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Beach-tester job attracts wave of applicants
A Swedish lifestyle magazine has unsurprisingly received hundreds of applications for an advertised job vacancy as a professional beach bum. The wanted-ad published by Amelia magazine in co-ordination...
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Good Friday
Today is Good Friday, and a public holiday in all of the Nordic countries. Although schools and offices are closed, Easter is a very popular travel weekend; meaning that a lot of shops and catering...
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Easter Monday
Today is Easter Monday; the day following Easter Day and a public holiday across the Nordic region. It is the fifth day of the long Easter weekend and is generally used for relaxation, preparing for...
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Ascension Day holiday today
Today is Ascension Day and a public holiday in many countries around the world. In the Nordic region people have today off work and school. Ascension is celebrated on the 40th day after Easter Day, and...
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Icelanders travelling to the sun once again
Holidays in the sun are once again in high demand in Iceland and the number of package holidays sold has been gradually increasing for two years. One of the country’s biggest tour operators, Urval...
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Today is the Whit Monday public holiday
Denmark, Iceland and Norway celebrate today, Whit Monday, as a national public holiday. Whit Monday is the day after Whitsun (Whit Sunday or Pentecost). In Christianity, Pentecost commemorates when the...
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Iceland gearing up for big holiday weekend
This weekend is the biggest travel weekend of the summer in Iceland. Monday is a day off for most people and there are festivals and events all over the country. Traditionally Reykjavik used to all-but...
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It’s Verslunarmannahelgin once again!
Today is a national public holiday in Iceland. It is also the last day of the country’s biggest travel weekend of the summer. There have been festivals and gatherings all over Iceland this weekend and...
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