Our Boston friends surely are tired of baked beans and clam chowder by now. To liven things up this month, and to celebrate Icelandair’s nonstop service between Boston and Reykjavík, comes a Taste of Iceland. The event features the best of Icelandic music, cuisine and films through a series of ongoing special promotions in and around Boston from March 11-17, 2010.
A Taste of Iceland, a multi-day cultural program, will include a variety of public events, such as live musical performances, Icelandic culinary tastings and a film festival.
On March 11, for instance, are free screenings of two recent Icelandic hit films. Country Wedding (6:15 pm) is a comedy of errors set in the beautiful Icelandic countryside. This will be followed by Reykjavik Rotterdam, (7:45 pm) an award winning crime thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Location: Kendall Square Cinema (1 Kendall Square, Cambridge).
A Taste of Iceland is presented by Iceland Naturally, in cooperation with Icelandair, Icelandic USA, Inc., 66° North, The Blue Lagoon, Icelandic Glacial, Rustic Kitchen, British Beer Garden, Kendall Square Cinema, Middlesex Lounge, The Middle East and T.T. the Bear’s Place. With that many players in the game, there is guaranteed to be something for everyone. (For more information: http://www.icelandnaturally.com/taste-of-iceland-boston/nr/162)
Iceland loves Boston, one of its main gateway cities to Reykjavik, and apparently, Boston loves us in return. The Boston Globe, in its Sept. 1 issue, ranks the country as one of its top 10 destinations this fall. The story reads, in part, “Of all the bewitching natural phenomena here, the northern lights, or aurora borealis, are among the most spectacular. Iceland is one of the world’s best locales to see this display and September marks the beginning of prime viewing, which continues through March.
When it comes time to plan a vacation, naturally we hope you’ll want to go to Iceland. But that wasn’t quite the destination of Icelandic sea captain Gunnar Eggertson when he sailed his replica Viking ship,
Fuel costs have dropped dramatically and that’s good news for travelers on Icelandair. Effective immediately, the airline is reducing fuel surcharges to all destinations from its North American gateways. Round-trip fuel surcharges to Iceland have been lowered by $58, and to the U.K., Scandinavia and Continental Europe by $98.