A Spanish Music Festival in an Icelandic Pyramid
Sónar festival is originally from Barcelona, the city where I was born. I used to go there to listen to good music: Björk, Air, and Massive Attack were on the charts. As a writer, I also went to see another show: the freaky audience that showed up just for the occasion. In those days, people exhibited their most eccentric and bizarre haircuts, clothes, and tattoos, to the extent that some seemed to be disguised. Of course, they were the focus of coolhunters, who came from all over the world. But life twists around unexpectedly, and just as I had never pictured myself biking in the dark mornings in Reykjavík, heading to the University, neither had I dreamt that the same festival would be placed in this city.
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Transformed Academic Passion into a Successful Business
When Margrét Jónsdóttir Njarðvík lost her job as a professor in 2011 due to cutbacks and a change in university leadership, she found her life and career at a crossroads. After spending years pursuing her passion for Spanish language and literature at the University of Iceland, UNAM in Mexico City, and Princeton, she struggled to find ideal employment that would utilize her education, passion, and diverse skill set.
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Taubleyjuskiptin miklu // The Great Cloth Diaper Change
This year Iceland will participate for the third time in the Guinness World Record of changing cloth diapers. The Great Cloth Diaper Change started in 2011 when Judy Aagard, the owner of a cloth diaper washing service in the United States, wanted to celebrate and promote the use of reusable diapers.
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Education Is Our Best Investment
First elected to parliament in 2007, Katrín Jakobsdóttir currently stands as one of Icelandʼs most passionate advocates for education. A graduate of the University of Iceland, Katrín served as Icelandʼs Minister of Education from 2009-2013, successfully leading the nation’s education sector through the worst economic collapse in Iceland’s history.
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The Exchange Student’s Survival Guide
The academic year is well underway and if you are an exchange student at Háskóli Íslands, then you are probably starting to notice the subtle ways in which Icelanders do life (and school) differently. With help from students who hail from countries far and wide, I have compiled a list of tips to help you cope with the inevitable culture shock of being an exchange student at Háskóli Íslands.
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