Your weekly roundup of the best blog posts and news articles about Iceland from across the globe.

Flickr Image of the week: Reykjanesviti is Iceland’s oldest lighthouse. It serves as a landfall light for Reykjavík and Keflavík. The tower is a 31 metres tall construction, situated on the southwestern edge of the Reykjanes peninsula. The original structure was built in 1878; just eight years later the building was destroyed by an earthquake.” ~ Helgi Hall & Visit Iceland.

Th!nk about it: European blogging competition
The battle for control of Iceland’s geothermal energy fields
“It …

Your weekly roundup of the best blog posts and news articles about Iceland from across the globe.

Flickr Image of the week: “McDonald’s is leaving Iceland” by Visit Iceland.

Reykjavik Grapevine
***STAR READ*** Blame Canada?
“Onlookers shouted and boo-ed as city council progressed toward approving the 32.32% sale of Iceland’s HS Orka to the Canadian-cum-Swedish firm Magma Energy Corp.”
BBC News Online
No more Happy Meals for Iceland
“Iceland is to lose its three McDonalds outlets after the country’s financial crisis made operating there too expensive. The restaurants import almost all of their ingredients, but the collapse …

Another weekly roundup of blog posts and news articles that were of highlight this week about Iceland.

Flickr Image of the week: Auster-Skaftafellssysla by Beachwood Photography.

Web Site: Statistics Iceland
Sale of sound recordings 1991-2008
“Sale of sound recordings declined by 31 per cent between the years 2008 and 2007 as counted in numbers of sold copies. In last year roughly 446,000 copies of domestic and foreign sound recordings were sold at a distributor level, or 200,000 fewer copies than in the previous year.”
Blog: Iceland Review
Children in Iceland Feel Better After Crisis Hit
“Kids spend …

It has been Thanksgiving weekend here in Canada, so I’m a little late posting the round up. Anyhow, here’s a selection that caught my eye.

Flickr Image of the week: The Blue Lagoon by Toby Barnes.

Blog: Rhiannon & Sam by Rhiannon
Yes Officer, I have a licence
Getting in a car accident in Iceland.
Newspapers: The Reykjavik Grapevine by Paul Nikolov
Transparency International Ranks Iceland 7th Least Corrupt Country; Methodology Dodgey
The Corruption Perceptions Index ranks countries on their level of corruption based on how they rate under a series of assessments conducted by other …

This is the first weekly roundup of blog posts and news articles that were of highlight this week about Iceland.

Flickr Image of the week: Hafragilsfoss, Jokulsargljufur National Park by Alexander Shchukin.

Blog: These are the best days of our lives by Heather Ezell
Road Trips…
An American woman playing professional basketball in Iceland goes on a road trip.
Blog: Icelandish by Jessica
It’s Official
Everyone is getting pregnant in Iceland according to one blogger.
Blog:The Iceland Weather Report by Alda Sigmundsdóttir
In Ferrara
The leading Icelandic blogger, Sigmundsdóttir, is in Italy this week for Festival Internazionale.
Forum: Iceland Weather Report …