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Ash Wednesday in Iceland

1 Mar 2017 It's Ash Wednesday, a day where children in Iceland dress up in fancy-dress and go out to collect sweets. It's kind of like the Icelandic version of Halloween.

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Reykjavik turns into winter wonderland
Northern Lights sightings have been fewer this year.

Northern Lights rare this winter
Over 40 coach passengers sought assistance at the temporary emergency centre in Varmarskóli.

Two coach accidents in last nights storm

Total eclipse of the moon tonight in Iceland
Jensína Andrésdóttir holds the record for Iceland's oldest person.

Jensína becomes Iceland's oldest living Icelander
Tourists observing Northern Lights in Iceland.

Tourists looking for Northern Lights pose danger
Over 2,3 million tourists visited Iceland last year.

Smallest increase in tourists to Iceland since 2010

EXCHANGE RATES

USD USD 121.11 EUR EUR 137.80
GBP GBP 155.70 DKK DKK 18.46
NOK NOK 14.15 SEK SEK 13.44
CHF CHF 121.50 JPY JPY 1.10
ISK price of selected currencies, according to the official exchange rate of the Central Bank of Iceland. Updated daily.

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