Scandinavian Pain and Ragnar Kjartansson at the Barbican Centre London

My husband shared excitingly that he had seen a new exhibition on at the Barbican centre called 'Scandinavian Pain'. I had to tell him that this was in fact not the sign for the exhibition, but part of it, as installation art. The Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson's new exhibition at the Barbican is set to surprise and intrigue you! So back to the sign my husband saw, now installed above the...

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As We Grow AW16/17 – Beautiful children’s knitwear from Iceland

And when we thought our complete Iceland obsession had reached its climax, As We Grow decided to share their new pieces for next winter with us... We are completely obsessed with Iceland these days. It started with the Icelandic film RAMS (screening in UK cinemas now), followed by the highly addictive crime drama television series on BBC4, 'Trapped'. The series is set in Seyðisfjörður, a...

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Erna and Hrefna, Icelandic identical twins captured by Ariko Inaoka

Ariko Inaoka is a Japanese photographer who has been documenting two Icelandic identical twins girls, Erna and Hrefna, since they were nine years old in 2009. Her intensions for this project is to capture the very precious period of their growth from child to teenager. Ariko Inaoka first met the Icelandic twins Erna and Hrefna when they were six years old. The Japanese photographer had been...

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Playing with Iglo Kids

Stunning Iceland, an island in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean with active volcanoes, famous geysirs, enormous sand fields, snowy mountains, glaciers and spectacular water falls. Who can not be inspired with surroundings like these? Photo: Iceland All rights reserved Visit Iceland Elisabet Davidsdottir a photographer and fashion supermodel shoot these beautiful photos. 9 children aged...

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It’s been too long!

Trying not to mention the hottest subject over the last week that we all are slowly growing tired of I have to admit that we had our return journey from our Easter Holiday in Norway unexpectedly changed from a simple 2 hours flight into traveling through Northern Europe by car, boat and train, staying at various of places whilst waiting for Euro Star to have 4 seats available for the last leg of...

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