Summer in Iceland is a very special time -- in the season of the midnight sun, the light is both ethereal and intense, and touring the country is an absolute adventure. Those of us who live in Iceland sometimes need to be reminded that people come from far and wide...
Posted February 22, 2010 | 02/22/10 06:30 PM ET
One of Iceland's best-known landmarks, the shopping mall commonly referred to in English as "Penis Mall" on account of its rather, um, unorthdox shape, is being put up for sale in the coming weeks.
The shopping mall, more prudently known as "Smáralind",...
Posted February 16, 2010 | 02/16/10 11:33 AM ET
In November 2009 I attended a meeting in Reykjavík with Julian Assange and Daniel Schmitt from the WikiLeaks project. The meeting was organized by a collective called the Icelandic Modern Media Initiative, and under discussion was a proposed parliamentary resolution that would make Iceland into a...
Posted November 11, 2009 | 11/11/09 04:02 PM ET
A unique and highly ambitious social experiment is set to take place here in Iceland on Saturday, November 14.
On that day, around 1,500 Icelanders will gather in a sports arena in Reykjavík to brainstorm and plan a future vision for our country, and subsequently lay the foundation for the...
Posted October 14, 2009 | 10/14/09 11:22 AM ET
Time: 11 pm. Place: My house in Reykjavik, Iceland. Who: Daughter (18) and Myself.
Daughter: Do you need the car tomorrow?
Me: Yes. Why?
D: I don't know if I can get a ride home after school.*
M: Why don't you take the bus?
D: I don't take the bus.
...Posted August 11, 2009 | 08/11/09 12:50 PM ET
Last week, Eva Joly, the Norwegian-French magistrate renowned for her fight against corruption, wrote an article slamming British PM Gordon Brown, the International Monetary Fund and the European Union for their harsh treatment of Iceland in the wake of its economic collapse.
Eva Joly gained global recognition when she...
Posted July 20, 2009 | 07/20/09 05:16 PM ET
Last week, in a highly controversial move, Iceland's parliament voted by a narrow margin to begin accession talks with the European Union. In the flurry of activity and debate surrounding the vote, one piece of news slipped virtually unnoticed past the general Icelandic populace: that of Russia having agreed to...
Posted July 15, 2009 | 07/15/09 06:10 PM ET
The moguls in question are father-son team Bjorgolfur...
Posted May 16, 2011 | 05/16/11 03:27 PM ET