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,...