Tag: Stöð 2
New jet and direct flights to Mexico and India
Icelandair plans to purchase Airbus long-haul jets. This action could significantly increase the chances of Icelanders to fly direct to more distant destinations. In this way, California, Mexico, Texas and even South America, but also India and North Africa could be added to the route system. This week, the Stöð 2 news showed pictures of…
Being a midwife ‘is a lifestyle’
“It’s a lifestyle and an art,” says a midwife in her thirties, who is happy with her job and admits that she has a dream job. Every year, around 70% of all births in the country take place in the Landsspítalinn maternity ward. On Monday evening, April 10, on Stöð 2, the program “Mig langar…
After 5 years, Sigur Rós returns to Iceland
Sigur Rós will perform tonight at Laugardalshöll, Reykjavik. Five years have passed since the band’s last concert in Iceland. “Of course it’s unique. Coming home to Iceland and playing here. It’s a bit stressful,” says Georg Hólm, bassist of Sigur Rós. Snorri Másson, a reporter for Stöð 2, was in Laugardalshöll last night to prepare…
“Icelandic settlers were not Vikings”
“Vikings have never been more than gangs, like today’s criminal groups,” says ethnologist Árni Björnsson in a recent TV interview for Stöð 2. Árni criticized the National Museum of Iceland, its former workplace, for organizing the “Viking Battle” event as part of the Night Culture in Reykjavík earlier this month, saying that Iceland’s historic ties…
Knitting increases the profits of Icelandic sheep farmers
Sheep farmers are now content with higher wool prices. Icelandic handicraft knitwear, both in Iceland and abroad, has gained immense popularity. The wool processing company Ístex has its hands full. On the news on Stöð 2, farmers from Laxárdalur on the west side of Hrútafjörður were visited. The land is just a short distance north…
Private financing and toll accompany the new bridge project in Hornafjörður
Vegagerðin has placed a tender for the construction of a new bridge across Hornafjarðarfljót and published the budget for the project. This is the first tender since the adoption of a special law last year that allows the state to collect tolls and negotiate the financing of transport projects with private entities. The old bridge…
“Employees urgently needed in tourism”
The president of the Association of Hospitality Companies (Félags fyrirtækja í hótel- og gistiþjónustu) says there is an urgent need for employment in this sector. The tourism industry is recovering much faster than expected and thousands of people will have to be recruited by the fall. “This place is called Geldingadalur, and there is a…
A wide path instead of a steep climb
The main path to the Fagradalsfjall eruption site, the so-called A-route, has become even more accessible and less dangerous than ever. The road was closed yesterday due to work aimed at improving it. It opened in the evening. “Thanks to these improvements, the most dangerous site on the eruption path has been removed” Said Fannar…
Volcano for sale
Landowners on which the volcano is currently erupting have stated that the property or parts of it are available at an appropriate price. Landowners say they have received offers to buy the land, but Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir says the new owners will not be able to restrict public access to the eruption site. The…
The new Herjólfur has significantly improved the use of Landeyjahöfn
The port of Landeyjahöfn was opened in summer 2010. At first it was assumed that the new ship would be ready at the same time as the port was designed for a ferry that is shallower than the old Herjólfur. However, we had to wait another 9 years for the new ferry. The economic crisis…
From Iceland – Influenza vaccines that are running out
A large queue formed outside Smáratorg where people were waiting to be vaccinated against the flu, which has been exhausted at most health centers in the capital area, Indicator reported. The vaccine is clearly still available elsewhere in Iceland. The flu vaccine has been prescribed more than ever in a coronary artery bypass graft, to…
They plan to close bars and pubs again
Epidemiologist Þórólfur Guðnason intends to propose to Health Minister Svandís Svavarsdóttir that all entertainment venues and pubs in the capital should be closed until further notice tomorrow. Epidemiologist believes they should remain closed all weekend. The situation will then be reassessed next week. The closure will not apply to restaurants that have an alcohol license.…