Latest posts tagged with #Icelanders on Bluesky
Here is the living language that has changed the least since the #MiddleAges!
Even today, #Icelanders are able to read the #sagas, #medieval_narratives, without encountering great difficulties.
A #language disappears every 4 months.
www.caminteresse.fr/culture/voic...
Many #Icelanders have written books - or have a book in them. But do you have a #song in you - and would you like some help bringing it out?
www.ruv.is/english/2026-03-10-ruv-e...
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs informed #Icelanders in the Middle East about three possible #evacuation flights operated by partner countries that could take place on Thursday and Friday.
www.ruv.is/english/2026-03-03-icela...
Sjúkratryggingar Íslands (#Icelandic #Health #Insurance) paid just over ISK 265.000.000 in reimbursements for #Icelanders undergoing #metabolic #surgery abroad in 2024.
www.ruv.is/english/2026-02-27-246-i...
More #Icelanders see the #USA as an adversary than an ally, suggests a new survey.
www.ruv.is/english/2026-02-19-more-...
Two #music rights bodies say it is reasonable to collect a fee for the use of music in #sauna #rituals in the same way as in other commercial activities. Sauna rituals are the latest craze among #Icelanders, and music plays a central role in them.
Actual #Icelanders should legit be nervous/watchful about #Trump and his demented confusion of #Iceland for #Greenland, which was on full display (4x) in that 2hr rambling press conference he gave before flying to #Davos.
There could be real-world consequences, as crazy as that is 🤔
#Icelanders were involved in a serious traffic #accident in #South #Africa. The matter is being handled by the citizen services of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of #Iceland.
www.ruv.is/english/2025-12-19-icela...
#Icelanders making the winter trip to #Tenerife to escape #snow at home might be a little surprised. There is snow on the mountain slopes of the #Teide #volcano on Tenerife. It has not snowed this much on the island since 2016, thanks to Storm #Emilía.
#Shopping for #jól is going better than most retailers dared hope. Shoppers in #Iceland have started earlier than in previous years. #Icelanders seem keen to buy practical quality products.
www.ruv.is/english/2025-12-15-chris...
Two #Icelanders were #arrested by the #USA's Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency - #ICE - according to information from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
www.ruv.is/english/2025-12-02-two-i...
#Icelanders are the heaviest residents of the #Nordic countries according to the findings of #NORMO 2025, a report on #food and #health. The general results are that people in the Nordic countries eat unhealthily - and too much.
Virtually all #Icelanders say #Sigríður right to #quit, suggests survey.
www.ruv.is/english/2025-11-20-virtu...
#Icelanders could #sleep better if the country changed its #time zone, says Minister of #Health Alma Möller.
www.ruv.is/english/2025-11-19-minis...
For many #Icelanders, #jól, or #Christmas, #beer marks the start of #holiday preparations. It arrives in #Vínbúðin stores today, and this year Icelanders can choose from 92 varieties of jól beer.
For many #Icelanders, #jól, or #Christmas, #beer marks the start of #holiday preparations. It arrives in #Vínbúðin stores today, and this year Icelanders can choose from 92 varieties of jól beer.
For many #Icelanders, #jól, or #Christmas, #beer marks the start of #holiday preparations. It arrives in #Vínbúðin stores today, and this year Icelanders can choose from 92 varieties of jól beer.
For many #Icelanders, #jól, or #Christmas, #beer marks the start of #holiday preparations. It arrives in #Vínbúðin stores today, and this year Icelanders can choose from 92 varieties of jól beer.
For many #Icelanders, #jól, or #Christmas, #beer marks the start of #holiday preparations. It arrives in #Vínbúðin stores today, and this year Icelanders can choose from 92 varieties of jól beer.
For many #Icelanders, #jól, or #Christmas, #beer marks the start of #holiday preparations. It arrives in #Vínbúðin stores today, and this year Icelanders can choose from 92 varieties of jól beer.
For many #Icelanders, #jól, or #Christmas, #beer marks the start of #holiday preparations. It arrives in #Vínbúðin stores today, and this year Icelanders can choose from 92 varieties of jól beer.
Nearly 60% went abroad this summer, suggests survey: in the decade leading up to the pandemic, #foreign #travel by #Icelanders during the summer increased steadily. The proportion has however remained fairly stable since then.
Mark Armstrong, son of astronaut Neil #Armstrong, has presented a new documentary about his father’s journey with mountaineer Edmund #Hillary to the North Pole in 1985, at the #Arctic Circle Assembly. The film is made in collaboration with #Icelanders.
A majority of #Icelanders support #Sundabraut, suggests a new #survey.
www.ruv.is/english/2025-10-21-major...
Kristrún Frostadóttir, #Iceland's Prime Minister, says she does not believe #Icelanders will establish an #army in her lifetime. She answered questions from conference guests today at the #Arctic Circle Assembly in #Reykjavík.
A #majority of #Icelanders support separating the #state and the #church, suggests a #survey by #Prósent. Support for #separation is stronger in the capital area than elsewhere - and very high among young people.
55% of #Icelanders are positive towards #oil #exploration within #Iceland's jurisdiction, suggests a #Gallup #survey. There has been much discussion about the claimed #profits it could bring.
A new #Gallup National Pulse #survey suggests that the majority of #Icelanders do not want #Iceland to take part in next year’s #eurovision2026 - if #Israel does.
www.ruv.is/english/2025-10-09-major...
#Icelanders calling their neighbor #Greenland. Also spelled #Seltersi which was not to #Estonian taste, even less so I imagine in its relatively unpronounceable full name of #seltersivesi (soda water).
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Water #Vesi
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More #Icelanders than before consider it likely that #Russia’s #invasion of #Ukraine will lead to #conflict in other countries, suggests a new #Gallup National Pulse. People with more #education are more likely than others to believe so.
