Björk’s Two Videos on Top 10 List

Icelandic singer Björk’s two videos All is Full Of Love and Bachelorette seem on top 50 videos from the 1990s list that Pitchfork website made. The article was published on August 23 and written by Scott Plagenhoef.

It says about All Is Full of Love that the “strongest single images from any video of the 90s come from this strange and moving clip of two robots being constructed, then serenading each other and falling in love. Everyone from Will Smith to Pixar seemingly took notice.”

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Trubatrix Returns To Iceland

It’s recommended to see Trubatrix concerts for those who want to discover new tastes of Icelandic music. Icelandic female musician’s leage called as Trubatrix have returned to Iceland from the UK tour and have started a new tour in Iceland. New musicians will be on stage during the tour as Trubatrix received a lot of applications from musicians who want to perform. At least ten new performers will join them on their tour, a press release states. The tour schedule is below:

24 August Merkigil, Eyrarbakki
24-25 August Gamle Kaupfelagid, Akranes
26 August Pakkhusid, Höfn

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Tourist Fell Down During Cave Trip

There are a lot of beauties to see in Iceland. It may be very exciting to venture interior of the country. Seeing caves is just one of them. But there may also be dangers and you should take care yourself while your trips.

According to the news an accident happened during a cave trip in Miklafell. A French tourist fell down and broke her neck in two places.

The search and rescue team Kyndill in Kirkjubaejarklaustur was called to the scene along with the Coast Guard helicopter. A mountain rescue crew from search and rescue teams in the capital region arrived on the scene with the helicopter.

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Reykjavik Castle House Luxury Apartments Review

Address: Skalholtsstigur 2a, Reykjavik 101, Iceland

Getting from airport to Castle House Luxury Apartments is very easy as Flybus directly takes you to the apartments. Simply, take the flybus to BSI terminal. They have free shuttle at the terminal taking you to your apartment.

You will like the location of Castle House Luxury Apartments. It’s very close to the main sites such as the main square, tourist office,restaurants,shopping centers. So that will be very easy to sightsee. If you have car, you may have problem parking your car in front of the street because you have to pay for parking. If you don’t want to pay for parking you can park your car on just one block away.

The apartments aren’t luxury but clean and comfortable. So, is luxury very necessary or important? It depends on what you look for but for a budget traveller the answer is possibly no. You can find almost everything you need. They contain bedroom and living room divided to two parts as sitting and dining areas. There is free wifi. Staff is helpful. The most important thing about the apartments is prices. Prices are very reasonable and suitable for budget travellers. It’s also very good idea to make meals in the apartment for those who doesn’t want to pay extra mount for eating outside so that they can join on more tours ar stay more and do whatever they want. You won’t get stuck when cooking as the kitchen provides a lot of equipment you need.

Overall, Castle House Luxury Apartments support travellers’ needs, clean, quite, comfortable and also location is great. So what would else you expect?

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Icelandic Musician Kira Kira To Perform At Helsinki Festival

Icelandic musician Kira Kira will play at Helsinki Festival that will be held in Finland on August 20. Kira Kira says that "a kind of imaginary soundtrack to a beautiful horror film, quite noisy and gently gut-wrenching," about the show. Icelandic musician is planninng to stay in Finland after the show to start new album record.

The Helsinki Festival, which takes place from August 20 to September 9, includes music, theater, dance, circus, visual art, poetry, a children’s program and more. For further information, visit the festival's website.

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