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Sjómannadagurinn: Fishermen's Day in Iceland

What is Sjómannadagurinn in Iceland? The word Sjómannadagurinn means Fishermen's Day in Icelandic. This annual celebration is an opportunity to honor Iceland's maritime heritage while giving sailors a well-deserved day off. On this day, no fisherman works. The ships stay docked, and the fisherme ...

31
May
2024

5 Good Reasons to Celebrate Christmas in Iceland

To experience a white Christmas If you dream of a white Christmas and want to have a snowball fight on Christmas Eve, Iceland is the perfect destination for a winter, or even polar, adventure! December is the time of year with the least amount of sunshine, and there's a very good chance the island ...

12
Dec
2018

Skyr: Superfood or Super Scam?

e for a few years now in the yogurt and white cheese section. It's a specialty from the North, as it was invented in Norway before being imported to Iceland by the Vikings. Even though they are often marketed as Icelandic yogurts, skyrs are different from yogurt in their production method. Skyr, h ...

18
Apr
2024

The European Health Insurance Card in 5 Questions

nsurance Card, you can benefit from health coverage in the member states of the European Union and in countries applying European regulations, namely Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland. The EHIC can therefore be useful in around thirty European destinations such as ...

13
June
2007

Travel to the United States: what are the formalities?

siness stay of 90 days maximum. The 27 countries in question are: Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brunei, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, ...

22
July
2008

Poppies in the Garden: Varieties and Cultivation

s should you choose? The genus Papaver includes about fifty species known as true poppies. Among them are: - the corn poppy or Papaver rhoeas. - the Iceland poppy or Papaver nudicaule. - the opium poppy also known as sleeping poppy or Papaver somniferum. - the alpine poppy or Papaver alpinum. - the ...

12
June
2015

Saint Lucia: 5 things to know about this festival of lights

ors. This holiday is also celebrated throughout Scandinavia (in Denmark, Norway, Finland) and in some southern European countries, including Italy, Iceland and Croatia. 3- This festival celebrates the light. The first name Lucia comes from the Latin lux, lucis, light, and Saint Lucia celebrates t ...

07
Dec
2017

Work: understanding the 4-day week in 5 questions

oyees' hourly rate so that their compensation remains unchanged. 3- Which companies have experimented with it? In countries as diverse as Sweden, Iceland, New Zealand, and Japan, branches of large corporations such as Unilever or Microsoft have tried the 4-day week with the support of their resp ...

08
Feb
2022

Aqua Mater: an exhibition by Sebastião Salgado at La Défense

ge format shots are the fruit of the photographer's countless travels, who has crisscrossed the planet from the Arctic to the Sahara and from the Amazon to Iceland. This artistic and environmental project is sponsored by UNESCO and supported, among others, by the Hauts-de-Seine department. Pr ...

19
Apr
2022

Travelling in Europe: how to request a cross-border prescription?

e cross-border order has the particularity of being valid within all countries of the European Union and even within the European Economic Area, i.e. Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. This prescription will be very useful if you are used to traveling within this zone and if you are undergoing lo ...

01
Aug
2022

Weight loss: 5 natural appetite suppressants to lose weight

ish transit. In addition, almonds provide minerals such as potassium, calcium and magnesium as well as antioxidants. 4- Skyr Yogurt originating from Iceland, skyr has made its way onto the shelves of French supermarkets. If you haven't tried it yet, know that it is one of the best natural appetite ...

20
Mar
2023

Garden: which flowers to sow in winter?

ough. Particularly, you can sow species of the Viola genus, such as the garden pansy and the wild violet, and flowers from the poppy family like the Iceland poppy (Papaver nudicaule). You can also sow columbine, poet's carnation, purple foxglove, hollyhock (Alcea rosea), snapdragon, forget-me-not, ...

31
Jan
2024

Cancelled or delayed flight or train: what compensation?

tion within Europe. The European countries concerned by this obligation of assistance and compensation are the member countries of the European Union as well as Iceland, Norway, and Switzerland. Attention: some French overseas territories such as New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Saint-Barthélemy, ...

17
July
2024