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Eldfell

It's fifty years since the Eldfell eruption on Heimaey. Source.

The Graf Zeppelin in Iceland

On July 17, 1930 the airship Graf Zeppelin flew into Reykjavik. Source.

Burnt Njal Tapestry

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Icelandic Sagas in Icelandic

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Lava, Snow, Grass

Watch and listen as lava spreads over the grass and snow at the Geldingadalur volcano.

Jólasveinarnir

Every Christmastime the Yule Lads sneak down, one a day, from the hills, to cause mischief in people's houses, until all thirteen are around, and then they sneak away, one a day, until they're all gone again and the season is over. I wonder if Tolkien had them in mind when he wrote about the dwarves at the beginning of The Hobbit. Source.

Sigrun Lindal, Fjallkona, 1924

It's the Icelandic Festival of Manitoba in Gimli this weekend. In addition to Vikings roaming the streets the fjallkona or Lady of the Mountain can be seen. Sigrun Lindal played the fjallkona in 1924. Source.

Riddarateppið

Embroidery at the National Museum of Iceland. Source.

Puffins on Laugavegur

Lundafár a Laugavegi (2017) by Þrándur Þórarinsson. For puffins read tourists.

Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason

Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason became the first female member of the Icelandic Althing in 1922.