ICELAND NEWS » Uncategorized http://www.icelandnewsonline.net ENGLISH LANGUAGE NEWS AND VIEWS FROM ICELAND. Wed, 19 May 2010 20:38:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 INEWS INFO: An Icelandic Alternative To Google Maps http://www.icelandnewsonline.net/2010/03/15/inews-info-an-icelandic-alternative-to-google-maps/ http://www.icelandnewsonline.net/2010/03/15/inews-info-an-icelandic-alternative-to-google-maps/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:50:08 +0000 Admin http://www.icelandnewsonline.net/?p=742

There’s an Icelandic version of Google Maps available which is so much better.

It’s part of ja.is and is at http://en.ja.is/kort/.

Great for planning those long Icelandic road trips around route one.

Don’t speak the language? Don’t worry. There’s an English language version.

As it pops up from time to time, here’s further information on the physical Icelandic phonebook.

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Lighthouses in Iceland

Image: Namafjall ~ Mario Giambelli Gallotti


Iceland banking crisis and more
[VIDEO] Protest in Iceland today
“Protest season started again today in Iceland. People are protesting, why is the Government not helping the public in their debts. And why is the government going to pay the Icesave account,that one of the banks messed up in England and Holland. Why should the government pay the debts of private banks?”



Iceland Weather Report
MY ICELAND: The advent
“Today is the first day of the Advent* here in Iceland, meaning we have now entered the season of Kitty and the Yule Lads. This is definitely one of the most magical times of year here, fully qualified to rival the season of the midnight sun.”

Helgasons.com
Hlídarfjall
“My Local Resort (Hlídarfjall) just Opened Today and it was an Awesome Day of Riding. Lots of Pow and small Hitters all over the place. I’m Going Back Tomorrow For Sure…”

Iceland banking crisis news and more
[VIDEO] Prime Minister taking a walk with fire
“Yesterday,was the International day of the UN, on stopping violence against women. And here, Iceland’s Prime Minister, Johanna Sigurdardottir, leads a walk from the culture house in Reykjavik, to the seaside.”



Reykjavik Grapevine
Immigration Group Gets New Chairman
“Barbara J. Kristvinsson, originally from the United States, has worked at Alþjóðahús for many years, giving council and legal advice to foreigners both newly arrived and long-settled in Iceland.”

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