friday,...