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Search Looking North Islands of the North Atlantic Menu About Instagram Search Search for: Close search Close Menu About Instagram Categories Places When North means South: Orientation in Iceland Post author By Simon King Post date August 10, 2022 Which direction are you heading? In a world of hyper-specific GPS coordinates and turn-by-turn directions, we take it for granted that the cardinal directions of north, south, east, and west are fixed, scientific, and universal. But language, and place, have a way
iceland , linguistics , orientation , sami Categories Movies Traditions Glíma: Icelandic Folk Wrestling Post author By Simon King Post date March 27, 2022 Images from the book Icelandic Wrestling (1908) by Jóhannes Jósefsson I first learned about glíma, a unique form of Icelandic folk wrestling, from the the short film by Grímur Hákonarson called Bræðrabylta. The story focuses on two gay men in rural Iceland, whose primary way of acknowledging their affection for each other is through glíma. I was immediate
iceland , wrestling Categories Television Trom: a crime drama set in the Faroe Islands Post author By Simon King Post date March 23, 2022 I watch a lot of Nordic television; my wife and I joke that we can spot Danish actors more easily than American ones. So of course I was excited that someone finally filmed a crime drama set in the Faroe Islands. Trom is a police procedural, adapted from novels by Jógvan Isaksen. Most of the action is set in Tórshavn, although there are scenes from many of the islands and